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The Walking Dead
The Walking Dead, Vol. 16: A Larger World
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Winner for Readers' Favorite Graphic Novels & Comics (2012)Rick discovers that there are communities of survivors nearby, and begins to explore a larger world.
Reprinting issues #91-96 of the Eisner Award-winning series, The Walking Dead.
Reprinting issues #91-96 of the Eisner Award-winning series, The Walking Dead.
136 pages, Comics
First published June 6, 2012
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Robert Kirkman
2,814 books6,877 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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January 26, 2018
The Waking Dead's world gets bigger!
This is the sixteenth volume of “The Walking Dead”, collecting the comic book issues from #91 to #96.
Creative Team:
Writer: Robert Kirkman
Illustrators: Charlie Adlard
Additional gray tones to inking: Cliff Rathburn
Chapter Sixteen
A LARGER WORLD
Rating: **** ( 4 stars )
I’m not talking to a fucking hat.
Rick’s group is facing challenges in many fronts. Food is scarce. Ammo is low. Faith is even lower.
But winter is coming...
...and so is Jesus...
Enter: Paul Monroe...
..., or as his friends call him... Jesus.
Rick’s group will meet this man who works in mysterious ways and sometimes do some miracles, but no, he’s not that Jesus... isn’t him?
Jesus aka Paul Monroe appears with good news and the word is...
...trading!
He will explain Rick’s group how their world is bigger than they thought possible. A world with other groups, other communities.
And it seems that they only way that all these groups may survive is creating a trading system.
But as you can guess, this just can’t be as easy as it sounds.
If we kill all these bad guys, will you start to giving us half of your food and stuff?
If you think that the problem was that zombies would get increase their numbers, you’re wrong...
...the uncertain new scenario is that men are getting to be more and more of them!
And you can't be certain in which group to trust and which to avoid at all costs.
This is the sixteenth volume of “The Walking Dead”, collecting the comic book issues from #91 to #96.
Creative Team:
Writer: Robert Kirkman
Illustrators: Charlie Adlard
Additional gray tones to inking: Cliff Rathburn
Chapter Sixteen
A LARGER WORLD
Rating: **** ( 4 stars )
I’m not talking to a fucking hat.
Rick’s group is facing challenges in many fronts. Food is scarce. Ammo is low. Faith is even lower.
But winter is coming...
...and so is Jesus...
Enter: Paul Monroe...
..., or as his friends call him... Jesus.
Rick’s group will meet this man who works in mysterious ways and sometimes do some miracles, but no, he’s not that Jesus... isn’t him?
Jesus aka Paul Monroe appears with good news and the word is...
...trading!
He will explain Rick’s group how their world is bigger than they thought possible. A world with other groups, other communities.
And it seems that they only way that all these groups may survive is creating a trading system.
But as you can guess, this just can’t be as easy as it sounds.
If we kill all these bad guys, will you start to giving us half of your food and stuff?
If you think that the problem was that zombies would get increase their numbers, you’re wrong...
...the uncertain new scenario is that men are getting to be more and more of them!
And you can't be certain in which group to trust and which to avoid at all costs.
August 17, 2023
More downtime as Rick and co. solidify their hold over Alexandria and start looking to do more than just survive. Enter Jesus!!! After a few mini adventures, seemingly out nowhere the creators show us a larger world outside of Rick's group's orbit; and who are these Saviors, everyone's so afraid of?
The addictive use of words and pictures to show reactions and emotions continues to impress. Adlard is so good at capturing sentiment in people's faces / body language. Time to start living! 8.5 out of 12, free living Four Star read
2019, 2017, 2013 and 2012 read
The addictive use of words and pictures to show reactions and emotions continues to impress. Adlard is so good at capturing sentiment in people's faces / body language. Time to start living! 8.5 out of 12, free living Four Star read
2019, 2017, 2013 and 2012 read
April 5, 2018
Finally, this has started to pick up some momentum and get interesting again!
Since the governor died it’s been very flat and slow with all minor threats being extinguished quickly. There’s been no antagonist for a while and now we have the treat of Negan on the horizon. Things are looking good.
Jesus knows how to make an entrance; he is the harbinger of a wider world and the wars that are to come. I find it quite surprising that he is not the one in charge of the Hilltop community. Sure, he protects them and guides them, though he gives the reigns over to Gregory who is an apt peacetime leader; however, he has no idea how to lead during a conflict.
