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Dewey Decimal Number: 741.5973
EAN num: 9781582406725
ISBN number: 1582406723
Label: Image Comics
Manufacturer: Image Comics
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 144
Printing Date: September 21, 2006
Publishing house: Image Comics
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An epidemic of apocalyptic proportions has swept the globe, causing the dead to rise and feed on the living. In a matter of months, society has crumbled: There is no government, no grocery stores, no mail delivery, no cable TV. Rick Grimes finds himself one of the few survivors in this terrifying future. A couple months ago he was a small town cop who had never fired a shot and only ever saw one dead body. Separated from his family, he must now sort through all the death and confusion to try and find his wife and son. In a world ruled by the dead, we are forced to finally begin living.
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I'll just skip right to it. This book is terrible. It's shallow, contrived, and every theme that the comic tries to explore comes off as forced and insults the reader's intelligence. I went to Barnes and Noble, and read it there; thank god I didn't buy it. Every character is characticture of themselves. Nothing makes the special and right to the very end, I hadn't formed any emotional connection to them, and didn't care whether they lived or died. Any situation the writer puts the characters in is meant to be exciting, but almost everything is solved by, "Hey look! It's a zombie. Let's kill it. Yay! We killed it. The day is saved."
Nothing is left up to the readers imagination. The writer explores a love triangle scenario, and instead of letting actions do the talking, he comes right out and and explains it (much like when someone has to explain the punchline of a joke). A good comic would have spent full issues developing this story. This writer devoted half of one page. The writer also resolved gender roles in a post-apocalyptic environment in much the same way: a forced conversation between three women where at the end, the writer comes right out and explains how the reader should feel about the issue. After each situation, I was left by saying, "Really? That's it?"
Overall, it has a very odd pacing problem. Many panels are devoted to action intense situations. Then an entire page is devoted to dialogue (poorly devoted to dialogue, as I explained in the paragraph above). The best way I can describe it is that it's like watching Death Race (Unrated Edition) and fast forwarding past all the "plot" development. I feel this comic is for people with very short attention spans.
Yet, I am still trying to get up to date on the series. Either it remains terrible and I will be entertained by bashing it the whole way through. Or, somehow the story will find it's voice and it will get better as the issues drag on. I'm not holding my breath though.
It's not about zombies, but if you want an awesome comic/graphic novel that deals with a post-apocalyptic scenario, then read Y: The Last Man (Unmanned (Y: The Last Man, Vol. 1)).
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You won't want to put this book down or any of his Walking Dead books for that matter. People say Zombie stories are over played, but Zombies like any genre will remain a sucess as long as the story is told well and Robert Kirkman knows how to tell the story well. Do yourself a story, pick up the very first two volumes, Volume 1 is an intro trade, a very good one, but once you're done you'll want Volume 2 right away.
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ok, very first of all, Kirkman wrote his very first draft including the coma storyline way before 28 Days Later, so you people crying about "plagiarism" can go point a finger at Danny Boyle, and while your at it, tell him rotting corpses can't run.
Second of all the people crying that he was in a coma for a month with no care can go climb a tree. IN A GRAPHIC NOVEL ABOUT ZOMBIES THAT'S WHAT YOUR GOING TO HIGHLIGHT AS BEING UNREALISTIC? Your a joke. Also, it never says he was without care for the whole month. Who knows when the hospital cleared out, NOBODY WAS THERE WITH HIM TO KNOW.
Lastly, for those complaining that it follows the motions familiar with Zombie Outbreak story lines, there is a simple reason for that. Romero spent his life perfecting the story line. They go with the obvious outcome and follow the obvious chain of events. How do you think it would happen? What do you think the government would do? What do you think people would do? I'm pretty sure it'd be something close to what Romero, Krikman, and all the rest have already written or filmed. Kirkman does an amazing job. The very first book sets up what happened, which is why it seems familiar.
Someone complained about the white knight saving the grey family, but that's just ridiculous. The family he helps happens to be black. If those morons would've made it any farther into the story line they would know that a grey man becomes a major character, and saves the white devils plenty of times.
I have loved Zombies more than any other horror film villain, or literary antagonists my whole life. I have studied the greats, (yes I took a college course in Zombies, you say wasted education, I say the only good reason to go to class in five years). My exposure to this storyline is probably far greater than any other reviewer and I say emphatically that this is some of the best work I have laid eyes on. You feel for the characters. You get to know them in a more intimate way than a 90 minute movie could ever allow. You are along with them until the bitter end. Zombie movies end too fast for every fan, leaving most with a what the hell happens to them now feeling, Kirkman understands that, because he is just like anyone else enthralled with the Zombie story line. Comparing it to other graphic novels this one surpasses anything I have read. As far as entertaining characters, and amazing artwork, there is no comparison. 30 Days of Night doesn't hold a candle. I Am Legend might as well be used as tp. Not that that story isn't great, but the graphic novel has the artwork of a third grader's scribbles xeroxed in grey and white three times over. But I'll leave that to my I Am Legend review. Other people have said he spends too much time dialogging every thought and decision, and I'm willing to believe if it wasn't set up that way they would complain that there is no explanation. Some people are going to cry, and judging by the reviews those people never gave this book a chance because they couldn't see past the obvious similarities between 28 Days Later, and this, and that's just sad. They never gave the book a fair chance and they screwed themselves out of an enthralling experience. This series gets more and more amazing as times for the survivors get more and more desperate. Please, get past what those small minded people couldn't and give this book a read. It's the best graphic novel in the last ten years, and I honestly hope it never ends.
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... in the best sense. Volume 1 of the Walking Dead would make for a perfect zombie film in and of itself. The fact that there are already another 7 anthologies awaiting the readers seemed frankly too good to be true (I've rarely been happier to be wrong). When I read Robert Kirkman's forward to this very first volume, I remembered the feeling of seeing the credits roll after my favorite movie ended, that agony of having to leave characters and places without knowing if I would ever get to see them again (this is admittedly not so much a problem for the youth of yesterday in this age of infinite Disney sequels). The Walking Dead is an answer to that pain... Kirkman's goal is to spin a story that tells you What Happens Next. And unlike the eternal sequels we have come to expect from Hollywood, these stories aren't endless iterations on the same theme... they instead show the evolutions of each of the characters in this world after civilization's fall.
Kirkman's writing is sharp and believable (at least it covered how I think people would talk if being chased by zombies). The relationships are vital and poignant, thus capturing another crucial element of the zombie genre. Tony Moore's art in this very first volume is extraordinary. The story is told as much from the images and expressions of the characters as it is in the writing - Kirkman and Moore created an amazing tapestry in these very first 6 issues. I was genuinely moved.
Now to grouse a bit. Moore only drew the very first 6 issues, contained in this volume. Other than the covers of the ensuing anthologies, that's all you get of Moore, which was a bit of a rude shock when I opened Volume Two - Charlie Adlard took the reins in Issue #7. Adlard has made the series his own, and done a great job of it, but I still miss the look and feel of those very first 6 issues.
That said, I think that the comic has transformed from a great idea into a worthy epic part of the Modern Zombie Canon (Simpon Pegg even pens the after-ward of one of the later volumes).
Now you'd better stop reading and click the "Buy" button. It's time that you met Rick.
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I love the walking dead series and this book is a great introduction of the main characters. It sets the tone for the rest of the series. Everything is in grey and white, but the art is wonderful. The story draws you in. It makes you think what it would be like if you suddenly awoke in a world full of zombies.
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