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Outcast #7-8
Outcast (Paria) vol. 4 de 4
La exitosa serie de terror de Robert Kirkman, creador de The Walking Dead, llega a su fin. Allison ha sido poseída... pero es una posesión distinta a todas las que ha visto Kyle hasta ahora. ¿Cómo afectará eso a su misión para salvar el mundo ahora que ha empezado la Gran Fusión? El fin de todo ha llegado. Recopila los números 37 a 48 de la serie original.
304 pages, Hardcover
Published February 22, 2022
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Robert Kirkman
2,777 books6,963 followersRobert Kirkman is an American comic book writer best known for his work on The Walking Dead, Invincible for Image Comics, as well as Ultimate X-Men and Marvel Zombies for Marvel Comics. He has also collaborated with Image Comics co-founder Todd McFarlane on the series Haunt. He is one of the five partners of Image Comics, and the only one of the five who was not one of the original co-founders of that publisher.
Robert Kirkman's first comic books were self-published under his own Funk-o-Tron label. Along with childhood friend Tony Moore, Kirkman created Battle Pope which was published in late 2001. Battle Pope ran for over 2 years along with other Funk-o-Tron published books such as InkPunks and Double Take.
In July of 2002, Robert's first work for another company began, with a 4-part SuperPatriot series for Image, along with Battle Pope backup story artist Cory Walker. Robert's creator-owned projects followed shortly thereafter, including Tech Jacket, Invincible and Walking Dead.
Robert Kirkman's first comic books were self-published under his own Funk-o-Tron label. Along with childhood friend Tony Moore, Kirkman created Battle Pope which was published in late 2001. Battle Pope ran for over 2 years along with other Funk-o-Tron published books such as InkPunks and Double Take.
In July of 2002, Robert's first work for another company began, with a 4-part SuperPatriot series for Image, along with Battle Pope backup story artist Cory Walker. Robert's creator-owned projects followed shortly thereafter, including Tech Jacket, Invincible and Walking Dead.
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October 1, 2021
As others have said, the first half of this series is much, much better. With all those deeply personal, dark moments... The second half is simply rushed chain of events in the service of planned end in the contrived, predicted number of issues, I guess.
October 29, 2022
Outcast finishes up on a semi-nice note.
Kirkman always delivers a solid enough ending and while I think this ending is probably the least well done of the ones I finished (Invincible/Oblivion Song) it's still good. The final confrontation and the big merge moment is a lot of fun. Very supernatural, sticks to the roots of the series, and the base of the entire series is to overcome the darkness within you. So I really enjoyed all that.
The ending is good if not a bit safe. There's some fun moments, and a crazy preacher really helps make it so weird to see how these characters ended up. Overall, it's a solid ending in a overall solid series.
Kirkman always delivers a solid enough ending and while I think this ending is probably the least well done of the ones I finished (Invincible/Oblivion Song) it's still good. The final confrontation and the big merge moment is a lot of fun. Very supernatural, sticks to the roots of the series, and the base of the entire series is to overcome the darkness within you. So I really enjoyed all that.
The ending is good if not a bit safe. There's some fun moments, and a crazy preacher really helps make it so weird to see how these characters ended up. Overall, it's a solid ending in a overall solid series.
April 17, 2025
Um final bastante sólido para esta série.
É inevitável compararmos com outras séries de Kirkman, mas foi uma série viciante (li tudo em menos de uma semana. Não só porque me comprometi a isso mas porque me puxava constantemente a ler mais).
Os arcos das personagens são bem desenvolvidos e tem uma dose de ação bastante grande. O final é um espectáculo grandioso cheio de ação sobrenatural como podíamos esperar. Well done 👏
É inevitável compararmos com outras séries de Kirkman, mas foi uma série viciante (li tudo em menos de uma semana. Não só porque me comprometi a isso mas porque me puxava constantemente a ler mais).
Os arcos das personagens são bem desenvolvidos e tem uma dose de ação bastante grande. O final é um espectáculo grandioso cheio de ação sobrenatural como podíamos esperar. Well done 👏
July 9, 2021
(Zero spoiler review) 2.5/5
There is probably little need to keep this as a zero spoiler affair, as anyone looking for advice on whether to start this series or not isn't going to go all the way to book four to see whether Kirkman shat the bed or not. It's far more likely that people who read the story would like to see what others thought of it. That being said, I didn't think much of this at all, and that's being kind. This series was a blind buy for me, and I really fell for its small town narrative, supernatural/horror thriller. The slow burn mystery about Kyle, the priest and the estrangement from his family, not to mention his mother. It really sucked me in to the world Kirkman had created. There was nothing extraordinary going on. It was just a good story, being told pretty well, with some well suited art. This enjoyment continued all the way through book two, although the shift in tone from a a tense, near claustrophobic tale into some bland, gotta save the world nonsense was precisely what Kirkman should NOT have done with this. My interest and enjoyment nosedived throughout book 3 and has since flatlined in book 4. Everything that made this series special has been gutted from this book, with its limp, awful replacement seriously tarnishing my initial enjoyment for it. I have often lamented when great little stories inevitably go all big and bold at the finale. There is a right way to do this, and this certainly isn't it. No more characterisation. No more small time moments. No more atmosphere. Any sense of tension has been castigated for plot conveniences and contrivances that had me shaking my head with every page, asking why an accomplished comics writer would head in such an unappealing direction. The whole thing feels rushed, with far less care put into crafting it as the first half of the arc. This is a textbook example of how to wreck your series. I am genuinely mystified that Kirkman would think this was acceptable. This isn't about the ending itself, as bland as it is. This is all in the execution. I'm sure Kirkman could have executed this far more competently if he gave a shit. If in the years to come I reread this series, I will be stopping halfway through. Azaceta does his best, although is muted with the lack of horror. His art was neve dripping in detail. What he was able to do was really ramp up those small, scary moments with his illustrations. Needless to say, there is precious little of that here. How sad. A generous 2.5/5
OmniBen.