When Rick turns up its pretty clear that he will be calling the shots from hereafter (well eventually.) So this is looking good again. We have some new characters and a big conflict brewing. For the first time in about 6 volumes I am actually looking forward to reading the next one.
Since the governor died it’s been very flat and slow with all minor threats being extinguished quickly. There’s been no antagonist for a while and now we have the treat of Negan on the horizon. Things are looking good.
Jesus knows how to make an entrance; he is the harbinger of a wider world and the wars that are to come. I find it quite surprising that he is not the one in charge of the Hilltop community. Sure, he protects them and guides them, though he gives the reigns over to Gregory who is an apt peacetime leader; however, he has no idea how to lead during a conflict.
When Rick turns up its pretty clear that he will be calling the shots from hereafter (well eventually.) So this is looking good again. We have some new characters and a big conflict brewing. For the first time in about 6 volumes I am actually looking forward to reading the next one.
June 13, 2012
Remember A Bug's Life?
In that movie, industrious ants worked hard to compile an offering for the mooching grasshoppers. Then one day a brave ant recruited a team of warriors (aka circus performers) to help kick the grasshopper's butts.
Now - substitute innocent, zombie-apocalypse survivors for the ants, big, ugly guys with guns for the grasshoppers, and Rick's little group for the warrior bugs - and you've pretty much summed up this book. (The undead are reduced to, oh...let's say - gnats, or some other pesky background insect.)
Good ole Rick gets to grit his teeth and be suspicious when a new guy approaches the compound looking to trade food and ammo. Lo and behold, his name is Jesus, which inspires Rick to add preachiness to his emotional repertoire.
This book does a nice job of setting up the next one which promises plenty of action when the warrior bugs take on the grasshoppers.
If you listen closely, you can hear Randy Newman composing the soundtrack right now.
In that movie, industrious ants worked hard to compile an offering for the mooching grasshoppers. Then one day a brave ant recruited a team of warriors (aka circus performers) to help kick the grasshopper's butts.
Now - substitute innocent, zombie-apocalypse survivors for the ants, big, ugly guys with guns for the grasshoppers, and Rick's little group for the warrior bugs - and you've pretty much summed up this book. (The undead are reduced to, oh...let's say - gnats, or some other pesky background insect.)
Good ole Rick gets to grit his teeth and be suspicious when a new guy approaches the compound looking to trade food and ammo. Lo and behold, his name is Jesus, which inspires Rick to add preachiness to his emotional repertoire.
This book does a nice job of setting up the next one which promises plenty of action when the warrior bugs take on the grasshoppers.
If you listen closely, you can hear Randy Newman composing the soundtrack right now.
November 16, 2012
What’s this? Faint signs of hope? A small sliver of optimism in a world filled with death and despair? I must have picked up the wrong book. This can’t be a Walking Dead collection. Let me check the cover….. Huh. I’ll be damned.
Rick and the small community of people who have managed to avoid becoming zombie chow are trying to find enough food to survive a winter and keep the undead from bunching up at their walls when a stranger shows up. The guy looks like Jesus and has the fighting skills of the X-Men’s Gambit, and he’s got a story that seems too good to be true.
Jesus Gambit claims to be the representative of a community of over two hundred people who have carved out a safe zone and trades with other communities in the area, and he wants Rick’s people to join in. Since Rick has had some pretty shitty luck with strangers, he is more than wary of Jesus Gambit’s offer. In fact, some worry that Rick’s suspicion is going to cause Jesus Gambit’s people to not work with them.
In a normal Walking Dead story, everything should go to hell with lots of people getting dead, and Rick ending up in ever more desperate circumstances. But there’s a change in this that could be the beginning of a new phase where Rick and company begin to build a new world rather than just try to survive the wreckage of the old one.
Or Kirkman could just pull the rug out from under them and have a whole bunch of them eaten by zombies or murdered or raped or have their limbs chopped off, etc. etc.
I’d say it’s 50/50.
Rick and the small community of people who have managed to avoid becoming zombie chow are trying to find enough food to survive a winter and keep the undead from bunching up at their walls when a stranger shows up. The guy looks like Jesus and has the fighting skills of the X-Men’s Gambit, and he’s got a story that seems too good to be true.
Jesus Gambit claims to be the representative of a community of over two hundred people who have carved out a safe zone and trades with other communities in the area, and he wants Rick’s people to join in. Since Rick has had some pretty shitty luck with strangers, he is more than wary of Jesus Gambit’s offer. In fact, some worry that Rick’s suspicion is going to cause Jesus Gambit’s people to not work with them.
