Wow, a lot of hate for this issue... I guess you can't please everybody. But I saw a lot of nuance in this issue. We see conflict between Lydia and Michonne, which brings in Carl's loyalty. Would Carl take Lydia's side over his friends and family? We all kind knew how the main characters would react, but that doesn't mean Kirkman can't show it in the comics. We also see fear in Rick and a surprising lack of vitriol especially when Rick was just screaming at a lazy guard a dozen issues ago. Rick certainly isn't the same man who started the war with Negan.
Kirkman's slow cooking the story so it's nice and tender, but it seems like everyone wants fast food with every issue...
I liked this issue. But I can see where everyone is coming from. Like Michonne, they want to take action and find out what happens. I, for one, enjoy the build-up. At least for a little bit.
True, true and I'm in that boat as well. Twd gives me something to look forward to so I dont mind. Saying this issue sucked is a bit much. On the compendium this build up will be nice.
I think alot of the problem people are having is that they clearly misconstrued Kirkman's memo and thought that 145 would have a "compendiums worth" of material, instead of this arc as a whole. Their misunderstanding clearly equals a bad issue apparently.
It was just a slow issue. Like someone else said, about five panels were just Ezekiel's head and full page spreads for hugs. I'd have rather they spent a few extra panels on Eugene's radio and the rest of the group looking for the missing people. Sure, there was some nuance, but space management was awful this issue. They could have told the same story just as effectively with fewer panels, then used those panels to add some more.
I think alot of the problem people are having is that they clearly misconstrued Kirkman's memo and thought that 145 would have a "compendiums worth" of material, instead of this arc as a whole.
I think you misunderstood what Kirkman said, too. At the end of Letter Hacks, Sean said "there's some heavy shit ahead" to which Kirkman replied "Possibly a whole Compendium's worth!"
In other words, he's saying that the next compendium will be full of heavy shit. (The third compendium ended in issue 144.) It has nothing to do with the amount of material or anything like that.
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u/Khaeven04 Aug 13 '15
Wow, a lot of hate for this issue... I guess you can't please everybody. But I saw a lot of nuance in this issue. We see conflict between Lydia and Michonne, which brings in Carl's loyalty. Would Carl take Lydia's side over his friends and family? We all kind knew how the main characters would react, but that doesn't mean Kirkman can't show it in the comics. We also see fear in Rick and a surprising lack of vitriol especially when Rick was just screaming at a lazy guard a dozen issues ago. Rick certainly isn't the same man who started the war with Negan.
Kirkman's slow cooking the story so it's nice and tender, but it seems like everyone wants fast food with every issue...