Review: The Walking Dead #114

THE WALKING DEAD #114

“We’re going to war.”

Things are looking pretty grim for Rick in the opening pages of 114. His attack plan has backfired, Andrea is supposedly dead, and Negan has his choice out of the group as to who he wants to join her. Let’s make this clear before I move on – I’m in the “Rick Sucks” camp right now. His methodical bullshit hasn’t worked in ages. There comes a point where you just want the dude to man-up, stop worrying about whatever the fuck Carl is doing every second of the day, and blast Negan in the face. Rick does nothing but watch his long-time friends get killed over and over. It’s true, Negan makes The Governor look like a grade school bully, but Rick seems to be rolling out the red carpet every time he wants his ass kicked.

Anyway, enter Jesus. Once again, the long-haired badass sneaks in to save the day in glorious fashion. And not only does he save everybody’s life from a ditch, he kicks the ever-living shit out of Negan and treats Lucille like the little bitch she is. This was supposed to be Rick’s play. Well, fuck Rick. Team Jesus!

Michonne knows what I’m talking about. Her arc continues to sway further away from Rick in this issue. After the dust settles she wants answers about their supposed leader’s stupidity and doesn’t hide her disappointment. So let’s look at the population of Camp Rick Sucks. There’s me, Michonne, probably Carl, and this guy I work with you don’t know. It’s growing every day.

Jesus isn’t the only one that had to save Rick’s dumb ass either. Ezekiel finally shows up to the party with a bunch of crazy dudes and a  tiger. Another glorious entrance and ass-whooping ensue. One thing about Ezekiel to keep your eye on. He REALLY likes Rick’s neighbourhood. When this war is all over, expect him to want to be paid in real estate. And tiger food.

Back to Jesus. His pep-talk to Rick seriously made me cringe. I honestly don’t agree with anything he’s saying at this point. Rick has been the cause of way more harm to most of these people than an inspiration. Jesus just saved his ass. Jesus knows where the factory is. Jesus rides horses. Jesus has two hands and no kids. Jesus!

As for Negan, this marks the first time we’ve seen him knocked back on his heels. He was bitch-slapped by his own precious bat and taken hostage right in the middle of swinging his dick and talking massive amounts of shit. He’s pissed off. This war has seemed to take forever to get to and something tells me it’s going to take just as long to fight. Next issue will hopefully get the ball rolling for once and for all, as long as Carl gets all his homework done and Rick doesn’t mistakenly feed too many of his men to the tiger while crying like a bitch.

Rating 8/10