I do hear your point, but I’d say that although the shooters don’t need to know the distinction, the reloaders most certainly do. Otherwise, how do they know what components to ask for? If you say, “I’m out of bullets” when you are reloading and have brass casings, primers and powder, but have no bullets, you want someone to bring you bullets….not fully loaded cartridges or ammo.

Of course….for all the impact this storyline has had, I also can’t believe that Kirkman made it a plot point….

I hear you on the gun vocabulary issue and I know that most comic fans don’t give a crap. Frankly, it seems like most comic fans don’t like guns very much in the real world.

But….I’m not letting is slide when Kirkman uses words incorrectly. Either Kirkman used the word correctly and Eugene will soon WOW us with his lead melting skills and then blush when someone say, “Great. Where’s the gunpowder?” OR Eugene is really planning to make cartridges from scratch….in which case Kirkman used the wrong word.

I don’t know about you, but in my professional life….I’m not allowed to misuse words in emails or otherwise. That’s called being professional and Kirkman is a professional writer.

He’s also a very busy guy. That’s why he needs an editor. Not someone like Tom Breevort who screws up the story, but someone who can say, “Whoa Robert! You’re talking about technical gun stuff here….. As far as I know, you don’t know anything about guns. Let’s check to see if that word is correct before we go to print OR lets use a more vague word that we KNOW is correct. I’d be happy to look that up for you…..”

I DO harp on it thought because (a) TWD is real world (except for the zombies) and (b) the guns are a major plot device. It isn’t like one gun appears every 20 issues in TWD….no, they’re in every issue. And one of the big plot devices right now is that Rick’s group still has guns and ammunition whereas Negan has clubs and crossbows. Guns give Rick’s group a chance, especially if Eugene can make more. I’m sorry….if guns and their ammunition is going to be that important, Kirkman should learn what he’s talking about. He doesn’t have to be an expert and TWD doesn’t need to turn into a Chuck Dixon issue of GI Joe where they’re talking about the calibers of the various weapons. But, if Kirkman is going to use a word…..he should use the correct word.

And….it’s important because TWD is supposed to be kinda real world. The concept for the series is what real-world people would do to each other in trying circumstances. Well….it can’t only be really interesting from a real-world standpoint as long as the facade exists that the ONLY differences are the zombies. Once you start altering the little stuff, it pops the balloon and makes one question other things about the series.

Or….at least that’s how I see it. 🙂

My favorite part of this issue was the snarky, hilarious, good-natured give and take between Steven Yeun (the actor that plays Glenn on the TV series) and Kirkman in the letters column.

When you say that Rick does’nt seem to know what to do…. I choose to see it completly differently….
It seems in that issue that Rick is testin or gaugin his team or what’s left of it …you might see him like he is bending knees but i prefer to see him still focused….

He his suggesting to Michonne about not fighting and you can almost feel his surprise and deception about the reaction of his ace fighter not wanting to fight. I can see Rick near is sleeping son like if he is considering him as an ally in a upcoming fight. Carl is going to be harder and harder to keep away from fights
He is most certainly trying to keep Andrea away from any action…I think Rick is done with putting his love interest in the line of fire and Andrea will have to choose between fighting or be Rick’s girlfriend.

Wich brings us to a brand new and refreshing fitghting team consisting of Rick, Jesus who I think is as good or even better than Abraham…Heat replacing Glenn and Eugene who has been portrayed as the ultimate looser but may be the biggest ace Rick ever got..
Imagine if you had nearly infinite bullets or if you prefer cartridges or ammo or wathever you may want to call it ( I don’t personally give a rat’s ass about what is the best way to call something that serves to shoot from a gun period.)

Negan may have Machetes Chainsaws Baseball Bats ( Hi Lucille !)
Spears and may have fifty times the manpower but i’d put my money on the guns everyday of the week.

The Walking dead comic is one of the best comic on the market today I find it very difficult to wait a whole month between issues I cannot say that about any other comic out there and I collect nearly 40 titles a month…

The Walking Dead comic does’nt need no editor at all…What it needs is one clone of Kirkman and one clone of Adlard……..