o ae) soa CCC CLOUGHNee ets THE WALKING ROBERT KIRKMAN Creator, Writer CHARLIE ADLARD Penciler, Cover STEFANO GAUDIANO tnker CLIFF RATHBURN RUS WOOTON Srey Tones Leterer DAVE STEWART SEAN MACKIEWICZ cover Colors Editor Negan failed to convince Magna of his innocence, but she's still suspicious of the community. Meanwhile, Rick and Carl arrive at the Hilltop, just as Marco returns with @ grave tale: that he heard the dead speak. Robert Kirkman pune, nee, peemtrniee eodatat For Skybound Senmeute aiee” Seeean as Entertainment — sean mackiowiez B28nel,Skiamore, creative suntan SR Ses Dan Petersen Bran Huntington — S22 eee Eric Stephenson For Image Comics paren lon Richarde @. 2ob2 5140" BROS its certorent SeREitera oes” Jennifer de Guzman Se neat Kat Salazar Meredith Wallace Todd McFarlane Maen Ne Mare Silvestri Emilio Bautista virn Valentino Sie Seca aes Emily Miller Ine. Offce of publication: |. Copyright © 2014 Robert Kirkman, LLC. All rights reserved. THE WALKING DEAD" (Including all prominent characters featured herein), its tego and ‘ll character likenesses are trademarks of Robert Kirkman, LLC, unless otherwise noted. Image. Comics and its logos are registered trademarks and copyrights of Image Comics, Ine. All rights reserved. No part oF this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means (except for short excerpls for review purposes) without the express written permission of Image Comics, Inc. All names, characters, events and locales in this publication are entirely fictional. ‘Any resemblance to actual persons (living and/or dead), events or places, without satiric intent, i ‘ecoincigental, DIGITAL EDITION.WHOA, GUYS--THIS IS AMAZING. IT'S NOT... JUST TOLERABLE. ‘RAD WE WE GOTTA MAKE EAT DO if SURE WE CAN. THAT, DANTE. ) | REPLICATE THIS Nor BATCH IN TIME FOR READY, THE FAIR. WE'RE ONNA DEBUT IT oR WHATEVER EQUIVALENT OF RICH THERE IS THESE DAYS. LOUIE, LARRY... T’M GONG TO NEED TO BORROW YOUR TASTER I. HOPE THAT WAS YOUR FIRST SIP)ARE YOU QUESTIONING MEP THAT'S IT THEND. JUST UKE THAT? GO, DANTE, RUN, OFF INTO THE UNKNOWN? NEED YOU TO GATHER SOME MEN AND GO ARTER KEN. OKAY THEN. MARCO SAYS HE LEFT KEN'IN A BARN SOMEWHERE WEST OF WHERE YOU FOUND HIM, RIDE OUT TO WHERE YOU FOUND HIM... GO WEST UNTIL YOU SEE, SIMPLE, ALONG SHOT, BUT We OWE IT TO KEN TO TRY. KENP YOU SAW MARCO--AND HE HAD NO IDEA WHERE HE )\. LAST SAW KEN. I RAKED HIM I. HATE TO SOUND q COLD, BUT DONT YOu. THINK IT'D BE A WASTE OF EFFORT TO GO LOOKING FOR HM AT THIS PONT? WITHOUT HESITATION YOU SEND ME OUT INTO THE JAWS gust ike THAT.I WOULD HAVE SENT A LETTER, OR gust Built UP THE NERVE TO TALK TO MY DAD SOONER, SOMETHING.V IDON'T WANT TOLIVE NA TRALER ALONE... OR SHARE ‘ONE WITH SOMEONE T BARELY KNOW. T’M STARTING. TOMORROW, YOU STIL, HAVENT READ THE LETTER THAT GIRL, GAVE YOU? TODAY IS A.YOU STILL DONG THAT THING WHERE YOu TRY TO HIT YOU GO; AIM HIGH. OTHERWISE, AM HOH, SURE. BUT YOU 7 LOSING THAT GLEAN STEN, GUYS, x KNOW sues MACH SRE: BUT ION Tp OSNO TA SN GAUSS ON Se MECN TOT SE | samt YOU CaN See ANTE tes eee HO, AL ORUSA 4 WAREL I CaN See neSet Cone ro saree erie le BR Pee genet ‘SHE JUST THING FC WITHORIT) AND I Meee KTHNG ECR AUTHORTY AMDT, aa See Pune HELP. wear THE pang ateay THERE TO LIVE , FOR? WAKING LIP SO aoe THAT E GAN MABE yagmeD, PVE Lost GET SENT QUT INTO fay ENTIRE GODDAMN 1 UNKNOWN TO FAMILY AND THE LOOK FOR A GUY WHO | WORID IS STEL SHOULD NAVE KNOWN WORLD IS STL SETTER THAN TO er GET Lost OUT 7 HERE THE THOUGHT OF GONG TO BED WITH THE WOMAN WHO BOSSES ALL OF US AROUND is DAWN NEAR THE ONLY THING KEEPING MY BLOOD PUMPING... TO "ALL PARTS OF My ‘BoDy. DOw'T BE WANT, DANTE...2uT ey SUCH A TT ANT FUCKING BA ouzzxiil. HAPPENING.OKAY, DLL MARCO SAID Be THE His LEG WAS. ASSHOLE. BROKEN BAD, RIGHT? KEN IS FUCKING GONE AND THIS 15 JUST PUTTING US IN DANGER. ANT NO PATROLS OUT HERE. WE COULD