Evolution of Zombies?

From today’s Walking Dead #118, by Robert Kirkman, Charlie Adlard and Stefani Gaudiano, published by Image Comics.

The book is really living up to its arc title, All-Out War, rather than showing one battle, it’s showing a number, happening simultaneously, some on pause, some on retreat, some moments even tranquil, a war of gins, of fists, of knives and of words. The final aspect will no doubt be the turning point for the conflict between Negan’s factions and Rick’s.

Also, cool single speech balloon double page spread, that’s heading for a T-shirt near you soon.

But there was one plot point that stuck out. Through the ten years of the comic, the zombies have remained ever thus. The George Romero model, rising from the dead after rigor mortis has set in, stumbling, jerking, slow, unyielding creatires. And in The Walking Dead, they are a given, people can work around them, thy are a force of nature that can be worked with as well as fought against.

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