28 Days Later #13
Reviewed by David O' Leary
28 DAYS LATER #13
Cover Date: July 2010
Story by: Michael Alan Nelson
Art by: Alejandro Aragon
Colours by: William Farmer
Letters by: Ed Dukeshire
Cover by: Sean Phillips
Publisher: BOOM! Studios
Cover Price: $3.99
Reviewed By: David O' Leary
Book Summery: When you're on the run at the end of the world you've got more than your pursuers on your mind. Hunger burns inside you, the kind that drives a person mad. Selena, Clint, and Derrick are on the lookout for supplies while The Infected and military track them down! Covers by Sean Phillips and Declan Shalvey.
This is the first issue post Dec Shalvey on art. And it's noticeable. I will get to the art later. But story wise, we are still in the throws of one of the most intricate and tight story lines in comics today. One issue removed from the unbelievable events at the army base it is back on the road again for Selena and Co.
Following the events last issue where Douglas died Selena has been taking it badly. Although over the course of the series Selena has come to trust Clint and Derrick as much as she can, she can't help but take her frustration out on the two on a couple of fronts. For example, she is frustrated at only having made 100km progress since landing in Scotland. Derrick is put out thinking that was a swipe at him because of the blindness he suffered recently. This puts a more rounded look to their relationship as Nelson is superb at giving his characters a more believable connection with each other. In fact, if you look at what Kirkman is doing over on the Walking Dead, it is something similar when it comes to characterisation with the zombie threat always present but not always in your face and the cast relationships being just as interesting.
It was nice to see some comedy for a change in the book here. There is a scene where they come across an abandoned car which looks like an Aston Martin DB9 or DB7. After bickering over was going to drive Clint wins the argument and gets in the car only to sit on the ';American' side and strap on his belt only to find the steering wheel on the other side of the car. Another light moment was at the start where they have a puncture after running over part of a shopping cart and Derrick makes a comment about himself being the blind one, even he would have seen a shopping cart on the road. All this serves to do is add to the dynamic of the book and give it even more of a presence. Great stuff.
But as always, Nelson throws down a cliff-hanger on end the issue on a high note. After commandeering a train in Inverness to try get to London more quickly, they discover that the train is swarming with Infected. They hit on an idea to separate the cars but discover that to do so one of them has to go into the car that is going to be disconnected and unfortunately for one of them that car is where the Infected are. There is always something in this book to bring you back for more!
Alejandro Aragon takes over on art here. I can't say for sure that he is going to be the new regular artist or not. But I found his art a little more angular than when Shalvey was on the book. Through the great colouring job by William Farmer though, there is something akin to continuity to the overall look. But you can see on some pages where the art is actually a little weaker than we came to almost expect over the last year. I can only anticipate that if Aragon is going to be on the book regularly that he can tighten up a little bit.
This was another great issue once again in nearly all aspects. This title keeps rolling on strongly and I can't say it often enough, pick it up. According to the most recent Diamond sales list, this book sold just over 4,000 copies the previous month. This is better than most everything else out there right now, it deserves to be in as many hands as possible. So come on, do yourself a favour.
Rating the Issue
| Story Story: Overall 9 Concept - 9 out of 10 Plot - 9 out of 10 Dialogue - 9 out of 10 |
Art |
Importance |
Take A Look Inside
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
Reviewer Bio
David has been with CR since June 2008 and started out as a reviewer and has expanded to do a couple of columns for the site also; starting with 28 Words Later with artist Declan Shalvey and later 5 Minutes With... where he talks with the industries best and brightest from Kubert to Moore.
blog comments powered by Disqus