The Walking Dead Compendium Volume 1: 01

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As this is a comic series, I would be remiss if I didn't mention the art, which is overall quite good. There were a few times when I had trouble telling some characters apart, but the high rate of attrition generally took care of that problem. The detail in the artwork is very impressive, though I can imagine there were more than a few times that Charlie Adlard cursed Robert Kirkman for setting a large part of the series in a locale with a prominent chain-link fence that couldn't easily be ignored. As this is a horror comic, the art is sometimes horrifying, very graphic and quite satisfying without being gratuitous. Well, mostly without being gratuitous.... Omnibus Vol. 1 • Omnibus Vol. 2 • Omnibus Vol. 3 • Omnibus Vol. 4 • Omnibus Vol. 5 • Omnibus Vol. 6 • Omnibus Vol. 7 • Omnibus Vol. 8 Overall, The Walking Dead is a story of survival and rebuilding a new world from the ashes of the old world. The real monsters are humans, and we can see that in every arc of the series. As a fan of both The Walking Dead television series and video game series developed by Telltale, I felt that it seemed odd I had never read the comics. The stories created by Robert Kirkman are where the series began. Where the cult following started, that in turn morphed into a global multi-medium phenomenon. So I got my hands on the New York Times bestselling first Walking Dead Compendium and will review each of the 8 chapters over the course of the next few months. So that fans who like the show or the games (like myself) can work out whether the source material is something of interest to them.

The Walking Dead: Compendium, Vol. 1 - Goodreads The Walking Dead: Compendium, Vol. 1 - Goodreads

I was worried about this compendium initially because a lot of people don’t like the series conclusion but god was it great They are, though. Zombies have no real motivation, they have no goals other than to kill all humans. They are mindless, a kind of twisted force of nature whose great terror lies in their sheer numbers and their unstoppability. As a concept, zombies are interesting, and as a symbol or a metaphor there's a lot you can do with them, but the zombies themselves are kind of dull. They lurch about, slowly decaying, looking for people to devour. No one ever made a best-selling book or a hit movie with a zombie protagonist. [1] You just have to realize, this world needs people who are willing to stand up and do the right thing... It needs them so badly, it'll forgive you if you're sometimes wrong. You need to just make sure the losses don't discourage you... because the people around us... they'll always need the wins."

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I found a lot of the differences interesting in the general plot of the story. Andrea was pretty awesome in the comics and while I didn't mind her in the show, I can see that her character was done a huge disservice. On the other hand, Carol was vastly improved on in the show. Michonne was still just as badass in both but I felt glad that she didn't have to go through the same trauma. The Governor was on a whole other level of evil in the comics than the show. He has always been my most hated 'villain' in the show because although we were shown people that technically did worse or more insane things, I found him incredibly creepy and unnerving because he's the kind of manipulative bastard that I can't stand. The show gave him some episodes that seemed like they were trying to almost redeem him which I hated so I was so glad that the comics showed him as truly vile throughout. Some of the characters from the show don't exist in the comics and vice versa and while I missed the presence of some of the characters (Read: Daryl and Merle) I wasn't fussed about the exclusion of others. On the other hand, I could understand why they'd left out some of the characters from the comics as they really just felt like spare parts and extra bodies with no real purpose besides getting killed off. Maggie remained in the show but Hershel's other kids (there were 5 others besides Maggie) were condensed into the character of Beth, who I admit I wasn't the biggest fan of but I think having just her instead of trying to squeeze all the others into it made a lot more sense for the show. Kirkman isn't a brilliant comic book writer like Alan Moore, Neil Gaiman, Frank Miller, or Brian K. Vaughan. My main beef is with his often-stilted dialogue. But he writes tense plots (for the most part), changing situations, and memorable characters. He managed to create a compelling saga over almost 200 issues, which is quite an accomplishment, and created an enduring addition to pop culture in the process. But I didn't like the last issue with the giant time-skip. That ruins a bit the magic. Seeing everyone old, doing their things, the walkers becoming circus animals, Maggie's son becoming a spoiled brat, and Carl's trial were pretty uninteresting. I didn't care about that, why show me? But as far as reliance on tradition goes, you could do worse than Shakespeare. Yes, I said Shakespeare: 1)Conflict one. 2)Conflict two. 3)Violence, resolving one of the above, complicating the other. 4)Discourse on ethics 5)Repeat.

