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FitnessProsBooks.com - The Walking Dead, Vol. 1: Days Gone Bye
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List Price: $9.99
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Manufacturer: Image Comics
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 741.5973
EAN: 9781582406725
ISBN: 1582406723
Label: Image Comics
Manufacturer: Image Comics
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 144
Publication Date: 2006-09-21
Publisher: Image Comics
Studio: Image Comics
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Summary: Wahhh! 28 Days Later
Comment: ok, first of all, Kirkman wrote his 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 first book sets up what happened, which is why it seems familiar.
Someone complained about the white knight saving the black 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 black 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 black 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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Summary: Neverending Story...
Comment: ... 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 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 today 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 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 first 6 issues. I was genuinely moved.
Now to grouse a bit. Moore only drew the 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 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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Summary: intro to a awesome series
Comment: 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 black 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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Summary: Zombie horror and subtle drama can exist in one story
Comment: Visceral horror and subtle ongoing character serial combine to make "The Walking Dead" one of the most engaging comic-book series currently being produced. This initial volume, "Days Gone Bye", takes the first six issues of the Image Comics series and edits them together into one seamless (no easy feat when it comes to compilations) 130-plus page epic. Subsequent volumes collect later issues, with new volumes coming out like clockwork once there are six new issues of the monthly comic book to collect.
With its realistic looking characters (no abs-of-steel guys or buxom bimbos here) and gritty day-to-day situations (often horrifying but never over-the-top with silly horror movie situations), "The Walking Dead" is a comic book that doesn't feel "comic-booky", and would be a good title to recommend to friends who don't normally read comics. If they enjoy horror stories, that is.
Quibbles? Robert Kirkman is telling a great story here, but sometimes the word balloons can be a little dense with verbiage. These characters DO go on a bit. But that's really about it.
As this is a comic book, I guess I should touch on the visuals. Tony Moore's art is wonderful: detailed, subtle, yet fast-moving, if that's way to describe comic book art. What I mean is that the art makes your eye fly from panel to panel, drinking in the action. But his detail and subtlety make the quiet scenes resonate the way they should, too. Though Charlie Adlard's art in future volumes is perfectly fine, and has its own plusses, for my money the series never looked better than in this initial collection.
Give "The Walking Dead" a try. Its unusual mix of subtle artistry and firing-on-all-cylinders outright horror will grab you and keep you coming back for more.
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Summary: START HERE AND BUY THEM ALL
Comment: just like lays potato chips . the best zombie saga that george r. never wrote . all the books are compelling . i don't even miss the color . kirkman rocks .
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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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