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What are readers saying about The Walking Dead, Vol. 1: Days Gone Bye (v. 1)?
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A Reader posted a review at 2009-08-02 09:36:52.
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Nothing new or too original, never had the urge to read past this book.
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A Reader posted a review at 2008-08-07 04:33:01.
(Language: English)
This series is spectacular. It has the fun zombie gore and shamble, but it takes a serious look at humanity and survival in the face of loss and desperation. And it always keeps me shocked! Highly recommend.
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A Reader posted a review at 2009-08-14 06:42:47.
(Language: English)
One of the better Zombie stories! You never really hear this side of the stories. Great graphic novel!
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A Reader posted a review at 2010-06-05 07:20:10.
(Language: English)
A gripping graphic novel that sucks you right in. Rare in a zombie flick that one actually cares about the protagonists but it's certainly the case here. Definitely intrigued to pick up subsequent volumes.
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James-Ethan posted a review at 2011-05-13 06:11:28.
(Language: English)
The premise is straightforward and the dialogue is terrible, but you'll love it if you take it for what it is, a classic zombie story. The black and white panels give it an old movie atmosphere. I'm looking forward to the second volume, out of love for apocalyptic zombies, character development, and curiosity as to why the world became Zombieland.
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A Reader posted a review at 2008-07-14 06:32:41.
(Language: English)
Fucking amazing.
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A Reader posted a review at 2010-01-13 08:21:58.
(Language: English)
Can't wait to read the rest of the series. Its like a soap opera, with zombies!
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A Reader posted a review at 2008-03-17 08:45:36.
(Language: English)
A great graphic novel taking the premise made familiar by George Romero's Dead films and expanding on it. Where Romero's films ended with the audience left to wonder what happened after the credits have begun rolling, Kirkman's Walking Dead answers that questions and shows what happens after the credits have rolled.
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A Reader posted a review at 2009-04-02 07:58:47.
(Language: English)
Sounded very promising with a character-driven story and insight into human adaptation to extreme circumstances but I found that the dilemmas and reactions of the characters to be clumsy and cliche. Good artwork and a intriguing motif but failed to impress me enough to buy #2.
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A Reader posted a review at 2008-08-20 01:50:22.
(Language: English)
This is a great series!
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A Reader posted a review at 2008-11-25 01:04:21.
(Language: English)
Zombies in movies, litareture and many other mediums are today a very common sight. So it's nice to something that keeps you in suspense and glued to the pages.
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A Reader posted a review at 2007-09-02 01:55:09.
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it's a take on what life would be like after the Dead took over; like the wheres and hows, don't let the fact that it's a Graphic novel fool you it is rich in character development and story. I first got a copy in Seattle and have been hook ever since the art is decent enough. I have 1 thru 6 time and money have kept the elusive 7th issue out of my hands, but I suggest you at least take a look and judge for yourself
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A Reader posted a review at 2010-11-04 01:25:07.
(Language: English)
beautifully drawn and nicely understated. Proper Zombies too which is good.
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A Reader posted a review at 2009-09-12 01:24:56.
(Language: English)
It's no secret that I'm usually really not a fan of the whole "zombies have taken the over the world" subject matter, or zombies anything, really. But this is one of the best zombie pieces I've come across, movies and books included. Somewhat reminiscent of 28 Days/Weeks Later, the character development with the background of the theme of survival is brilliant. The story is very involving and intriguing, and while I would never get into such a long-running and still unfinished series, I'm thinking of actually continuing on with it, as I can't wait to see what happens with these characters and the universe next.
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A Reader posted a review at 2009-07-04 05:31:11.
(Language: Portuguese)
Só li recentemente esse encadernado lançado em 2006, graças a minha linda namorada que me presenteou com esta bela HQ! Thank you! Sou suspeito pra falar de ‘Os mortos-vivos’ pois sou fã de estórias com zumbis. Pra quem também é fã do gênero, não tem nem que pensar duas vezes: Se topar com esse encadernado por aí, pode gastar seus vinte e sete reais e noventa centavos sem medo de ser feliz. Pra quem não é fã, saiba que “Os Mortos Vivos” tem mais a oferecer do que apenas miolos e sangue. É um ótimo drama, além de uma boa ação também. O trabalho da editora HQM foi muito bem feito. A edição está luxuosa, com uma capa muito bonita e papel de ótima qualidade, tanto na capa quanto internamente. A capa foi feita de forma muito cuidadosa, coisa rara de ser ver. Cheguei a estranhar tamanha qualidade por apenas R$27,90. Kirkman, como ele mesmo se descreve na (ótima) introdução, é um fã do gênero, e como fã ele queria escrever algo novo e de qualidade no universo das estórias de zumbis. O enrendo mostra o policial Rick Grimes acordando num hospital após ficar um mês em coma. Não demora muito pra ele perceber que está sozinho não só no hospital, mas na cidade. A partir daí ele saí em busca de sua mulher e filhos, sem parar pra pensar no que está acontecendo. Kirkman equilibra bem a ação e o sangue com o drama. Depois do mundo inteiro ser dominado pelos mortos, agora as pessoas tem que voltar a viver de forma quase primitiva. Não há mais governo, indústrias, mercados, sociedade, leis. Ninguém produz nada, ninguém fiscaliza. O que há é a necessidade de sobrevivência. Os humanos que sobreviveram teram que se re-organizar, quase como se fossem tribos. Há uma divisão do trabalho nem tão nova assim. Os homens saem pra caçar, as mulheres cuidam dos afazeres “domésticos” e cuidam das crianças, mas uma coisa todos tem que fazer igual: Aprender a matar e a confiar para não morrerem. A arte está matadora. Tony Moore não usa um traço muito realista, mas os desenhos são muito bem feitos e cheios de detalhes. Vale destacar que Moore coloriu seu trabalho apenas de preto, branco e cinza, dando um clima de filme de terror antigo. Perfeito! Nota 10
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A Reader posted a review at 2010-01-23 05:33:32.
