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I'm still only about half-way through to where the series currently is and hopefully will be catching up shortly. I think I need one more trade and then I hit the point where I began collecting single issues.

In the meantime, I thought I'd link to this announcement of a Walking Dead television series! Wow, what awesome news! Kirkman has always said he'd rather see it on a television series, so this is pretty cool.

AMC has shown with Mad Men that they are serious about creating strong, serious and powerful dramas and no subject matter is taboo. I watch Mad Men personally and its simply one of the best things I've ever seen. I'm impressed AMC will now do the Walking Dead too. Pretty cool!

EXCELLENT news!

I quit discussing the book here because so many follow it in trades, but the end of issue 62... was possibly the most horriffic turn of events yet....

Can't WAIT for the series!

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Wow! I was hoping for HBO, but AMC ain't a bad fallback with their recent track record! I just hope AMC's ready to do right by it. It doesn't have to be a HUGE-budget undertaking, but I'd like it to be done right and hopefully with enough violence to make it not seem like they're brewing us some WD-Lite, y'know?.

#64 is out today. "Fear of the Hunters" is turning out to be incredibly horrifying. The thing that amazes me most about this series is the way Kirkman always manages to ramp things up. You think things have gotten as intense as possible..... then you pick up the next issue and it is even more intense. And then that happens again the following month, and then the next. It just doesn't end.

I'm dyin here...I just caught up to issue 62...and my shops in the immediate area do not have 63. One only gets a few issues and sells out fast, the other had most of their shipment destroyed in transit. 64 is waiting, but I will not get it until I have 63! AAAARGH!!!

Don't you dare read #64 before you read #63 !! It will totally ruin it for you. Take a few deep breaths. It will be worth the wait.

I avoid spoilers for this series...it's too good. Money has been tight, but just got a few bucks to catch up...so now I wait to keep going. Although, it is a blast to read it in chunk again.

Oh Lord, now I have to go to the CBS again THIS week!!

I'm just popping in to say that I'm still reading and loving this series.

I haven't come in to this thread for a long time for fear of spoilers but glancing through it now I see that you've actually all been pretty good about not revealing any. How nice!

I've just finished the latest TPB (#10) and it is SOOOOO hard resisting the urge to go out and buy all the latest singles to catch up - but alas I've made a promise to myself to go TPB on all my non-DCU purchases (except Madame Xanadu but that book is such a stealth-DCU title I'm letting it slide).

My only complaint about this book is that nearly all of my favourites were killed off in the Prison arc and I'm really not that enamoured with most of the ones left - especially Michonne (sorry MLLASH) who feels to me like she stepped straight out of a bad Quentin Tarantino remake of a bad 70s Blaxploitation film (and I should know - see my handle ) which seems greatly at odds with the tone of gritty realism that Kirkman seems to be striving for with the rest of the cast. She pulls me straight out of the book/setting every time she comes on panel.

The one other thing I didn't like was the fate of...

<span class="spoiler_containter"><span class="spoiler_wording">Click Here For A Spoiler</span><span class="spoiler_text">... Morgan and Duane. It was realistic I guess but a very sad development for a couple I was hoping for better things for.

I'd like to see Morgan at least recover and adapt to the new world but I think the writing's on the wall for his character - something horrible to do with Carl I'm guessing.

It also seems a bit mean of Kirkman to go down this route with these two characters after leaving us hanging about their fate for so long (and I know he's been asked about them a lot) but I guess one of the selling points of this book is that no one is safe and that there will probably be no happy endings for any of them.
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Got it...now I'm caught up...till Wednesday anyway.

So, what did you think?

Great stuff. Kirkman has found a new groove on this book. I think a few little things have come from left field...like what happened with the twin boys, at least what the one did to the other. Not much forshadowing on that.

Looks like the next two issues are going to be nasty again...just like I like 'em. I like the fact that stuff happens in this book to the main characters.

Looking forward to the end of this arc, and to see what happens when they get to Washington.

Loved seeing the herd a few books back.

Wow. Finally got the ending to the Hunters storyline. There are no punches pulled with this book...at all.

