hauckly Posted March 11, 2004 Report Share Posted March 11, 2004 Hey I'm shilling for the comic series The Walking Dead here. No, not the OLD Walking Dead series, the NEW one. I recently returned to comics after years of shunning them because of WWE-esque storylines and explanations (Magneto avoids being burned alive by deflecting heat along Earth's magnetic lines?? YEAH RIGHT... ) I was drawn back in by these lesser comic publishers like Image and Dreamwave who seem to care about their work far more than the "big box" publishers. Anyway, The Walking Dead is an amazing comic that's more about the people still living than the walking zombies that they encounter. I was surprised by the amount of emotion and feeling Kirkman and Moore have put into this thing. Anyone else out there reading and enjoying this series? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darque Edge Posted March 11, 2004 Report Share Posted March 11, 2004 I've not read it yet, but it sounds intriguing. Who's the publisher? Fancy giving us more information? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hauckly Posted March 18, 2004 Author Report Share Posted March 18, 2004 I've not read it yet, but it sounds intriguing. Who's the publisher? Fancy giving us more information? sure. It's published by Image and is approaching the fifth issue with a TPB coming out shortly of the first four or five (They're trying to get new readers on board since they're largely word-of-mouth advertisers). The comic is published monthly and is (interestingly enough) all black and white with the exception of the covers. Don't worry-the quality is such that the B&W doesn't detact from it at all. The story basically starts out a la 28 days later (although the people working on it swear it was done long before the movie came out) With a cop who gets hurt and wakes up a month or so later. While he was in a coma a strange disease sweeps across the nation and he wakes up in a real-life Resident Evil world. The comic follows him as he attempts to find his family and slowly comes to the realization that there's not going to be any "return to normal" and he's got to learn to live in this messed-up world of walking zombies. Notice I didn't say survive-the comic keeps the "blast the zombie" content low and the writers keep mentioning that that particualr trend will continue. As I stated before, it's more about how people learn to live in a world sans civilization than a story about evil zombies. Issues of The Walking Dead are routinely listed on Ebay and the TPB is coming out soon..either way I'd recommend getting in on this comic! -Hauckly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricky Paradise Posted February 11, 2005 Report Share Posted February 11, 2005 I've collected this since issue 1...and all I have to say is Kirkman = Zombie God. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Posted June 21, 2007 Report Share Posted June 21, 2007 I read the collected first year the other day and liked it, but didn't love it. I understand that it's more about characterisation than mythology, but for me there wasn't enough explanation for what the hell had actually happened. Like, where the zombies actually came from. The concept of an open-ended zombie film is pretty awesome, though, and I expect that more will be revealed as the series continues. The art's pretty great too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuaveStar Posted May 10, 2009 Report Share Posted May 10, 2009 Going to be abit of a bump but since thursday i have read the first five trades and all I can say is. DAMN Though, my one gripe is the origin of the zombies hasn't been truly explained, though the sort of explanation that was given was great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stavros Posted May 11, 2009 Report Share Posted May 11, 2009 I like that its not explained, at the moment there is no reason the people we are following should know why there are zombies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aaron Robinson Posted May 11, 2009 Report Share Posted May 11, 2009 Yeah, I’m fine with them keeping the zombies unexplained. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuaveStar Posted May 11, 2009 Report Share Posted May 11, 2009 Yeah, I've finished volume 7 and it's almost like they are taking the zombies out of the equation and just saying "Look, it's character driven first, zombies second." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coolguy Posted May 11, 2009 Report Share Posted May 11, 2009 really i only read the first trade, and i am really looking forward to buying the more when i get the money. I really like how it pulls you in really quickly, and the first time i read it i couldn't put it down until i finished. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuaveStar Posted May 11, 2009 Report Share Posted May 11, 2009 I know what you mean. I thought I would read volume one and that would be it, but it got so good, so fast. I was lucky and was able to get a few in a buy one get one half price thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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