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Clementine #3
Clementine: Book Three
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From the world of ROBERT KIRKMAN’s THE WALKING DEAD comes the highly anticipated and heart-wrenching finale of CLEMENTINE. Clementine finally has it all—a safe place to live, a girlfriend, even a cat...but nothing lasts forever. And when Clementine suffers a loss unlike anything she’s ever faced, a new mentor called the Gardener offers her a new family and a new way of living...but at what cost? TILLIE WALDEN (On a Sunbeam, Spinning) doesn’t hold back in the epic conclusion of the Eisner Award-nominated CLEMENTINE.
“CLEMENTINE is an absolute triumph in every way.” —MICHAEL WALSH (UNIVERSAL FRANKENSTEIN, THE SILVER COIN)
From the world of ROBERT KIRKMAN’s THE WALKING DEAD comes the highly anticipated and heart-wrenching finale of CLEMENTINE. Clementine finally has it all—a safe place to live, a girlfriend, even a cat...but nothing lasts forever. And when Clementine suffers a loss unlike anything she’s ever faced, a new mentor called the Gardener offers her a new family and a new way of living...but at what cost? TILLIE WALDEN (On a Sunbeam, Spinning) doesn’t hold back in the epic conclusion of the Eisner Award-nominated CLEMENTINE.
“CLEMENTINE is an absolute triumph in every way.” —MICHAEL WALSH (UNIVERSAL FRANKENSTEIN, THE SILVER COIN)
256 pages, Paperback
First published July 8, 2025
About the author
Tillie Walden
38 books3,353 followersTillie Walden is an American cartoonist and illustrator.
Born in 1996 in San Diego, California, Walden graduated from the Center for Cartoon Studies in Vermont, where she is currently a professor.
Walden started publishing short comics when she was just a teenager. Her first long-form graphic novel The End of Summer was published by the British publisher Avery Hill in 2015. Her second book I Love This Part came out only a few months later, winning the 2016 Ignatz Award for promising new talent. Later Walden received the 2018 Eisner Award for Best Reality-Based Work for her memoir Spinning (2017). Among her other works are A City Inside (2016), On a Sunbeam (2018), Are You Listening? (2020), Alone in Space (2021) and the series Clementine.
Born in 1996 in San Diego, California, Walden graduated from the Center for Cartoon Studies in Vermont, where she is currently a professor.
Walden started publishing short comics when she was just a teenager. Her first long-form graphic novel The End of Summer was published by the British publisher Avery Hill in 2015. Her second book I Love This Part came out only a few months later, winning the 2016 Ignatz Award for promising new talent. Later Walden received the 2018 Eisner Award for Best Reality-Based Work for her memoir Spinning (2017). Among her other works are A City Inside (2016), On a Sunbeam (2018), Are You Listening? (2020), Alone in Space (2021) and the series Clementine.
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July 13, 2025
read a tillie walden book without crying level: impossible
August 17, 2025
oh clem. i’ve been following your story since 2012 and i wish your ending was happier, but at least you found love, and a family, and a home.
May 28, 2026
wuhluhwuh, but make it women losing women.
so unexpected, i seriously had tears in my eyes and i felt the pain too- oh ma days.
this was all so painful but also with lots of action and fighting against but also finding back to each other. beautiful and def recommend it to all the queers, zombie apocalypse and found family fans (i'm looking at you ELLLLIIIEEEE O.O)
so unexpected, i seriously had tears in my eyes and i felt the pain too- oh ma days.
this was all so painful but also with lots of action and fighting against but also finding back to each other. beautiful and def recommend it to all the queers, zombie apocalypse and found family fans (i'm looking at you ELLLLIIIEEEE O.O)
July 29, 2025
Well. The comics went downhill really fast. This last book was just bad. As a Telltale TWD fan I’m just going to imagine Clem’s story ended with the game.
August 3, 2025
A middling series fizzles in the concluding volume.
Clementine is hit with some major grief and in her mopey state falls in with a security force in her new community that is run as a cult of personality.
It's all slow, dull, and predictable. Then the big climactic battle isn't particularly well drawn and feels like it is missing a page. By the time I worked out what was happening in the crucial moment, I no longer cared what had happened at all.
Disappointing.
Clementine is hit with some major grief and in her mopey state falls in with a security force in her new community that is run as a cult of personality.
It's all slow, dull, and predictable. Then the big climactic battle isn't particularly well drawn and feels like it is missing a page. By the time I worked out what was happening in the crucial moment, I no longer cared what had happened at all.
Disappointing.
July 13, 2025
3.8 ⭐️ Probably my favourite volume in this sapphic zombie series.
First of all, I’m glad the plot in this changed up from the repetitive cycles of the last two. Parts caught me off guard, and the pacing was great.
