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The Walking Dead Book 1: Bk. 1
by: Robert Kirkman
by: Tony Moore, Charlie Adlard, Cliff Rathburn

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Availability: Usually dispatched within 24 hours Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 741.5973
EAN: 9781582406190
ISBN: 1582406197
Label: Image Comics
Manufacturer: Image Comics
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 304
Publication Date: August 02, 2006
Publisher: Image Comics
Studio: Image Comics
Sales Rank: 15781

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Customer Reviews

Average Rating: out of 5 stars

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- Bringing the Dead to Life!
Lets give credit where it's due - there are some great comic book writers out there - many of whom are seen as being trivial or immature when in fact they deserve their place in modern literature. The criticism is normally from a quarter where ignorance holds sway.

The Walking Dead is quite simply a great read - based around the trials of struggling survivors in the midst of a Zombie Holocaust. The characterisation of each player blossoms with each chapter - and by the end of Book One you will be chasing down the next installment. The series could have gone down the 'nuts-out gore-fest' route but instead manages to instill a feeling of creeping dread while all the time getting us to feel and care for the survivors. Primarily a Marvel ... Read More:

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- Poor dialogue and 2d characters let down some good ideas
Robert Kirkman has been praised for creating this ongoing zombie saga; and while he deserves the credit for a great idea, and a decent plot, his execution and technique are sorely lacking. His dialogue has each character providing detailed exposition for their every action, leaving nothing to the reader's imagination. The characters themselves are pretty two dimensional and predictable, especially the women (I really wouldn't recommend this for female readers - you'll probably come away frustrated).

It's a pity because there are times when the book veers to enjoyable, as Kirkman uses a few good ideas to create interesting scenarios. The story also moves forward and you get a nice feeling of progression from the changing relationships ... Read More:

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- They keep on coming - great!
I was 10 years old when Dawn of the Dead was made, and 13 when I finally saw a grainy version on home video. From that moment on I was a fan of the zombie genre (Day of the Dead was the first X film I ever sneaked into!)

One thing about a great zombie film though, is how they always seem to end with lots of unanswered questions and unexplored scenarios. Evidentally Robert Kirkman felt the same, and The Walking Dead was created in an attempt to present an ongoing story of survival in a world overrun by the living dead.

He doesn't worry about why it happened, or what official responses were (these are brushed aside fairly quickly and at the periphery of the story). Instead, he extrapolates the effect on a band of ordinary people ... Read More:

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- BEST EVER!
i got hooked!!! the artwork starts off gr8 but gets a bit slapdash near the end, BUT don't let that put you off! the story is so good! by far the best Zombie comic out there, the only down side is that you will end up getting book:2 then book:3 and thats where the cost starts adding up, but well worth every penny!

roll on the movie!

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- The evil other half!
The first half of this graphic novel is great, the art by Tony Moore is crisp, clear, stylised and works very well. It's all very entertaining...

until...

The evil other half of the graphic novel, were for some strange reason Charlie Adlard takes the reigns of the art work. Suddenly the characters look different, some of the characters look so alike it's hard to distingish who is who! I would go as far as saying some of the artwork is sloppy...in particular a child character in the novel is out of proportion most of the time, with a huge head and hands that are too big for the body.

The change in artwork is like flying first class for half of a flight and then being put in to economy class for the second half of ... Read More:

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