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The official Subreddit for The Walking Dead comic, and it's surrounding universe.

/r/TheRoamingDead is a subreddit dedicated to The Walking Dead comic series and its surrounding universe (Telltale's TWD, TWD: The Alien, Here's Negan, etc.)


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  1. Discussion must be centered around The Walking Dead comic book universe. Discussion of the TV series is welcome in relation or comparison to the comics such as speculation of the shows future developments but any show-specific content will be removed.

  2. No memes/image macros or links to/asking where to find pirated material.

  3. Discussion of the latest issue must be marked for spoilers for up to 7 days after the issue's release as not everybody is going to read the issue at the same time. Spoilers must also be kept out of titles during this period.

  4. Discussion focusing on the Telltale Games must also be marked for spoilers and spoilers should be kept out of the title as not everybody is going to play the games at the same time. Please also preface your title with "[Game]" or "Game:".


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her ass is NOT Andrea

27 Comments
2025/01/29
04:16 UTC

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The only death i would change is def. Abe's. He was reaching his best moment and finding his place in Alexandria. Is a shame we never really saw his leadership skills in action. He would be amazing in both wars and in the process of build the communities. Which other death would you change?

27 Comments
2025/01/28
19:34 UTC

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do you guys think we’ll get omnibuses of the deluxe edition once the full run is complete?

seeing as how they recently completed the invincible library editions which are the most similar editions to the omnibuses of the walking dead, do you guys think they’ll release hard cover compilations of the comic when its colored edition is fully published?

i love the b&w but i also would like to own the color edition in hardcovers, specially if there’s chances it has even more extras

2 Comments
2025/01/28
07:31 UTC

94

About Glenn

As a Comic Reader I knew Glenn had to die once Negan showed up in the Show and I wasn't mad that he died. What i was mad about was how AMC handled his Death. Don't get me wrong, S6E16 and S7E1 are great Episodes, especially if you binge them Back to Back. But giving the iconic "Eeny Meeny Miny Moe" to Abraham and therefore reducing Glenn's iconic Death to the result of Daryls stupidity just feels wrong

15 Comments
2025/01/28
06:40 UTC

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Walking Dead Deluxe Tedesco variants

How many Julian Totino Tedesco variants are there and how intermittent are his Deluxe covers? Where can I view variants for each issue? Thanks.

4 Comments
2025/01/24
17:49 UTC

14

Which characters do you think are better in the comics than in the show? (Besides Carl and Andrea)

42 Comments
2025/01/23
13:20 UTC

11

What are your favorites issues? I made a tierlist out of my favourites. May be an unpopular opinion but my favourite arc has to be We Find Ourselves, followed by the goat of arcs No Way Out. I kind of wish that the ones after the time jump were better, i mean, i loved it as a whole but individualy..

8 Comments
2025/01/22
13:12 UTC

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What are requirements for you if there is an animated show?

For me it’s these:

  • Sepia/grey scale colour scheme for the show with limited exceptions (intro theme, issue 193, freeze frames/colour flashes on character deaths, the few flashbacks and dreams, colour spreading when rick is on the phone)
  • 100% accuracy to the first 2/3 of material with the exception of language used by characters and if they decide the apocalypse happens in 2025 rather than 2003
  • Everything post all out war gets more time/expansion. Especially post-andrea
  • special issues and here’s negan integrated into the show rather than separate titles
  • seasons to volumes:

Season 1: volume 1 (5 episodes) Season 2: have a special two parter in between seasons introducing tyreese and end with the group escaping the estates, then rest of volume 2, 3 and 4 (2 episode special, plus 8 episodes Season 3: volume 5-7 (12 episodes) Season 4: volume 8-10 (12 episodes) Season 5: volume 11-12 (8 episodes) Season 6: have a special feature length episode for volume 13 and cover volume 14-17 over 12 episodes Season 7: volume 18-20 (14 episodes) Season 8: have another special feature length episode for volume 21 and cover volume 22 and 23 (9 episodes)

Season 9: volume 24 to 26 (11 episodes)

Season 10: volume 27 - 28 (11 episodes)

Season 11: volume 29-32 (24 episodes) Issue 190-193 is its own 4 hour episode split into two parts.

11 Comments
2025/01/22
04:45 UTC

25

As far as i'm concerned, the comic ended here, both my Grimes safe and healthy

3 Comments
2025/01/21
14:58 UTC

31

What if Shane killed Rick

So we know from the Letterhacks that Kirkman originally intended to kill off Rick instead of Shane in Issue #6. According to Kirkman he wanted to let Carl witness how Shane kills Rick without Shanw knowing that Carl saw it and from there on explore how it would have affected Carl.

