The Walking Dead Deluxe #29

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.

This is a review of the entire series.<br /><br />Rick Grimes is a strong-willed deputy who missed the end of the world because he was in a coma for a month after getting shot in the line of duty. Shaken, starving and confused, Rick escapes the horror of the abandoned hospital only to be met with something far more terrible. Not only has the world ended, but the dead have learned to walk and to kill without mercy. After learning that his wife and son have fled to Atlanta from a single survivor and his son, Rick goes on a journey to reunite with his family and search for more survivors.<br /><br />Rick quickly has to come to terms with the fact that the world has ended and only a select few survived. The dead have risen from their graves and they prey on the living. In a world where every minute feels like hours, where there's no such thing as law and order, where finding a small meal is a tremendous task, the walking dead are quite possibly the least threatening thing for the survivors to have on their breaking minds. Humanity is pushed to the brink of destruction, forcing them to embrace their cruel and primal nature in order to survive. Sometimes you have to be more concerned about who you let into your community so they don't kill you in your sleep and steal everything you once cared about. Rick has no choice but to abandon the ways of law and order that he's upheld as an officer for so long in order to protect the few loved ones he has left. He has to become a monster to protect his crew or risk being devoured by those who became more monstrous than him and even the walking dead.<br /><br />Despite zombies running the world and having the series named after them, what really sets this series apart from the average zombie apocalypse tale is the focus on realism and the daily struggles, flaws and depth of the characters. There's plenty of badass zombie killing action, but the action often takes a back seat to give the characters plenty of times to share their extremely tragic yet endearing stories, grow through mutual suffering and learn to adapt to a world that has left them to die. Even after the world has ended, many people still can't see eye to eye. They turn on each other and kill each other when they should come together. Others form alliances in spite of their differences and try to rebuild over the corpse of everything that was lost. The daily human drama and conflict is more intense than any monster apocalypse could hope to be.<br /><br />We watch Rick struggle to balance his old moral code with the many necessary evils he has to commit in order to survive and make the world a better place for the ones he holds close. We watch people like Glen, Dale and Maggie attempt to find love in spite of having every reason to be filled with fear, hate and self-loathing. Characters like Michonne have to learn how to forgive themselves and convince themselves they deserve to be loved despite all the blood on their hands. We watch the weak like Carl and Andrea become strong and sometimes the strong become evil like The Governor. Even monsters like the wicked yet oddly lovable Negan are given the chance to find new ways of redeeming themselves by struggling alongside the other survivors that have all been changed by the horrors of the fallen world.<br /><br />The pacing is extremely slow and I can understand why that may be a turnoff for a lot of people, but I eventually learned to enjoy watching the characters grow, overcome their trauma, find meaning in life and learn to love again. The characters are forced to do many terrible things to survive and it haunts them every waking moment. The ways they overcome these regrets is very realistic, human and hopeful. The slow pacing really gives the feeling that we're living beside these people. The way every tiny detail of their lives and who they are is explored makes them feel very real and believable.<br /><br />When I first started reading the series, I wasn't expecting it to have such an uplifting ending. It seemed so bleak and nihilistic for a long time and things would go horribly wrong even when they seemed to be going so well, but the finale channels all the pain, suffering and betrayal of the previous volumes and tops it off with a very touching and inspiring finish. This was never a story about hopelessness. It's about learning to appreciate the little things, learning to forgive yourself and learning to move on even when it's hard. When everything seems lost there's always more to be found, even when we believe otherwise because we convince ourselves that we don't deserve to be happy ever again. Instead of dwelling on what was lost, strive to try and make things better than they were before.<br /><br />I've never been a huge fan of zombie apocalypse stories, but The Walking Dead had enough heart and strong social commentary to make me stick by the characters until the end and I enjoyed every moment of their long trial.<br /><br />***<br /><br />My Social Media<br /><br />My YouTube Channel: <a target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow" href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPPs1eOzsOqcz5ey5JjGSbg">https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPPs...</a><br /><br />My Instagram Account: <a target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow" href="https://www.instagram.com/michael_sorbello/">https://www.instagram.com/michael_sor...</a><br /><br />My Wattpad Account: <a target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow" href="https://www.wattpad.com/user/Michael-Sorbello">https://www.wattpad.com/user/Michael-...</a><br /><br />My Twitter Account: <a target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow" href="https://twitter.com/SorbelloHorror">https://twitter.com/SorbelloHorror</a><br /><br />My Facebook Account: <a target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow" href="https://www.facebook.com/michael.sorbello.104">https://www.facebook.com/michael.sorb...</a>

Interestingg......God I hate the Governor. *shudders*

This was a very dark issue.<br />It was very uncomfortable seeing Michonne like that. Using rape as a shock tactic for readers feels like a low blow. It could have been hinted at instead of what went down in the comic &amp; it still would have been just as effective.<br />The Governor is basically a Grade A Dick &amp; when he gets his bad karma I'm sure it'll be very satisfying to watch. We also get to see more of the Doctor Stevens (is that Milton in the show? His surname was Mamet though so I don't know if it'll be the same type of character, he felt more conflicted than this comic book fellow).<br />We also get to meet The Governor's daughter &amp; his famous zombie head tanks, or his version of TV.<br />I'm trying to decide if The G is bluffing about Glenn to Rick, I believe he is bluffing, did Glenn tell him about the prison (which I feel is out of character for Glenn, I don't believe he'd give up the prison like that) or was The G just saying that to get at Rick. One handed Rick.<br />We shall see.<br />x

Bir önceki sayıda Michonne'in tecavüze uğradığı zaten belirtilmişti ancak bu sayıda bu bu gerçeği daha da yakından gösterdiler. Son derece rahatsız edici bir sayıydı. The Governor'dan kesinlikle nefret ettim.<br /><br />Glenn'den gerçekten nefret ettim. Elinden olan Rick, bağlanıp tecavüze uğrayan Michonne ama bütün bunlara dayanamayıp herkesi ele veren Glenn oldu. Umarım hapishaneye dönemeden kafasını taşa falan çarpıp ölür.

The Governor in these comics is much more of a psycho than in the tv show. Not like he wasn't a psycho in the tv series. He is.

This was too disturbing and dark. The governor is much crazier than in the TV series.

Hard to put down, but not the greatest because Rick, Glenn, and Michonne are prisoners and bad things are happening to them. We learn more about The Governor.

Gosh, I SO hate the Govenor! Even in the show I hated him and just wished it was over already! Got to re-live it all again, and even worse in the comics!!!

I was hooked the first couple pages, love the art and especially the zombies and the post apocalyptic setting ???‍♂️??