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The Walking Dead #7-8
The Walking Dead, Book Four
The hardcover features another 12 issues of the hit series along with the covers for the issues all in one oversized hardcover volume. Perfect for long-time fans, new readers, and anyone interested in reading a zombie movie on paper that never ends.
304 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 2008
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About the author
Robert Kirkman
2,737 books6,933 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 18, 2015
Sorry, couldn't help it! Ok, I could've, but...*snickersnortgiggle*
My tired corny jokes aside, I was shocked at the amount of carnage in this sucker! Some of them I knew were coming, but the majority still took my breath away. Psst. I've worked really hard not to get spoiled...
Anyway, Kirkman kind of lulled me into a false sense of security when several things went wrong, and then still turned out all right.
Awwww!
But this isn't that kind of comic, so the rest of it wasn't very fluffy.
Wait...What's she doing?
Oh, a hug! How sweet!
I don't think they're bluffing, Rick. Ahhhh! Oh shit! Nooo!
Anybody seen Dale?
The Governor's learned his lesson, dontcha think?
Annnnd because I needed ONE MORE THING to put me over the edge...
So what's the Grand Finale look like?
People keep asking me if it's different than the show, but since I haven't seen the show, I couldn't really say one way or another. Until now.
I'm pretty positive that it's quite a bit different from the tv show, because everyone who watched the show seemed to hate Lori. I gotta say, I've never disliked her. I understand that she cheated on Rick, but that's not the worst thing someone can do during a zombie apocalypse, you know? Other than that (and she in the comics she feels bad about it), she's a pretty decent person.
In my opinion, anyway. Also, Rick apparently has both hands in the tv show.
So, yes...it's different.
Lots of gory deaths, a few squeamish pedo/zombie panels, and a couple of
January 24, 2025
El Gobernador debe ser uno de los personajes no solo mas psicópatas dentro de la ficción si no también el más enfermo.
Qué repelús alguna que otra cosa de las que hace.
Qué repelús alguna que otra cosa de las que hace.
March 29, 2016
Oh the shock, the plot twist and the horror! No one is safe!
May 22, 2021
This is a brutal volume so be prepared.
With Rick now back at the prison they all are ready to regroup and figure out their next step. The first half is actually a bit more on how to function as a group once more and be decent people to each other. A lot of it works, and even some funny moments throughout. The second half is insane chaos as the Governor makes his move to take the prison that Rick and his people worked so hard for and it is now a mini-war.
Brutal in exactions, this takes out serval key characters. I always admired Walking Dead for killing characters off so quickly and in surprising ways. It never feels like shock value, and the story reminds you how close to death they always are, so when they do die it is more "Damn it" than NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO. Which is a huge plus. The art remains strong and gets better as the series progresses. The final few pages are horrifying and brutal to watch and end this current arc on a super high note.
A 4.5 out of 5.
With Rick now back at the prison they all are ready to regroup and figure out their next step. The first half is actually a bit more on how to function as a group once more and be decent people to each other. A lot of it works, and even some funny moments throughout. The second half is insane chaos as the Governor makes his move to take the prison that Rick and his people worked so hard for and it is now a mini-war.
Brutal in exactions, this takes out serval key characters. I always admired Walking Dead for killing characters off so quickly and in surprising ways. It never feels like shock value, and the story reminds you how close to death they always are, so when they do die it is more "Damn it" than NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO. Which is a huge plus. The art remains strong and gets better as the series progresses. The final few pages are horrifying and brutal to watch and end this current arc on a super high note.
A 4.5 out of 5.
August 24, 2012
I am not a prude and I don't mind violence. I hate this volume. HATE it. I was captivated by the first two bound volumes of _The Walking Dead_. Volume 3 changed this. The brutality that the author visits on one of his characters is hard to read but, at least, in keeping with the savage survivalist theme. I thought, "Well, I got through that." I bought Volume 4 hoping for a return to the harsh, but not downright cruel, plot of the first two volumes.
