Topless Robot top 10 van 2013 comics die je moet lezen

RDJ134 10 januari 2014 om 17:14 uur

Topless Robot is een hele coole geeky website die soms op dezelfde hoogte als Eigenwereld.nl zit. Want ook hun zijn gek op comics, en dan bedoel ik niet de bekenden Marvel of Darkhorse boekjes. Nu zijn er in 2013 een hoop toffe comics verschenen en de meeste zal je waarschijnlijk niet kennen, en daarom heeft Topless Robot deze top tien gemaakt. Comics zoals:


#7. Crossed: Volume 4 - Badlands

Survival horror stories can often feel very "dime a dozen" in our current pop cultural landscape which is currently overrun with zombies (pun intended). One of the few refreshing takes to be found is Crossed, which started off as a mini-series by Garth Ennis that wasn't originally intended to continue beyond its initial 9 issue run. While most zombie or zombie-like stories focus on George Romero-style shambling corpses, Crossed borrows more from modern offering such as 28 Days Later. Characters lives are upended when a mysterious virus suddenly hits all across the world, turning people into psychotic maniacs with cross-shaped scabs on their faces and a driving need to rape, kill and eat their fellow humans (though not always in the same order).

When Avatar Press convinced Ennis to let other creators run with the idea it resulted in some great mini-series from creators like David Lapham before rolling over into an ongoing series titled Badlands. The first volume of Badlands (which is the fourth volume to be collected overall) starts off with a 3 part tale by original creators Ennis and artist Jacen Burrows that takes place northern Europe, where a group of survivors are hoping to avoid the crossed by going out into the coldest terrain they can find. The volume is rounded out by a 5-part tale from Jamie Delano and Leandro Rizzo set in the Florida Everglades, where a small group comes together only to fall apart because of their own internal flaw.

The thing that sets Crossed apart from a lot of its kindred stories of survival is that it presents the survival itself not as some noble all important goal, but rather as a futile attempt to avoid the inevitable. While other stories have characters reminding each other of the importance of retaining their humanity in the face of brutality, Badlands poses the question of whether it might be better to simply give up and accept the brutal truth of the world as it now is. The final moment with one character considering whether or not to willingly be infected rather than struggling against the odds makes for some of the most gripping horror to come along in years.

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