In a normal Walking Dead story, everything should go to hell with lots of people getting dead, and Rick ending up in ever more desperate circumstances. But there’s a change in this that could be the beginning of a new phase where Rick and company begin to build a new world rather than just try to survive the wreckage of the old one.
Or Kirkman could just pull the rug out from under them and have a whole bunch of them eaten by zombies or murdered or raped or have their limbs chopped off, etc. etc.
I’d say it’s 50/50.
February 21, 2019
This series thrives on the introduction of new characters and locations, which is kinda expected with a zombie apocalypse...
With the arrival of Paul Monroe and the promise of a good community in the Hilltop feel slightly like retreading old ground, especially the way Rick reacts to him.
The Hilltop location itself does looks quite cool and has potential for some great moments, the promise of a peaceful existence is sure to be shattered a few issues down the line seem inevitable.
A dull entry, though I’m aware that the next volume includes the 100th issue.
That alone makes me want to continue...
With the arrival of Paul Monroe and the promise of a good community in the Hilltop feel slightly like retreading old ground, especially the way Rick reacts to him.
The Hilltop location itself does looks quite cool and has potential for some great moments, the promise of a peaceful existence is sure to be shattered a few issues down the line seem inevitable.
A dull entry, though I’m aware that the next volume includes the 100th issue.
That alone makes me want to continue...
December 30, 2013
Does anybody remember Father Guido Sarducci?
I know I’m paraphrasing here, but he summed up college education with the simple things you remember. The one that sticks in my mind is Economics – Supply and Demand. That’s it. That’s all you remember about Economics. I’ll add two more. Writing – Man’s inhumanity to man (this is what conflict boils down to. Read The Cat in the Hat if you don’t believe me.) and Psychology – Maslow’s Pyramid. It’s not as catchy as the Healthy Eating Pyramid (or the $100,000 Pyramid, but I digress. Again.), yet it sticks in my mind like a burr on a wool sweater. And every time I watch the TV show, read the graphic novels, or play the damn game that’s associated with The Walking Dead, I think of Maslow’s Pyramid (actually it’s called Maslow’s Heirarchy of Needs).
The pyramid is divided into five sections, each are basic needs, but you can’t get to the one at the top until you’ve met all the needs underneath it. At the top of the pyramid is self-actualization, it’s where you can hang-out, read, improve yourself. At the bottom, you have basic physiological needs – air, food, shelter, warmth, sex, sleep. The next step up is safety needs-protection from the elements, security, order, stability, freedom from fear.
The tragedy of the zombie apocalypse is that Rick and his friends are constantly struggling to meet the needs at the bottom and will probably never get past them to the top of the pyramid. If they think they’ve found a home, guess what, it never works out. Nothing works out!
What Kirkman and friends have also discovered is that what creates tension more than anything else is a first-rate antagonist. Welcome, Negan!
I know I’m paraphrasing here, but he summed up college education with the simple things you remember. The one that sticks in my mind is Economics – Supply and Demand. That’s it. That’s all you remember about Economics. I’ll add two more. Writing – Man’s inhumanity to man (this is what conflict boils down to. Read The Cat in the Hat if you don’t believe me.) and Psychology – Maslow’s Pyramid. It’s not as catchy as the Healthy Eating Pyramid (or the $100,000 Pyramid, but I digress. Again.), yet it sticks in my mind like a burr on a wool sweater. And every time I watch the TV show, read the graphic novels, or play the damn game that’s associated with The Walking Dead, I think of Maslow’s Pyramid (actually it’s called Maslow’s Heirarchy of Needs).
The pyramid is divided into five sections, each are basic needs, but you can’t get to the one at the top until you’ve met all the needs underneath it. At the top of the pyramid is self-actualization, it’s where you can hang-out, read, improve yourself. At the bottom, you have basic physiological needs – air, food, shelter, warmth, sex, sleep. The next step up is safety needs-protection from the elements, security, order, stability, freedom from fear.
The tragedy of the zombie apocalypse is that Rick and his friends are constantly struggling to meet the needs at the bottom and will probably never get past them to the top of the pyramid. If they think they’ve found a home, guess what, it never works out. Nothing works out!
What Kirkman and friends have also discovered is that what creates tension more than anything else is a first-rate antagonist. Welcome, Negan!