There is probably little need to keep this as a zero spoiler affair, as anyone looking for advice on whether to start this series or not isn't going to go all the way to book four to see whether Kirkman shat the bed or not. It's far more likely that people who read the story would like to see what others thought of it. That being said, I didn't think much of this at all, and that's being kind. This series was a blind buy for me, and I really fell for its small town narrative, supernatural/horror thriller. The slow burn mystery about Kyle, the priest and the estrangement from his family, not to mention his mother. It really sucked me in to the world Kirkman had created. There was nothing extraordinary going on. It was just a good story, being told pretty well, with some well suited art. This enjoyment continued all the way through book two, although the shift in tone from a a tense, near claustrophobic tale into some bland, gotta save the world nonsense was precisely what Kirkman should NOT have done with this. My interest and enjoyment nosedived throughout book 3 and has since flatlined in book 4. Everything that made this series special has been gutted from this book, with its limp, awful replacement seriously tarnishing my initial enjoyment for it. I have often lamented when great little stories inevitably go all big and bold at the finale. There is a right way to do this, and this certainly isn't it. No more characterisation. No more small time moments. No more atmosphere. Any sense of tension has been castigated for plot conveniences and contrivances that had me shaking my head with every page, asking why an accomplished comics writer would head in such an unappealing direction. The whole thing feels rushed, with far less care put into crafting it as the first half of the arc. This is a textbook example of how to wreck your series. I am genuinely mystified that Kirkman would think this was acceptable. This isn't about the ending itself, as bland as it is. This is all in the execution. I'm sure Kirkman could have executed this far more competently if he gave a shit. If in the years to come I reread this series, I will be stopping halfway through. Azaceta does his best, although is muted with the lack of horror. His art was neve dripping in detail. What he was able to do was really ramp up those small, scary moments with his illustrations. Needless to say, there is precious little of that here. How sad. A generous 2.5/5
OmniBen.
September 17, 2021
Though I still did have a good time with the series overall, it did start to decline around volume 5. I have found with some comic series, especially ones that are 6-8 volumes, there can be a bit of a lull around volume 4 or 5 (aka: middle book syndrome) and made a really good comeback for the ending so I wasn't too dismayed that the third deluxe edition didn't have me as stoked as the first two had but, sadly, Outcast didn't end with a bang. That isn't to say that the ending was bad, it was just predictable. Kirkman set the scene so well in the early volumes and the ending just didn't match that stellar start.
This was actually my first Kirkman. I liked his writing and I would be happy to try another one of his series *cough* The Walking Dead *cough* in the future.
This was actually my first Kirkman. I liked his writing and I would be happy to try another one of his series *cough* The Walking Dead *cough* in the future.
January 5, 2024
Man this fourth book brings this series to just a perfect completion and, at least in my mind, really elevates this comic to the Olympus of Robert Kirkman's work (along with The Walking Dead and Invincible) and the artform in general. Without a doubt one of the best horror comics ever written.
October 16, 2021
God serie, Slutter okay. Men første halvdel af denne serie er bare meget bedre og mere personlig/jordnær.
December 25, 2024
I don't know...
Me gusta el personaje de Anderson. Nunca perdió la fe 😅
Me gusta el personaje de Anderson. Nunca perdió la fe 😅
April 26, 2025
The plotting of this series wasn't my favorite, but Kirkman has an incredible knack for keeping momentum that I've almost never seen elsewhere.
April 25, 2022
O sexto volume de Outcast inclui os livros originais “A Escuridão Cresce” e a “Fusão”, publicado em Portugal pela G Floy Studio. Com argumento de Robert Kirkman e arte de Paul Azaceta, esta série tem uma conclusão sólida e competente, nada de muito entusiasmante nem surpreendente mas bastante equilibrada. Apesar de o desenho não me convencer muito, primeiro estranhei e depois entranhei e as cores de Elizabeth Breitweiser são sempre qualquer coisa que se destaca.
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June 20, 2022
I was concerned that this last volume could feel rushed in order to finish the story but it wasn't like that at all. The story kept the same pace that existed up to this point.
The ending makes sense and it doesn't feel forced.
Good job Mr. Kirkman
The ending makes sense and it doesn't feel forced.
Good job Mr. Kirkman
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