The Walking Dead, Vol. 3: Safety Behind Bars by Robert Kirkman

An epidemic of apocalyptic proportions has swept the globe, causing the dead to rise and feed on the living. In a matter of months, society has crumbled: There is no government, no grocery stores, no mail delivery, no cable TV. In a world ruled by the dead, we are forced to finally begin living. This volume follows our band of survivors as they set up a permanent camp inside a prison. Relationships change, characters die, and our team of survivors learn there's something far more deadly than zombies out there...each other. Collects issues 13-18.

Kicking off a 5 volume arc in the Prison, it starts strong. We're introduced to new characters (Axel rocks), MANY minor ones are killed off, romances are set up, but the entire environment shift of being vulnerable and out in the open, to being cramped but still vulnerable, just in a different way, is what makes this set of issues memorable.

This series sure went downhill quickly. There's a long way to go, so I hope it gets better. Not much I liked, in this volume, except Kirkman's willingness to kill his characters; but I find fault with even that, as I disagree with his choice of characters to kill, and how soon to kill them. I rolled my eyes at the dialogue, which often sounds juvenile or unnatural; the artwork wasn't as good as at the beginning; and I'm starting to cheer for the zombies. The haphazardly bolded text is causing me to read The Walking Dead as if I were that O.o teacher from Daria...Mr. DeMartino, was it? That and the appalling spelling mistakes are doing my head in.

But I'll stick with it, because I'm stubborn.

Wow, it's so good. Probably the most intense, interesting, action packed and overall the best volume yet.

9-9.5/10

I have truly begun to believe that we love books that are a reflection of some of the stuff we believe in. Thus for me the third volume is an epic fail. Not only is there nothing new thus reminding me of soap operas, we actually go backward to close a silly chapter of the original cast. This series is a blot on what Zombie stories should be truly about, which is finding out more and more about the disease and finding ways to combat it. Caravans through Zombie territory with family ties, one night stands and wholesale slaughter only can keep me interested for 3 volumes. Good bye and good riddance.