January 4, 2016
This is another rather slow volume... not much happens except a badass dude shows up offering a trade agreement with a much larger community nearby. Of course, the community (read: Rick) doesn't trust him, and so the major plot of this volume is to figure out whether or not he's for real. He seems straightforward and honest... but so do psychopaths.
Turns out that he is on the up and up, and the community he mentions, and the deal he offers, is for real. Of course, Rick is only within their walls for like 4 seconds before he kills someone, so it's not ALL sunshine and daisies. Let's not lose focus.
The light at the end of the tunnel is bright, and Rick is reaching for it with both hands. Or, well... One hand. Of course, Robert Kirkman is a fucking angler fish, so just when Rick, and community in tow, get close to that light, they'll likely get some bits bitten off by something with a lot of very large, sharp teeth... if they're not just swallowed up entirely.
This is the end of the compendium I have... I can't wait until I get #3 on Wednesday to see what comes next. Wish me luck.
Turns out that he is on the up and up, and the community he mentions, and the deal he offers, is for real. Of course, Rick is only within their walls for like 4 seconds before he kills someone, so it's not ALL sunshine and daisies. Let's not lose focus.
The light at the end of the tunnel is bright, and Rick is reaching for it with both hands. Or, well... One hand. Of course, Robert Kirkman is a fucking angler fish, so just when Rick, and community in tow, get close to that light, they'll likely get some bits bitten off by something with a lot of very large, sharp teeth... if they're not just swallowed up entirely.
This is the end of the compendium I have... I can't wait until I get #3 on Wednesday to see what comes next. Wish me luck.
October 4, 2020
Jesus arrives and the gang gets to Hilltop! Of course, there's the self-important leader, Gregory, and also an unfortunate incident with one of the residents, but Rick still sees Hilltop as lighting the way to the future.
Never mind those pesky Saviours, he thinks, they shouldn't be too much trouble to deal with. Yeah. Ok.
Never mind those pesky Saviours, he thinks, they shouldn't be too much trouble to deal with. Yeah. Ok.
August 13, 2016
I haven't been patiently consuming this series episode by episode, volume by volume over the course of years. I gobbled down all 96 issues essentially back-to-back thanks to the Compendiums (which weigh a ton each and are a bitch to maneuver let me tell you).
This volume -- A Larger World -- is where Compendium 2 leaves off, a bit of a cliff-hanger you might say. I decided to re-read it in preparation of getting to Vol. 17: Something to Fear. I'm all caught up now, and forced to get my dose of Walking Dead shenanigans doled out piecemeal like the rest of you suckers. But maybe that's a good thing, because too much of this world at any one time can really mess with your head.
I get the feeling Kirkman is setting us up to really put the hurt on this time. Hasn't he already? Hells yeah, but something tells me he's just getting started and that makes me both weary and wary. Everything in this issue is glossy with optimism:
BUT... cause there's always a but right? There's a new baddy in the neighborhood -- Negan. After what we've been through with the Governor, the idea of upping the ante some more makes me very uneasy. Rick can talk all he wants about building a new life with meaning and getting back to raising their children, but I can't imagine he's going to get his people to the promised land any time soon, if at all. I've called this story bleak and nihilistic before and I still stand by that. Kirkman wants to show us the very worst of humanity it seems, and I don't think he's finished doing that yet. And that makes me very afraid. Very afraid indeed.
February 9, 2017
Jesus! That is all.
August 4, 2014
Ah, there you are, story! Promise me you’ll never leave - it was horrible without you… Robert Kirkman had the characters digging trenches and… worrying about food… oh it was the worst! Thank zombie jesus that’s all past us!
And speaking of jesus, a long haired peacenik with some crazy ideas calling himself Jesus shows up at the colony. Turns out there are other colonies surrounding them with more survivors, all trading with one another - and would Rick like to join Jesus and the rest of them? Rick being Rick - not even the saviour can tell him what to do! - he beats Jesus up and takes him hostage… before realising that he was telling the truth and wasn’t trying to rob/murder him and his kid. D’oh!
That’s pretty much it for this volume! And I’ve realised why these books are being stretched out. We’re into the part of the series now where the TV show has taken off and become a hit so the longer he can get away with the bare minimum of story, the more he can spin out the books and TV episodes and make more money. Kinda like the George R R Martin method, where the end gets further and further away but the cheques keep getting bigger and bigger, so you just shrug and let it keep getting away from you.
