I do apologize for not posting about this topic earlier. I did address it very briefly in my post regarding the start of season four production, but that was about it.
A couple weeks ago, I did a post about a new character named Roy Stark, a former army medic and loner in his early 30s to mid 40s who is charming, self-deprecating and confident around people. As I predicted in that very same post, it was a fake name. So Lawrence Gilliard Jr. is actually playing the role of Bob Stookey, a character from the comic books.
Bob Stookey, who debuted in Issue 43 of the comic book series, was the town drunk of Woodbury and a former army medic. He came in close to the end of the whole Governor storyline on the comic book series. His age is from late 50s to early 60s and he is Caucasian, whereas Gilliard Jr. is African American. This isn't the first time where they've had characters in the television series look nothing like their comic book counter parts. They did it with the Governor, and I think that has worked out great and David Morrissey has done a fantastic job.
This also got me thinking that because this character is being introduced now, we're starting to see the end of the Governor storyline in The Walking Dead. That wouldn't necessarily be a bad thing because he got a lot of time in season three and season four is going to be sixteen episodes again. I hope the Governor dies in season four, but if he doesn't, he needs to fall out of the main plot because his storyline would become too long.
I could definitely see him being part of the prison group right away. He could have been on that bus that was taken to the prison because he is a drunk and he's basically useless, so the Governor probably didn't take him along for the fight. Another possibility could be that he lives at that Big Spot retail store (if you don't know what I'm talking about, click here) because in the pictures, there are military tents on the outside. Obviously, with Governor needing more men and with all the military encampment, it would make sense that he and another group of survivors would be living there.
Just as a side note, maybe Bob Stookey could help the Governor cauterize his wound because he couldn't do it on his own last season. I don't think the Governor will lose any more limbs or body parts, so if they follow the storyline from the comic books, it would make sense for this new character to patch up the Governor. Just in case some of you don't read the comic books, in Issue 33, Michonne mutilated the Governor after he tortured her, cutting off his right arm and messing up his eye. Soon after the attack, Bob Stookey then patches him up.
We don't know too much about the new character past that point in the comic book series. We know for the most part that he survived at least up until the prison storyline ends in the comic book series, so there's a small possibility that he could still be alive in the comic books.
It should be fun to Lawrence Gilliard Jr.'s take on the character. Obviously. he has to add a lot of new elements to him because there isn't really much to work with other then he's the town drunk and he's a former army medic. I think that he is going to be a part of a military group of survivors that the Governor meets up with at that Big Spot retail store, but I could be totally wrong.
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