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Justin Jordan, Turning The Walking Dead Into The Crossed
Justin Jordan has been writing the Avatar series Crossed Badlands for a few issues now.
But I think I've just got it.
A couple of women have found a saviour in Sutter, a charismatic action hero who has led them to Haven. Something very different to the world around them.
Hiding from the Crossed behind barbed wire, they have a strong defensive action plan that is keeping them safe. Like a happy family. Working together, creating a nw civilisation and way to survive.
Until today's issue of course, where it all starts to go to hell. And it was reading this scene that I suddenly realised. This wasn't just the normal Crossed, this was The Walking Dead. The barbed wire, the charismatic leader, the family unit, the earnest attempt to make a better world.
But was this all a complete coincidence? Was Sutter really a Rick Grimes analogue, having to do things differently in the world of Crossed?
This was the moment I was sure. When Sutter… loses a hand.
Just like Rick Grimes.
Justin Jordan also writes for Walking Dead studio imprint Skybound on Dead Body Road. Is this his way of paying an affectionate tribute?
Comics courtesy of Orbital Comics, London. With an exhibition and launch of David Ziggy Greene's original art from Scene & Heard, the acclaimed illustrated reportage as published in Private Eye magazine since 2011.