Vol. 9 Here We Remain (Issues #49–54)

NOTABLES

• This volume begins with Michonne assessing the aftermath of the attack on prison. Then she leaves. 
• Rick and Carl are searching for shelter. When They find shelter Rick passes out, which freaks Carl out. He keeps it together and tries to find a way to help. 
• Carl has his first one one one encounter with walkers while Rick is passed out. Carl lures the walkers away from their safe house and kills them with his handgun.
• The infamous phone incident happens when Rick and Carl are scavenging nearby houses. This time he doesn't seems so delusional, as if it could be real. Of course, the lady on the phone says her name is Lori.
• Rick teaches Carl how to drive. (I guess because he only has one hand now.) Rick is preparing Carl to live in the world without him. He's taking off the kid gloves. 
• Michonne meets up with Rick and Carl while they are searching vehicles for supplies.
• Rick is losing his confidence and mind. He is on edge, and questions every decision he makes. 
• Glenn and Maggie find Rick, Carl, and Michonne on the side of the road. They take Rick, Michonne, and Carl to Hershel's farm, where they've been living.
• Rick has decided that he does not want to lead the group, or make any big decisions.
• Michonne admits to Rick that she talks to her dead boyfriend. 
• It's way too hard to deal with the world they live in. Rick reveals that he's been talking to Lori on the phone, to Michonne. They bond over their craziness.
• Abraham is introduced when he and his group come to the farm looking for supplies. He offers the group the chance to join them and return to D.C. where there is an organized camp.
• Eugene claims to know what cause the zombie apocalypse.
• It seems as if Abraham to be the new bad ass. He took out a whole wave of walkers by himself. 
• Abraham is trying to convince Rick's group that being stationary is very dangerous, and not as safe as they think it is. 
• Dale decided that it is best that they leave with Abe and his group; even if they don't go all the way to D.C.
• Maggie is having a hard time coping with the lose of the rest of her family. She'd rather leave the farm because it's too painful to live in a place with so many memories.
• Rick, Carl, and Michonne are becoming really close.
• The volume ends with the group leaving the farm with Abe and Eugene to head toward Washington D.C.

RANDOM THOUGHTS

• I think this is the volume Carl starts to grow up faster. 
• Losing a parent will do that, plus. . . It's the Zombie Apocalypse.
• Now I think something is weird about Rick talking on the phone. 
• The lady knew Carl's name and Rick never mentioned it.
• It's official Rick's gone mad.
• You can see The Group is become more and more cold the longer they survive in the post apocalyptic world. 
• Abraham is very abrasive. I understand he's on a "mission" to get to D.C. However he need to use honey instead vinegar to when favor with Rick's group.
• I like that Dale is stepping up in a leadership role. 

QUOTES

• Abraham: "..The thing about smart mother fuckers is that sometimes, they sound like crazy mother fuckers to stupid mother fuckers. . . I hope you guys aren't a bunch of stupid mother fuckers.. . . because Eugene here sure as fuck ain't crazy."
• Dale to Rick: "It sucks. Find a place strong enough and you have to worry about other people wanting it. Get a place that's not desired by other people -- and it's not strong enough."