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The Walking Dead, Book 1 (Bk. 1) |  | Author: Robert Kirkman
Creators: Tony Moore, Charlie Adlard, Cliff Rathburn
Publisher: Image Comics
Category: Book
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Rating:  61 reviews
Sales Rank: 2198
Media: Hardcover
Pages: 304
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.9
Dimensions (in): 11 x 7.4 x 0.8
ISBN: 1582406197
Dewey Decimal Number: 741.5973
EAN: 9781582406190
ASIN: 1582406197
Publication Date: July 19, 2006
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Product Description
This hardcover features the first 12 issues of the hit series along with the covers for the issues in one oversized hardcover volume. Perfect for long time fans, new readers and anyone needing a slightly heavy object with which to fend off the walking dead.
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 Best Zombie comic EVER December 31, 2006
Blake Petit (Ama, Louisiana United States)
30 out of 32 found this review helpful
"The Walking Dead" is (as the name somewhat implies) one of those zombie comics that have become so popular as of late. I've read a few of them, and I must say, this one is the best. The opening is actually startlingly similar to the film "28 Days Later" as our hero, a small-town cop, wakes up from a coma to find that the world has been overrun by zombies and everything he knew and loved is missing or outright destroyed. That similar starting point aside, after that the story takes on a really unique flavor for a zombie story. It's not so much about the zombies themselves, but about our hero, the ragtag group of survivors he joins, and how they try to rebuild after the cataclysm.
Yeah, I know that a lot of zombie movies, at least the really good ones, are "commentaries on society" instead of straight horror flicks. That's very true. But every zombie movie has to have an ending. With "The Walking Dead" being an ongoing comic, and therefore open-ended, we get to see facets of life in a "zombie world" that we rarely see in a zombie movie. The comic is almost never about the immediate threat of a zombie attack (in fact, it becomes clear that many living humans are far more dangerous in this new world than zombies are). It's about how people get by after their entire world has been stripped away from them. That means it really runs the gamut of human emotion -- from terror to grief to anger. It's very dark, often painful, frequently moving, and even occasionally funny. It's like real life.
Really, this story would work almost as well in any global catastrophe scenario, from nuclear war to apocalyptic meteor strike. It's about how people survive, not what they're surviving.
Buy This Now! November 9, 2006
Will Wage (GA)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
If you are a fan of Zombies or comics,then here is the best of both worlds. I bought this book to see if it was any good and I was blown away. Who would think that a book about zombies would do so goodby not showing zombie attacks in every comic(12 issues in this collection all with the orginal black and white art). Plus, this book has every cover in color! I have already pre-ordered the next book and I suggest you jump in and see what the best of comics have to offer.
GREAT APOCALYPTIC ZOMBIE SAGA! May 12, 2007
Paulo Leite (Lisbon, Portugal)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
I love zombies. They are us... but inverted. When they enter the scene, you know there's no happy ending possible. No going back. They are such a massive threat, no character is ever in advantage.
THE WALKING DEAD is a great comic book where we follow a group of several character as they try to survive. There is no goal. There is no mission except just to keep on going. The main characters are RICK (ex-cop), LORI and their son CARL. SHANE is another ex-cop (friend of Rick). ALLEN, DONNA and their twin boys. DALE, an old, bitter man, CAROL, GLENN, SOPHIA and many others they meet along the way.
The beginning of the story shows Rick waking up from a coma (like in that movie 28 Days Later). Except that the hospital is already full of zombies. That's when he find MORGAN and his little boy DUANE. They help him get a car and soon enough, Rick tries to get to Atlanta, where he believes his wife and son are.
But Atlanta is a mess.
There is plenty of gore on these comic books. You won't feel disappointed. And some characters are quite nice. You do get kinda sad when they die. I like the black and white imagery - I guess a color version would be too red for some if you know what I mean. The storyline is nicely conducted and you do get easily into the story. I, for example read all these 300 pages at one go.
The only thing I did not like too much was the drawing of some characters. There are many, many characters in this book and some of them look very close to others... sometimes I had to go back a few pages and see who am I seeing.
But STILL this is a great work.
ALL DEAD HERE! December 13, 2006
Sushi Girl -Laura (Gainesville, Florida)
10 out of 12 found this review helpful
In the back of this graphic novel is a letter written by the author and artist. In it he explains his love for zombie movies, but his hate for two words associated with every movie...THE END. He wanted to know what happened afterward, what happened after the helicopter flew away, what did the survivors go through, did they die, did they live where did they go? I have to admit I have this same reaction every time I finish watching a zombie film, I wanted more. For that reason The Walking Dead was created, with an open ended storyline, never ending always flowing.
First of all the book itself is gorgeous black and white with a splash of red, its heavy and you just want to rub your hands all over it because its so smooth. From the opening page, you understand that the artists and the author are true fans of the genre, and that they are talented enough to be able to introduce many characters but still giving personalities and background without confusing the reader or losing them. Drawing zombies, and giving them "life" is a hard thing to do, and they accomplish that feat even in black and white. You cannot see the tinge of rotting green, or the iridescence of the flies on their faces, or the blood when they tear into their victims but you don't need to because in black and white they are even more frightening. I could actually swear that I smelled them coming off the page, lips shrunken back, teeth long and hungry and the primordial need to eat flesh.
The storyline is simple and familiar, but it's so well scripted that it's a whole different spin on the zombie universe all together. Rick wakes up from coma, to find the whole town is deserted but for the walking dead, confused and concerned he goes to find his family but they are gone. A survivor explains to him what he knows, and Rick decided to go to Atlanta because that's where his wife and child would have headed to be with her family. So he gathers some guns, gets into a car and off he goes. I won't go into the rest, because as a graphic novel you have to see it to believe it. I read this in one sitting, slowly absorbing every single detail from to the branches on the trees down to gore flying through the air. Volume 1 does leave you with a "will be continued", but you aren't left feeling gypped at all. I already have Volume 2 on order!
THE Zombie Classic! March 31, 2007
P. M. Bradshaw (Columbus, OH, USA)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
Robert Kirkman has done no less than write Greatest Zombie Story EVER.
Think of the best parts of the George A. Romero films. Consider what are your favorite scenes in Zack Snyder's Dawn of the Dead remake. Ponder the best chapters and narrators in Max Brooks' World War Z. The Walking Dead has all of that, put together, plus a whole lot more. More in-depth, fully fleshed out characters, simple yet stunning plots, heartbreaking humanity, and buckets of zombie gore!
Collecting the first 12 issues of the comic book, the story is great and the artwork is fantastic.
Today, as in the zombie-infested future, this will be seen as a benchmark of the genre.
Have I mentioned that this may be the Greatest Zombie Story EVER ?
The Walking Dead: There Is No Substitute.
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