RUN INTO ANYTHING. | YEAH, T MEAN... WE RIDING FOR HOURS. SLEEPNG OUT HERE BEEN ) JESUS CHRIST, GUYS. IT'S FUCKING GOXNA MAKE THIS'A TWO DAY TRIPS T ANT We ) KEN We'Re TALKING ABOUT HERE. DON'T BE 50 COLD. HE'D BE WEARING THESE SADDLES ‘OUT LOOKING FOR US. WE'RE NOT GONG TO GIVE.UP YET. AND We MAY BE PAST THE PATROLS, ‘BUT THIS AREA HAS BEEN MAPPED. NOT ALOT OF SURPRISES OUT HERE, REMND ME NOT TO GET LOST AND COUNT ON YOU TWO TO FIND ME. YOu Guys ARE REALLY PISSING ME SAD He LEFT KEN INA BARN, LET'S CHECK THis ONE UP AHEAD, MIGHT SLEEP THERE FOR THE NIGHT, TOO.WELL, THIS 15 DEFINI WHERETHEY APPRECIATE WHAT THEY RAVE. THEY DON'T TAKE IT FOR GRANTED. THEY CHERISH TP AND THEY'RE THANKFLL FOR EVERY DAY OF PEACE: TRUTH 15) THINGS, AREALMOST BETTER THAN BEFORE THIS. PEOPLE ALL STARTED. GET ALONG HERE. YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? WE NEVER NEVER KNEW HOW KNEW HOW CLOSE WE WERE LOSING IT IF ONLY I'D HAVE YOURE RIGHT.AND YOU KNOW YY] WHAT, THNGS ARE GOING 50 WELL. THE FAIR [3 COMNG UP, WE'RE NOT HIDNG AND FIGHTING... WE'RE BULDNG AND CREATING,While a lot of you are probably also wondering “Where Is Michonne2” isn’t it great to see Carl happy? Glad things are working out for that young man. AS opposed to newcomer Dante, who looks like he’s about to eat a shit sandwich. Dear Kirkman and friends, First, the good stuff. All Out War was great, truly great. I love how the world continues to grow and mature. As bieak as this series can be, there are real moments of hope, too. Charlie, man, you are stunning. Your artwork continues to amaze and delight even when you're working a biweekly Schedule, But now, the bad stuff. I should have seen this coming. The bad'guy convinces new people that the good guys are bad guys. That's a story I've seen way, way too many times, Please, guys, please tell me you're nat about to walk headfirst into’a hackneyed, cliche plot twist like that one. You guys are too good to just play that one straight. Please tell me that there’s gonna be a twist, hopefully something totally unexpected. Now, don’t get me wrong. I'm not about to drop a book as spectacular as this one. I’m not even mad, hell, 'm nat even disappainted. 1 wll be If this ends up as obvious as it Tooks, but I trust you guys. After reading the whole back catalog of issues I trust that you guys are gonna surprise ‘me or subvert my expectations on this one. And even If you don't, well, one everolling cliche isn’t gonna make me drop the book. Anyway, thanks for reading and keep those issues coming! Sincerely, Jeff #130 really hit a button, with people expecting the story to bob when we were really weaving ). Tt was the semi-annual “jump to ing campaign. Thank you, Jeff, ing one of the more balanced letters. We ain't mad at chat Glad we dodged that bullet. WHEW! Where the fuck is Lucille MOTHER FUCKERS? Eloquently yours, Ryan szoldatits Toronto, Canada I don’t know. Where the fuck 1S Lucille? All in due time... Lucille’s location will be revealed. later Kirkman, et. al, dust read 128, and I gotta say my skepticism of @ post ‘OW storyline has been muzzled. Tam enjoying the new Character ares and the remaining uncertainty amidst © seeming utopia Two things: (1) Some people probably lost their shit when Rick Shaped out and thumped Border-patrol Benjamin. But coming from a guy who works in a high-risk, pay-the- WRITE TO US AT: DE ecu fuck-attention job that safeguards somebody's life, let me say sticks work better than carrots. Frequently In the end, Benjamin will be thankful for the beating handed to him by the R.G. for bringing him to his senses.... Either that, or he'll let Negan out, and try to exact some kind of retribution (didn’t know Spencer, eh?) and burn everything to the ground, ‘Also (#2), in 127... That exchange between Rick and Eugene, Rick remarks Eugene is ‘too valuable’ for herding... Is