Paperback, 144 pages
English language
Published Sept. 11, 2004 by Image Comics.
The Walking Dead is a monthly black-and-white comic book series chronicling the travels of Rick Grimes, his family, and other survivors of a zombie apocalypse
The beginning; sets up the series nicely and foreshadows major themes for he future. A little too Western/gun-crazy it that’s the baseline.
Always a fun read.
I'm re-reading/catching up on this series in anticipation of the new AMC series based on it coming later this month. Forgot just how great it is.
Zombies have become increasingly popular in the entertainment world as of late. Ever since the resurgence of the zombie classic, "Dawn of the Dead," fans of zombie chaos have been searching for more and more nightmarishly gory thrillers. The thing that sets Robert Kirkman's "The Walking Dead" apart, however, is the fact that instead of focusing on the brutality and carnage of a zombie apocalypse, Kirkman examines, in a unique way, the way human beings might truly start to relate to one another in the event of such an unprecedented disaster. While the archetypal hero still remains--causing the reader to be constantly aware of the high road--Kirkman's lesser characters begin to flesh out some less-than-endearing traits of human nature, such as selfishness, prejudice, and greed. Beautifully illustrated and magnificently original, this refreshing graphic novel truly portrays the tension and intensity of an undead nuisance--and humanity's subsequent reaction.
Cliffhanger ending, I love it!
