The Walking Dead

by Robert Kirkman, Charlie Adlard

Paperback, 136 pages

English language

Published Dec. 19, 2006 by Image Comics.

ISBN:: 978-1-58240-775-3
OCLC Number:: 819331111

(9 reviews)

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. In a world ruled by the dead, we are forced to finally begin living. This volume follows our band of survivors on their tragic journey in search of shelter. Characters live and die as they brave a treacherous landscape littered with packs of the walking dead.

2 editions

franksbooks reviewed The Walking Dead by Charlie Adlard (The Walking Dead, #2)

Review of 'The Walking Dead' on 'Goodreads'

3 stars

It’s kinda fun reading this after the tv show and discovering how many these season length setups are just a few pages in the books. I struggled with the artwork in this one though. On the one hand I loved the ruggedness, it seems apt, but on the other it felt inconsistent and less expressive than you might imagine. Also did Hershel look a little too like Rick to anyone? Possibly a deliberate reflection of the situations they all found themselves in, but while Kirkman does a great job in bringing to the fore the human challenges which the characters are likely to have in reaction to circumstances, he rushes through their emotions which, like the art, left me a little dissatisfied that he hasn’t delved even a tiny bit deeper.