No spoilers, but the end of this book is so pointlessly, graphically brutal that I threw it across the room. Why bother inventing characters if you plan to do this sort of thing to them? Again, it is not the violence that bothers me. It is that the author seems to intent on showing us how "gritty" he can be that he is willing to brutalize his characters and his reader just to top himself.
The last four pages of this volume put me right off this series, and that is too bad because it had such potential. Irredeemably harsh. Brutal for the sake of brutality. Avoid.
No spoilers, but the end of this book is so pointlessly, graphically brutal that I threw it across the room. Why bother inventing characters if you plan to do this sort of thing to them? Again, it is not the violence that bothers me. It is that the author seems to intent on showing us how "gritty" he can be that he is willing to brutalize his characters and his reader just to top himself.
The last four pages of this volume put me right off this series, and that is too bad because it had such potential. Irredeemably harsh. Brutal for the sake of brutality. Avoid.
October 31, 2022
4.5
This is a really heavy volume. Eventhough I knew it was coming I'm still reeling from that ending. The one thing about the pacing in this series is that it almost lulls you into sleep than gives you a good smack in the mouth to keep you in the game.
This is a really heavy volume. Eventhough I knew it was coming I'm still reeling from that ending. The one thing about the pacing in this series is that it almost lulls you into sleep than gives you a good smack in the mouth to keep you in the game.
November 15, 2018
I prefer the Carol from the TV Show over the Carol in the comic books!
September 1, 2011
Holy cow! Robert Kirkman is not afraid to kill off main characters!
This installation gives us the birth of Lori's baby - Rick doesn't want to know if he's the father or if Shane is (he picked up on the fact that Lori slept with Shane during Shane's last rant) and they settle back into what passes for stable family life after the zombie apocalypse.
After that, everything goes straight to hell. Glen is shot in the chest during a supply run, but lives because he's wearing the body armor they found in the prison. Carol commits suicide by zombie, leaving Sophia orphaned in Rick & Lori's care. Dale gets bitten, but they manage to save his life by amputating his lower leg.
When the Governor and his goons attack the prison, the casualties add up fast - Rick is shot in the abdomen (but isn't killed) and Andrea gets a graze wound to the head. The Governor retreats, and the group falls apart without Rick's guidance. Michonne and Tyreese decide to strike at the Governor while he's retreating, while Andrea, Dale, the twins, Sophia, Glen and Maggie decide to run for it and leave the rest of the group. Tyreese is captured and beheaded by the Governor in an attempt to make the last of the group in the prison surrender, but when that plan doesn't work, they attack again. Alice, Axel and Patricia are killed in the battle and Billy is killed after surrendering. But the true shocker is Lori - she and the baby are killed as they're making a run for the getaway truck with Rick and Carl.
At the end of the book, the only people left alive from the original group are Rick, Carl, Andrea, Dale, Sophia, Glenn, Maggie and the twin boys. The prison has fallen to the Governor's people (the Governor himself is killed shortly after the battle, when his followers realizes that they've killed a woman and a baby.) Michonne may be alive, but she's split from the group at this point.
Wow. I can't wait to read book 5!
This installation gives us the birth of Lori's baby - Rick doesn't want to know if he's the father or if Shane is (he picked up on the fact that Lori slept with Shane during Shane's last rant) and they settle back into what passes for stable family life after the zombie apocalypse.
After that, everything goes straight to hell. Glen is shot in the chest during a supply run, but lives because he's wearing the body armor they found in the prison. Carol commits suicide by zombie, leaving Sophia orphaned in Rick & Lori's care. Dale gets bitten, but they manage to save his life by amputating his lower leg.
When the Governor and his goons attack the prison, the casualties add up fast - Rick is shot in the abdomen (but isn't killed) and Andrea gets a graze wound to the head. The Governor retreats, and the group falls apart without Rick's guidance. Michonne and Tyreese decide to strike at the Governor while he's retreating, while Andrea, Dale, the twins, Sophia, Glen and Maggie decide to run for it and leave the rest of the group. Tyreese is captured and beheaded by the Governor in an attempt to make the last of the group in the prison surrender, but when that plan doesn't work, they attack again. Alice, Axel and Patricia are killed in the battle and Billy is killed after surrendering. But the true shocker is Lori - she and the baby are killed as they're making a run for the getaway truck with Rick and Carl.
