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THE WALKING DEAD #163
Gadzooks! This was one of the best issues of The Walking Dead that I’ve read in recent memory. If you are not caught up on or have never read The Walking Dead, you’re in luck. It’s the beginning of a new story arc and this issue is only 25¢.
SPOILER ALERT: If you’re not caught up on The Walking Dead comic or are concerned about potential TV show spoilers you should turn back now.
Les Recontres
Some quick recap of the two panels we were involved with at comiXology.
First, our French friends will be pleased to know that our friend Ivan Brandon was in attendance to join Glenat Comics in announcing that the publisher will be putting out French versions of some of America’s most popular comics like Sex Criminals, Pretty Deadly, Drifter, and Letter 44.
In our second panel, comiXology VP of communications Chip Mosher was joined by Delcourt’s Thierry Mornet and The Walking Dead’s Charlie Adlard to discuss the success Delcourt has had bringing The Walking Dead to France as well as giving the audience an inside look into Adlard’s process.
Charlie is a great guy (we will have an interview we did with him up soon) who strives to wake up every day a better artist than he was the day before. During the panel he recounted a time when Robert Kirkman wrote “draw the best page ever” into a script. He took it as a challenge and the result was the favorite page he’s ever drawn.
We took shelter from the constant downpour of rain at Angoulême by spending some time in the Delcourt booth inside Le Monde Des Bulles - Hall 1. There we got a chance to sit down and have a conversation with The Walking Dead’s Charlie Adlard and hear about his experience at Angoulême and his insights into the world of comics and his work and future plans for bandes dessinées.
You can listen to the audio recording here or read the transcript below.