This is where you come into play: how would the story moved on from Issue #6 if Kirkman made this a reality

25 Comments
2025/01/21
14:14 UTC

19

After a re-read of the series, here's my volume ranking.

2 Comments
2025/01/21
07:26 UTC

38

What is your favorite "unseen" moment? Things that the characters mention but we actually never saw? For me is this interaction between Andrea and Carl, it made me appreciate her role and evolution a lot (I Fckng hate you Kirkman, there was no need to kill her)

16 Comments
2025/01/20
12:49 UTC

1

Does anyone know where i can buy the walking dead deluxe early issues in UK?

I have the compendiums of the originals but i really want to experience it in colour. Does anyone know any online stores in the uk that have early issues instock starting from #1?

1 Comment
2025/01/20
00:17 UTC

1

Best character from the COMICS?

4 Comments
2025/01/18
18:18 UTC

121

One of the things i overall hate about the TV series is how they erased most of leadership traits from Rick and instead turned him into an action hero. What is your favourite Rick speech? Do you think Andrew Lincoln could have been what Comic Rick is?

35 Comments
2025/01/17
15:44 UTC

32

Just finished the comic

Honestly I think it was an incredibly great and beautiful ending. I think the commonwealth was a bit quick and I don’t love that Sebastian wasn’t killed but I get why and I’m not that upset about it. I am happy that Jesus made it out of the story alive he was one of my favorite characters so that was a nice thing. I also really love that last issue and think it might be one of the best endings I’ve seen to anything. My only wish is that they would’ve done a 6 issue run that showed Carl growing into his adult self but even as is I love it. Honestly the ending has me sad I don’t have anymore to read because I think truly this is my favorite comic I’ve ever read. The ending also reinforces in my mind that amc doesn’t know what the fuck they are doing and the shows will never come close to being as good as the source material.

7 Comments
2025/01/16
17:05 UTC

18

Would a TV audience have been okay with the comic ending?

I know a lot of TV viewers got (rightfully) upset when Glenn/Carl died, and stopped watching, which then makes me wonder, do you think the death of Rick would have left a sour taste in peoples mouth? I don't want to sound condesending, but I think people would have been really upset and outraged that their hero had died etc. but i'm curious what others think.

20 Comments
2025/01/16
09:47 UTC

6

Almost done with compendium 4 and I really want justice

THEY KILLED DWIGHT WHYYY Dwight was literally one of my favorite characters. Now I want Rick to go full war with the commonwealth. Judging by not much being left I’m betting I won’t get my wish but I really want Pamela dead for this.

4 Comments
2025/01/16
07:45 UTC

53

In hindsight, I kinda like the pacing of TWD S2

Don't get me wrong, very little happens in The Walking Dead Season 2 when compared to the rest of the mainline series and even its many spin-offs… But when you consider the point that TWD's and TLoU's creators wanted to focus on the human narratives and drama with the zombie apocalypse serving as set dressing, well I'd say both shows did a damn good job allowing us to have a lot of breathing space with their cast of characters while also adapting their storylines to better suit a medium that allows for more time to play with the story that both video games and comic issues don't have (runtime & pacing to accommodate gameplay and fast moving, panel-based storytelling)

18 Comments
2025/01/15
14:13 UTC

18

How did they ruin lori’s character so much in the show?

First before I say anything I just wanna get this outa the way this is not a dis against Sara Wayne Callie’s I think she’s a damn good actress but there’s only so much a good actress can do with shit writing before you have to admit the character was doomed by shit writing. So now that that’s out of the way I gotta ask how the hell did they ruin/butcher lori’s character so much in the show like my first time viewing the walking dead was the tv show and lori was such a bitch in it. So when I learned that the tv show was a adaptation of a comic series I got the first compidem and began to read expecting to hate comic Lori just the same as tv Lori but I was pleasantly surprised to find that comic Lori is such a better character that I even liked and rooted for her. Like an example is her affair with Shane in the show it’s a prolonged afair going on for weeks and after it was done she kept giving mixed messages to the guy’ but in the comic it was a one time thing that she instantly regretted it and cut it off after it happend in a extreme moment of stress.

13 Comments
2025/01/15
08:31 UTC

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Make the Comment section look like the Search History of Comic-Shane

15 Comments
2025/01/14
07:47 UTC

2

Buying comics online?

Hi guys . Few days ago i started to play the walking dead game . And i loved it so much, and on my plan i wanna play other games. But i am interested in comics. Where can i buy them all online? Some legit site?

11 Comments
2025/01/13
20:55 UTC

2

Website you can read TWD comics ( and others but I just use it for TWD)

0 Comments
2025/01/13
16:35 UTC

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