{"id":4109,"date":"2013-08-20T23:35:45","date_gmt":"2013-08-21T05:35:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.delirium.org\/?p=4109"},"modified":"2014-03-22T22:37:51","modified_gmt":"2014-03-23T04:37:51","slug":"the-walking-dead-what-comes-after","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/delirium.org\/?p=4109","title":{"rendered":"The Walking Dead: What Comes After"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.delirium.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/WalkingDead_Vol18_WhatComesAfter.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-4112\" alt=\"WalkingDead_Vol18_WhatComesAfter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.delirium.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/WalkingDead_Vol18_WhatComesAfter-194x300.jpg\" width=\"194\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/delirium.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/WalkingDead_Vol18_WhatComesAfter-194x300.jpg 194w, https:\/\/delirium.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/WalkingDead_Vol18_WhatComesAfter-664x1024.jpg 664w, https:\/\/delirium.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/WalkingDead_Vol18_WhatComesAfter.jpg 973w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 194px) 100vw, 194px\" \/><\/a>It seems like the last several Walking Dead collections have left me feeling reluctant to continue with the series, yet I keep finding new reasons to go on. And there&#8217;s probably a lot of truth to that, though I still stand by <a title=\"My review of The Walking Dead: Something to Fear\" href=\"http:\/\/www.delirium.org\/?p=3932\" target=\"_blank\">my most recent prediction<\/a> that extending beyond today&#8217;s storyline will be a huge mistake. Luckily, that has not happened yet, and so I can document my positive reactions and not feel like a chump.<\/p>\n<p>So, you are undoubtedly asking yourself, <a title=\"The Walking Dead Volume 18: What Comes After by Robert Kirkman, at Amazon\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/The-Walking-Dead-Vol-18\/dp\/1607066874\/\" target=\"_blank\">What Comes After<\/a>? Besides a painfully generic title, I mean. I guess my answer is, a cult of personality? Also, a renewal of my certainty that Carl Grimes is the toughest customer this side of The Internet&#8217;s Chuck Norris. But yeah, what I mean is, Negan is downright fascinating, for all that he&#8217;s a terrifying psychotic killer. Far more entertaining than the Governor ever was, and as long as he stays that way and nothing else really boring comes along, I&#8217;ll be fine seeing this storyline extend onward a ways. Could wrap up in one book? Could extend for two and not feel like it was being milked, if done properly. But after that? Yeah, I dunno.<\/p>\n<p>But it does seem like 20 is a nice round number, you know?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It seems like the last several Walking Dead collections have left me feeling reluctant to continue with the series, yet I keep finding new reasons to go on. And there&#8217;s probably a lot of truth to that, though I still stand by my most recent prediction that extending beyond today&#8217;s storyline will be a huge [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[17,30],"class_list":["post-4109","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-words","tag-graphic-novel","tag-horror"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/delirium.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4109","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/delirium.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/delirium.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/delirium.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/delirium.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4109"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/delirium.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4109\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/delirium.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4109"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/delirium.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4109"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/delirium.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4109"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}