|
Lurdiak posted:I've been re-reading the comic, I gotta say kirkman seems to entirely forget about some of his characters sometimes, as they won't appear at all in an entire issue. Basically if he starts reminding us a totally forgettable character exists it's only because they're about to die. Toward the end of the prison arc, when Billy was suddenly 'the second best shot' they had in the group, it was like a big flashing 'this dude is gonna die so hard' over his head. Granted, with the cast being rather big, some characters will be bound to not get as much page time, but it would be nice if Kirkman tried to focus more on some of the lesser characters more rather than 'Rick, Carl, Andrea... and a few black guys or something.'
|
#
?
May 5, 2010 03:04
|
|
|
|
| # ? May 28, 2024 07:00 |
|
|
Hell I'm just happy he hasn't killed Glenn. He has seen so little misery in comparison to the others that I just know Maggie is going to die or leave him or something miserable.
|
|
#
?
May 5, 2010 05:32
|
|
|
So, I just jumped on board about two days ago and I'm already at issue #64... is the comic still being released monthly? What's the current schedule like? It's been a hell of a ride reading the entire series in a few sittings and I am loving it. How long do I have to wait until issue #72 and so forth?
|
|
#
?
May 9, 2010 09:00
|
|
|
Regicide posted:So, I just jumped on board about two days ago and I'm already at issue #64... is the comic still being released monthly? What's the current schedule like? It's been a hell of a ride reading the entire series in a few sittings and I am loving it. How long do I have to wait until issue #72 and so forth? The guy at the comic book store said that release dates for Walking Dead are a bit irregular. In the letters section of one recent issue, Kirkman said he was going to try to get these out once a month (or even sooner). According to the Image website, the next issue is due out the week of May 19: http://www.imagecomics.com/schedule.php?d=20100519 You can check the site periodically to see when the next issue is coming out.
|
|
#
?
May 9, 2010 12:28
|
|
|
The schedule seems to be monthly but it always seems to be late.
|
|
#
?
May 9, 2010 17:36
|
|
|
It's monthly, but usually a little off regarding when in the month it drops and sometimes he does miss a month.
|
|
#
?
May 12, 2010 03:48
|
|
|
Just finished Book 5, the end was pretty "meh" compared to the other 4. Without giving anything away, does anything interesting come of that guy blaming Rick for everything? Was a really odd ending and just wanna know if the story has gone sour or something!
|
|
#
?
May 14, 2010 01:46
|
|
|
I just got done reading the compendium and now I need more! Should I get this http://www.amazon.com/Walking-Dead-Book-5/dp/1607061716/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1273887453&sr=8-2 or is there a book with more issues coming out rather sooner than later?
|
|
#
?
May 15, 2010 02:40
|
|
|
Heh, I just started reading the compendium - which I bought after glancing this thread.  For the first hundred pages or so (there was a barn recently) the story hasn't been that original, but it's sure entertaining. I've always been a fan of end-of-societies fiction and zombies are cool.Is there a lot left after this compendium then? A second compendium probably?
|
|
#
?
May 22, 2010 08:34
|
|
|
Kasakka posted:Heh, I just started reading the compendium - which I bought after glancing this thread. The compendium covers the first 48 issues of the book. Issue 72 just came out this week. So yeah, there's a lot more story to read but I doubt the next compendium will be out anytime soon. If you wanted to just read collections you can start the Volume 5 HC or the Volume 9 TPB, both of which pick up right where the compendium left off.
|
|
#
?
May 22, 2010 09:45
|
|
|
Deadpool posted:If you wanted to just read collections you can start the Volume 5 HC or the Volume 9 TPB, both of which pick up right where the compendium left off.  Of course waiting for Compendium Two would give me a reason to read this all over again before starting that. Good to know anyhow that there's more to come!
|
|
#
?
May 22, 2010 16:05
|
|
|
...and another issue without any zombies in it. I'm sure they're probably trying to set the tone of feeling "too safe" which a lot of the characters have complained about. Plus that big guy with the mustache (I forget his name) is going to go out on construction soon and Glenn is going to start doing scavenger runs again, so something should happen shortly.
|
|
#
?
May 22, 2010 17:08
|
|
|
I wish there was a really spergy Walking Dead wikia or something that had articles on every character and their current status and whatnot.
|
|
#
?
May 22, 2010 17:48
|
|
|
Matt Cruea posted:I wish there was a really spergy Walking Dead wikia or something that had articles on every character and their current status and whatnot. Hmm, you might be joking and referring to this, but in case you didn't know about it here you go.
|
|
#
?
May 22, 2010 20:19
|
|
|
Guy Compton posted:...and another issue without any zombies in it. I'm sure they're probably trying to set the tone of feeling "too safe" which a lot of the characters have complained about. Plus that big guy with the mustache (I forget his name) is going to go out on construction soon and Glenn is going to start doing scavenger runs again, so something should happen shortly. I know the title of the book is The Walking Dead and all, but is this really a complaint that a lot of people share? I for one love the arcs where zombies are few and far between. Giving them a place to try and return to normal after all they've been through has been great. Especially with the problems that everyone is having reintegrating into this form of society.
|
|
#
?
