What Would You Do? Zombie Ed.

It's not about Left 4 Dead. This time I wanna talk about The Walking Dead, a graphic novel series based in a post-zompocalyptic period. It doesn't involve magic or any super-heroes slowly saving the day against the zed hoard; it's a true to life simulation of what could happen.

The stories follow Rick, an officer of the law, who awakens from a coma with no family or friends around him inside a lifeless hospital. What follows are adventure stories detailing his survival and the constant struggle against fear and hopelessness.

The realities of a dark world are constantly constricting the living with the need for safety and survivors dying all around them. But the struggles slide between the survivors themselves as confrontations lead to murder and sometimes grotesquely detailed torture. It has its moments of comedy, as most great dramas do, but the "how are they going to survive this?" and "what will they do now?" moments drive these novels forward.

I'm in the middle of volume 7 of the series with number 8 already right behind it. The 10th volume is slated for August, and the author, Robert Kirkman, has no intention of stopping. Let's my hunger is sated whilst waiting for future volumes.

-- "Some people like to carry a rabbit's foot. I like to rock a pocket of puke."