Outcast #2

[informationgeek]

"Well exorcism and demonic possession is something that I’ve always been interested in, because of my religious upbringing as a child. Looking at the “Walking Dead” and seeing it as the zombie movie that never ends, I was looking for another part of the horror genre that I felt had the same sort of potential for long form storytelling. With “Walking Dead” I looked at zombies and thought to myself, “Why doesn’t anyone ever keep going?” There had never been a movie that kept going and told stories using the same cast, or a novel series that carried it forward in a long term exploration of it. I kind of feel like there is the same sort of opportunity there with exorcism stories. There is no deficiency of fantastic exorcism movies out there, as there are a lot of them that do great things and break new ground, but I don’t think any of them really explore this phenomenon as a situation that can be solved or a conflict that can be resolved. There really isn’t anyone exploring the idea of why this is happening, how we fix this issue, or if there is a way to prevent it. I think “Outcast” is a long form story where our characters look at demonic possession as a problem that can be fixed, which I think is a new angle, and we get to watch them succeed or fail over the series. I’m hoping that this will be an exciting endeavor for all involved and I’ve got high hopes." - Robert Kirkman

Writer: Robert Kirkman
Artist: Paul Azaceta
Colorist: Elizabeth Breitweiser

7 1/3 out of 22 pages



I was planning on doing another post on Outcast later, but hey, I'll do one more right now.


So Kyle goes to visits his mother, who is in the hospital...





"Damn it. You are still somehow tormenting me from this bed."

Over at the church, the reverend is delivering his sermon...



Later that day, while Kyle is out of the house, he runs into this man named Donnie...









So what's up with the causal assault and police brutality? Well, a bit later when the two get a drink...

Mark: How long did Donnie live there before you came?



Kyle: Eventually... he gave up and stopped coming around. Then he finally moved on to another home. Never knew where that was... never cared.

The scene goes on a bit longer, but that's not what is important. What is important is the final scene of the book...

Comments

"Right now I'm making amends to the people I've wronged..."

[deh_tommy]

"...'cause you see, I've got this list."

Re: "Right now I'm making amends to the people I've wronged..."

[tugrul]

Is that from My Name Is Earl? :)

Re: "Right now I'm making amends to the people I've wronged..."

[deh_tommy]

Indeed. Are you familiar with the show?

Re: "Right now I'm making amends to the people I've wronged..."

[tugrul]

When I used to have a TV I'd watch it on Comedy Central.