(Language: English)
This is one of the best zombie book series iv'e ever read
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A Reader posted a review at 2010-12-05 12:55:29.
(Language: English)
Very interesting to see the way the TV Show portrays the comic. I can't wait to see how they end the season having just read the end of this first installment.
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A Reader posted a review at 2008-06-13 11:33:27.
(Language: English)
I haven't read a comic in a while. This was recommended on GFWRadio a few months back and I finally had the means to pick it up. I only got the first volume of four issues, instead of the hardback with all of the first twelve, thinking I would save my money and see if this was actually worth it. Good god, I wish I had bought the bigger set. The art so far is great, not too stylized and it flows easy from panel to panel. I couldn't put it down, just because of how the eye kept wanting to focus on the next important thing. The writing, though nothing Hollywood zombie films haven't already done, is done well. I have hopes of it fleshing out more as the story goes on. Regardless, this is a tense story that I'd recommend to anyone who sits through good horror movies and gets up not just fearing the night, but questioning their own humanity.
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A Reader posted a review at 2010-11-06 02:00:53.
(Language: English)
Very entertaining horror comic. Not my favorite type of comic, but the dramatic element strengthened the book.
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A Reader posted a review at 2010-09-20 05:40:10.
(Language: English)
Wow. So good. Not just zombie scares and action, but good character story lines. Already an amazing series!
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A Reader posted a review at 2008-03-06 09:39:15.
(Language: English)
This is not a zombie story, it is a story of real people dealing with the end of the world and they are the onlt few left. This series is fantasic and is so well written ot can bring you to tears. These poor people are constantly with people they just meet and they will be with them for a long time. They have to foght off zombies, but not like Dawn of the dead and Planet Terror, its zombies inplaces they don;t expect of do expect and they have to deal with it with out getting killed in the process. There is no power, food hospitals or any media entertainment. This is the story of the end of the world however the phyciscal world still exsists and there are 15 people left. Granted this a review up to volume 5. My advive is buy the Walking Dead Books not each individual comeic becasue you get so involved with it you are runing out each day to buy the next novel.
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A Reader posted a review at 2008-10-09 09:09:14.
(Language: English)
A absolute must for any fan of the Zombie. Renewed my love of graphic novels. Can't wait to get my hands on the rest of the series.
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Kitty posted a review at 2011-07-13 03:32:29.
(Language: English)
Once upon a time I was one of those women that was scared to death of zombies and I wouldn't even watch anything that had them on it. I didn't want to see pictures I would turn my head in disgust and literally run away almost screaming at the sight. I think deep down it was always the thought of 'what if' that kept me from wanting to have anything to do with a genre that is becoming rapidly more popular. Those days ended when my husband decided we were going to watch "The Walking Dead" on AMC. I was instantly hooked, and it really had nothing to do with the zombies as much as it did the humanity of the people that were still living. The books are no different. Having read the first one in a series I can honestly say I intend to seek them all out one by one. You get a feeling of what it would truly be like to live through such a horrible plague and discover that you are perhaps one of the last living people on the planet. There is emotion, turmoil, truth and sincerity in these graphic novels as well as the show on television. You soon even begin to feel sorry for those that have been turned and you have to ask yourself what you would do if that happened to someone in your family. I must say that I was pleasantly surprised and now I'm not as horrified by the zombies as I once was. Robert Kirkman has done a phenomenal job and I can only hope he'll continue with the story for as long as he can. -Kitty Bullard / Great Minds Think Aloud Book Club
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A Reader posted a review at 2010-10-10 11:32:26.
(Language: English)
Mediocre writing, basic story line, beautiful (even though it was eating guts and axing heads off) illustrations.
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A Reader posted a review at 2007-08-26 09:16:34.
(Language: English)
I'm not one to read graphic novels, usually, but I took a chance on this one given that it's on one of my favourite topics, the undead. I think this little book is fantastic. It's not so much about the attacks of the undead, but the breakdown of society once the undead has attacked. Substitute "undead" for "terrorists" or "bird flu" or "weather disaster" and this reads like any other thriller in which a small group of survivors fight the outside and the inside world to live another day. And it's got pretty pictures to boot (well, except for the zombies, who are, of course, ugly).
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