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The Walking Dead, Vol. 4: The Heart's Desire (The Walking Dead #4)
Life in the prison starts to get interesting for Rick Grimes and the rest of our survivors. Relationships heat up, fizzle out, and change entirely almost overnight. By the end of this volume, relationships between key characters are radically changed, setting the stage for future events in TheWalking Dead.
Paperback, 136 pages
Published
April 28th 2009
by Image Comics
(first published June 2005)
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i'm not a zombie but i might as well be considering how mind-numbingly addictive this candy-coated crackfest is. i've lost so much sleep over this series, and you know what? i ain't even mad.
in the heart's desire, the shit really hits the fan as the group begins to realize how low they have to go in order to survive. survival's an ugly thing, and contrary to what many pop zombie fiction writers would have you believe, it's not all fun and games. sometimes you have to kill. sometimes you have to...more
in the heart's desire, the shit really hits the fan as the group begins to realize how low they have to go in order to survive. survival's an ugly thing, and contrary to what many pop zombie fiction writers would have you believe, it's not all fun and games. sometimes you have to kill. sometimes you have to...more
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Would anyone care to explain me why these comics are so popular? Why do people like The Walking Dead so much? Why??? I've never seen so many flat and horrible characters together. None of the characters in the comics so far has any redeeming qualities. They are all fucked-up, selfish, shallow and stupid human beings that you would try to avoid at all costs in real life. All they do is fight over trivial things, almost every day someone is committing suicide for no goddamn reason or killi...more
Would anyone care to explain me why these comics are so popular? Why do people like The Walking Dead so much? Why??? I've never seen so many flat and horrible characters together. None of the characters in the comics so far has any redeeming qualities. They are all fucked-up, selfish, shallow and stupid human beings that you would try to avoid at all costs in real life. All they do is fight over trivial things, almost every day someone is committing suicide for no goddamn reason or killi...more
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A chaotic, insane installment. If you thought the shit hit the fan before...
The Heart's Desire brings to a head much of the pent-up anxiety of the previous volumes. It ain't pretty. The dilemma of maintaining order through savagery is addressed head-on. So is the quandary of responsibility - how much each member of this select group must bear. Now that a semblance of normality has been attained, true colors are showing. The deep effects of their experiences are no longer festering beneath the su...more
The Heart's Desire brings to a head much of the pent-up anxiety of the previous volumes. It ain't pretty. The dilemma of maintaining order through savagery is addressed head-on. So is the quandary of responsibility - how much each member of this select group must bear. Now that a semblance of normality has been attained, true colors are showing. The deep effects of their experiences are no longer festering beneath the su...more
Good stuff as expected. A tad more melodramatic than other volumes I've read but then what do you expect with zombies at the gates. The Walking Dead may be a horror comic but its political and philosophical meditations are fascinating.
If US right wing libertarianism is so keen to advocate rule by gun and small or no government, what sort of society would we get?
Similarly, if government and 'society' collapsed (due to , say, a zombie apocalypse ) what sort of society could we create despite be...more
If US right wing libertarianism is so keen to advocate rule by gun and small or no government, what sort of society would we get?
Similarly, if government and 'society' collapsed (due to , say, a zombie apocalypse ) what sort of society could we create despite be...more
Before I address anything else about this series, I have say, Robert Kirkman? You have some issues when it comes to women. Thusly, you can't write women accurately. At all. The female characters in this series are either bitches, sluts or nagging harpies (or some combo of the three) who just wanna wash clothes, sew, have babies, fuck men, and maybe, in a completely out of character move, kiss another woman. Also, the children in this book are like Disney show characters, ridiculously blinking up...more
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"We become them!" exclaims a beat-up Rick Grimes. "You think we hide behind walls to protect us from the walking dead! Don't you get it? We are the walking dead!" As much as I've hated Robert Kirkman's inability to tell a great story, I have to admit it that the six issues collected in the fourth volume of The Walking Dead series is the best thus far. We're finally hitting the primal instinct, the savage within all the characters that had laid dormant until the last panels feature Rick's realiza...more
Based on the glorious Book of Moroni from the holy Book of Mormon Another Testament of Christ.
The Book of Carl
1. An epistle of my father Rick, written to me, Carl; and it was written unto me soon after my calling to the walking. And on this wise did he write unto me, saying:
2. My beloved son, Carl, I rejoice exceedingly that your beautiful cheating Mother hath been mindful of you, and hath called you to this earth to slay Zombies.
3. I am mindful of you always in my prayers, continually praying u...more
The Book of Carl
1. An epistle of my father Rick, written to me, Carl; and it was written unto me soon after my calling to the walking. And on this wise did he write unto me, saying:
2. My beloved son, Carl, I rejoice exceedingly that your beautiful cheating Mother hath been mindful of you, and hath called you to this earth to slay Zombies.
3. I am mindful of you always in my prayers, continually praying u...more
This comic reads like it's been written by a 15 year old boy with a constant erection.