I really enjoy Walden’s art style and will gravitate towards more of their works because of this. I’m not as keen on the black and white but it does add to the haunting atmosphere.
I feel very mixed on the story for this because I did enjoy it and feel like more was done to create something that set itself apart from the prior volumes. However, there were some parts of the story that I felt lacked value and meaning and were more thrown in for some low effort impact.
Rep// WLW MC who uses a cane and has a prosthetic leg, WLW Jewish MC with vision/sight loss who uses a guide cane. Central romance is WLW/sapphic.
TWs listed below, please skip if you don’t want vague spoilers.
TW// complications during a birth, death, outbreak, zombies, bodies, violence.
First of all, I’m glad the plot in this changed up from the repetitive cycles of the last two. Parts caught me off guard, and the pacing was great.
I really enjoy Walden’s art style and will gravitate towards more of their works because of this. I’m not as keen on the black and white but it does add to the haunting atmosphere.
I feel very mixed on the story for this because I did enjoy it and feel like more was done to create something that set itself apart from the prior volumes. However, there were some parts of the story that I felt lacked value and meaning and were more thrown in for some low effort impact.
Rep// WLW MC who uses a cane and has a prosthetic leg, WLW Jewish MC with vision/sight loss who uses a guide cane. Central romance is WLW/sapphic.
TWs listed below, please skip if you don’t want vague spoilers.
TW// complications during a birth, death, outbreak, zombies, bodies, violence.
July 23, 2025
I can't believe this lacked the same feel as book two had which is probably the best one of the series, this book could have been the perfect way to wrap it all up but instead we got a death scene for Ricca off screen which was so unnecessary & the ending was so mid, I'm so disappointed in this....
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October 10, 2025
idk…this one just fell so flat for me. the plot was very meh and felt plain. didn’t like ricca dying, just made no sense and clem still doesn’t have another happy ending. just like in the games it’s bittersweet. just a big bold beautiful waste of my time honestly
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
August 5, 2025
Sad to see this finished but oh what a devastating final installment :(
Clem you’ll always have my heart
Clem you’ll always have my heart
November 10, 2025
Sorry to see this end..
it had its own little cherished place in the ever expanding WALKING DEAD universe.
it was sometimes a difficult read...loss and reconnection .but told in an amazing way.
it had its own little cherished place in the ever expanding WALKING DEAD universe.
it was sometimes a difficult read...loss and reconnection .but told in an amazing way.
May 30, 2026
Eh honestly this was better than the other two so 2.4 stars, round down to 2
Essentially, clementines love interest dies unexpectedly in an unknown way. She just dropped dead.
Then because of the sadness she missed her girlfriends funeral and joined a cult???? I get she is sad but seriously??? With all the crazy people Clem has dealt with in the past you are really gonna make me believe that she would have let it get that bad?
Plus she was betrayed by one of her friends, but just forgave her without any issues? To be honest reading this was kinda annoying and i stopped halfway through because i couldn’t believe half of the characters would do this. The one that was depressed for all of book 2, Olivia, handled her grief better than they did??? With all of the people Clem has lost it mad eme wonder how she would have fallen for a cult.
Also why did the town let the cult last that long? People had guns and could have just killed the leader at any time????? And allowing walkers to be buried to prove your strength??? Seriously are yall kidding me??? If someone tried pulling that shit on me i would have just came back the next day with a gun and killed the leader yall got me fucked up. All those walkers that close to town????? And the town let it happen?????
So much of this book didnt make sense. Regardless though i liked seeing clementine finally pull herself out of that dark place and remember all the people she lost and loved.
The art in this book was the best so far. I felt like i could actually see the dead soul in the leaders eyes.
Still a 2.4. Frustrated and proven right that the author avoided answering questions about why clementine left AJ.
Essentially, clementines love interest dies unexpectedly in an unknown way. She just dropped dead.
Then because of the sadness she missed her girlfriends funeral and joined a cult???? I get she is sad but seriously??? With all the crazy people Clem has dealt with in the past you are really gonna make me believe that she would have let it get that bad?
Plus she was betrayed by one of her friends, but just forgave her without any issues? To be honest reading this was kinda annoying and i stopped halfway through because i couldn’t believe half of the characters would do this. The one that was depressed for all of book 2, Olivia, handled her grief better than they did??? With all of the people Clem has lost it mad eme wonder how she would have fallen for a cult.
Also why did the town let the cult last that long? People had guns and could have just killed the leader at any time????? And allowing walkers to be buried to prove your strength??? Seriously are yall kidding me??? If someone tried pulling that shit on me i would have just came back the next day with a gun and killed the leader yall got me fucked up. All those walkers that close to town????? And the town let it happen?????
So much of this book didnt make sense. Regardless though i liked seeing clementine finally pull herself out of that dark place and remember all the people she lost and loved.