At the end of the book, the only people left alive from the original group are Rick, Carl, Andrea, Dale, Sophia, Glenn, Maggie and the twin boys. The prison has fallen to the Governor's people (the Governor himself is killed shortly after the battle, when his followers realizes that they've killed a woman and a baby.) Michonne may be alive, but she's split from the group at this point.
Wow. I can't wait to read book 5!
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
June 24, 2019
Once again, this was never destined to be a favorite of mine. I hate the Governor and I still hate Lori and everyone was still so focused on having sex.
It’s interesting to read through this and see what all the changed for the show. Some changes I think were for the better; other changes, not so much.
The Governor attacking the prison and the lies he feeds to his people never fail to piss me off. He’s even more vile in the graphic novels, and I honestly didn’t think that was possible.
Also. That last like twenty pages was completely and utterly horrifying and depressing. I mean, damn. Interested to see the changes that come next! Onto Vol. 5.
It’s interesting to read through this and see what all the changed for the show. Some changes I think were for the better; other changes, not so much.
The Governor attacking the prison and the lies he feeds to his people never fail to piss me off. He’s even more vile in the graphic novels, and I honestly didn’t think that was possible.
Also. That last like twenty pages was completely and utterly horrifying and depressing. I mean, damn. Interested to see the changes that come next! Onto Vol. 5.
December 27, 2010
Every book I become less impressed with the series. I think part of the problem is that the visual nature of graphic novels makes violence that might be okay in a prose piece seem gratuitous.
Kirkman said he killed off so many characters to show that no one was safe. Unfortunately, as far as I'm concerned he killed off a bunch of people in a gratuitous manner and he managed to kill off the characters I cared about or were remotely interesting.
I give it one more book.
Kirkman said he killed off so many characters to show that no one was safe. Unfortunately, as far as I'm concerned he killed off a bunch of people in a gratuitous manner and he managed to kill off the characters I cared about or were remotely interesting.
I give it one more book.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
July 8, 2020
Being a huge fan of the show, I wanted to see how the original writing started and how the show writers followed and deviated from the comics. My dislikes were that the comics are much more crude, crass, and unnecessarily violent. I did like the change in relationships and how people worked together differently, and the comics have a different creepiness feel than you get watching it on TV. Overall, I prefer the show, and probably will not finish out the comic book series.
August 18, 2016
This volume started a bit slowly but holy balls did it end like a son-of-a-bitch!!!
June 17, 2017
WOW!! Feels like I just finished and reviewed book three only a few days ago. Actually, from looking at my start and finish dates on this book, yes, it was only six days ago.
This one was good. Heartbreaking...but good.
Now, if I remember correctly from seasons one and two of the TV show, Shane lies to Lori about Rick being dead and then they begin having sex. Shane's a dick in the comic but not as much as he was in the TV show. Also
Anyway, back to the whole fucked up Shane/Rick/Lori love triangle (I should have crossed out the words "love triangle" cause I hated Shane and everything he did...LOL). Yeah, in the show, Shane leaves Rick in the hospital and lies to Lori about Rick being dead, and she's pissed at him for it when Rick shows up alive. Also in the TV show, we just recently learned that Rick knows that Judith isn't his kid...
In the beginning of this book there is Now maybe I missed something, and they didn't have a choice, but it still pisses me off that Lori would do that.
Well, a lot happens in this book. A lot of stuff from the TV show. That attack on The Prison that The Governor does, hacking off of limbs of certain characters, more prison/survival drama, oh yeah and Judith is born! All that happens except it was a little different then what was in the show.