But yes, at least we do have a story now even if it’s recycled from earlier in the series. A group of nutters led by someone called Negan is terrorising the Hilltop outpost and Rick decides he and his battle-hardened group will destroy them, in exchange for much-needed supplies. This Negan chap sounds a lot like the Governor, no? Well, I’ll take that over the ditch-digging any day, even if it’s surprising just how few ideas Kirkman has - how many more Governors are we going to see in this seemingly never-ending series?
I’m not religious but Jesus is alright with me - he takes out the two toughest characters in the series, Michonne and Abraham, single-handedly and without a gun! I’m secretly hoping he turns out to be the actual Judeo-Christian saviour and the series turns out to have been really about the Second Coming: the dead walking the Earth after the Rapture, Jesus’ battle with the Antichrist - can you imagine if that was the plan all along? Like the comic book Insane Clown Posse.
Of course it wouldn’t be The Walking Dead without a paper-thin character you neither know nor care about being killed horribly and the characters over-reacting in a scene we’ve seen dozens of times before. And how is Carl still alive? Seriously, the kid had a hole in his head the size of a golf ball but he’s alive and walking about having just come out of a life-threatening coma!
I suppose that’s the price we have to pay for having a story again - throw logic out the window! But it’s nice to have a plot injecting some much needed energy into proceedings and giving the characters something to do. Rick and Jesus vs Negan (and maybe the Antichrist?) - get some!
And speaking of jesus, a long haired peacenik with some crazy ideas calling himself Jesus shows up at the colony. Turns out there are other colonies surrounding them with more survivors, all trading with one another - and would Rick like to join Jesus and the rest of them? Rick being Rick - not even the saviour can tell him what to do! - he beats Jesus up and takes him hostage… before realising that he was telling the truth and wasn’t trying to rob/murder him and his kid. D’oh!
That’s pretty much it for this volume! And I’ve realised why these books are being stretched out. We’re into the part of the series now where the TV show has taken off and become a hit so the longer he can get away with the bare minimum of story, the more he can spin out the books and TV episodes and make more money. Kinda like the George R R Martin method, where the end gets further and further away but the cheques keep getting bigger and bigger, so you just shrug and let it keep getting away from you.
But yes, at least we do have a story now even if it’s recycled from earlier in the series. A group of nutters led by someone called Negan is terrorising the Hilltop outpost and Rick decides he and his battle-hardened group will destroy them, in exchange for much-needed supplies. This Negan chap sounds a lot like the Governor, no? Well, I’ll take that over the ditch-digging any day, even if it’s surprising just how few ideas Kirkman has - how many more Governors are we going to see in this seemingly never-ending series?
I’m not religious but Jesus is alright with me - he takes out the two toughest characters in the series, Michonne and Abraham, single-handedly and without a gun! I’m secretly hoping he turns out to be the actual Judeo-Christian saviour and the series turns out to have been really about the Second Coming: the dead walking the Earth after the Rapture, Jesus’ battle with the Antichrist - can you imagine if that was the plan all along? Like the comic book Insane Clown Posse.
Of course it wouldn’t be The Walking Dead without a paper-thin character you neither know nor care about being killed horribly and the characters over-reacting in a scene we’ve seen dozens of times before. And how is Carl still alive? Seriously, the kid had a hole in his head the size of a golf ball but he’s alive and walking about having just come out of a life-threatening coma!
I suppose that’s the price we have to pay for having a story again - throw logic out the window! But it’s nice to have a plot injecting some much needed energy into proceedings and giving the characters something to do. Rick and Jesus vs Negan (and maybe the Antichrist?) - get some!
January 31, 2023
HEY GUYS GUESS WHO
IS FINALLY INTRODUCED
IN THIS VOLUME?
YES IT IS JESUS YOU ARE CORRECT!!!
Finally, my main squeeze in the show makes an appearance in the graphic novels.
The group finally realizes that their canned goods are beginning to be past expiration dates and their food is becoming less and less. So when Jesus pops up asking to start a trade between their two groups, Rick isn't jumping up in down, even though he sees the potential in trading with groups. He can't help but think about past groups (like maybe Woodury). Can you blame him?
Oh also, we learn about the biggest bad out there:
IS FINALLY INTRODUCED
IN THIS VOLUME?
YES IT IS JESUS YOU ARE CORRECT!!!
