The Walking Dead (and other zombie discussion)
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In the latest issue 113, they said ALL OUT WAR starting with issue 115 it will be a 12 comic arc and they will pump them out in 7 months time.
Back to the Crossed. I read all the crossed issues, sick stuff, really pushed my limits but I poured through them. Now I am reading Y the Last Man, it's a 60 issue run. I am half way through. It's alright in that I am actually still reading it, but it's a bit boring compared to WD and the Crossed. Going to try Preacher or whatever it is called next.
Back to the Crossed. I read all the crossed issues, sick stuff, really pushed my limits but I poured through them. Now I am reading Y the Last Man, it's a 60 issue run. I am half way through. It's alright in that I am actually still reading it, but it's a bit boring compared to WD and the Crossed. Going to try Preacher or whatever it is called next.
Both Y and Preacher are fantastic reads. Both have a really good pay-off at the end.
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Today starts a weeklong Walking Dead sale at Comixology; all 114 issues are 99 cents each or slightly cheaper in the collections.
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I read the first four or five trades because I came to it through the TV show and heard all of the hype within the comics community, I wasn't all that knocked out, to be honest.
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Yep. It's not as good as it is hyped to be. In many ways the TV show was making many improvements over the source material, but now Kirkman is taking more control over the TV show leading it to be more like the comics.
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I think i'm just bored because other then the ridiculous over the top cussing (seriously like I said before, he's like Solid Snake here), there's just nothing new or interesting happening since issue 100 except a bunch of posturing from each side.
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And honestly, if you've ever worked a physical labor job, you'd know that this guy would be a pussy-cat next to some of the really filthy people out there. Negan isn't that bad really, he sits about at the same level of cursing as an adult softball player eating pizza after losing a game.
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I think once the world goes to shit, a bit more of the potty-mouth will probably come out in people. But even then, it's not everyone swearing, it's one person with a lot of lines swearing.
And honestly, if you've ever worked a physical labor job, you'd know that this guy would be a pussy-cat next to some of the really filthy people out there. Negan isn't that bad really, he sits about at the same level of cursing as an adult softball player eating pizza after losing a game.
And honestly, if you've ever worked a physical labor job, you'd know that this guy would be a pussy-cat next to some of the really filthy people out there. Negan isn't that bad really, he sits about at the same level of cursing as an adult softball player eating pizza after losing a game.
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There's a way to use swearing in some sort of context where the dialogue has a feel and a flow, and the profanity can be part of it. There are writers who can do that-David Mamet, Elmore Leonard, David Simon, Richard Price, Quentin Tarantino, and others-and can give it a certain poetic feel and flow. Realistically representing the way people talk is all very well, but content dictates form. "Realism" is in the substance, not how you show every drop of blood and explicit action in extremely literal detail.
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Am I the only person who cheering out loud at the end of the last Walking Dead issue? I laughed my ass off. I honestly think it was the single best moment of the series so far.
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I've disliked this entire arc, so I was just happy to see something happen between the two rather then them meeting and talking with nothing happening yet again.
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Honestly, I think the story-line will be much better as a TPB all grouped up. Since the whole arc is just a short time and told as a single narrative, I think that you'll enjoy it once get to it.
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And that last issue just continues to make me dislike this arc. Absolutely hated Rick's reaction to all of this. Blah.
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I didn't care for it either, but I do see the reasoning for it, at least in theory. People just can't continue to kill and make war on each other if the human race is going to survive. Unfortunately, we know that there has to be conflict for this story to continue so we already know this isn't going to work in the long run.
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For all the hate I had for the Negan arc, it was nice and refreshing to see the outcome in this new issue.
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