This week we saw a lot of new exciting things roll out in the lead up to Season 5 returning this October! Check out everything that was a buzzing last week (thankfully, no bees).
**NEW SEASON 5 Character Photos! Featuring Glenn, Maggie, Daryl, Rick, Michonne and Carol trapped in a light-leaking environment.
**NEW SEASON 5 TRAILER! Check it out!
**Weekend Challenge: write an epitaph for a Walking Dead character, dead or alive, and our favorite one wins 2 VIP 3-day passes to Walker Stalker Con ATL!
**More dispatches from the set! Executive Producer David Alpert talks about TWD!
**A hilarious video was posted by EW in which we learn about the sleepwalking and licking habits of several cast and crew members. Watch Walking Dead cast members dish on secrets about their fellow actors… and producers!
**Robert Kirkman is going to be a Featured Speaker at SXSW!
**The Walking Dead #131 came out and, of course, we have a great issue #131 discussion post in which Sophia is photoshoped punching everything and everyone.
**SWAG ALERTS: new pinball machines from TWD show, the Telltale Games announced for consoles including PS4 and Xbox One, and we’ve posted a few preview pages from the Artist Proofs edition of the new All Out War hardcover! They look sweet.
That’s it for this week, Horde. (Yeah, I’m bringing that back) For this week’s secret challenge to see if you read all the way to the end… let’s talk Halloween. Is anyone getting their costume ready yet? Any TWD-related plans for costumes or snacks or HAUNTED HOUSES?
I am planning on going to the Walker Stalker Con in Dallas in March! Can’t wait!
The uk is devoid of any good con’s you really are lucky 🙁
Same over here in the wonderful land of Oz(stralia)!
That is a bummer! It’s true, I could probably go to a con every other weekend in driving distance of where I live during some parts of the year. It is amazing!
You do have so much more beauty, art and history than we do–by far!
but you have SDCC 🙂
This is true! I have just been to smaller ones though.
That is the mothership, and one day I will make the pilgrimage out to SDCC!
You have the Doctor!
You liking the new doctor? Or is it not on over there yet? Matt was my fave doctor with david a close second!
Matt and David are neck and neck with me, but Matt wins for sure.
I am really trying to like Peter, but I am not there yet. “Silence” was a good episode, but the Robin Hood one was hard for me to watch. So bad. I am giving him a chance to grow on me. I would hate to have to follow Matt Smith though, I mean how can you?! Five minutes into “Eleventh Hour” I was wanting Matt to crash land in my front yard. He had me right off.
You liking 12?
Yeah am feeling the same way, matt is way to tough an act to follow for anyone, but giving him a chance, i remember thinking at the time how could anyone follow david! matt had me at fish fingers and custard 🙂
ME TOO!! I love a goofy man, so it was not a tough sell for me.
Here’s to hoping Peter can turn this around!
Your talking about Doctor Who? Why didn’t anyone tell me! I didn’t watch much of Matt Smith’s run as the doctor but I watched all of David’s. Matt Smith was a bit too goofy for me. Peter Capaldi seems like he’s going through some growing pains. I’m baring through the episodes in hope that his episodes start getting better.
And yes, one of my Halloween costumes is TWD as well as some decor I am making for the casa. I am sure pics will follow!
What costume do you have?
My main man, Carl Grimes.
Awesome! I was thinking of putting together a governor costume (TV version). Did you make your costume from scratch or did you buy separate clothes and put them all together to form his look.
I’ve bought and modified some pieces, made some accessories. It’s a mixture.
Cool. With the governor costume I’m going to buy the vest, eyepatch and belt. I have all the rest for the costume.
Awesome!
I didn’t read the bottom bit and thought that people were talking about convention costumes. We don’t have Halloween over here. What’s it like?
Well, it’s only my favorite holiday! It’s really supposed to be for the kids. They dress up and go door to door for candy and treats. But it goes way beyond that–parties, haunted houses, costumes, decorating your house as spooky as possible. It’s great. My family thrives in October!
I am planning on wearing my Carl to a Convention though! Going to Wizard World Austin in October.
Are going to meet any celebrities while your there?
Michael Rooker is going to be there, and we have actually met him a couple of times but he is so fun we will definitely be standing in line for him again. Matt Smith (Doctor Who) I am debating because his line is massive and we met him in New Orleans at the beginning of the year. I am excited to meet Sean Astin (Goonies, LOTR) and Evan Peters (AHS, Kick Ass).
