Walking Dead #53 Review

The Walking Dead #53
TWD is one of my favorite books to read each month. The issues are always interesting and something always seems to happen, whether it be plot or character developement. Issue #53 definitely has both.

After Rick and Carl meet up with Michonne, the three luckily are in the path of Glen (my favorite) and Maggie. The five then go back to Hershel's farm where Andrea (my other favorite) and Dale (ok, they're all my favorites) are with Sophia. The next morning a clan of three strangers roll up to the farm asking for supplies. The man with the gun in the middle is Sergeant Abraham Ford, the woman is Rosita Espinosa and the guy with the radio-lookin' thing is Dr. Eugene Porter. The group reveals their plan of heading to Washington D.C. since that's where the country is most likely to be organized as well as the fact the Dr. knows how this pandemic happened.

This issue opens up a lot of potential awesome storylines. Will our group we've been with since the beginning go to D.C.? Will we find what the cause of the zombies are? Personally, I'm ready for a road trip and hopefully some urban-setting stuff (that was the coolest part in the beginning of the series).

The other interesting aspect of the book is the depiction of how the characters are dealing with the trauma. At first, we see Rick talking to his dead wife via telephone, now Michonne is talking to her dead boyfriend and little Sophia thinks Maggie is her real mom. All our characters are starting to look more and more mentally unstable. It could be within the realm of possibilty that Kirkman is getting us ready for a shift in lead characters, which isn't necessarily a bad thing if executed (no pun intended) properly. There's a lot of evidence to suggest this. Rick is constantly saying he doesn't want to lead anymore and that "As long as Carl's safe, I'm just along for the ride." Their world has been torn apart and these new characters enter to almost save the day. Part of me hopes I'm wrong but another part really wants to be right, so we can see things under a different light than we have ever previously experienced.

TWD is consistently awesome and shows no signs of letting up.

4.5/5 stars