The Walking Dead is a great premise poorly executed. The characters are insipid, with no defining qualities to empathise with. The plot rapidly and repeatedly flits between killing and sex, with little meaning or worthwhile emotion given to either. This volume is particularly bad, portraying every character as sex-crazed. Almost every adult character has had sex, often with different partners, as if in a world...more
The Walking Dead is a great premise poorly executed. The characters are insipid, with no defining qualities to empathise with. The plot rapidly and repeatedly flits between killing and sex, with little meaning or worthwhile emotion given to either. This volume is particularly bad, portraying every character as sex-crazed. Almost every adult character has had sex, often with different partners, as if in a world...more
The Hearts Desire is the fourth volume of Robert Kirkman’s Walking Dead franchise. He teases the reader just a bit in the beginning after leaving you hanging at the end of Safety Behind Bars. The opening scene introduces a new and mysterious woman named Michonne.
This installment picks up the snow globe that is the world of our survivors and shakes it really good. It seems everybody gets their own scene in this one which is nice because it extends the depth of attachment the reader feels towards...more
This installment picks up the snow globe that is the world of our survivors and shakes it really good. It seems everybody gets their own scene in this one which is nice because it extends the depth of attachment the reader feels towards...more
Just read the first 4 books all at once. I find the treatment of zombies (which is more along the Romero lines than the more modern 28 Days Later/infection model) interesting, and I like the *concept*, which is a focus upon the drama and dynamics of small-group survival amidst a zombie apocalypse. But the execution is muddled. The writing can be poor, the art is nice but ends up with characters that are sometimes difficult to differentiate (that improves as the books go on, but is still present)...more
(Some spoilers) This particular volume frustrated me a little. I've really been enjoying Rick's "descent into madness", but found it a little forced - happening for the sake of it happening, rather than letting the character fall there at his own pace. I can understand if people disagree with this, it's just a personal feeling.
Michonne, however, really annoyed me. I've been looking forward to her appearance since day one, as friends of mine who read the series wax lyrical on how wonderful/bad-a...more
Michonne, however, really annoyed me. I've been looking forward to her appearance since day one, as friends of mine who read the series wax lyrical on how wonderful/bad-a...more
The fourth volume of The Walking Dead includes issues 19-24, and introduces the popular character Michonne. Although her sword-wielding intro is pretty awesome, I wasn't so impressed with her after she starts living inside the jail with the others. I'm hoping that her character develops a lot during the course of the series.
Anyway. About this installment--awesome, violent, unexpected, and still shocking. Just when you think things can't get any worse, they do. Friendships are tested, relationshi...more
Anyway. About this installment--awesome, violent, unexpected, and still shocking. Just when you think things can't get any worse, they do. Friendships are tested, relationshi...more
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حقا لا أصدق ما أراه بعينى من وصول الرسوم الكاريكاترية إلى هذا المستوى
كم هى رائعة بما تحتوى من تفاصيل مذهلة تشعرك وكأنك داخل المشهد
بالإضافة أنه يروق لى أسلوب الحوار بين الأشخاص بشدة
قصة ذلك العمل تدور حول انتشار أحد الأوبئة التى جعلت البشر أشبه بالزومبى من آكلى لحوم البشر ويستعرض محاولات بعض الناجين البقاء على ظهر الأرض فى ظل عدم وجود أدنى أمل فى استمرار الحياة بقيادة الشرطى ريك
بالاستمرار فى القراءة أشعر بروعة متابعة الأحداث ، فالقصة مشوقة حقا
لا عجب حين تكون الصورة الأصل مبهرة هكذا ، فتكون ال...more
كم هى رائعة بما تحتوى من تفاصيل مذهلة تشعرك وكأنك داخل المشهد
بالإضافة أنه يروق لى أسلوب الحوار بين الأشخاص بشدة
قصة ذلك العمل تدور حول انتشار أحد الأوبئة التى جعلت البشر أشبه بالزومبى من آكلى لحوم البشر ويستعرض محاولات بعض الناجين البقاء على ظهر الأرض فى ظل عدم وجود أدنى أمل فى استمرار الحياة بقيادة الشرطى ريك
بالاستمرار فى القراءة أشعر بروعة متابعة الأحداث ، فالقصة مشوقة حقا
لا عجب حين تكون الصورة الأصل مبهرة هكذا ، فتكون ال...more
Zombies are fun--mainly because of their contemporary cultural symbolic potential and because they eat brains and other body parts raw. I am a fan of the TV show, so I thought I'd take a look at the comics--especially since Watchmen was exceptionally good. This series is not so much. The TV show is better by far--which I don't want to say since I am a print guy from the start. I also read the first three, and all of them fall short of expectations after I started watching the show. I'll be not r...more
Writer Robert Kirkman continues to ramp it up in this volume of this magnificent series.
Trouble hits the prison where our survivors have made their home in this harsh world of zombies and survival. The thing is... The amazing thing is... that this volume doesn't feature zombies predominantly at all.
I can remember several times in the course of readng this volume that my heart was actually trip-hammering. You might be thinking, "Yeah, it's a zombie book. The horror factor got to you a little bit....more
Trouble hits the prison where our survivors have made their home in this harsh world of zombies and survival. The thing is... The amazing thing is... that this volume doesn't feature zombies predominantly at all.
