Walking Dead

[Inkthinker]

So, from the letters column it looks like people are kinda freaking out about Carl. I still figure we're more likely to see Rick die than Carl, but is anyone else upset about it enough to stop reading?

And did anyone else find the double-page spread to be too much? I thought it was entirely suitable for the shock of that moment.

Thoughts on the comics of late?

[Mase]

Just caught up via the latest trade. Carl getting shot was a MAJOR surprise. Not as surprised I was when his wife and daughter were killed, though. Judging from the damage it's a bit of a backpeddle that he's even still alive.
I wouldn't stop reading, but I don't see how Rick's character could go on after that and it seems the series would effectively end itself, Sopranos style.

In other news, Abraham is fast becoming my favorite character.

[fatmancomics]

It was shocking, yes. Literaly the first time that I had to do a double take on a comic book (which meant turning back the page to see in which direction the bald guy was shooting) but it's not going to make me stop reading it. In fact, if he survives, it will be completely unrealistic. In the earlier issues they talked about the severity of an injury in that world when Rick mangled his hand on that guy's face and when that one guy got his teeth knocked out in the Governor's town. To have Carl survive this when they can't even fight off infection would just be too incredible (nevermind the zombies, you know what I mean).

[Inkthinker]

So. I reckon I knew someone was gonna get it, Kirkman's gone full Martin with his willingness to kill main characters. And while I was worried that it would be Rick, I reckon Kirkman's not desperate enough to go there just yet. Honestly, if he kills Rick, that might be it for me. The book starts with Rick, if Rick dies then it's not the same story any more.

Michonne is way too cool.

Carl's already been beaten on at this point, what with the whole hole-through-the-head (curious query, does he have a soft spot in the skull now? 'Cause they didn't seem to be in a place to put a plate in there, unless they got seriously medieval about it).

Andrea was a possibility, but for issue #100 it really needed to be a gut-puncher.

So. Glen.

And when you think about it, all the signs were there. The man's been telegraphing his own demise worse than the soldier who pulls out a picture of his fiancee and talks about how he's only two weeks from going home. He might as well have been wearing a red shirt (maybe he was, comic's in B&W after all). Thinking he'd go to live on the Hilltop with Maggie and the kids, leaving the group behind... that's sailboat retirement talk, that is.

And I must confess, I'm looking forward to Negan getting his now. Oh man, Rick's gonna go corkscrews and bamboo shoots. But it'll be war before it's over, and I expect we'll lose more of the main cast before we're done.

Hell, who's left from the original pack anymore? Maggie, Andrea, Carl, Sophia... and two of those are kids. Though I'm guessing Carl will be more hardcore than ever before (seriously, when are we getting that kid a bad-ass eyepatch?)

TWD and Invincible are about the only comics I'm still reading on a monthly basis (Usagi Yojimbo is on hiatus. Started up Punk Rock Jesus this week, but it's a 6-issue limited). And I expect I'll keep reading The Walking Dead for a while to come, because if nothing else, I want to see someone feed "Lucille" to Negan backwards.

Secondary topic of curiousity: which cover did you get? I went for the Ottley.

[Popninja]

Secondary topic of curiousity: which cover did you get? I went for the Ottley.

I became a collector this week and picked up four covers. Both Adlards, Quitely and Silvestri.

I wasn't shocked by Glenn's death because Kirkman can no longer shock me. Part of the reason I stopped reading TWD is because I no longer wanted to be invested in characters that were at the creator's whim. I just wasn't strong enough to continue reading it. Since I left though, I've gone back for landmark issues - - 50, 75 and now 100. I get a kick out of seeing where things are every two years or so.

I plan to eventually start buying the collected hardcovers. I have the first one, but I want the whole set at some point because I would love to read it after the fact.

[scmarooney]

I Made the pilgrimage to the local (not so local) comic shop today to pick up a copy of this. Got the "standard" Adlard cover as that was the only one they had sitting on the shelf. I have been keeping up with this title in a pretty spotty way. The local library district gets the soft-cover GN's shortly after they are published so I was able to read the storylines after the whole Prison-thing, and mean to go back to purchase them in the future when my finances are looking a bit better. But I had to go and get issue #100.

Got to say I felt pretty gut-punched over the death of Glen in this one, especially the extraordinarily brutal way in which it happened. I can't remember a comic producing an angry and sickened response in me like that in a LONG time.

Some part of me just wanted to wash my hands of the whole thing after reading that issue and never pick up another copy of TWD. And another part of me wants to see how Rick gets his payback on Negan. I suspect it is going to go down like the whole Prison-storyline did with Rick and one or two other characters surviving and back on the road again. I could be wrong though.

[Jcatlett76]

Thanks for the spoiler...love you guys!!!!

Hell, I'll be over it in a few minutes, I was just about to sit down and read that issue!


Edit:
Just read it and even though I knew who was going to die...It was not a let down. I think Rick is going to end up seriously f----ng that guys world up!

[InkedT]

I had a serious Holy Sh*t moment when I read #100. I figured something big was going to happen and a central character was going to die but I hadn't felt like that since Lori got killed way back. Awesome issue. Can't wait to see what Rick does to this guy.

[Jcatlett76]

Rick needs to leave Michonne alone with the guy for ten minutes.