The Walking Dead, Compendium 1 (The Walking Dead Compendium Edition #1)
Truly amazing. It is a far grittier concept than the show (for obvious reasons) and it makes for interesting reading as the overarching similarity is there but there are many differences. Characters who are dead in the show are still around and vice versa. Overall the black and white art is quite appropriate to the series and well done. The dialogue as well. It is far darker than what tv shows and is certainly more graphic. If you like zombies or the show I would highly recommend this series.
My actual rating is 4.5 stars.It's unfair to compare the comics to the TV series. The two are very different from each other and I am coming into it from the wrong side, having watched and fallen in love with the show first and then discovering the comics. However, comparisons are inevitable as they still share so much in common. They have the same basic plotline's, the same locations, and a lot of the same characters (even if these characters can sometimes be very different). I admit that I do
If you watch The Walking Dead aka stalking Daryl Dixon, throw any notions you may have about the show paralleling the comics right out the fucking window. This version does not have this: Or that: I may have even missed this a tiny bit: It does have this: And that: Although our friend the Governor on the show is rated G compared to the comic version.Now take all the sick, twisted, and fucked up things that happen on the show and multiply the fucked-upness by a gazillion. Throw in some
I knew it was different than the TV show but HOLY COW. It's so different. They are basically just something that has a few same character names and there happens to be zombies. That's about all the similarities. They are more like cousins instead of siblings. (Hopefully that make's sense to you, it did to my brain.) I liked this so much more than I actually thought I would. Everyone is more intense in the comics. The Governor is so much more psycho than he is in the show. He's a literal monster.
I was going to write reviews of the first three volumes of this series, but I decided to save my creative juices (and they are so little) for the compendium. So here we go...First off, a general overview: The story concerns a local cop, Rick, who wakes in the hospital to discover the world has gone to hell. All the people have been turned into the walking dead. (I know, overtones of 28 Days Later, but go with it.) We then follow him as he struggles to find out what has happened, where all the
(Some spoilers for both the show and the graphic novel herein. I tried not to include too many. You have been warned.)Okay. Forget everything you know and hear me out: Zombies are the great equalizing scourge.One of the first books my younger self fell hopelessly in love with (which probably explains an awful lot) was Stephen King's "The Stand." The book's been out for, like, more than three decades, so it's your own fault if this is a spoiler but all you need to know for this review of an
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Mention Of Books The Walking Dead, Compendium 1 (The Walking Dead Compendium Edition #1)
Title | : | The Walking Dead, Compendium 1 (The Walking Dead Compendium Edition #1) |
Author | : | Robert Kirkman |
Book Format | : | Paperback |
Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
Pages | : | Pages: 1088 pages |
Published | : | May 19th 2009 by Image Comics |
Categories | : | Sequential Art. Comics. Graphic Novels. Horror. Zombies. Fiction. Graphic Novels Comics. Apocalyptic. Post Apocalyptic |
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Introducing the first eight volumes of the fan-favorite, New York Times Best Seller series collected into one massive paperback collection. In a world ruled by the dead, we are forced to finally start living. With The Walking Dead #1-48, this compendium features more than one thousand pages chronicling the start of Robert Kirkman's Eisner Award-winning story of zombie horror, from Rick Grimes waking up alone in a hospital, his band of survivors seeking refuge on an isolated farm and the controversial introduction of Woodbury despot, The Governor.Present Books As The Walking Dead, Compendium 1 (The Walking Dead Compendium Edition #1)
Original Title: | The Walking Dead Compendium Volume 1 |
ISBN: | 1607060760 (ISBN13: 9781607060765) |
Edition Language: | English |
Series: | The Walking Dead Compendium Edition #1 |
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Ratings: 4.43 From 63872 Users | 2402 ReviewsJudgment Of Books The Walking Dead, Compendium 1 (The Walking Dead Compendium Edition #1)
As a huge fan of the show, I decided I wanted to read the Walking Dead comics and this was actually my first real encounter with comic books. These comics are absolutely awesome!! This compendium covers issues 1-48, which is also equivalent to the first 8 regular Trade Paperbacks of the comic book series.I knew that the show had deviated from the comics in a number of ways, but there were FAR more differences than I anticipated. Lots of new characters, characters having storylines that were veryTruly amazing. It is a far grittier concept than the show (for obvious reasons) and it makes for interesting reading as the overarching similarity is there but there are many differences. Characters who are dead in the show are still around and vice versa. Overall the black and white art is quite appropriate to the series and well done. The dialogue as well. It is far darker than what tv shows and is certainly more graphic. If you like zombies or the show I would highly recommend this series.
My actual rating is 4.5 stars.It's unfair to compare the comics to the TV series. The two are very different from each other and I am coming into it from the wrong side, having watched and fallen in love with the show first and then discovering the comics. However, comparisons are inevitable as they still share so much in common. They have the same basic plotline's, the same locations, and a lot of the same characters (even if these characters can sometimes be very different). I admit that I do
If you watch The Walking Dead aka stalking Daryl Dixon, throw any notions you may have about the show paralleling the comics right out the fucking window. This version does not have this: Or that: I may have even missed this a tiny bit: It does have this: And that: Although our friend the Governor on the show is rated G compared to the comic version.Now take all the sick, twisted, and fucked up things that happen on the show and multiply the fucked-upness by a gazillion. Throw in some
I knew it was different than the TV show but HOLY COW. It's so different. They are basically just something that has a few same character names and there happens to be zombies. That's about all the similarities. They are more like cousins instead of siblings. (Hopefully that make's sense to you, it did to my brain.) I liked this so much more than I actually thought I would. Everyone is more intense in the comics. The Governor is so much more psycho than he is in the show. He's a literal monster.
I was going to write reviews of the first three volumes of this series, but I decided to save my creative juices (and they are so little) for the compendium. So here we go...First off, a general overview: The story concerns a local cop, Rick, who wakes in the hospital to discover the world has gone to hell. All the people have been turned into the walking dead. (I know, overtones of 28 Days Later, but go with it.) We then follow him as he struggles to find out what has happened, where all the
(Some spoilers for both the show and the graphic novel herein. I tried not to include too many. You have been warned.)Okay. Forget everything you know and hear me out: Zombies are the great equalizing scourge.One of the first books my younger self fell hopelessly in love with (which probably explains an awful lot) was Stephen King's "The Stand." The book's been out for, like, more than three decades, so it's your own fault if this is a spoiler but all you need to know for this review of an
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