What did everyone else think of the 5 issue storyline?

Overall, I liked it, but for WD's first "numbered parts" storyline, I thought part five was more of an epilogue. Yes, plenty of umportant things happened in the final part but none of it really unexpected i.e. seemingly inevitable things did actually come to pass. In the end the threat wasn't as huge as the extensive teases preceding the storyline made it seem.

Don't get me wrong, though...a lot of important things came to pass, particularly in character development. Of course, it's been apparent for a while, that the group is becoming more and more hardcore with the lengths they'll go to to ensure their survival, so I wasn't all that surprised with what they did.

It will be interesting to see the longterm implications of that last page. I say 'longterm' because I doubt it'll get out any time soon. I imagine Andrea and Rick will have a big row with a potentially catastrophic outcome...

(notice I was posting Nonspoilese for the TPB folks )

Very nice spoiler free summary.

I do agree that this was more of an epilogue to the story. I totally hear what you're saying about the threat level...but the thing is, the way the leader of the Hunters acted was totally believable with what he was faced within the wake of what happened to him at the hands of Rick and Co.

The decisions made make sense all around for our weary band of travelers. And you're right about the last page. The inevitable confrontation should be gut wrenching, no matter the outcome.

I'm there with you guys on the 5th part.

This was the first time EVER I've felt any kind of vague dissatisfaction with TWD. The cliffhangers leading up to the 5th part were awesome, though.

Can't wait to see what's next!

Honestly, I think it would've worked much better without the arc title on the cover. If this were a normal 5-issue span with no extranormal promotion, it would've gone over fine with me. As Dev says, everything was well thought-out and consistent in this story, but the arc labelling, which has never been done before in the monthlies, created a certain expectation akin to the climax of the prison/Governor affair. I guess I was expecting more carnage! At the same time I'm glad we didn't suffer mass casualties, though--I don't think I was ready for that, yet!

I should add that the one loss to our cast was really well done. I liked the final conversation with Rick particularly. Said character had come off unlikeable recently, but Kirkman really brought the character full circle in the arc. I'll certainly miss him/her. and we should see some interesting developments with one character in particular in the aftermath.

Kirkman has also set up some interesting things with the the two characters that recently joined our group of travelers. One is obviously mentally unhinged...but is he dangerous. The other is obviously struggling with what he has done himself to survive, but now doesn't seem to be able to handle what the others feel is necessary to survive.

Both should play out interestingly.

If this had been a regular issue number system, without the story arc numbering, Lardy is right. This issue would have come across much more surprising and brutal...especially after what happened with the prison arc.

We may not have expected the fight to continue on, but it very well may have, even if you consider that issue 66 would be a trade ending issue...so a horrific cliffhanger could have easily happened.

The tables are turned here in a certain way, with Rick and Co. taking the fight to them, instead of being the ones caught with their proverbial pants down.

Issue 67 - Very nice segue issue. Rick and Carl have a long over-due heart to heart. Someone's secret is revealed...with some bad after effects, and the next big thing (beginning of a storyline here people) shows up on the last page.

More than worth my money every month. Amazing how a talky comic like this reads faster than an issue of most other comics. Also how it makes me want to reread it again and again.

Agreed. In its relatively short lifespan, I've reread this entire series 3 times, last month most recently.

It's been more than worth the money I have invested in it.

Anybody heard any AMC series updates??

Nothing more than it has been optioned and is in the works for a pilot. Kirkman has said that he is optimistic this thime that the pilot will at least be made.

I think the story is very television accesable.

Okay, so I'm 8 issues shy of having every story in my collection so I can continue reading. I've got the first four trades and then began collecting single issues...but since I backtracked a bit, I'm missing 8 issues to bridge the gap between the trades and where I picked up the single issues. Today I spent the day driving around Southeastern Connecticut going to four different comic stores and getting back issues. I think I can probably grab two more this week, but dammit, I don't want to read all my issues until I can do it all the way through.

But I can't wait, because I then plan to read the entire series all the way through (so far I've read the first four trades, which is the equivalent of #1 - #24).

(Lardy asked me awhile ago so I wanted to post about it).