there a caste system developing, or Is Rick just stating Eugene is like Montag in Fahrenhelt 451 -the last surviving Gospel of Matthew? You guys are great, and I hope Negan gets a crowbar in the face, Justin Lebanon, Pa There's no defined caste system just yet. Rick was just remarking that Eugene, who is kind of their expert on figuring things out and reestablishing civilization... shouldn’t be putting himself at risk. Charlie Adlard is an illustrating master, how many others could use a whole 2 pages (p8-9 issue 129), covering just 6 words of script, and tell me so much about the {groups Journey since two years has passed. The horse and art lifestyle, the new look Rick and Carl, the Improved defenses, fixed gate and even the windmill in the distance all setting a scene im sure even you genius scriptwriters, wouldnt have envisaged when you wrote the words..."whose your girifriend?”..."shut up dad” While there's only six words of dialogue, Robert wrote 175 words to describe the scene. So, envisage ithe did. And I'd say you'd learn more about Robert's writing process if THE CUTTING ROOM FLOOR ever came out... but, you know... Wow... way to throw me under the bus. But seriously, folks. I'm not just writing dialogue here. My script gets MIGHTY sparse at times and 1 lean on Charlle 2 Lor because we know each other's talents quite well, and I know what I'can saddle him with... but I think if Tent him a blank script with just dialogue... he'd kill me. That said... 'm tempted to try. Charl I salute you! Please continue to amaze me with your Visuals of this world Ive come to lovel ‘And please have Negan escape soon!...just dont be tempted to'make his return many ares later like the delay of the return of Merl in the tv series (good when it finally came but could have made series 2 soe much better!) just ‘cant wait to see what Negans vengeance will look like!! Big fan from the UK Tony Mannix Nottinghamshire How shocked would readers be If Negan... never escaped? Well, Kirkman, you've finally done it. I've been a supporter ‘and a defender of yours for years now. People were pls: about you killing Glen and I defended the decision. People bitched that Negan was just 3 Governor ripoff and'T argued ‘and argued that they were wrong. Even as recently as theending of All Out, War, [sald "it's fine, T bet he has @ good plan.” ‘And now It looks like you're Just going to tell the same goddemn story with these new survivors that you did when Rick & company first got to Alexandria. I'm hoping against hope that I'm wrong, that Rick or SOMEONE will be able tobe like “no, you Idiots, we're not hiding anything, we're Febuilding” and there won't be some sneaky goings-on. But If they fucking let Negan out and he convinces them that Rick and LITERALLY A WHOLE SOCIETY is evil, I'm so over it. If this gets printed, I'm sure it won't be until 2 Issues after I'm proven wrong and you and Sean can just be like "HA, you fucking idiot!” But it’s alming and aiming at "Negan gets out & the new survivors turn against the community.” You'd better not let me down Kirkman! I'm watching you. Justin Smith Charlotte NC “HA, you fucking idiot!” response. I couldn’t imagine a better No comment. My name is Alexandra, I live in Russia in small village Shekshema. Here we have nothing like the comics and it’s sad. T always thought that ifthe first experience from something positive, you'll love it forever. After reading The Walking Dead, I realized that this experience more than the positive. I fell in love with your comies! I read it days and, hights. And even my mother reads TWD, although she had never been a fan of such genre. So thank you very much for Your work, which brings me, and not only to me so many Joy. P.S. 1am also delighted with the TV show, it's my favorite of all that T saw. I can not walt for the new season) P.P.S. Sorry