In My opinion…..They both WERE great but have made a serious and unfortunate detour southward over the last two years. The Show peaked at the midpoint of season four after the destruction of the prison. Then it lost momentum as the characters went their own way, picked up a bit with the Terminus initiative, lost it again with all the group splintering and then badly mishandled the whole Negan story arc. Actually the writing here was abysmal. The death of key characters will be regretted.
The Graphic Novel wasn’t as strong over the Governor story line compared to the TV show however Kirkman’s writing throughout the later Negan episodes was first rate. Since the time skip it has been in a slump. The Whisperers were a downer after All Out War and the story needs to either move to the next level or end the saga.
I am hoping that Kirkman will address the big issues around the origin of the plague and its possible termination however I am not convinced that this is in his agenda. In short what is Needed is an injection of originality on both fronts. A strong break between the TV and novel is another possibility (decrease the predictability factor).
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