The art in this book was the best so far. I felt like i could actually see the dead soul in the leaders eyes.
Still a 2.4. Frustrated and proven right that the author avoided answering questions about why clementine left AJ.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
June 30, 2025
Clem and her friends have finally made it to a safe haven and are trying to have lives outside of the constant struggle for survival. When Clem suffers a devastating loss, she finds a new mentor called The Gardener, who will either help her find herself or bring Clem's new peace to ruin.
Some of this summary is taken from the back cover copy, you read "Clem suffers a devastating loss" and add a zombie apocalypse with true love and come to only one conclusion. But it's Tillie Walden, and the truth rips into your heart and is far more tragic than anything you could imagine. This is the last Clementine book, and Walden reminds you once again why they are a rockstar writer and cartoonist. There is a new beautifully barren new landscape, and new characters whose personalities immediately leap off the padr. This conclusion is worth the wait, and you'll get to see if Clem finds peace at last.
Some of this summary is taken from the back cover copy, you read "Clem suffers a devastating loss" and add a zombie apocalypse with true love and come to only one conclusion. But it's Tillie Walden, and the truth rips into your heart and is far more tragic than anything you could imagine. This is the last Clementine book, and Walden reminds you once again why they are a rockstar writer and cartoonist. There is a new beautifully barren new landscape, and new characters whose personalities immediately leap off the padr. This conclusion is worth the wait, and you'll get to see if Clem finds peace at last.
December 28, 2025
☆3,5
C'est la fin. Je dis une seconde fois au revoir à Clémentine, après les jeux et maintenant avec cette trilogie. C'est vraiment un personnage qui est et restera cher à mon cœur parce qu'elle a accompagné ma vie pendant longtemps !
J'ai aimé les trois livres et l'aventure de Clem. Elle a toujours visé le nord et termine au g r a n d nord... Elle a beaucoup perdu, mais aussi beaucoup gagné.
Ce tome 3, comme le tome 2, m'a malheureusement encore donné un sentiment de "rush" : les éléments se passent vite, comme si on manquait de temps et de pages pour les détails. Dommage car j'aurai eu + d'émotions sinon.
Maintenant, j'aimerai presque une trilogie sur AJ. Pour savoir ce que l'école et lui sont devenus, après le départ de Clem...
C'est la fin. Je dis une seconde fois au revoir à Clémentine, après les jeux et maintenant avec cette trilogie. C'est vraiment un personnage qui est et restera cher à mon cœur parce qu'elle a accompagné ma vie pendant longtemps !
J'ai aimé les trois livres et l'aventure de Clem. Elle a toujours visé le nord et termine au g r a n d nord... Elle a beaucoup perdu, mais aussi beaucoup gagné.
Ce tome 3, comme le tome 2, m'a malheureusement encore donné un sentiment de "rush" : les éléments se passent vite, comme si on manquait de temps et de pages pour les détails. Dommage car j'aurai eu + d'émotions sinon.
Maintenant, j'aimerai presque une trilogie sur AJ. Pour savoir ce que l'école et lui sont devenus, après le départ de Clem...
July 3, 2025
I read this book far too quickly, and it's the last in the series. So good. It is everything I want from genre fiction. I like how the zombies remain a threat, but also the difficulty of resuming something akin to normalcy after the trauma of living in a more explicitly violent world.
Walden knows how to write people who makes mistakes and use her drawing to evoke tenderness towards characters even as they hurt themselves and others.
Tonally, I read this book as 'O baby.' As in 'o baby, you don't need to join a paramilitaristic cult to suppress your emotions' and 'o baby, losing your hand is not something you gotta get over asap.'
O baby
Walden knows how to write people who makes mistakes and use her drawing to evoke tenderness towards characters even as they hurt themselves and others.
Tonally, I read this book as 'O baby.' As in 'o baby, you don't need to join a paramilitaristic cult to suppress your emotions' and 'o baby, losing your hand is not something you gotta get over asap.'
O baby
September 27, 2025
Finished up this series. Always makes me want to go back and play the TT Walking Dead games.
In this Volume, Clem seems to have everything going her way when a sudden death changes her world completely. Eventually she falls in with a very charismatic but twisted leader called The Gardener, but is able to overcome and save the community she lived in.
Tillie Walden did a fantastic job with not only this Volume, but also the entire series.
You should check it out. Maybe consume all three back to back. Recommend.
In this Volume, Clem seems to have everything going her way when a sudden death changes her world completely. Eventually she falls in with a very charismatic but twisted leader called The Gardener, but is able to overcome and save the community she lived in.
Tillie Walden did a fantastic job with not only this Volume, but also the entire series.
You should check it out. Maybe consume all three back to back. Recommend.