May 23, 2010 00:29
|
|
|
Deadpool posted:I know the title of the book is The Walking Dead and all, but is this really a complaint that a lot of people share? I for one love the arcs where zombies are few and far between. Giving them a place to try and return to normal after all they've been through has been great. Especially with the problems that everyone is having reintegrating into this form of society. I wasn't really complaining. I'm also enjoying this "peaceful" arc where it's becoming painfully clear that Rick's group isn't ready to reintegrate into any kind of normal society (though I think the prison arc went on a bit too long). I was just pointing out that the last few issues have had zero zombies (not just a few here and there -- zero). I suspect that will change shortly. And also...why the hell would you keep all the guns in a locked up location right near the entrance to the compound?
|
|
#
?
May 23, 2010 00:39
|
|
|
While it's certainly the logical arc based what the characters have already been through I'm still amazed that Rick is going to so quickly gently caress everything up for everybody. You'd think he'd realize that stealing the guns would just escalate a stable situation into instability. Acknowledging that they'd try to take the place by force if the townspeople tried to throw them out is one thing. But stealing your guns back is a threatening action. Even if they could figure out a way to break in without leaving a trace it's not like the leader, Douglas, is going to think the guns got up and walked off by themselves. And when that happens of course there's going to be a confrontation. Rick's finally found exactly what they've been looking for; a nice secure place where they don't have to watch their backs all the time and he's so paranoid that he's going to end up destroying it. I wouldn't be at all surprised if the last page reveal in one of the next few issues shows that Douglas has their houses bugged and has been listening to them the whole time to see if they were plotting anything. Either that or somebody overhears them, or even someone from Ricks group just rats him out because they like the way things are they don't want his stupid rear end to gently caress it all up. -Blackadder- fucked around with this message at 02:44 on May 23, 2010 |
|
#
?
May 23, 2010 02:26
|
|
|
God drat these last few issues. I just wanna reach into the page and slap some sense into Rick. I hate it! Don't get me wrong, I am still 100% pleased with this comic it's just so frustrating seeing the characters lead themselves down this path. God I can't wait for the next issue. Personally I wouldn't be surprised if Abe's group are the ones to oppose Rick. They didn't go through the woodbury poo poo and seem to be a lot more level headed because of it.
|
|
#
?
May 23, 2010 05:24
|
|
|
-Blackadder- posted:While it's certainly the logical arc based what the characters have already been through I'm still amazed that Rick is going to so quickly gently caress everything up for everybody. The thing is, this village is only still standing because of luck, they have no idea how to properly defend it from roamers or bandits. I can see exactly why Rick is making each decision and even though I'm cringing, each one makes perfect sense. But, the road to hell and all that.
|
|
#
?
May 23, 2010 21:35
|
|
|
The logic behind the decisions make perfect sense. The actions themselves, not so much.
|
|
#
?
May 23, 2010 21:54
|
|
|
Sure, but if Rick wanted to setup a proper guard/defense system for the town then all he'd have to do is go and talk to Douglas and explain to him how incredibly naive and undefended the townspeople currently are and how they need to create a proper defense network around the town. He already started to do this when he explained to Douglas the importance of having a lookout and had him give Andrea the job. But that's not what he's worried about. He's worried about him and his people getting kicked out of the town. And because of this he's going to create the environment that will precipitate exactly that or the town just being overrun while they battle it out with the townspeople which as I mentioned a few posts back is a classic set piece in Zombie films and novels and one we've already seen at the prison battle. (An interesting possible alternate direction the story could take would be if Rick actually did successfully take over the town and basically become the Governor but with less sadism.) Ricks group has spent so much time in the wilderness learning harsh lessons such as "might makes right" and "trust no one outside your tribe", that when they're back living in something that resembles a normal society they are their own worst enemy. Rick isn't a bad person or evil but like almost everyone else out in the wilderness doing wild-eyed crazy poo poo he's gotten to the point where he's motivated purely out by fear and desperation. And of course he's going to end up making his own worst fears come true.
|
|
#
?
May 24, 2010 01:45
|
|
|
-Blackadder- posted:(An interesting possible alternate direction the story could take would be if Rick actually did successfully take over the town and basically become the Governor but with less sadism.) I might have already posted this but this is exactly what I think will happen. The town is too valuable and interesting a location for Kirkman to build up to for several issues and then just toss away after a 6 issue arc just to have the group on the road again.
|
|
#
?
May 24, 2010 16:43
|
|
|
Current Prediction: Glenn is going to get caught. The town is going to look to Rick to deal with Glenn. I really like Abe's character, I'm glad the krink wielding badass is human and doesn't want to go back on the other side of the wall.
|
|
#
?
May 24, 2010 16:51
|
|
|
The whole thing with the town, isn't it pretty much exactly what happened with The Governor? He joined the town with the best intentions, hoping to beef up their security but slowly was corrupted and took the town by force?
|
|
#
?
May 24, 2010 23:42
|
|
|
Gassire posted:The whole thing with the town, isn't it pretty much exactly what happened with The Governor? He joined the town with the best intentions, hoping to beef up their security but slowly was corrupted and took the town by force? The impression I got was the the governor was a sadistic deranged fucker right from the start - the zombie apocalypse just meant he could get away with stuff.
|
|
#
?