There was something important I left out of my review of book three. Oh yeah...CAROL! In the Comic books, Carol is a completely different person. We do not get Bad-Ass Carol. And also she's blonde and slightly younger as well. Nope, in the graphic novels, Carol To which Lori is basically like, "uuumm...what the fuck?". Her character is a little annoying in the graphic novels. Carol eventually . That was pretty messed up. Oh yeah, and . In fact, in that whole "eeny, meeny, miny, moe..." thing that Negan does to Rick and the group in the woods,. I haven't gotten to the part in the graphic novels with Negan yet, I just read a little bit about that online last year. LOL.
Okay, I pointed out the differences between TV show Governor and comic book Governor in my review of book three...
Yeah, he's different. Worse you could say. You know, it's funny that in the graphic novels The Governor keeps telling his people that Rick and the people that live with him at the prison are "Evil bastards", when he is the raping, murdering, creepy sociopath. I suppose that makes some sense that he thinks that, because in real life villains usually don't think they are villains. Evil people think they are doing the right thing.
So yeah, he attacks the Prison with the tank and small militia, but it is much longer and more brutal. In fact. A good friend of mine told me about that awhile back, and I'm glad that didn't happen in the TV show. But the woman responsible for that feels horrible about it, and tells the Governer that he is "..a fucking monster" and then . I liked the way that went down in the TV show, but it might have been better if it were done in that way instead. More brutal and gory.
And the end is so heartbreaking because. Yep, Robert Kirkman is pretty cold when it comes to the treatment of his characters in The Walking Dead.
I really am loving these books. I'm trying to get caught up on the whole series. And in saying that again six days later...ON TO BOOK FIVE!!!
This one was good. Heartbreaking...but good.
Now, if I remember correctly from seasons one and two of the TV show, Shane lies to Lori about Rick being dead and then they begin having sex. Shane's a dick in the comic but not as much as he was in the TV show. Also
Anyway, back to the whole fucked up Shane/Rick/Lori love triangle (I should have crossed out the words "love triangle" cause I hated Shane and everything he did...LOL). Yeah, in the show, Shane leaves Rick in the hospital and lies to Lori about Rick being dead, and she's pissed at him for it when Rick shows up alive. Also in the TV show, we just recently learned that Rick knows that Judith isn't his kid...
In the beginning of this book there is Now maybe I missed something, and they didn't have a choice, but it still pisses me off that Lori would do that.
Well, a lot happens in this book. A lot of stuff from the TV show. That attack on The Prison that The Governor does, hacking off of limbs of certain characters, more prison/survival drama, oh yeah and Judith is born! All that happens except it was a little different then what was in the show.
There was something important I left out of my review of book three. Oh yeah...CAROL! In the Comic books, Carol is a completely different person. We do not get Bad-Ass Carol. And also she's blonde and slightly younger as well. Nope, in the graphic novels, Carol To which Lori is basically like, "uuumm...what the fuck?". Her character is a little annoying in the graphic novels. Carol eventually . That was pretty messed up. Oh yeah, and . In fact, in that whole "eeny, meeny, miny, moe..." thing that Negan does to Rick and the group in the woods,. I haven't gotten to the part in the graphic novels with Negan yet, I just read a little bit about that online last year. LOL.
Okay, I pointed out the differences between TV show Governor and comic book Governor in my review of book three...
Yeah, he's different. Worse you could say. You know, it's funny that in the graphic novels The Governor keeps telling his people that Rick and the people that live with him at the prison are "Evil bastards", when he is the raping, murdering, creepy sociopath. I suppose that makes some sense that he thinks that, because in real life villains usually don't think they are villains. Evil people think they are doing the right thing.
So yeah, he attacks the Prison with the tank and small militia, but it is much longer and more brutal. In fact. A good friend of mine told me about that awhile back, and I'm glad that didn't happen in the TV show. But the woman responsible for that feels horrible about it, and tells the Governer that he is "..a fucking monster" and then . I liked the way that went down in the TV show, but it might have been better if it were done in that way instead. More brutal and gory.
