Brian Blake, better known as Philip Blake or by his epithet "The Governor", is a main character and an antagonist first encountered in Issue 27 of Image Comics' The Walking Dead, as well as the protagonist of The Governor Special. Brian is the first primary antagonist in the Comic Series and one of the protagonists in the novel, Rise of the Governor. He is the brother of Philip and Nina and uncle of Penny. Brian takes his brother's name after Philip dies, and even adapts his personality through an out of body experience, and never revealed his real name to anyone in Woodbury. He served as the primary antagonist from Volume 5: The Best Defense to Volume 8: Made To Suffer. His atrocity and brutal terror towards Rick's group affected their mindset drastically to the date, making the main surv