Cool! I’m a massive whovian so if I ever got the chance to meet Matt Smith I would definitely jump on it but I still think that David Tennant is the best doctor. I met Stan Lee a couple of months ago at a Con. He was really nice. The most fun I’ve had with meeting a celebrity was when I met Manu Bennett (Azog on Hobbit trilogy and Deathstroke on Arrow). We talked for ages! He was so friendly and we both had so much fun. What’s your best experience with a celebrity?
Isn’t Stan Lee the most adorable, sweet man? I’ve gone to a lot of his panels at cons and they are always great.
Matt Smith was fantastic but disappointing because the handlers kept everyone moving along so quick it was over before I knew what was happening.
Honestly some of the best experiences I’ve had were TWD cast. They are all so friendly and awesome and happy to be a part of TWD. The most fun of the TWD cast I’ve met so far were Norman Reedus (so nice and he seems like he genuinely wants to meet everyone who wants to meet him, which is a lot of people!), Jon Bernthal was a lot of fun (we discussed sex with Lori Grimes, how he’d raise Judith and how he could have better dispatched with the Governor–he was great), Steven Yeun was adorable (we joked around for a good while and he offered to take a selfie with us), Michael Rooker is insane in the best possible way, David Morrisey was so kind and sincere too!
Yeah, Stan Lee was great. The only bad bit was that it was the same kind of experience that you had with Matt Smith. I’m so jealous of you right now! I’ve always wanted to meet David Morrissey, he’s my favourite character on TWD show. How many cons do you go to each year?
I would say I go to between 1 to 5 a year–depends on how much time and money I have. What about you?
David Morrissey is amazing!! Here are some of the pics I got of him…
http://www.carlyyougoonie.com/adventure/2014/8/10/fan-expo-dallas-may-2014
I go to one a year. It makes it more enjoyable because you build up to it mentally and physically! (Costume making).
So true. I have an addictive personality though so I just can’t stop!!
Just like me and comics. I can’t get enough of them! What comics do you read? (besides TWD of course!)
TWD #1 of course
Saga (seriously I rave about this to everyone who will listen)
Sex Criminals
Pretty Deadly
Chew
Revival
Outcast
Ms. Marvel
Those are the ones it have to buy the moment they come out. A few others I check out, but those are my top.
You?
I read:
TWD (Read all of them!)
Amazing Spider-man
Superior Spider-man
Iron Man
All of the Marvel yearly events
Any Marvel mini-series that catch my eye
Occasional comic specials
I use to be fully Marvel comics but have started branching out slowly to other comics, like TWD. I’ve heard good things about Chew. What’s it like?
I’m not much of a super hero girl so I haven’t read much Marvel myself.
Chew is really awesome. There is a bird flu that causes mass destruction so chicken is outlawed. You can’t buy it, serve it, cook it, eat it. So the FDA agents are kind of like Prohibition agents in the 20s. Tony Chu is a super-FDA agent because he is a cibopath, which means he can tell the entire story of something by taking a bite. Example, he eats an apple and can see the seed it came from, the farm it grew on, the farmer that picked it. You can see how this would come in handy and be a curse! It is an awesome story!
ALSO, to tie this back in with TWD, I have heard that they are doing a cartoon of Chew and Steven Yeun is supposed to voice Tony! I don’t know if that’s 100%, but I read it in a couple of articles months back.
That sounds pretty cool, I’v heard goof things about it from my friends. Any other comics that I should look into?
Saga!!!! Saga! Saga! (If you are an adult that is.)
I’ve heard of Saga but mistook it as a bit too weird. What’s it about?
Well, it is weird. My favorite description is Star Wars meets Game of Thrones. The story is fantastic and unique, but the art, oh man! The art blows me away! I believe you can still download a free copy of issue 1 on Comixology. You should check out that issue just to see!
I love Saga! Until Outcast gets well established, Saga is my #2 comic!
I tried to find the first issue of Outcast but my comic book shop was sold out! What is the synopsis?
Yeah, I think that 1st issue is already on its 4th printing. Shops can’t keep it on the shelf, from what I’m reading. I have to pre-order mine from eBay a month in advance.
This from Image:
Kyle Barnes has been plagued by demonic possession all his life and now he needs answers. Unfortunately, what he uncovers along the way could bring about the end of life on Earth as we know it.