May 26, 2010 00:03
|
|
|
Darth Ronson posted:The impression I got was the the governor was a sadistic deranged fucker right from the start - the zombie apocalypse just meant he could get away with stuff. Yeah its hard to imagine Rick chopping off heads and making "TVs"
|
|
#
?
May 26, 2010 00:25
|
|
|
Scarecrow411 posted:Current Prediction: Glenn is going to get caught. The town is going to look to Rick to deal with Glenn. This would be a great twist.
|
|
#
?
May 26, 2010 01:11
|
|
|
So Duane is going to follow his dad, using some kind of spider sense, all the way to the new place. Rick and crew will fight off all the zombies and in doing so reveal the guns they've taken back. The guy in charge will rage. Those still alive will split up and we'll have a few new faces on the trip. That is my expectation. What I'd like to see is some time being skipped so Carl is older, the loner who doesn't fit in and the only guy to remember that it is loving dangerous out there. Rick will die in the event that destroys the town and Carl will be the new leader. Carl will save everyone because he knows that bad things have to be done sometimes.
|
|
#
?
May 26, 2010 02:54
|
|
|
So Kirkman's zombies will rot but will never die right? Wouldn't they just turn into skeletons eventually?
|
|
#
?
May 26, 2010 17:21
|
|
|
They do, but I think the decay process is slowed. Also, over the course of the book, pockets of survivors have lived and died, so I imagine there are fresh zombies turning up every so often.
|
|
#
?
May 26, 2010 17:57
|
|
|
Drunkboxer posted:So Kirkman's zombies will rot but will never die right? Wouldn't they just turn into skeletons eventually? I think Kirkman's got some kind of ecology sketched out. We have seen at least one apparently intact zombie incapable of doing much besides sitting around and moaning. I forget, you have to be bitten to become a zombie, right? They found that out in the prison arc.
|
|
#
?
May 26, 2010 18:03
|
|
|
No, the bite "just" kills. It's something else that reanimates people (as evidenced by Dale or whathisface) standing up again.
|
|
#
?
May 26, 2010 18:19
|
|
|
Trivial Fursuit posted:No, the bite "just" kills. It's something else that reanimates people (as evidenced by Dale or whathisface) standing up again. That part was pretty intense.
|
|
#
?
May 26, 2010 18:54
|
|
|
StumblyWumbly posted:Dale got his leg chopped off immediately tho, right? Yeah, that part was intense, but he wasn't the character I was thinking of. The person I was thinking of was Shane  I'm terrible with names.
|
|
#
?
May 26, 2010 19:14
|
|
|
Drunkboxer posted:So Kirkman's zombies will rot but will never die right? Wouldn't they just turn into skeletons eventually? Nah, they still need brains to function and muscles to move so at least those wont rot, they don't seem to be "magical" zombies. I suppose they don't need much food at all and that they eat some plants/animals/soil/crap to stay functional.
|
|
#
?
May 26, 2010 19:18
|
|
|
Trivial Fursuit posted:Yeah, that part was intense, but he wasn't the character I was thinking of. What's funny is that I can't imagine Rick really bothering, or caring about that anymore. EDIT: Dale did prove that being bitten does not mean a one way ticket to zombieville.
|
|
#
?
May 27, 2010 06:44
|
|
|
I wanted to get back into comics so a friend recommended this and loaned me the trades/issues. I burned through everything in a week. loving awesome reading, but mentally draining.....and now I want more! Going to start picking up the monthly issues now, and recommend this to friends. Rick's paranoia does look to gently caress everything up....but I'm sure there is some type of secret in this town where it's not as good as it looks. I think killing Rick off would be a mistake, at least not until Carl is older or something. I just can't find anyone else that interesting, and we are seeing the whole thing as Rick....so his paranoia is our paranoia...or at least mine. Everytime he meets new people I get nervous that they are going to eat or rape the group!
|
|
#
?
May 27, 2010 15:40
|
|
|
Interview on AICN with Kirkman about the show: http://www.aintitcool.com/node/45261 quote:Robert Kirkman: Anything you have seen in BREAKING BAD we can do every minute of our show. And then also there’s a lot of things you can get away with, because they are zombies, so you will be seeing all kinds of cool stuff that you would expect to see in THE WALKING DEAD: THE TV SHOW, so while it isn’t a pay cable channel, I think that people are still going to get what they want. This is sounding better and better I think. Drunkboxer fucked around with this message at 16:32 on May 27, 2010 |
|
#
?
May 27, 2010 16:24
|
|
|
hehe... found these at the end of Invincible 16. Click here for the full 1024x1541 image.  Click here for the full 1024x1578 image.
|
|
#
?
Jun 5, 2010 08:26
|
|
|
|
| # ? May 28, 2024 07:00 |
|
|
Walking Humus posted:hehe... found these at the end of Invincible 16. You know I always meant to get that smirking face as an avatar...
|
|
#
?
Jun 5, 2010 20:37
|
|