The Walking Dead Compendium – Chapter 1 Review The Walking Dead Compendium – Chapter 1 Review

There is a darker feel to the books. More sex, more dying, more fighting between the people that should be helping each other. Just like real life! I hated how the characters were penciled so inconsistently. Glenn in particular is either a fairly good-looking Asian kid, or a chubby and unattractive white boy. What the fudge? He's not a difficult character to draw - I mean, he doesn't even have hair. C'mon - a little more effort, please? Some spoilers for both the show and the graphic novel herein. I tried not to include too many. You have been warned.) If you haven't read the books because of being afraid to spoil the show..don't worry. It's different enough that you don't know anything about anything.Consider this: the human body cannot tolerate constant adrenaline. Similarly, the average reader is not interested in persistent drama! When there is absolutely no down-time, you cannot make an impression. It's why popular music structure is as it is - you can't have constant choruses because it would be tedious and boring. As such, I found the constant action and drama in The Walking Dead rather droll. He also provides us with a look at some of the ethical problems that arise from a world where the dead outnumber the living. In nearly every zombie story ever written, the living immediately start killing the zombies, but is that the right choice to make? We don't know all the facts. We don't know what caused this outbreak, whether it can be cured, or even whether the people affected might just get better. We just start taking head shots in ignorance, but might it not be worth it to try and learn something about these "monsters?" [2] Ammo is scarce, so that’s why that being able to shoot and doing it with precision becomes a vital skill where, Andrea, a young blonde woman, is showing to be the best shooter of the group.

The Walking Dead: Compendium 1 - Robert Kirkman - Google Books The Walking Dead: Compendium 1 - Robert Kirkman - Google Books

I like the concept. I like the dark no-one-is-safe atmosphere. The art is fittingly bleak and gritty, if not particularly inspired. So what is it that makes zombie stories so popular? Why do people love books like this one, or Pride and Prejudice and Zombies or World War Z? Why do movies like Shaun of the Dead and Night of the Living Dead and even Resident Evil get people so excited? It certainly isn't because of the zombies, although it is always fun to see the special effects improve.My favorite television series The Walking Dead is not like that. I read the first compendium of the comix it was based on to see if they were like that. They are not. They are full of rich post-traumatic goodness. Er, badness. This is about people who are so messed up by the zombie apocalypse that you realize the title may really be referring to them.

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a collection of concise but detailed information about a particular subject, especially in a book or other publication. das Ende, das im Nachwort erwähnt und als schlecht abgestempelt wird, hätte ich ziemlich gut gefunden Before recent wars and criminal adventures and subsequent psycho-medical research and publicity, PTSD was all but ignored by zombie comix.

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If these questions interest you more than simple zombie killing, The Walking Dead will make you very happy. Yes, there are zombie killings aplenty (drawn in super graphic detail, to the point where you probably shouldn't be eating anything while you read this), but the zombies are not the problem here. These aren't 28 Days Later zombies (which, if we're going to get technical, weren't really zombies at all) that are smart and run scary fast. These are slow, dumb, lumbering things that hunt mainly by smell, and whose strategy for finding food is basically to wander around and hope to stumble within grabbing distance of something edible. The zombies in The Walking Dead are not a huge threat. The threat is the people left behind, trying to make a life in this disaster wasteland aftermath. What I am saying is, I loved this huge ass volume. It was everything I expected it to be and more. Everything I look for in a source material. This graphic novel has eluded me for so long, I've been meaning to read it for such a long time, so this felt like homecoming to me. In more ways than one. I’ve read this series over years. YEARS. I’ve waited two years in between each compendium. It’s been a journey, and it’s bittersweet that I won’t be anticipating another two years of waiting. Ja, es macht mich traurig, Abschied zu nehmen, denn jeder einzelne Charakter ist mir ans Herz gewachsen - auf die ein oder andere Art und Weise. Von einigen mussten wir uns schon früh verabschieden, andere blieben bis zum Schluss. Many thanks to my brother Michael for knowing I would enjoy this, and I look forward to watching the AMC television adaptation.