And the end is so heartbreaking because. Yep, Robert Kirkman is pretty cold when it comes to the treatment of his characters in The Walking Dead.
I really am loving these books. I'm trying to get caught up on the whole series. And in saying that again six days later...ON TO BOOK FIVE!!!
March 12, 2023
Tant de morts dans les personnages principaux...
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
June 13, 2017
This series is superb - but I am not a fan of the Governor so this is not my favorite part. That ending though... wow.
January 26, 2013
Oh, boy. You know how we're trained via every television show and Hollywood film we've ever seen (and even most books we've read) to trust that the main characters we see stick around for a while and get good character development are the...well, main characters of the series? If you can't handle this becoming not true in horrifying and violent ways, don't read this. I'm not kidding. Put it down and walk away. Give it to a friend. Donate it to a library. Anything. Just get it out of your world to remove the temptation to read it and thereby torment yourself. Because once you've read it you can't take it back.
I read this in a car en route from one Northwestern city to another. Being trapped in that car with me for an hour after finishing this book was something other than pleasant for my driving buddies. Disbelief, shock, grief, anger...I did them all. Now I've settled on some admittedly unrealistic and self-delusional brand of hope. Because the worst of the character-decimating madness all goes down in the last 20 or so pages, so we don't get much aftermath, just the punch in the gut and then fade to black. And maybe...maybe people who looked dead really aren't? Unfortunately, I'll have to wait a while to find out because holds for Book 5 at my local library are about a month out. Anticipation is good for us, right?
Okay, end-of-book shock factor aside, there's a lot of payoff in this one. Storylines and nuggets that were set up in books two and three bear some meaty fruit in these pages. Much of it unpretty, but that's part of what we're here for, right? A tale of bunnies and unicorns this is not.
The characters (or what's left of them, anyway) keep gaining depth and complexity, maybe more so in this collection than the first three. I'm starting to like them, even when they're overreactive dicks to each other or walk blindly into situations I want to smack them for--the ditzy blonde in the horror film who goes into the basement alone with a dying flashlight just after the power's been cut to see what that noise was? Yeah, each of these characters has been that girl at this point. Fortunately, they aren't her all the time, or even most of the time.
So, still loving everything I loved about the previous books in the series, and apparently more attached to the characters than I've been admitting to myself because I'm pretty pissed about how this one ended. Which just means I'm chomping at the bit to read the next.
I read this in a car en route from one Northwestern city to another. Being trapped in that car with me for an hour after finishing this book was something other than pleasant for my driving buddies. Disbelief, shock, grief, anger...I did them all. Now I've settled on some admittedly unrealistic and self-delusional brand of hope. Because the worst of the character-decimating madness all goes down in the last 20 or so pages, so we don't get much aftermath, just the punch in the gut and then fade to black. And maybe...maybe people who looked dead really aren't? Unfortunately, I'll have to wait a while to find out because holds for Book 5 at my local library are about a month out. Anticipation is good for us, right?
Okay, end-of-book shock factor aside, there's a lot of payoff in this one. Storylines and nuggets that were set up in books two and three bear some meaty fruit in these pages. Much of it unpretty, but that's part of what we're here for, right? A tale of bunnies and unicorns this is not.
The characters (or what's left of them, anyway) keep gaining depth and complexity, maybe more so in this collection than the first three. I'm starting to like them, even when they're overreactive dicks to each other or walk blindly into situations I want to smack them for--the ditzy blonde in the horror film who goes into the basement alone with a dying flashlight just after the power's been cut to see what that noise was? Yeah, each of these characters has been that girl at this point. Fortunately, they aren't her all the time, or even most of the time.
So, still loving everything I loved about the previous books in the series, and apparently more attached to the characters than I've been admitting to myself because I'm pretty pissed about how this one ended. Which just means I'm chomping at the bit to read the next.