An interview from right here on home base:
https://www.skybound.com/the-walking-dead/robert-kirkman-on-season-5-outcast/
I might have to make it my first digital comic collection. It would make it cheaper than print versions ($8.80 each!)
Again, I feel like I should hug my Comic Book Guy and be grateful I have a shop so close to me that I can pop into at lunch on Wednesdays!
Indeed, I’d just be hugging my iPhone with Comixology if I tried that lol
I often hug my iphone.
you not getting outcast? man that’s a good book ! you should def check it out.
I’ll probably catch up on it digitally. So many comics! So little time!
Truth
how you liking Outcast?
Totally dig it. It’s right up the alley of what scares the shit out of me. I like how every issue I’m like “oh my god! What now?!” And then I turn the page and it’s over. That bastard!
What about you?
yeah am loving it, the Art and colouring in particular are a massive draw for me, its made my pull list.
So true. A good artist can either make a book epic or really hard to read. I’ve had the experience of digging a story but not being able to endure the art on a book and that is sad!
its a bit like the current spider-man for me, the storey is great but the art is so cartoon, its spoiling my enjoyment of the book. were the art in Outcast really strikes a cord with me and the the colours just make every page pop! oh and some credit to Kirkman cause the story is not bad too 😉
Ha ha, yeah. That Kirkman guy can write a story can’t he!?
Have you read Locke & Key? I wanted to like it because I like Joe Hill, but the art just killed me (in a bad way). I told @Bastet the art reminded me of demented Precious Moments figurines–I don’t know if you have Precious Moments in the UK, but that’s totally not a compliment.
Yeah he knows his way round a dictionary well enough, lol . Not read Locke & Key but just google’d precious moments Oh the horror !!!
Exactly!! I read one volume of Locke & Key and that’s all I could do!
I’m gonna dress up as Negan. I already got the swearing down…
…fucker.
You need to practice a little more.
“I’m going to dress up as that fucker Negan. I already got the fucking cock sucking swearing down. Fuck.”
See?
Well, I don’t fucking swear too fucking much online. But, fuck, look at me now, shitfuck. But if you motherfucking fucking saw me fucking now, you’d see me as a fucking Negan Jr.
Nice fucking job, young man.
Hey! They (Everyone except Bassie and Jason) don’t know my secret! 🙁
I don’t know what you’re talking about sir. 😉
>:(
Are you going to a con? If so, which one?
I hope for NYCC, but I might just be Negan for Halloween.
If you dress up as Negan at NYCC, make sure you pay us a visit at the booth.
Bonus points if you bring along a Glenn!
I do not want to know what that Glenn would look like!
… Actually, yes, yes I do.
Well, I do have a 16 month brother, he can be Hershel Greene Jr…. Does that count? But he doesn’t have the Awesomeness that Glenn bears nor Hershel bears.
It would be awesome! Negan with Hershel Jr.!
This week was quite slow in the way of news. Sure they had pictures from season 5 but that was it for people outside of the states.
Did anyone catch Z-Nation on syfy? They dropped a walking dead nod the guy said someting like “ran in to a cop and some other survivors in a prison” got to be TWD nod? What did anyone think of it? Poor mans walking dead? Or enjoyable zombie show?
I’ve never heard of it. What was it like? That is definitely a TWD reference.
First episode was on friday over the US, a mate streamed it for me, read a few reviews lot of people calling it a poor TWD, but I enjoyed the first episode, basic premis is that its a couple of years after a zombie outbreak, goverment been experimenting with a vaccine, the last place working on a cure gets over run, turns out the last person they try the vaccine on it works casue he gets bit to crap and dosent turn, so there on a mission to get this guy to a military base so they can use his blood to recreate the vaccine. Oh and it had a full on zombie baby going after someone, which was cool. Lol.
People are always going to try and act like this and that is a ripoff of something else. I just ignore. Kirkman didn’t invent the zombie, after all. He just made it massively popular with a non-horror audience because of his amazing characters and story telling.
Always room for more zombies! I have had friends ask me if it bums me out that zombies are so popular now, when it was always my little obsession–HELL NO. Now that it’s so popular there is so much content, so much more merchandise, so much more opportunity for some good zombie fun. The more the merrier!
I feel the same way, growing up in the eighties with a hand full of remoero film just wasnt enough, now it feels like I can scratch my zombie itch on any given day of the week and find something new.
Hope you can find z nation, was enjoyable and has potential, had the acotor that played Link in the second Matrix film (whos name I forget) in it to.
