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The Dresden Files: Welcome to the Jungle |  | Author: Jim Butcher
Creator: Ardian Syaf
Publisher: Del Rey/Dabel Brothers
Category: Book
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Rating:  88 reviews
Sales Rank: 16244
Media: Hardcover
Reading Level: Young Adult
Pages: 160
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.2
Dimensions (in): 10.3 x 6.8 x 0.7
ISBN: 0345507460
Dewey Decimal Number: 741.5973
EAN: 9780345507464
ASIN: 0345507460
Publication Date: October 14, 2008
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Product Description
When the supernatural world spins out of control, when the police can’t handle what goes bump in the night, when monsters come screaming out of nightmares and into the mean streets, there’s just one man to call: Harry Dresden, the only professional wizard in the Chicago phone book. A police consultant and private investigator, Dresden has to walk the dangerous line between the world of night and the light of day.
Now Harry Dresden is investigating a brutal mauling at the Lincoln Park Zoo that has left a security guard dead and many questions unanswered. As an investigator of the supernatural, he senses that there’s more to this case than a simple animal attack, and as Dresden searches for clues to figure out who is really behind the crime, he finds himself next on the victim list, and being hunted by creatures that won’t leave much more than a stain if they catch him.
Written exclusively for comics by Jim Butcher, The Dresden Files: Welcome to the Jungle is a brand-new story that’s sure to enchant readers with a blend of gripping mystery and fantastic adventure.
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Showing reviews 1-5 of 88
 Another quality entry in the Dresden Files October 20, 2008
Timothy Fitzgerald (Austin, Texas)
65 out of 67 found this review helpful
First, I'd like to address some of these more negative reviews.
Yes, it is a comic book, not a novel. But the idea that Amazon "hoodwinked" anyone is ridiculous. The book has listings of its sales ranks and has for a while, and it is listed under "graphic novels". Additionally, it has TWO authors listed, not just Butcher, and the picture used to advertise the product has it clearly depicted at the bottom "ILLUSTRATED BY..."
So you whiners who think Amazon pulled one over on you are just too lazy or stupid to read the product description.
Additionally, this is a PREQUEL, so people whining about this and that not looking right or not addressing larger issues brought up later in the series, it is as it should be based on his Pre-Stormfront days.
It is also funny people whining about how it looks, maybe Butcher is just a liar and he writes forwards to sell his product, but according to his own introduction to the book, much of what is depicted is close to how HE sees it in his mind. So he seems to like it and being that he created the characters that is good enough for me.
It is a joke to say that "comics are for kids and books are for adults". Come on, the Dresden Files is good, but it isn't as if you have to be above the age of 10 to read and enjoy them, and Harry Dresden (and Jim Butcher) are comic fans (Butcher himself even says he has always seen the Dresden Files as an Animated Cartoon) so Harry translates well to the medium.
As to the product itself: I found it a thoroughly enjoyable Dresden Files mini-adventure. It is 132 Illustrated pages detailing a Dresden adventure just prior to the start of Stormfront.
It has all the fun and action that you expect from a Dresden Files story, just on a slightly smaller scale, more in line with the early books than the later "heavier" fare. I like the art for the most part, there are some complaints with how the illustrator draws his women, they just don't seem as attractive as they should. The guy has a real Steve Dillion style, and I think faces are his weakest point, everything else looks really good.
Even with the illustrations, there is a LOT of text for a comic book, so the story still is comparable in length to a long short story.
In all it is worthwhile, especially considering individual issues cost $4 and you can get it all hardback for $12. At the very least it is a nice little Dresden snack that, combined with Backup, will take the edge off the wait for Turn Coat.
Not just that, but Dresden quotes from Big Trouble In Little China, it doesn't get any better than that!
Finally! October 15, 2008
James Moore (Down south, USA)
8 out of 9 found this review helpful
As someone who watched the so called "Dresden Files" to the bitter end, not that the start was any fun, I can say this book will help wash out the memories of the submissive, metrosexual(?) Harry Dresden. Don't ask me about Bob because I'm still confused.
This is the real "Harry from the books", the guy who takes a licking and keeps on ticking. The guy whose character has developed from the early books into a very well defined character.
Yep, I am a fan of the books.
For a fan of Harry Dresden October 16, 2008
Catfish Kozmo (Arlington, TX)
8 out of 10 found this review helpful
I love the harry Dresden novels. Liked the tv show but really was much more of a fan of the books. The books always paint such an awesome picture of Chicago but the Chicago that no one knows about. I have to say that they're some of the most fun novels out there.
That being said, when there was a shot to read another Dresden novel of sorts, I took it. This one will keep fans who are waiting for the next book in the series satisfied for a little bit longer. It's hard waiting for Jim Buthcher to write the next novel so having a comic book to hold me until then works quite well. The story and characters are true in keeping with the story line. They look like how you would imagine they would look. The art is decent if not good. I'm happy with this and very happy with the story.
Another great Dresden Files story December 13, 2008
Another Booklover (Maryland)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
For those who might otherwise miss this, Welcome to the Jungle is a graphic novel, meaning it's a comic (actually 4 comics compiled into one book). It's not kid stuff, however; it's a prequel to the Dresden Files series.
The artwork is gorgeous, the narrative (especially Harry's trademark wit) is snappy, and the story flows fast and furious. A picture in this graphic novel is probably worth much more than 1000 words - the quality is that impressive. I hope to see more graphic novels from Jim Butcher in the future, as well as more work illustrated by Ardian Syaf.
A Good Fun Time December 29, 2008
Shoujo Otaku since 1997
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This beautiful graphic novel (that's fancy talk for bound Comic Book) is an excellent prequill to Stormfront and the rest of the Dresden series. For those who say it has no plot, I say try READING it. Aside from an amusing murder mystery, it also provides a flashback to Harry's battle with his former Master. Now, it's not as involved as his text-only novels, but then it doesn't have nearly as many pages.
To the people who bought this without realizing it was a graphic novel - did you even go to the description page? It is impossible to NOT know that it's a graphic novel - I stumbled on it when it was a preorder months yet away, looked up its info, and went "oh, neat, graphic novel" and went out and found the comics (a couple of them anyway). I finally got to read he whole thing when the graphic novel came out and it is excellent.
So, to sum up, if you don't like graphic novels, don't buy it. Butcher loves them, and everything feels very comic-like, so if you don't like the genre it isn't going to change your mind. And, people who bought the comic by mistake - stop being idiots and giving it a one star rating! If it isn't what you wanted, well, that's your own fault for not reading what you were buying. I think Amazon should remove some of these one-star reviews because they obviously don't reflect on the quality of the book. And if someone bought it knowing it was a comic book and STILL didn't like it, then let THEM give it a bad review.
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