February 7, 2015
This series just keeps getting better and better. This is definitely one of my favorites of the series so far. It's also probably the most depressing as of yet. Several people die (even some that you wouldn't expect) and lots of limbs and body parts are lost. At this rate, pretty soon all the characters are just gonna be an army of stumps and amputees. I like that the creators aren't afraid to kill off some of the main characters. No one's safe in these kinds of conditions and it's unrealistic to expect your favorites or the most seemingly important characters to survive to see a happily ever after. I also really liked The Governor. Well, I didn't like him; I loved to hate him. He's an awesome villain and you just can't wait for him to finally die and get his comeuppance. He seems like an extremely complex character and I really want to know his back story, especially in regards to his zombie daughter. So I'm really happy The Walking Dead: Rise of The Governor is going to be published October 11th. Another thing I don't think I've mentioned yet in my previous reviews of The Walking Dead hardcovers is all the interesting stuff they put in the back of the books. Robert Kirkman writes some notes and explanations next to some sketches and discusses the development of the series and characters while also offering up some really cool references to other Walking Dead memorabilia and art. For example, in this issue, he mentions Clayburn Moore's painted statues which can be found here: http://www.csmoorestudio.com/Moore_Th.... So that's pretty neat. But the best part of the bonus material in the back of the books are the full-color illustrations. They make everything that much more graphic and intense and they're so much more detailed than the small black-and-white frames of the comic panels. They're like the cherry on top of the zombie story sundae.
August 27, 2015
Holla TWD fans!
So I finished reading this Book Four and WOW!! All I can say is the stories really gets better for each issues! But heartbreaking at the same time. Aha! Also there's violent scene (which I like it).
As from my previous review, Michonne beats Philips the Governor so hard and left him nearly to death. Yeah I already knew the Governor is not dead yet because I watched the episode on TWD tv series! But this time, I read the whole stories here. On how Governor survive after been tortured by Michonne. He planned to attack the prison for months. He comes to the prison with full preparation, full energy, tanks and guns to seek revenge! He even spread bad thought about those people in prison to his people. He's evil guys. I cannot tell how much I hate him. Before the Governor and his people came, Andrea, Dale, Maggie, Glenn and Sophia left the prison because they knew this would happen! They didn't want to risk their life in that prison anymore.
Previously, Lori got pregnant and deliver baby in the prison. And also, ANDREA IS A HERO! She came back to the prison, alone, and help her people that been attacked by Governor over there. I adore her for her ability to shoot accurately and she is BETTER THAN EVERY MAN over there! It was so heartbreaking to see Lori and her baby being shot by the Governor and his people. I never thought Kirkman would kill all those character! I mean, Tyreese, Hershel, Patricia, Alice, Billy, Axel, Lori and Judy are all dead. Rick and Carl are safe and left the prison. Same goes to Michonne. She's all alone and its sad actually to see the part when she slowly walk away from the prison. Hmm.
Phew, that was awesome. And now lets see what will happen to Carl and Rick. Lets read Book Five!
So I finished reading this Book Four and WOW!! All I can say is the stories really gets better for each issues! But heartbreaking at the same time. Aha! Also there's violent scene (which I like it).
As from my previous review, Michonne beats Philips the Governor so hard and left him nearly to death. Yeah I already knew the Governor is not dead yet because I watched the episode on TWD tv series! But this time, I read the whole stories here. On how Governor survive after been tortured by Michonne. He planned to attack the prison for months. He comes to the prison with full preparation, full energy, tanks and guns to seek revenge! He even spread bad thought about those people in prison to his people. He's evil guys. I cannot tell how much I hate him. Before the Governor and his people came, Andrea, Dale, Maggie, Glenn and Sophia left the prison because they knew this would happen! They didn't want to risk their life in that prison anymore.
Previously, Lori got pregnant and deliver baby in the prison. And also, ANDREA IS A HERO! She came back to the prison, alone, and help her people that been attacked by Governor over there. I adore her for her ability to shoot accurately and she is BETTER THAN EVERY MAN over there! It was so heartbreaking to see Lori and her baby being shot by the Governor and his people. I never thought Kirkman would kill all those character! I mean, Tyreese, Hershel, Patricia, Alice, Billy, Axel, Lori and Judy are all dead. Rick and Carl are safe and left the prison. Same goes to Michonne. She's all alone and its sad actually to see the part when she slowly walk away from the prison. Hmm.