Finally, my main squeeze in the show makes an appearance in the graphic novels.
The group finally realizes that their canned goods are beginning to be past expiration dates and their food is becoming less and less. So when Jesus pops up asking to start a trade between their two groups, Rick isn't jumping up in down, even though he sees the potential in trading with groups. He can't help but think about past groups (like maybe Woodury). Can you blame him?
Oh also, we learn about the biggest bad out there:
January 19, 2016
Average rating for an average issue. Apart from Jesus and the potential for another baddie, this volume was quite boring. Jesus is totally bad-ass, he is a new fave! I love Andrea, she's my favourite character! Now that she doesn't have Dale dragging her down, she's shown me how cool she is. I kinda wish she would stop with guys. Boys are bad news and so she would do much better without them. Anyway, I'm eager to see what's going to happen now because I want this story to pick up again. The whole thing feels kind of monotonous and I want something new and exciting!! This volume still needs more girl power too, why are women not as important? I thought things would change but I'm on Volume 16 and I still don't like the representation of women. Blah blah blah, you get the point. Rick is getting so annoying, he needs to staaahp.
July 20, 2024
Again, Volume 16 manages to pull up before crashing too hard in the plane wreck of a soap opera that was Volume 15.
The show's deviation from the novel was fairly minimal this time around. I still think it's interesting to see, as time goes on, how different the character line-up is between the show and the books.
In the books, Sophia is alive and well while Carol died off a long time ago. It almost feels like Book Andrea became Show Carol. Oh yeah, Andrea is still alive. Lori AND Judith are dead, whereas Show Judith is gearing up to be a significant part of the show's future. Darryl is arguably (not really; it's fact) the best character on the show, and he doesn't exist in the books. Also, Jesus just showed up in this volume, and he is a total badass. I'm disappointed at how much the show downplays the badassery of some of the side characters, namely Abraham and Jesus.
This volume leaves off with the group heading back to Alexandria after seeing Hilltop for the first time with Jesus. Rick is planning on convincing the group to fight the faceless Negan in exchange for supplies from Hilltop.
I'd rate this book an M for gore and violence, swearing, and other adult themes.
Original review posted November 30, 2019.
The show's deviation from the novel was fairly minimal this time around. I still think it's interesting to see, as time goes on, how different the character line-up is between the show and the books.
In the books, Sophia is alive and well while Carol died off a long time ago. It almost feels like Book Andrea became Show Carol. Oh yeah, Andrea is still alive. Lori AND Judith are dead, whereas Show Judith is gearing up to be a significant part of the show's future. Darryl is arguably (not really; it's fact) the best character on the show, and he doesn't exist in the books. Also, Jesus just showed up in this volume, and he is a total badass. I'm disappointed at how much the show downplays the badassery of some of the side characters, namely Abraham and Jesus.
This volume leaves off with the group heading back to Alexandria after seeing Hilltop for the first time with Jesus. Rick is planning on convincing the group to fight the faceless Negan in exchange for supplies from Hilltop.
I'd rate this book an M for gore and violence, swearing, and other adult themes.
Original review posted November 30, 2019.
April 7, 2016
3,5 stars
it's absolutely A large world , slow events but a lot of clues of what's coming next , I loved paul or should I say Jesus <3 , he is really cool , very kind and so brave really , I loved his confidence and he risking his life for his group who and he talked about Negan and the Saviors group of bad guys takes half of your food or kill u and from what I hear I can say the governor is really cute compared to him :( , Rick decided to take care of the saviors and hilltop will give him food , what a bad move to start nothing without know at least how big they are , I am not optimistic about what's coming xD
it's absolutely A large world , slow events but a lot of clues of what's coming next , I loved paul or should I say Jesus <3 , he is really cool , very kind and so brave really , I loved his confidence and he risking his life for his group who and he talked about Negan and the Saviors group of bad guys takes half of your food or kill u and from what I hear I can say the governor is really cute compared to him :( , Rick decided to take care of the saviors and hilltop will give him food , what a bad move to start nothing without know at least how big they are , I am not optimistic about what's coming xD
August 24, 2021
I love Jesus with all my heart. Jesus is King.
That is the only time I'll say those words unironically in my life, and only under the context of the Walking Dead.
Also the final issue is perfect set-up for the big baddie coming soon. You know the one.
That is the only time I'll say those words unironically in my life, and only under the context of the Walking Dead.
Also the final issue is perfect set-up for the big baddie coming soon. You know the one.
