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This is a series written by Robert Kirkman - it starts off very much like 28 Days Later (guy in coma wakes up to zombie-ridden world) and it takes off from there. I've read the first two TPBs and will read vol 3 and 4 next week. I was just wondering if anyone else has read this and liked it as much as I have so far?

I read the first one. It was good but not good enough for me to continue reading it. The character dynamics fall a little flat for my taste.

I dunno - I'm digging the drama - vol 1 was the set up, but the relationships definitely started getting interesting in vol. 2 and the whole fight for survival thing is tres cool. The art changed from 1 to 2, though - vol. 1 art was by Tony Moore -I'm not familiar with his stuff, but I really liked his style, but vol. 2 has art done by Charlie Adlard, whose art just isn't as tight, and not really to my liking. The book is filled with zombie goodness, but its more than you're average zombie scare - the relationships and how the characters are coping with all the death surrounding them really seems to be the driving force here. I'm just hoping that the next two volumes are as good and keep up the momentum that its got going.

Kirkmans a cool cat. He actually lives down the street from me n Kaz' old apt in Richmond, KY.

I've read a few issues, and it's good. If you like the combined works of Kirkman and Moore, I highly recommend the Battle Pope series.

Isn't Battle Pope and anime/manga thing? What's it about? It doesn't ring a bell. And I finished vol. 3 BTW. The story keeps getting better and better.

It's not anime. It was the first published work by Moore and Kirkman. It's about The Pope, granted incredible strength by God, who, along with his sidekick Jesus, fights demons and tries to score with as many women as possible. According to an ad that never made print- "It's so damn good it'll make your pecker hard!"

Oh, stop it. It's all in good fun.

It was a series of mini's and one-shots. There are trades, and there are now monthly reprints in color from Image. If you have to get only one issue, get the Christmas Special. It's AWESOME.

Walking Dead is awesome.

Thanks for the heads up, Harley....sounds good. I'm soooo far out of the comics loop, but after spending some time catching up with Diana, I've been craving a good read (where are the Invisibles when you need them....Morrison really, really needs to revisit them).

I'll check it out.

Let me know what you think, klint. I hope you like it as much as I have. If you're looking to get back into the comics loop, I would also recommend Runaways (a new twist on the teen team up books - the interdynamics of the members make this book worthwhile), Ex Machina (NYC politics with a slight superhero twist) and Y: The Last Man (yeah, I'm a Brian K. Vaughan fan). But in all honesty, his stuff is always entertaining and interesting and in each book the hero/fighting antics take a back seat to characters' relationships.

As for the mainstream capes and tights, both Batman and 'Tec have been excellent since Crisis part deux ended - the best its been since Bruce Wayne: Murderer (not Fugitive which is when it started to go downhill...again). The Ultimates, Astonishing X-Men (available in TPB) and Birds of Prey (some story arcs are also available in trade); Young Avengers and Squadron Supreme (the JLA on crack - a little slow paced, but totally worth it and Gary Frank's art is real purdy) are all also excellent reads. And, of course, there is always Diana.

If you read any of these, let me know that too - it'd be cool to chat about 'em...