Phew, that was awesome. And now lets see what will happen to Carl and Rick. Lets read Book Five!
August 29, 2016
¡Dios, qué intenso fue éste libro!
No puedo...
Dios mío, esta serie terminará destruyendome.
Cada vez la trama se va poniendo más pesada, más densa, más complicada. Todos están perdiendo la cabeza cada vez más, y las cosas se están yendo de control de una manera PREOCUPANTE.
Creo que es suficiente sufrimiento por hoy. Seguiré el siguiente libro mañana, quizás.
Por ahora NO PUEDO.
No puedo...
Dios mío, esta serie terminará destruyendome.
Cada vez la trama se va poniendo más pesada, más densa, más complicada. Todos están perdiendo la cabeza cada vez más, y las cosas se están yendo de control de una manera PREOCUPANTE.
Creo que es suficiente sufrimiento por hoy. Seguiré el siguiente libro mañana, quizás.
Por ahora NO PUEDO.
January 30, 2012
The issues I had with Book Three of The Walking Dead (lack of forward movement, lack of character development, sensationalism without purpose) have been resolved in Book Four. The prison has once again become a site of drama and conflict, and the characters seem alive again. There are definitely still some incredibly shocking moments--truly twisted and heartbreaking things happen in this volume, and though I'm not a queasy reader, I had to stop a few times and collect myself. The plot is definitely becoming more grotesque and more complex, especially as a few characters are tested beyond their limits and as a few flee the scene. And even though it has resulted in some turns that I would have preferred happened differently, I most appreciated that the characters are once again being pushed--their psychological, physical, emotional limits are being tested and the story is well-developed enough to make you interested in following them through the next volume.
September 15, 2016
This is a hardcover bind up of twelve issues of The Walking Dead and we join the fun already in progress. It should be called "If You're Happy And You Know It... Guess What?" or "Bumps, Stumps, and Amputees!" The story arcs from life at the prison through having to leave through the actions of the power mad and blood thirsty Governor, and a lot of their friends are horribly lost.
The graphic novel is a different story from the show and I really like that. The Guv looks and acts nothing like the one in the novel, and the whole story plays out differently as well. We happily welcome Judith in this book WITH Lori and Rick and Carl and that's just aces in my book. Great story!!!
I happily inhale every one---these are graphic novel gold to me, from the story to the artwork. I like seeing how different characters are that are still there. The best graphic novel; I love it!!
The graphic novel is a different story from the show and I really like that. The Guv looks and acts nothing like the one in the novel, and the whole story plays out differently as well. We happily welcome Judith in this book WITH Lori and Rick and Carl and that's just aces in my book. Great story!!!
I happily inhale every one---these are graphic novel gold to me, from the story to the artwork. I like seeing how different characters are that are still there. The best graphic novel; I love it!!
April 24, 2015
This series just keeps getting worse. More misogynistic, more pointlessly brutal, more sexist. It's gotten so bad that I keep them in my car to read when I have free time instead of bringing them into the house where my kids can see them. I am all for a little zombie killing, but the characters are so awful to each other that it's getting harder to justify reading them for any reason. So unless you're like me and just want to see the differences between the show and the comic, you're better off just skipping these altogether.
April 4, 2017
Huh, kylläpä taas kuoli hahmoja ja raajoja katkottiin. Mielenkiintoista nähdä, kuinka nämä erot suhteessa tv-sarjaan kumuloituvat jatkossa, sillä tv-sarjassa on hengissä hahmoja, jotka ovat sarjakuvassa kuolleet paljon aikaisemmin. Onneksi on vielä muutama suomennettu albumi jäljellä.
December 22, 2015
This volume starts off slow and then ends with a bang. Super exciting, but so much death. I've lost count of the number of people lost in this book. Super depressing.
