This week Under the Comic Covers welcomes a very special guest, Kirk Manley, illustrator of Z Girl and the Four Tigers, to tear apart the amazing double issue of The Walking Dead #127: A New Beginning.

We spend a bit of time chatting it up with Kirk and getting to learn more about his comic, his podcast, and about his incredible tribute art for the AMC version of The Walking Dead. We then give all of our top fives for the first issue in the post-Negen era and go over what new aspects of the series works for us, and what doesn't.

Plus, we dip our hands back into the UtCC Mail Sack and respond to listener responses to this very unusual chapter in Walking Dead history.

Chapters

1. Intro (0:00)
2. Kirk Manley Interview (2:09)
3. The Walking Dead #127 (27.07)
4. UtCC Mail Sack (1:37:53)
5. End (2:07:20)

Kirk Manley can be reached at: studiokm.com, zgirl.org or @batmankm on Twitter.

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