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The Walking Dead Book 1 (Walking Dead) (edition 2006)

by Robert Kirkman, Tony Moore (Illustrator), Charlie Adlard (Illustrator), Cliff Rathburn (Illustrator)

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Police officer Rick Grimes and a few human survivors battle hordes of decomposing zombies.
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Title:The Walking Dead Book 1 (Walking Dead)
Authors:Robert Kirkman
Other authors:Tony Moore (Illustrator), Charlie Adlard (Illustrator), Cliff Rathburn (Illustrator)
Info:Image Comics (2006), Hardcover, 304 pages
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The Walking Dead, Book One by Robert Kirkman

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Very solid zombie story that is being made into a television series on AMC. Well crafted characters and plot. Well executed art. Nothing to complain about here except several pages toward the end where I got confused as to which male characters were which, due to them all exhibiting weeks worth of beard. ( )
  zot79 | Aug 20, 2023 |
Every bit as good as the show, and the comic form makes for a quick read. ( )
  muffinbutt1027 | Apr 26, 2023 |
Honestly really solid, I would have never read this except that I got it for free, and it was good enough that I would read some more ( )
  jammymammu | Jan 6, 2023 |
The hardest part of reading this first volume was not comparing it too much to the television series. The series really did change a lot of details along the way, even as it preserved "the basic" feel of the comics. I was glad to have read the comic and get a sense; it is usually better to read the source material anyways. So, how was the book? It was pretty good overall. It was not as much soap opera as I thought it might be, and the characters do have a bit more depth. In the end, it is a zombie story, and as nice as this series it, well, it is a zombie series; there is nothing here terribly new in terms of the zombie story genre. The strength of this series is in the character development and the story of those characters. If the author can keep us interested in those characters, the series will work. From what I read so far, I am certainly interested to keep reading a bit more. The series is also strong in looking at what happens when people are at their worst conditions. How will they react? Who will rise to be decent and who will become evil or just an asshole? Compared to other zombie stories where it is mostly the group of survivors shooting and killing zombies with little else, this one is definitely better as it explores more of the humanity of the survivors. As I said, if the author continues keeping up the strong parts I have mentioned, I think he will have a good thing going. We'll see when I get to the next volume.

By the way, this hardcover edition is a pretty good set. The only serious drawback is that the pages are not numbered. Also, individual issues are not separated, so you may not be able to tell where one comic issue started and the other ended. For some, that may be a good thing since you can read the story as one long continuous narrative, and I can see the appeal in that. I leave readers to decide if it is a good thing or not. That aside, the hardcover volume makes a good book, and I think collectors will prefer this over the trade paperbacks even if it means paying a bit more.
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  bloodravenlib | Aug 17, 2020 |
Iz zombies: grrr. argh. ewww.

I'm so glad it wasn't in color. ( )
  bookbrig | Aug 5, 2020 |
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Adlard, CharlieIllustratormain authorall editionsconfirmed
Moore, TonyIllustratormain authorall editionsconfirmed
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Please do not combine with The Walking Dead Compendium Volume 1, The Walking Dead Vol. 1: Days Gone Bye or The Walking Dead Volume 1 Deluxe HC. The "volumes" are trade paperbacks which collect 6 issues, while the "books" are hard covers which collect 12 issues, the "Deluxe HC" collects 24 issues and the "compendium" collects 48 issues.
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