August 10, 2022
i keep hoping it’ll get better but it only gets worse. and not in a ‘things that happen are awful’ kind of way, just in a ‘the writing fucking sucks and the characters are the most uninteresting people ever’ kind of way.
i feel like this was written by a 13 year old horny boy who had some ideas about the zombie apocalypse but couldn’t bring himself to actually write a good scenario so he just half-assed it. like, everyone keeps fucking each other, and the relationship drama they deal with is so fucking stupid, and i haven’t gotten attached to any of the characters despite being 48 issues into the series. i don’t care if they live or die, and, personally, a piece of media that can’t make me care for the characters isn’t a good piece of media.
there are too many characters and every single one of them are boring as fuck. not even rick is interesting, who i really like in the show, and i don’t say this very often when it comes to books but the show was definitely better. i’m starting to think robert kirkman’s stuff just isn’t for me.
i wanted to see comic negan so i might continue the series but it mostly enrages me instead of entertaining me, so i’m not really sure anymore.
i feel like this was written by a 13 year old horny boy who had some ideas about the zombie apocalypse but couldn’t bring himself to actually write a good scenario so he just half-assed it. like, everyone keeps fucking each other, and the relationship drama they deal with is so fucking stupid, and i haven’t gotten attached to any of the characters despite being 48 issues into the series. i don’t care if they live or die, and, personally, a piece of media that can’t make me care for the characters isn’t a good piece of media.
there are too many characters and every single one of them are boring as fuck. not even rick is interesting, who i really like in the show, and i don’t say this very often when it comes to books but the show was definitely better. i’m starting to think robert kirkman’s stuff just isn’t for me.
i wanted to see comic negan so i might continue the series but it mostly enrages me instead of entertaining me, so i’m not really sure anymore.
March 3, 2020
mmmm here be spoilers!!
ah, 'made to suffer' Indeed. (;_;) poor carol - i really felt for her, despite her various melodramatics. totally the opposite of her tv counterpart. the final scenes where rick abandons the prison while walkers overrun it once again is so bleak, especially after all that's happened, after everyone who didn't make it (the GREENES. billy boy showed such promise. and i liked axel. you follow me?). i found it a little surprising that he didn't go back for lori, but it was an impossible situation. before the governor's final attack, carl's nihilism showed itself, and now after it... well, i'm predicting that he's going to become very hardened, like we saw for a time in the tv show - shooting first and asking questions later.
so: with half the crew gone and the rest separated, it's going to be interesting to see what happens next - a lot of grieving, but there is one upside: i think eugene's arrival will come soon, and im SO EXCITED for that!!
ah, 'made to suffer' Indeed. (;_;) poor carol - i really felt for her, despite her various melodramatics. totally the opposite of her tv counterpart. the final scenes where rick abandons the prison while walkers overrun it once again is so bleak, especially after all that's happened, after everyone who didn't make it (the GREENES. billy boy showed such promise. and i liked axel. you follow me?). i found it a little surprising that he didn't go back for lori, but it was an impossible situation. before the governor's final attack, carl's nihilism showed itself, and now after it... well, i'm predicting that he's going to become very hardened, like we saw for a time in the tv show - shooting first and asking questions later.
so: with half the crew gone and the rest separated, it's going to be interesting to see what happens next - a lot of grieving, but there is one upside: i think eugene's arrival will come soon, and im SO EXCITED for that!!
January 20, 2025
This book was also a great one and correlates pretty well with the end of season 4 of the show. The differences, in terms of deaths, characters, etc. are all interesting to read about. The governor is of course evil again and different than the show and I liked how he was used here. Overall, I wish it focused on him even more and it felt a bit rushed perhaps compared to the slower pacing of the show. But the ending of this book was great and emotional and the difference from the show was really well done, I think this ending rivals the ending of season 4 of the show to be honest.
4.5/5
4.5/5
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
October 8, 2017
These stories are dark, graphic, and intense. I love that.
Pages: 304
Pages: 304
April 30, 2023
4.1 biblio
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