for bad English Sasha Solnceva Shekshema, Russia ‘The Walking Dead: Russian mother approved! Thanks for the support, Sasha Hacks, ve been reading religiously since I picked up the first two trades at Book Expo America in 2005, and I've loved every minute of it, First there was a long cycle of waiting 6 months In anticipation for the trades, buying them the day they. came out, and reading them before the day was over. I've gone digital now, and repeat that process each month with the issues. I've loved every minute of the show, T've loved the pacing, and I've loved seeing a different story than the books, Ten years with no complaints Isa pretty good track record It’s been more than two years though, and I'm ready to move on. When Glen died, I read that issue 5 times In a row because I couldn't believe what I was reading, Twatched in disbeliet as Abraham, my favorite character since Tyrese, was killed without a fight. T was white-knuckled for “All Out War.” It was all amazing. Negan was a great villain, he made the Governor look like a pre-school teacher. I's time to move on though. After all the hype that his story was coming to an end, we're back in his story the very next Issue. The characters have gone (undetermined) Years without seeing him, but the readers don’t have any Break. And he's back the following issue... and he's back the following issue... and he's sure to be back next issue. The book isn't called "The Waiking Negan.” Get to the next story, please! Paul Juser Brooklyn, NY I think it’s pretty clear at this point that the story, for now at least, Is very much NOT focused on Negan. He'll be around, sure... but we are in a sense, moving on. Look at us, pleasing fans left and right this month! Feels good to do that for a change... maybe Michonne isn't dead after all Hey Kirkman, 1 Just finished reading issue #127 and all I have to say Is that Rick did a great job rebuilding Alexandria, In fact so great, that guess whet it was placed just outside his doorstep: {A fucking pigsty! Enjoy your stay in Alexandria Rick with your lover/older men aficionado Andrea, your psychopathic teenager son and the fhog farm stink! And fucking fucker Negan! Yannis Takis, Karpenissi, Greece Great point, Yannis... But after years of rotting corpses, I'd imagine pig shit wouldn't smell as bad. I definitely think that people’s sense of smell in this: world would be acclimated to some pretty terrible things by now. Deer Fuckers, was a little fucking bored today so I counted how many fucking times Negan swears (upto and fucking including Tssue 129), 534 motherfucking times, He says “fuck” - or derivatives of - 432 times, with “shit” - ‘making up 50 of the others, Here’s a fucking breakdown, cos Aumbers are absofuckinglutely coo! Fucking 253, Fuck 107 Shit 44 Motherfucking 20 Dick 17 Fucked 9 Fuckers 9 Bitch 8 Fucks & Asshole 7 Fucker 5 Piss 5 Motherfuckers 4 Fuck’s Sake 3 Motherfucker 3 Pussy 3 Absofuckinglutely 2 ‘Assholes 2 Coeksucking 2 Cunt 2 Motherfuck 2 Pricks 2 Shitting 2 Bastard 1 Bullshit 1 Fucked-Up 1 Fuckedy 1 Fuckhead 1 Fuckity 2 Fuckless 1 Infuckinghuman 1 Pissed 1 Prick 1 Pussies 1 shitheads 1 Shittier 1 Shitty 1 What'The-Fuck-Ever 1 T hope you print this, it would make my fucking day. Cheers wankers, Grayson s. Winchester, UK Great work, Grayson! You've just made all the Walking Dead statheads cream themselves. Shit... Negan needs to swear more. Don’t forget, we got two issues coming next month! And the next one’s so surprising, you'll be glad the following one isn’t so far behind. We're also headed to New York Comic Con in October. See you there! “Sean Mackiewicz And for the record... Iwas joking about the book being weekly in 2015. That would be IMPOSSIBLE. Wouldn't it, guys? Or would it? Sean? Charlie? What do you say? -Robert KirkmanINVINCIBLE #114 (ON SALE NOW SHELTERED #11 ( W DCTOBER 2014