February 4, 2021
They go to Hilltop trusting Jesus and meet the people there and things happen and Rick does stuff and as a reader it makes sense but to the dismay of people they are shocked but there are legends and threats of a man who Rick promises he will deal with, enter NEGAN! WE FINALLY reaching the good part when the war comes soon! Good volume as we venture outside again and meet new and exciting characters.
September 10, 2016
We are introduced to many new characters in this volume like Paul Monroe (Jesus) and there is talk of Negan. I'm so bummed that this is the last volume I have with me to read because I'm dying to know what happens after this! This volume was full of surprises and was a lot of build up to a lot of shit that is going to go down, I can tell. I think it even introduced a new villain that is going to be bigger and badder than all the previous villains.
SPOILERS BELOW
I wasn't sure if I could trust Jesus at first. I was not surprised at all when Rick tied him up and kept him prisoner. But once Negan admitted that he could've untied himself the whole time I knew he could be trusted. The Hilltop seems to good to be true. Clearly the threat of Negan is something that keeps the hilltop from being 100% safe. I think the leader of the Hilltop is weak because he allows Negan to control them so easily. But I think Rick is really naive in thinking his group can go kill Negan and his "saviors" so easily. I think he will come to regret that decision and Negan is going to be way worse than they could've ever thought possible. Rick and the group have dealt with a lot of shitty people in the past but that doesn't mean it'll be easy for Rick's group to take out new threats. I'm curious to see where this is going though. I can't shake the feeling that Negan is going to cause a lot of trouble and a lot of death in Rick's group.
SPOILERS BELOW
I wasn't sure if I could trust Jesus at first. I was not surprised at all when Rick tied him up and kept him prisoner. But once Negan admitted that he could've untied himself the whole time I knew he could be trusted. The Hilltop seems to good to be true. Clearly the threat of Negan is something that keeps the hilltop from being 100% safe. I think the leader of the Hilltop is weak because he allows Negan to control them so easily. But I think Rick is really naive in thinking his group can go kill Negan and his "saviors" so easily. I think he will come to regret that decision and Negan is going to be way worse than they could've ever thought possible. Rick and the group have dealt with a lot of shitty people in the past but that doesn't mean it'll be easy for Rick's group to take out new threats. I'm curious to see where this is going though. I can't shake the feeling that Negan is going to cause a lot of trouble and a lot of death in Rick's group.
November 8, 2019
First read: May 16th 2016
Re-read: November 8th 2019
i feel like a storm is coming i just know a fight is on it's way and there is no way around it and to be honest Rick and the rest of Alexandria are going to have to fight to save their community.
Winter is upon them and food, medicine and ammo is running dangerously low even with all the supply runs the groups doing trying to keep them feed and happy during the winter. I can also start to see cracks within the group with people starting to question rick even though it hasn't been psychically on the page i just have that feeling. Paul Monroe aka 'Jesus' makes his first appearance in this issue he is being mysterious about who he is and where he's from but i did find it creepy that he was watching the community before comforting Michonne and Abraham. A new community is introduced when Jesus takes Rick, Andrea, Glenn, Michonne and Carl to the Hilltop community.
I kind of had some of this comic pre-spoiled for myself because i have watched all current 6 seasons of the television show and i think i will be surprised on what will happen next. NEGAN is coming i'm actual so scared to read the next few comics because i know Negan is coming. I'm hoping to be up to date with the comics before season 7 of the walking dead returns in october
Re-read: November 8th 2019
i feel like a storm is coming i just know a fight is on it's way and there is no way around it and to be honest Rick and the rest of Alexandria are going to have to fight to save their community.
Winter is upon them and food, medicine and ammo is running dangerously low even with all the supply runs the groups doing trying to keep them feed and happy during the winter. I can also start to see cracks within the group with people starting to question rick even though it hasn't been psychically on the page i just have that feeling. Paul Monroe aka 'Jesus' makes his first appearance in this issue he is being mysterious about who he is and where he's from but i did find it creepy that he was watching the community before comforting Michonne and Abraham. A new community is introduced when Jesus takes Rick, Andrea, Glenn, Michonne and Carl to the Hilltop community.