Total agreement. More zombies are good for everyone! There is plenty of room in the genre and no one is going to replace my TWD.
And I love zombie babies!!! I have to see if this is OnDemand now.
That sounds pretty cool. You could say that TWD is a rip-off too because it wasn’t the first to have zombies or even focus on a group of survivors. If it comes over here I will probably watch it, especially for the zombie baby! ^0^
I wanted to watch it! I must have missed the premiere. There’s always room for my zombies in my book.
Liars… they don’t have “Sophia punching everything and everyone”
I’ve been zombieing up every Halloween for years now, even before the walking dead made it cool 🙂
I’m not the crafty person, but I gotta make me one of those zombie head-in-a-jars! Won’t be packing it up once Halloween is over…going right on my Walking Dead rack!
Make sure to post a pic when your done, cause am going to want to see that
You can do it! (Rob Schnieder voice)
LMAO!
HAI! LONG TIME (Like, 3 or 4 days) NO SEE!
Had to go on a BS purge.
I was just pulling on my riot gear !!!
Nice to feel “loved”! You’re one of the best, Stu!
I remember when I first started coming round the site and saw the comments section, I didn’t find it off putting or intimidating in the slightest, all the great chat that was going on made me want to come back more that the articles did you being one of the main reasons that i kept coming back to the site. I mean take this article (no offence Lizzy) a summary about what other posts you can find on the site has no right to attract 70 plus comments so what do they do? they encourage us to go off topic with a “what are you doing for Halloween” question, seams a little unfair to complain about us going off topic on one article and then encourage it on the next? and did we ever really go that off topic? so of the best thing on this site came for the comments section, who can forget that epic afternoon were me you and Jason cast all the none cast member of TWD. TWD comments are some of the best behaved, most Troll free, friendly, welcoming, fun comments on the web, and YOU are a big part of that, so dont ever go, the moderators have a easy time with us, and should forgive the odd off topic post
Awesome post man . You are a cool guy . I have been thinking about retiring from the site after the 131 discussion.
Ok Don’t you start to! You and Basset are legends of this site, honestly I spend more time reading both of your posts than Brian or Lizzy’s, it sucks that TWD said what they said, but bygones, in the words of another legend “we are the walking dead” and without the likes of you, Bastet, Chris, Epic, Carly, Ronan, what kind of site would this be, prob not one that i would spend half as much time on. To anyone new reading this or visiting the site for the first time, come say hi, we really are the nicest people on the web! don’t be afraid, only the zombies bite on this site! peace respect and love to all !!
We look for people to join in. Don’t want anybody to be shy!!
No hard feelings from me .. I’m actually in a little bit of a funk .. My good friend broke his neck at work and I’m trying to get people to rally for him … He has a page Michaels road to Recovery on Facebook anyone reading this check it out …
Sorry to here that man, I will check out the FB page, you and your friend have my prayers.
Thanks my friend!
I posted the link below to Bastet .
Any friend of a Z-Crew DeadHead is a friend of ALL Z-Crew DeadHeads! My heart goes out to him & his family.
You got a link for that FB page?
Yes I will post it after work.. He’s a fellow Walking Dead fan .
https://www.facebook.com/Michaelsroadtorecovery
When you look at those pictures….man, I hope the family reaches their goal! You’re such a good copartner/friend!! Don’t be in a funk over him…the family leans on the strength of others!
Thanks a bunch that means a lot to me .
You know what’s really cool about The Walking Dead is that everyone gets a fair shake .. Rick is the leader and he is missing a hand and has to walk with a crutch. Carl is missing a eye and he is a badass . Heath is still going strong with out a leg . My friend maybe never walk again but he can still be a badass .
Don’t forget Dwight….not physically challenged but challenged just the same because of his scarred face….I wonder just how much of a badass he’s gonna be when he shows up!
Your friend is already automatically cool as hell for being a Walking Dead fan!
Dwight is such a complex character. I hope he shows up soon. I hope he built up his community and is trading with ASZ .
I guess what I’m trying to say is The Walking Dead is probably a inspiration for some disabled people out there .
I’m hurt. Don’t you go making it worse!
Hey can I get a little credit for getting rid of a few of the trolls .. I made one dude think I was a ex con turned comic book reader … He was extremely dumb lol .
love you man! Dont you think the place really is troll free? I mean that pretty unique on the web,I mean you can even watch a cat video on youtube without someone having a go at someone else these day !
