The Walking Dead Compendium Volume 1: 01

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Rick's group finds Dale and Andrea hiding in the RV, who tell Rick that the other survivors are hiding in C-Block. Rick arrives in Atlanta and enters the city to find it in ruins and overrun by zombies who swarm him and knock him off his horse. This is my second go-around with this sprawling, epic compendium in preparation for tackling the follow-up. As the group settle in, Andrea tries to talk with Allen about getting over Donna and not shutting down for the sake of his sons, but this just makes Allen extremely angry.

The Walking Dead by Robert Kirkman, Charlie Adlard - Waterstones The Walking Dead by Robert Kirkman, Charlie Adlard - Waterstones

Despite the fact that I do prefer the show and explained some reasons why above, I still thought this was excellent. No one could have predicted the success of the series, which is the most successful comic-to-series adaptation ever.As Simon Pegg pointed out in his afterward to Volume One, reading Robert Kirkman's tale makes you start to question yourself: Would I be able to survive a zombie apocalypse?

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Instead, what really fascinates me about zombie apocalypse movies is how they portray the breakdown of society, and how people deal with this. Blowing zombie heads off with shotguns and slicing them up with machetes is fun to watch (because zombies, like Nazis, can be slaughtered in the thousands and you don't feel even a little bit sorry for them - even when there's a really heartwrenching moment when someone has to shoot their zombiefied mom, it really doesn't make me feel that bad because she's not your mom anymore, she's a zombie who's going to eat you and there is a big difference) but what always interests me more in these stories is what happens when the normal rules of society no longer apply. These comix are less about zombies than they are about interpersonal dynamics among individuals under an inconceivable amount of stress with all familiar support and comfort erased.This is the perfect collection for any fan of the Emmy Award-winning television series on AMC: over one thousand pages chronicling the beginning of Robert Kirkman's Eisner Award-winning continuing story of survival horror- from Rick Grimes' waking up alone in a hospital, to him and his family seeking solace on Hershel's farm, and the controversial introduction of Woodbury despot: The Governor. But, it was suggested to develop an original concept that spawned the modern story we know and love today. The following day, the group is practicing how to shoot firearms when Hershel stops them because the Thompson house is getting riddled with bullets across the way. I was one of those people who were big into The Walking Dead show for a long time (I dropped off around season 7, if you know, you know), so I figured I'd check out the source material. On his way to Atlanta, Rick's car runs out of gas and he is forced to scavenge for gasoline at a nearby home.