I can remember several times in the course of readng this volume that my heart was actually trip-hammering. You might be thinking, "Yeah, it's a zombie book. The horror factor got to you a little bit....more
Note: Yes, I am going to use the same review for all of the Walking Dead comics I've read. Don't judge me too harshly; I have a lot of reviews to write.
What I liked:
-The art. It was simple yet beautiful and strong. It painted a clear picture and it even had me smiling sometimes, like Rick’s face when he got hit with the shovel. It made me giggle.
-Character death. I love that the creator isn’t afraid to kill off a character without any notice. You never know who will live and who will die, and it...more
What I liked:
-The art. It was simple yet beautiful and strong. It painted a clear picture and it even had me smiling sometimes, like Rick’s face when he got hit with the shovel. It made me giggle.
-Character death. I love that the creator isn’t afraid to kill off a character without any notice. You never know who will live and who will die, and it...more
This volume starts off with action right away. There is a woman with two zombies on chains. The zombies are missing their jaws as well as both of their arms. We later learn her name is Michonne. She finds her way to the prison after she hears gunshots. Back at the prison, Andrew forgot to shut the gate and the walkers are piling in. This battle results in the loss of two of the prisoners, Dexter and Andrew. Dexter whom Rick kills during the attack and claims he must have stepped in the way of on...more
I blew through Volume 4, The Heart's Desire, in one sitting. At times it's the best the series has to offer, but there were a few things that didn't do much for me, too.
The continual exploration of the prison was genuinely creepy at times. Dark shadows and the unknown make for great tension. The addition of the new character, Michonne, makes things a little bit more interesting, but she did not have enough development for me in The Heart's Desire.
Really, it seems like this book just shows the co...more
The continual exploration of the prison was genuinely creepy at times. Dark shadows and the unknown make for great tension. The addition of the new character, Michonne, makes things a little bit more interesting, but she did not have enough development for me in The Heart's Desire.
Really, it seems like this book just shows the co...more
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I think this is probably the last volume of this graphic novel for which I'm going to write an actual review. I stayed up until 5:00 AM this morning finishing up the series and they're all pretty much going to say the same thing: OMG! SO GOOD!!!
The series really picks up once the characters reach the prison -- the action is amazing, the character development (at least of those who actually survive) is compelling, and Robert Kirkman's pull-no-punches style of writing leaves you gasping at the end...more
The series really picks up once the characters reach the prison -- the action is amazing, the character development (at least of those who actually survive) is compelling, and Robert Kirkman's pull-no-punches style of writing leaves you gasping at the end...more
I started reading this series originally because my brother recommended it to me a while back. In volume 4, everyone seems to find this prison as a home. Though, like the rest of them, everything is not what it seems. Happiness and stability is hard to have in the situation that they are in. I believe that someone with power would do anything they can to keep it. But as usual, nothing ever goes according to plan in the books. There is a ton of more drama then there is in the other ones. I read t...more
Right now the show is on hiatus so I am happy to have the graphic novels to keep me going! Once again it is so interesting on how the graphic novels differ from the show. Usually I like both and respect their differences, but there was something about this volume that I just wasn't digging.
I felt like all the characters were heartless in this volume. Backstabbing, betraying, pretending like they wanted to be friends, but in the end they just didn't care. I understand it is a different world out...more
I felt like all the characters were heartless in this volume. Backstabbing, betraying, pretending like they wanted to be friends, but in the end they just didn't care. I understand it is a different world out...more
Again, i loved this installment of the walking dead. I loved how everyone went from restoring civilization to what was, to contemplating a new society (or at least Rick is). I liked the continuation of when do people with the zombie virus actually become zombies and can you stop it. I also thought that the new character of Michonne. I think she's interesting and she's also willing to do what it takes to survive and i would think should be on Rick's side in the next book. The only part that was f...more
Feb 25, 2010
RØB
rated it
5 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
Zombie fans
Recommended to RØB by:
John Holste
Like many other graphic novels, THE WALKING DEAD tends to suffer for me because/when I take any amount of time between reading one volume and the next. It's extremely interesting/compelling stuff, if occasionally contrived, but I have a hard time remembering the stories behind some of the peripheral characters, or even flat out who they are. Maybe it's because THE WALKING DEAD is in black and white, or because several of the main characters genuinely look a lot like one another, don't have too m...more
Kirkman's series is dark. The tragedy that befalls each character is what draws and repels me from the comic. I hesitate before picking up each volume wondering if it's worth looking into the dark corners, alleyways and cellars of the human mind Kirkman wants to take me too. By page ten of each volume I'm devouring the book and before the last page falls I'm searching out the next volume. What makes Kirkman's book worth reading is how long it is. The Zombie film, short story or even novel (altho...more
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Oh, Robert Kirkman, you've shocked me once again. I'm always surprised how many completely unforeseen and utterly shocking things can be crammed into these short volumes. The Heart's Desire, the fourth volume of The Walking Dead manages to kill off even more "since the beginning" characters. The group is attacked by more zombies, even within the supposed "safety" of the prison walls. We continue to see the living hurting each other in ways even the dead can't manage. The devastation continues at...more
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Robert 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...more
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