Reykjavík Grapevine - 28.08.2009, Blaðsíða 36

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The Reykjavík Grapevine
Issue 13 — 2009
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There is something very addictive in
this ongoing, apparently non-stop series.
What can it be? Its 10th paperback
volume is out now, and still there is no
apparent plot, the characters are kind
of regular and the dialogue is kind of
regular too. It's too regular. Reminds
you of real life. Except for the fact that it
takes place in the aftermath of a zombie
apocalypse.
In the last ten years or so, zombies
have risen in popularity like nobody's
business. In movies, they’ve been the
ultimate monsters. Perhaps because
they represent the end of the world in
a way, another popular subject these
days. Although recently, it looks as if
the always fashionable vampires (also
known as "zombies for girls") might be
taking over. Still, once bitten, forever
smitten. Zombie lovers will love The
Walking Dead.
After a couple of volumes, you'll
realize Kirkman's goal. Here is a zombie
lover who hates the fact that all zombie
movies tend to end at some point. So he
writes a comic that never ends. That's the
hook. It just goes on and on and you are
forced to watch the protagonists endure
all the horrors a regular zombocaust
survivor goes through. You'll watch
them age. You'll watch them bleed. And
you'll love it. If you love zombies, that is.
If you're a vampire lover, go watch the
mediocre shampoo commercial that is
Twilight.
TWD is illustrated in glorious black
& white by Tony Moore, who knows
how to draw zombies. The zombies here
are the walking kind (a la Romero) not
the running kind (a la Boyle). Which
zombies do you like better? Zombies,
zombies, zombies.
Hey, they recently announced
that there will be a TWD TV series.
Hopefully, it will be in black & white as
well. Well, Frank Darabont is producing,
and he loves black & white (his special
edition of The Mist was in black &
white). After all, a zombie infested world
is pretty black & white. Black & white,
black & white, black & white.
Comix | Reviews
HUGLEIKUR DAGSSON
The Walking Dead
Robert Kirkman & Tony Moore
— by Hugleikur Dagsson
—by Lóa Hjálmtýsdóttir
— by Elo Vázquez and Óttar Norðfjörð
Buy the reviewed comix - and many
more - at Nexus, Hverfi sgata.
Yeah!
You can buy some Hugleikur Dagsson
anthologies all over the world. Get "Avoid Us"
in pretty much every Icelandic bookstore. It's
awesome.
Must Love Zombies