Clementine Book One

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So I am not the ideal reviewer of this series for a number of reasons; 1) I am seemingly one of the few comics readers in the world who has not read The Walking Dead (okay, maybe two volumes, then I stopped) nor seen the tv series; 2) I am not a gamer, so have no familiarity with the Telltale Walking Dead video game featuring Clementine, though I have become aware of the controversy about ripping out the hearts of all players who liked how the Clementine game had (previously) ended, and 3) I am not really a fan of zombie comics. PORTLAND, Ore 11/01/2021 — Image/Skybound today revealed an extra-length first look at Clementine Book One, beginning a trilogy set in the world of Robert Kirkman’s The Walking Dead, from award-winning writer/artist Tillie Walden ( Spinning, On A Sunbeam). Chapter Four" of Book Two reveals that Olivia is pregnant with Amos' child, thus making Amos the youngest father in The Walking Dead franchise. It’s been nearly twenty years of Walking Dead media. From its original comic book, the franchise has moved into television, animation, and, reportedly, future feature films. It has been board games, card games, and tabletop miniature games. It has been both video games and novels; it’s even a theme park ride. Goldfarb, Andrew (2013-07-20). "Comic-Con: Clementine Will Be in Walking Dead Game Season 2". IGN. Archived from the original on 2013-07-22 . Retrieved 2013-07-20.

Telltale had intended for The Walking Dead: The Final Season to be their final game featuring Clementine. As they were in the midst of developing and releasing this season, the studio suffered from a major financial crisis, forcing them to lay off nearly all of their staff and shutter existing projects. On this news, Robert Kirkman and others at Skybound Entertainment considered how they could finish the game, as Kirkman felt it was necessary to complete Clementine's story. Skybound brought in a portion of the former Telltale staff that had been working on The Final Season to complete the remaining episodes. [10] [11] In the one-shot spin-off "Negan Lives" comic published in July 2020, Kirkman ended the comic with a letter to the series fans, closing it with "P.S. Clementine Lives", which was taken as a hint that Kirkman may be involved with a means of re-introducing Clementine to The Walking Dead world. [12] [13] Kirkman again alluded to a possible future work involving Clementine at the 2020 virtual New York Comic Con. [14] An issue of Image Comics' Skybound X, featuring stories from various Skybound properties, including one story around Clementine in The Walking Dead universe, was published in July 2021. [15]Matulef, Jeffrey (June 12, 2016). "The Walking Dead Season 3 revealed". Eurogamer. Archived from the original on June 14, 2016 . Retrieved June 12, 2016. All of the characters are uninteresting nobodies - they’re all moody teens, hooray… - and, again because plot, one of the characters goes bad for no reason and that’s the finale: some dumb scuffle between idiots over nothing. So many of the panels are crammed with overstuffed word balloons and still the story came off murky and unengaging - that’s how bad a writer Walden is. In this expansion on Robert Kirkman's The Walking Dead universe, Clementine is on her own again, using crutches to compensate for the makeshift prosthetic she's been using since losing her lower left leg. It's after breaking this substitute leg that she reluctantly agrees to accept help from a nearby Amish settlement. The doctor there fits her up with a nice new prosthetic but she's too wary to stay overnight, despite all the help they've freely given her.

Nothing is known about Amos' life prior to or as the outbreak began, except that he lived the Amish lifestyle. Clementine goes to a barn to rest for the night, where she has a nightmare about Lee dropping her during an escape from zombies. She wakes up and decides to travel during the night. The next morning, as she gathers water, she hearing an argument between three Amish girls. Clementine attempts to leave unnoticed, but her period comes, causing her to scream out. Joy holds Clementine at gunpoint, as she attempts to leave again. After, Clementine explains the situation, they take notice of her prosthetic and invite her to their town. One of the girls asks Clementine her name and she hesitantly responds. Another one introduces herself as " Meredith". They take Clementine to the entrance of their community, where one of the girls' father takes Clementine through the entrance procedure. After she's done, she meets up with Meredith who gives her a tour of the town and takes her to Rabby. He makes a new prosthetic leg for Clementine while telling her his story. Clementine decides to leave the town and sleeps in a tree, saying she'll have to think of a name for her new prosthetic.Ayres, Andrea (October 11, 2020). "What's next for Walking Dead? More of Telltale's Clementine, says Robert Kirkman". Polygon . Retrieved October 12, 2020. Right before his death, Tim tells Georgia not to let Olivia go. Georgia takes this to heart after finding out Amos was planning on leaving with Olivia. a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Wallace, Kimberley (January 2013). "Creating Clementine". Game Informer. pp.26–31. Archived from the original on 22 September 2018 . Retrieved 6 October 2018.

As friendship, rivalry, and romance begin to blossom amongst the group, the harsh winter soon reveals that the biggest threat to their survival…might be each other. A little while later, Olivia successfully removes the bullet from Ricca's torso. While the two try to get some sleep, Clementine goes to take a look around and finds a cat. Cooper, Hollander; McGarvey, Sterling (31 August 2012). "The Walking Dead game review". GamesRadar. Future Publishing Limited. Archived from the original on 24 February 2013 . Retrieved 7 December 2012.Clementine eventually soon wake up and was greeted by Olivia, who told her that they had been saved by Emi. Olivia also reveals to Clementine that she has been unconscious for one month and her legs got infected as well. Olivia takes Clementine in a wheelchair and it was reveals that they are taken to Magdalen Islands, a remote island community led by Anne Morro, an enigmatic doctor. They soon reunited with Ricca where she attended a birthday party. There, Ricca introduces Clementine to the residents of the island, including Emi, John, Amir, Shu-Fen, Ginette, Giles, and Mercy. Georgia, knowing that Amos was planning to leave with Olivia, unexpectedly pushes Amos down a chasm, to his presumed death.

You find people... you survive together, as long as you can. But you're really just waiting, killing time until it falls apart. And falling apart isn't always something that happens, it's a feeling. A feeling that makes you want to run..." This article's plot summary may be too long or excessively detailed. Please help improve it by removing unnecessary details and making it more concise. ( June 2023) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) Now for what I didn’t like. Tillie Walden is a fine enough illustrator, but I’ve never read much of her other work to judge her writing. It’s not appallingly bad here or anything, it just isn’t all that good either. It’s just serviceable. You can tell this is also a book geared at teenagers, which is usually fine, but a lot of the dialogue is just so whiny at points. I did like some of the more emotional moments, but it didn’t help the only person I care about in this whole book is Clementine. Amos and Ricca were cool I guess, but I just never got too attached to either, even if they are likable and written well. I’m also really confused on how all these teenagers are so effective at killing zombies. I get they grew up in the apocalypse, but these kids are killing walkers with next to no effort. The story falls flat as well, and every other review on here sums up why better than I could, but the summary should be a big hint. It just doesn’t make a whole lot of sense and the ending felt surreal in the worst possible way.Things that I mostly liked: Ricca was a good new character that I want to know more about. The art style was mostly pleasant to look at despite being hard to decipher more frequently than I'd want. The overall story is Scalzo, John (16 November 2012). "2012 Spike TV Video Game Awards nominees announced". Warp Zoned. Archived from the original on 22 January 2013 . Retrieved 18 November 2012. Robert Kirkman's THE WALKING DEAD as 17-year-old Clementine must learn the difference between living and surviving in this intimate, coming-of-age YA As friendship, rivalry, and romance begin to blossom amongst the group, the harsh winter soon reveals that the biggest threat to their survival...might be each other. Holmes, Jonathan (July 5, 2020). "The Walking Dead creator hints at Clementine's return". Destructoid . Retrieved July 18, 2020.