Synopsis: The group joins The Real World: Alexandria Safe Zone, but not everyone is intent on fitting in, nor are they assimilating quite as well as they probably should be. Rating: ★★★☆☆ After being out on the road so long, there were bound to be some adjustments that the group needed to make to […]
The Walking Dead: The Distance Recap
Synopsis: “NO HALF-MEASURES! THIS MAN IS NOT TO BE TRUSTED!!!” – Rick, the entire episode as everyone else has to talk him down from being just slightly rash. Rating: ★★★☆☆ Rick doesn’t take in outsiders anymore – remember what happened to hippie Penguin at Terminus after Rick rejected him and his hippie legless […]
The Walking Dead: Them Recap
Synopsis of 5×10: A lot of people cry alone in the woods, the group weathers multiple threats on the road to Washington DC, and a friend says hello. Rating: ★★☆☆☆ After last week’s swan song for Tyreese and the five minute drive from Atlanta to Richmond, the survivors were definitely going to […]
The Walking Dead: What Happened and What’s Going On Recap
Synopsis of 5×09: After the loss of Beth, Rick takes a group with him to fulfill her mission of getting Noah back to his family in Richmond, Virginia. Unfortunately, things just go from bad to worse. Rating: ★★★★☆ We’re back with the second half of the fifth season of The Walking Dead […]
A Beginner’s Guide to Literary Comics
In uniting the written word with fine art, comics have the potential to tell stories in ways impossible in all other media. Unfortunately, comics also play host to some of the worst, most nonsensical, basest stories and some of the blandest, most exploitative art available. It’s for this reason that pretty […]
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Nerdophiles Picks: Favorite Comics of 2014
From trades, to single issues, to one-shots, to ongoing series, we can’t get enough of comics! Nerdophiles does its fair amount of coverage for comics, but the industry is big and we have barely even scratched the surface here. We’ve got just some of our personal staff favorites picked out from 2014. If […]
The Walking Dead: Coda Recap
The Walking Dead: Coda (5×08) Synopsis: The Ricktatorship is alive and well, Abraham’s group makes a triumphant return, and the group loses one of their own… Rating: ★★★★☆ We open on the Ricktatorship alive and well, as he’s chasing down still-zip-tied Lamson in a police vehicle. After repeatedly telling him to stop […]
The Walking Dead: Crossed Recap
The Walking Dead: Crossed (5×07) Synopsis: We check in on everyone – and I mean everyone – to find out where each group stands. Gabriel loses it, Abraham gets it back, and the Ricktatorship is KO’d by the Daryl-Tyreese non-violent one-two approach to saving Carol and Beth… Rating: ★★★☆☆ In a rare occurrence, […]
The Walking Dead: Consumed Recap
The Walking Dead: Consumed (5×06) Synopsis: Carol and Daryl head back into the heart of Atlanta in search of Beth. Rating: ★★☆☆☆ What little progress was made last week was brought to a grinding halt once again with this hospital side-plot. We last saw Daryl coming back to the church, roughed up […]
The Walking Dead: Self Help Recap
The Walking Dead: Self Help (5×05) Synopsis: Abraham’s group continues the mission to get to Washington DC, but they run into a few set-backs along the way – as well as a peek into Abraham’s past and a startling confession that changes everything. Rating: ★★★☆☆ Let me just say that I love […]
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