Written by Robert KirkmanArt by Charlie Adlard and Cliff Rathburn
I don't remember the last time I read such an optimistic issue of The Walking Dead. Rick still doesn't know what's going to happen with Carl (is it okay to talk about this yet?), but he has a new-found sense of hope for the future that has been building for the last couple of issues, and really seems to blossom this month.
Really, not a whole lot happens this issue, but it is very nice to see Rick, Andrea, and the others making plans to fortify their community, and make it someplace that they can turn into a bastion of civilization, instead of just a safe haven for a limited time.
Kirkman has such a good handle on these characters. I particularly love how he writes the two central women in this book, Andrea and Michonne. Andrea has become a strong person as she has progressed through the last eighty-odd issues, and we see that now in the way that others look up to her and admire both her toughness and her marksmanship. Michonne, meanwhile, has started to soften and actually care about the people around her.
This is such a consistently remarkable book. This month, on the flip-side, we get a reprint of the recent Elephantmen: Man and Elephantmen one-shot, which is also pretty good reading (reviewed here).
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