Another tightly packed issue of The Walking Dead, leaving us wondering how much shit can possibly go down from here. Read Full Review

With the show forking off from the source material and finding its stride, it's nice to see the book is still finding ways to surprise and pull the reader in. Read Full Review

After consecutive issues with no zombies, The Walking Dead reminds its readers that it is set in a post-apocalyptic and often barbaric world where anything can happen at any time. And yet, the evolution of the series continues in a welcome, refreshing manner. Read Full Review

The Walking Dead finally begins building steam again after months of aimless storytelling. Read Full Review

It'll be interesting to see how the conflict is handled in later issues. I hope it doesn't lead to another war. At this point, I think the comic has overstayed its welcome. It would be interesting to see more communities coming together and rebuilding society a bit more. There could still be conflict and even wars, but the fact that every new community they meet seems to be evil is getting old. The series suffers from having been around since 2003. I'm just not sure how much more story there's left to tell. Read Full Review

Well, this issue was a shocker...

***Heavy Spoilers*** ahead

It will be fairly difficult to discuss this issue trying to avoid the elephant in the group. Rick Grimes has to make a decision in the moment and kills Dwight to avoid going to war with the Commonwealth. It's an ugly decision that seems to be a waste of a life and could have ultimately been avoided. 

I started reading The Walking Dead around the time the Commonwealth was introduced so I doubt I can really appreciate the impact of this death. Since Dwight/Darryl are essentially the same characters I would imagine that this would be the equivalent of Darryl being killed off on the show. Not sure where the story is going but Dwight may end up being the straw that breaks the camels back and sends the CommonWealth into civil war.  

There are guaranteed to be huge ramifications going forward from here.  Outside of the death scene, there are slice of life moments throughout the issue. There is an especially funny scene with Eugene in the opening pages of the book.

Aside from the huge scene. There isn't a lot of energy to this issue. Everyone seems to be going through the motions and the story inches along toward whatever this conflict develops into. I'm interested in seeing what happens next but I kinda wish it would get on with it. The story and art are great but its time to get things moving as things are starting to drag. A shocking death won't change that. 

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This issue was really frustrating. Michonne is acting irrationally while acting like everyone else is. And that gets a cool character like Dwight killed. Because she believed in a system that was obviously not what it seemed. Skeptical Michonne is dead. After months and months of wheel spinning and character "development", we get this. And they act like it's more complicated an issue than it truly is. It's not. What needs to be done is. Michonne should be on Rick's side. But I guess not.