Yeah I know it’s extremely annoying. Always that one person that has to hate.
I think we had the meandering down pat….but we did keep it relative for the most part. I guess it was just too much of it.
Talking about Trolls, where’s Hobbs?
ROTFLMAO!!
Hahaha!! Up vote !
Some of my favorite posts are now when the trolls come on here and seeing what you tell them. It’s always good for some laughs!
LOL! I usually am laughing hysterically when I reply to a troll. I have a weird sense of humor.
Troll Terminator!
There was a time I got completely ignored on here. I felt like it was just musings to myself. Passers-by came in, had a comment or two & then moved on. Then you guys started coming around. It’s friends like you that, not only brought out the best in me online, but kept me coming back. I haven’t seen another place that can compare with the way it is here. I can understand what Brian is looking for here & I got upset because I knew the proverbial shoe fit me & I knew what that meant for me. Back to being ignored. I was gonna “retire”….let newcomers come in & take over. But I can’t just ignore my friends! You guys are simply the best & this site does more for me than you’ll know!
I think we are all a bit guilty of taking things off topic, am sure I starterd a whole wrecking ball thing a while back, that was like no way TWD related. Lol. Glad your sticking around, it just wouldn’t be TWD with out you and jason.
That wrecking ball thread was one of my most all-time favorites! I’ll go back to threads like that when I’m feeling down. I’m definitely here because of you guys…& I have to give Jason credit for helping me keep myself grounded here…he knew what I was planning but encouraged me not to give up. Awesome guys…the lot of you!!
Because we are friends.. And we love the site and The Walking Dead .. Z Crew for life !!
Lol that was hilarious though
:’) I remember coming onto this site. It was really ackward because you had already set up a close knit community that I felt like I wouldn’t be able to fit into. I was proven wrong by all the commenters on this website (especially Bastet, Stuart O , Jason Thomas, Carly, and ThatEpicBeastUKnow) and I can always look to this community for a good chat. Z crew for life!
You were an easy draft! Got sucked in real quick! You’re one of us now… no turning back, Ro!!!
🙂 What can I say? I love TWD! I just realised that I might be the only Australian on here. The only bad thing about trying to stay up to date with everyone is that I usually don’t get the comic until a week or two later and I fear for spoilers with my life!
Ronan, do you go digital or physical copies?
When I started .(beginning of this year) I did digital until I caught up to the latest issue (which was the middle of all out war). Do you do digital or physical?
I started with physical a couple of years ago and then started doing digital this year or last because I was too impatient! I still buy some physical copies here and there.
Same here .
One main reason for me going digital was because when I first started out here, I was strictly on the show threads. I wouldn’t venture over to anything that was comic related. I busted my tail to get caught up on reading so that I could join in on the Discussion threads. So Skybound actually makes a little more money off of me because of this site, lol!
Same here, but I started going to this site after catching up with the comics.
Tear jerker, ugh!!
Group hug!
Negan is one of those guilty pleasure characters. Love to hate, hate to love you. Total face melting bad-assness. Makes me so hot. I honestly think he looks like Steven Seagal, right? He’s about as bad-ass as Steven’s movies. I remember my parents making me watch Under Siege when I was 4. I hope that if his character is ever introduced that Steven plays Negan. God that would be sooo fuckin’ killer. I hope they haven’t done casting for that yet and as if Terminus isn’t the saviors hide-away, and it’s obvious that Michonne is the one hunting cannibals in the brush near G.Stokes church instead of Andrea. I also think that Daryl is a parody of Dwight’s character. If Jesus is ever introduced with the name Jesus, that might become controversial, but I honestly don’t give a fuck because I ain’t religious. Making his character gay is great because there is nothing that makes me laugh more then Jesus always is saving the day by giving a fly fucking kick to someones fucking face. Daryl could be his lover, or Aarons. Whatever.. this should be interesting. Did anyone notice that the guy Abraham cracks in the church with the ass of his rifle is black… with a black watch… who else wears a black watch. Yes I disect every fucking scene.
Also, you all should read Roberts other comics, the walking dead isn’t the fucking bee’s knee’s of all fucking shit.
Clearly you have never seen a bee’s knees, sir. It totally is.
Is anyone going to get to go to Halloween Horror Nights at Universal? They are doing the whole TWD thing again and I am dying inside a little because my attempts at convincing my husband to fly to Orlando for the weekend for haunted houses failed. Sometimes the man just doesn’t get it!