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The Walking Dead: Rise of the Governor The Walking Dead
Trade paperback.
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Published January 1, 2011
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Robert Kirkman
2,741 books6,932 followersRobert Kirkman is an American comic book writer best known for his work on The Walking Dead, Invincible for Image Comics, as well as Ultimate X-Men and Marvel Zombies for Marvel Comics. He has also collaborated with Image Comics co-founder Todd McFarlane on the series Haunt. He is one of the five partners of Image Comics, and the only one of the five who was not one of the original co-founders of that publisher.
Robert Kirkman's first comic books were self-published under his own Funk-o-Tron label. Along with childhood friend Tony Moore, Kirkman created Battle Pope which was published in late 2001. Battle Pope ran for over 2 years along with other Funk-o-Tron published books such as InkPunks and Double Take.
In July of 2002, Robert's first work for another company began, with a 4-part SuperPatriot series for Image, along with Battle Pope backup story artist Cory Walker. Robert's creator-owned projects followed shortly thereafter, including Tech Jacket, Invincible and Walking Dead.
Robert Kirkman's first comic books were self-published under his own Funk-o-Tron label. Along with childhood friend Tony Moore, Kirkman created Battle Pope which was published in late 2001. Battle Pope ran for over 2 years along with other Funk-o-Tron published books such as InkPunks and Double Take.
In July of 2002, Robert's first work for another company began, with a 4-part SuperPatriot series for Image, along with Battle Pope backup story artist Cory Walker. Robert's creator-owned projects followed shortly thereafter, including Tech Jacket, Invincible and Walking Dead.
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September 4, 2024
DNF, 4/5 finished:
I, personally, am not into the protagonist of a book being a rapist. On top of that, the continuous description of a 7 year old girl’s beauty by the author is deeply disturbing, not to mention the constant description of her physical attributes, in particular her lips. Aside from the author’s willingness to make the “hero” a rapist - and essentially try to condone such an act by stating “he’s a good guy, he just couldn’t stop himself”, the book in it’s entirety was cliche, predictable, and boring.
I, personally, am not into the protagonist of a book being a rapist. On top of that, the continuous description of a 7 year old girl’s beauty by the author is deeply disturbing, not to mention the constant description of her physical attributes, in particular her lips. Aside from the author’s willingness to make the “hero” a rapist - and essentially try to condone such an act by stating “he’s a good guy, he just couldn’t stop himself”, the book in it’s entirety was cliche, predictable, and boring.
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January 16, 2025
Read this book because I love the show and the comics. The Governor is a great character to add backstory to but this didn’t feel like the way to go with it. Very thin story that never really hooked me.
August 4, 2025
I was quite surprised that I enjoyed this book. I’m currently rewatching TVD tv show and this background towards the governor was rather enlightening. The plot was highly interesting, although I did feel the chapters were long. Overall a solid read and I’d recommend to TVD fans.
June 25, 2025
I read this cause my granddaughter was reading it. I have to admit it was pretty silly. My granddaughter enjoyed it. I didn’t.
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