Look, having been through the comics myself, I can agree that the shows adaptation isn’t faultless, but it’s a shame seeing how so much of the discourse this week is about the complaints people have for the way things have been delivered with the show this season.
No shade, but I hope the comic folks having a bad time at the moment learn to let go and just enjoy the show for what it is. Great casting, faithful recreation of the OG story- We’re so much luckier than the vast majority of comics fans getting the adaptation we are.
Peace and love, bring on the downvotes I guess 😅
Funny, I prefer the show overall. It has done a much better job developing characters like Debbie and making Mark more empathic. It has better pacing, lots of stuff that the comic rushed through in a page or two (like Omniman attacking the original Guardians), the show devotes several minutes to. Overall, the show has a somewhat more mature vibe to it, while the comic is more, well, cartoonish.
I’m looking forward to seeing how they adapt what’s to come. Honestly, the comic is not perfect. Some of its content skews towards cheesy and trite. I’m hoping for a few more significant deviations.
I personally loved how much more development they gave to mark and his father before their big fight in the show compared to the comic. They let the relationship grow and that made the betrayal more shocking and meaningful.
I agree. I’ve read the comics twice now, and I’m really enjoying seeing Kirkman tweak his work in new ways. The show feels a little more thoughtful so far in regards to the depth of each character.
I feel like the problem is that it can cause later events to not make sense if they decide to go with it.
It also removes a bit of Mark’s character to have him genuinely be a hero.