October 31, 2025
If you liked the first two books, I think you'll like this one too. There is a lot of text in Danish and Greenlandic with no translation. Overall, I thought this series was really nice.
July 17, 2025
That was.. Something alright.
First off the drawings were good but the story not so much, the best part of the story was the flashback with Amos (which was about 4 pages), couldn't care for the characters at all this book besides Olivia who was barely used during this comic (great one, knowing she was one of the main characters for the last 2) Ricca's death was unexpected and felt rushed, I get why Tillie Walden did it, but at the end of the day it wasn't done well. During my time played all 4 games and beating them (also watching other endings, choices, and more) I've never seen Clementine grieve so much for such a character (besides Lee, who went above and beyond for her during the first game). It just made me feel odd, like I wasn't reading the Clementine I knew, just a girl with the same name. Couldn't care less for the villains, The Gardner felt dumb and got old quick. They ruined Fen as well. It was not enjoyable but wasn't miserable. 2.5/5
First off the drawings were good but the story not so much, the best part of the story was the flashback with Amos (which was about 4 pages), couldn't care for the characters at all this book besides Olivia who was barely used during this comic (great one, knowing she was one of the main characters for the last 2) Ricca's death was unexpected and felt rushed, I get why Tillie Walden did it, but at the end of the day it wasn't done well. During my time played all 4 games and beating them (also watching other endings, choices, and more) I've never seen Clementine grieve so much for such a character (besides Lee, who went above and beyond for her during the first game). It just made me feel odd, like I wasn't reading the Clementine I knew, just a girl with the same name. Couldn't care less for the villains, The Gardner felt dumb and got old quick. They ruined Fen as well. It was not enjoyable but wasn't miserable. 2.5/5
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
January 26, 2026
reading this series took me back to winter days as a pre-teen watching youtubers playing the telltale walking dead games. those winters were full of scarce snow—because it doesn’t really snow where i’m at—and bitingly cold days. i remember when we all met clementine for the first time, as lee. it’s incredible getting to grow up with her and seeing what she makes of adulthood
June 29, 2025
I love this graphic novel series, and this last one is the perfect conclusion. Easily the best of the Clementine graphic novels, with such strong and consistent characterisation and a clear demonstration of how the trauma of living in this world effects people, and how there’s more than one way to lose your humanity.
January 16, 2026
Sometimes you just need a graphic novel to get through life. Sometimes you need a visual, like a movie but quieter. And sometimes you need to read about a couple of teenagers living in an apocalyptic world of zombies where all they have is each other fighting for survival together. How do you survive knowing everything you love will come to an end (in this case, eaten by zombies)? A good question for us all (minus the zombies). How to deal with the connected tension of loss and love? What is ownership if you will lose everything one day.
5/5 stars for this and every other clementine graphic novel. Go tillie!
5/5 stars for this and every other clementine graphic novel. Go tillie!
July 13, 2025
3 1/2 stars
Such a good story and a great way to end the series.
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Such a good story and a great way to end the series.
For the rest of my review, visit my Vlog at:
https://youtube.com/shorts/fnBsWTvfw0...
Enjoy!
October 5, 2025
I cried 500 million tears reading this its a wonder I was even able to see the pages
April 7, 2026
not me sobbing!!! tillie walden did such an incredible job with clementines story & that says so much since the video games are near & dear to my heart! so so good i am in love
January 15, 2026
i feel like i would also join a girl’s death cult in that scenario
February 15, 2026
Representation: disabled lesbian protagonist, blind lesbian Jewish Asian secondary character, disabled Inuit secondary character, Taiwanese secondary character, Greenlandian secondary character, disabled tertiary characters, Greenlandian tertiary characters, lesbian tertiary character.
Content Warning: abuse, violence, death, blood, gore.
Content Warning: abuse, violence, death, blood, gore.
July 28, 2025
An amazing conclusion to one of my favorite stories.
December 17, 2025
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July 13, 2025
Bear in mind, I read the first half of this on my laptop, and the second half on my phone because my laptop died out on me. Neither are optimal reading experiences and likely impacted my enjoyment.
I did enjoy it overall though. It ends on a happier note than the previous two books, and really feels like a happy ending for Clem. It's hard to truly believe in endings in TWD tho, as communities can turn to shit in a second.. I'm also a little bummed she didn't make it back to AJ...
I did enjoy it overall though. It ends on a happier note than the previous two books, and really feels like a happy ending for Clem. It's hard to truly believe in endings in TWD tho, as communities can turn to shit in a second.. I'm also a little bummed she didn't make it back to AJ...
July 12, 2025
I mean, it wasn't what I'd aspired for.
Ricca's death didn't do anything but introduce us to another issue, which didn't help with character development at all.
Ricca's death didn't do anything but introduce us to another issue, which didn't help with character development at all.
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October 10, 2025
A perfect end to this wonderful series.
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