The Walking Dead
Volume 1: Days Gone Bye

Name: The Walking Dead: Volume 1: Days Gone Bye
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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.
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Product Description

Artist

Terry Moore

Author

Robert Kirkman

Binding

trade paperback

Cat No.

863070

EAN

978158240358800999

Genre

Horror

ISBN

9781582403588

Promotion

Zombies

Publisher

Image Comics

Series

Walking Dead

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Type

Graphic Novels

Type Name

Graphic Novel(|s)

Volume

1
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.

Rick Grimes finds himself one of the few survivors in this terrifying future. Separated from his family, he must now sort through all the death and confusion to try and find his wife and son. In a world ruled by the dead, we are forced to finally begin living.

Amazing stuff!

Contains issues 1-6.

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4 out of 5
This is a strong Thumbs Up! 365GraphicNovels
13 May 2012

This is a tale of what happens to ordinary people when the zombies rise up and start eating everyone. A tale you have seen told dozens of times I am sure but this is on course to become possibly the definitive work of this genre. Any good apocalyptic story is all about the people left behind. It is a mirror of ourselves at the worst of times. In the introduction the author states this will be a mature, character-driven piece that is here for the long haul. At 16 volumes and going strong this is a rare chance to tell an epic tale of humanity. It is indeed very well written.

For those of you familiar with the recent television adaptation and have a thirst for more this is an excellent way of getting your fix. They start off mirroring each other with the comic like a living storyboard. Scene for scene and even shot for shot they are twined but slowly they start to go their separate ways with each playing to their strengths. Characters are missing and scenes are altered before they each pick a different dramatic finale.

The art is excellent. The artist has a unique style and is not trying to ape any mainstream title. It isn’t black and white it is grey and dark grey. This subtle pallet is used to great effect to portray their cold, bleak new world. The panel structure and layout is superb with no default setting. There are exactly enough images per page to tell the story from nine down to one. It has a real cinematic feel with lots of short little frames to move the story along, page wide strips to emphasize emotion and the bold full page image to stop you dead. There are some nice page-end cliff-hangers to get your heart racing. The characters are all well-defined and consistent. The facial expressions are very well done allowing you to truly feel their emotions.

It starts expertly with lots of pictures and little dialogue to convey the loneliness and isolation of this stark new world. It does unfold at a cracking pace and before you know it you are in the middle sharing the hopes and fears of these everyday folk. All too soon there is a dramatic turn, people die and once again you have been thrown into unfamiliar territory in this grave new world. This is a strong Thumbs Up!

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5 out of 5
Utterly Brilliant. Buy It Now! James Watson
13 January 2012

When I first picked this up, it was for nothing more than a quick glance to see what all the fuss was about. Naïvely, I was a little put off by the fact that it was in black and white, but then I started reading it. What I found was one of the most brilliant (and most consistently brilliant) comics I had ever encountered. While it might be classed as a horror comic, it’s actually a well-written drama featuring compelling human characters, with human faults and emotions. No one is completely perfect, and no one is infallible.

The main protagonist, Sheriff Rick Grimes is a remarkable character, unlike any other in comics today. When we first meet him, he’s engaged in a shoot out which ends badly, waking up in a hospital bed some time later, he finds he’s left stranded in a zombie-ridden wasteland, and sets out to find his family. What follows is a journey like no other, as Rick finds out the lengths he – and the people he encounters – are willing to go to in order to protect the ones they love.

Be warned, the series is incredibly violent throughout, but it never comes across as gratuitous, although it is always shocking. There are moments of humour, as well as fantastic action scenes, spliced between heartbreaking, poignant drama.

Also, as soon as you’ve finished reading Volume 1, you’ll want to read all of them, so make some space on your shelf and say goodbye to your savings.

This was the top selling graphic novel of 2011 for a reason. It’s brilliant. Believe the hype.

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