I kind of had some of this comic pre-spoiled for myself because i have watched all current 6 seasons of the television show and i think i will be surprised on what will happen next. NEGAN is coming i'm actual so scared to read the next few comics because i know Negan is coming. I'm hoping to be up to date with the comics before season 7 of the walking dead returns in october
September 8, 2016
I quit reading (and collecting) Walking Dead graphic novels a long time ago, around book 15. At that point it just got too gruesome, too sadistic, Kirkman was being relentlessly brutal to his cast of survivors. Plus Walking Dead the tv show came along in all its Technicolor three dimensional glory giving more to love, specifically Daryl Dixon. And yet today for some inexplicably nostalgic reason I read books 16 and 17, just to see what other vagaries that universe beheld. At first it was tough to get into, after years of the show especially, but soon enough the novels do draw you in and quick as they go by, I read both books in just over an hour. The remaining survivors are being teased by a new delectable carrot of a possibility. A new community, trading opportunities. But we all know how these sort of things have worked out in the past. Caution must be exercised. Glad to see these books are still fun to read, even if they are no longer the hottest thing since sliced precut pineapple. Seriously, why isn't that a metaphor? Pineapple is way more challenging to cut up than bread.
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May 6, 2022shaking in my boots
March 16, 2021
Outside, scavenging for food, meeting Jesus... Rick is a little psychotic in this one, at least in the beginning. Something good happens and the ending is very upbeat. Oh boy, the next issue is going to be really horrible, right? Because of you-know-who....
August 7, 2015
and in todays issue: rick has yet ANOTHER realisation about the future
but i actually really enjoyed this volume and im VERY excited to see where this new story arc takes us!!!
but i actually really enjoyed this volume and im VERY excited to see where this new story arc takes us!!!
August 17, 2019
This one had some hope!
July 26, 2024
Interessant wie der Comic im Vergleich zur Serie ist. Wurde einiges anders gemacht aber es war wieder nur ein großer Aufbau für den besten Bösewicht. Die nächsten Comics werden sehr spannend
July 7, 2013
This was OK. Just OK. Kirkman's formula is getting predictable and tiring.
1. The group is out on their own following Rick into another disaster.
2. They find some sort of shelter/community where they can be safe.
3. Rick gets a hair up his ass about starting over. Creating a place where they can really be safe and have a future.
4. Rick goes into jerk mode and tries to take over everything.
5. Living humans attack.
6. Zombies attack.
7. The group is out on their own again following Rick into another disaster.
This volume is the fourth time this has happened in the series. The only difference in this one is that a stranger named Jesus has shown Rick and his group that there are more communities of survivors. And now they can survive on a trading system. Makes sense when you think about it. That would be the natural course of rebuilding after a plague. But of course, there is introduced an opposing force of other survivors who will attack and push Rick to his boundaries again.
1. The group is out on their own following Rick into another disaster.
2. They find some sort of shelter/community where they can be safe.
3. Rick gets a hair up his ass about starting over. Creating a place where they can really be safe and have a future.
4. Rick goes into jerk mode and tries to take over everything.
5. Living humans attack.
6. Zombies attack.
7. The group is out on their own again following Rick into another disaster.
This volume is the fourth time this has happened in the series. The only difference in this one is that a stranger named Jesus has shown Rick and his group that there are more communities of survivors. And now they can survive on a trading system. Makes sense when you think about it. That would be the natural course of rebuilding after a plague. But of course, there is introduced an opposing force of other survivors who will attack and push Rick to his boundaries again.
August 31, 2014
Bullet Review:
The Rick Grimes Show continues as yet another new person enters his life, Rick overreacts and yet STILL is welcomed with open arms and worshipped for the god that Kirkman thinks he is.
At least the story is moving in an interesting new direction, though I wonder if we'll ever get some character development from the non-Rick Grimes characters.
The Rick Grimes Show continues as yet another new person enters his life, Rick overreacts and yet STILL is welcomed with open arms and worshipped for the god that Kirkman thinks he is.
At least the story is moving in an interesting new direction, though I wonder if we'll ever get some character development from the non-Rick Grimes characters.
May 13, 2019
For those of you who follow the show we are at the point in this collection where they first hear about Negan. It's also when they first discover Jesus and his town of Hilltop. Good stuff. Not a ton of action but a fun read. I'm looking forward to a ton of action coming up as we get into the Negan storyline (assuming it's similar to the show).
January 12, 2020
Love that Jesus is here. Rick is such a chaotic leader and needs to chill a lil bit. Not enjoying the soap opera drama between the characters and their relationships all that much. The best couple is definitely Aaron and Eric.
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