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I got #76 today. This series continues to zig zag in different directions. I never know what to expect. In light of the discussion in the previous few posts, Rick, Michonne, and Carl all have interesting developments.

Just read it. <span class="spoiler_containter"><span class="spoiler_wording">Click Here For A Spoiler</span><span class="spoiler_text">I'm feeling sorry for Rick right now. It's rough when everyone turns on you.

Is he no longer capable of living normally?

And looks like trouble will be heading for the community very shortly...</span></span>

Man. When you think Kirkman is gonna zig...he zags.

Another great issue that makes total sense.

Carl is really starting to scare me...just sayin.

I watched THE ROAD last night.

Anyone here seen it? I **HIGHLY** recommend it to fans of TWD.

Important: THERE ARE NO RISEN DEAD in the film.

ALthough there IS a disaster of some sort that wipes out ALmost everyone...

Just rent it, put the kids to bed and watch.

You will believe a grown man can cry...

Awesome trailer for the series, which will premiere on Halloween!

Morgan's in it and he's played by the awesome Lennie James who played Robert Hawkins on "Jericho"!

The trailer looks great!!

Lash, I was interested in the Road. Looks intense!

The trailer makes you wonder if Rick and Morgan will ever meet up again in this version...

I'm so hooked on this show, already. And, it hasn't even started yet.

Anyone who is thinking of watching The Road should absolutely, 100%, without a doubt NOT do so until they have read the book (by Cormac McCarthy).

The book is quite simply one of the best books of the 21st century so far and probably one of the best books I have ever read.

I've heard the movie is pretty good, but I haven't gotten around to seeing it yet as I know it just cannot compare to the amazing power of the book - which is mainly expressed through its words, and not the events, and thus will be lost in the film.

I think Walking Dead fans, especially, would enjoy the book too.

Though of course when I say "enjoy" I leave the term open to interpretation since it is one of the most gruelling things you will ever read in your life, and will have you on the edge of your seat throughout - but man, is it worth it.

The trailer looks GREAT! I don't remember some scenes like Rick holing up in a tank from the book, but I hope we will all just ENJOY THE FREAKIN' RIDE and not pick apart any possible changes... that's what I'm going to do!

They are being up front about it being different, so I hope fans will go in with an open mind that thigns are not going to play out the same. That trailer looks awesome...I cannot wait.

Having reread the most of the series, I can vouch for the fact that there was an abandoned tank in Atlanta. But I don't think Rick got in it or anything. (He may have gotten on it?)

In any case I'm okay with there being changes and enhancements to how events went in the comics. I kinda hope Morgan survives because I really like Lennie James as an actor, though. The trailer sure looks like he's preparing for a 'last stand'. I might be presuming too much.

It also looks like Rick's injury is less severe than in the book. I've only watched the trailer once, but it looked like a shoulder shot, one that wouldn't put him in a lengthy coma.

Funny thing is, in the book the injury looks like it should've been FATAL! I mean, it goes in his chest and exits thru the back, appearing to take his guts out the other side! It's the primary reason why I occasionally entertain TWD as being Rick's death throes delusion, or even a kind of horrifiv purgatory/hell-type afterlife.

I don't really subscribe to it that often, but the thought occasionally pops up. I think Kirkman denied it as a possibility early on in interviews and/or lettercols.

It looks like a shoulder shot, but with a shotgun, so the damage could be more severe than what it seems.

Something else else I noticed about the scene with Morgan:

<span class="spoiler_containter"><span class="spoiler_wording">Click Here For A Spoiler</span><span class="spoiler_text">When Morgan is shooting out the window, he sees his wife among the dead...gut wrenching...</span></span>

It does make me wonder if they'll change his fate in the television show.

I wonder who that guy is Rick's threatening with a gun to his head?

Also, the actor playing Rick appears to have an obvious English or Australian accent. I read he was from one of those but assumed he was going to disguise it.

It also looks like Rick somehow doesn't encounter any zombies before he meets Morgan.

Two bits of TWD news, today.

First, a teaser for an upcoming story in the book. Is the Community storyline entering its final stages already?

Second, encouraging news about the TV series' future beyond the six episodes! Hope it's accurate!

Excellent news indeed!!!

YESSSS!!!!!

Issue 77 in the bag.

Wow. Things are going to get really messy really fast. We all know from the preview posters what is coming...and this issue sets things in motion to that end.

Great issue again. New alliances strengthened. Old relationships healing. New relationships starting.

Kirkman seems to setting up several possibledeaths in the coming arc...but he has thrown wrenches into seemingly straightforward stories before. I cannot wait till the next issue again.

The previews suggest Rick and Carl are in danger of dying. I'm skeptical because Rick's been the only character we've followed since the first issue. Also, I just don't see Kirkman killing Rick just after the TV series has launched. Carl...maybe. We'll see.

Anyone else skeptical? And what would you think of TWD potentially without Rick?

I'm thinking it's a red herring.

TWD without Rick would be a very different animal. I'm curious as to how it would play out but I don't see anyone else filling his role.

Rick, Andrea, Glen and Maggie (plus Carl and non-entity Sophia) have been around longest now, right? Followed closely by Michonne. I don't want anything to happen to them.

But the cast has gotten way too big for Kirkman to handle properly. When was the last time we saw Abe's hot girlfriend or Washington-liar scientist guy (both of whom I can't name, and should be able to but they never appear).

Sometimes I wish he would work old-school Levitz-style and try to show just about everyone in every issue.

But I'm pretty sure the cast is about to be whittled down to a more manageable amount.

And the deaths of Carl or Rick would certainly hit harder than those of the castmembers we never see. This arc will be one to watch closely.

The previews suggest several/all of them are in danger...more than at just about any other time since the series began...except maybe the prison war against the Gov.

I think Glenn is in serious danger, and the scenes with him and Maggie seem to cement this theiry.

As far as Rick, and/or CArl being in danger...it would take guts to kill your main character, or, arguably, the second main in the series in Carl. I think the series would survive without one/both of them.

What if Kirkman did an arc or two after this with no indication whether the two of them were alive? They take off, but we stay with Andrea or one of the others as they deal with the Zeds. The tension as they try to firnd Rick and Carl would be unbelievable.

Oh yeah, a few days later, Darabont refuted that report, saying there was no pickup as yet.

I personally think it's too soon since the prison for another mass killing of established characters. Hopefully, Kirkman feels the same.

It wouldn't bother me much if most of the Community was killed off (the most likely scenario, IMO, with a couple of established characters biting it as well for enhanced effect) because they're mostly pretty faceless. However, it would seem a bit of a waste.

Shoot... I'm sorry to hear the 2nd season pickup hasn't happened yet. Everything I've seen points to the TV series being fantastic.

CeeTee, I agree it's a little too soon for another massacre and I hate to see the Community go down also. If it's going down this easily, it makes it harder for me to believe they ever established it to begin with.

I hope my posts don't sound too critical... TWD remains my most-anticipated read every month.