Until recently, my only exposure to The Walking Dead was its adaptations into other mediums (television and game, reviewed below) and whatever early issues were available for free through ComiXology’s Comics app for the iPhone. Now, I have finally clawed my way to the top of the library waiting list for the first two trade paperback (TPB) volumes, Days Gone By and Miles Behind Us. Upon reading them, two things are immediately apparent:
- The absence of Norman Reedus and his biceps.
- The existence of the same regressive gender binaries regularly trotted out on the show.
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