This one starts during the holiday season. How fitting. There is nothing like people being killed by zombies, to put one in the Christmas spirit. :) Meeeeeeeerry Christmas!!!

Boy howdy, business really picked up in this one. There was tons of arguing, cussing, love-making, yelling, whispering, shooting, killing more zombies, zombies killing more people, etc. all throughout the book. I think where this ends is about where I abandoned the TV show. This was a fast-paced page-turner, but I felt like the site dragged on too long. I'm anxious to see what happens from here since there should be some new storylines to uncover for the first time. Boy howdy.

Just as good as the first comic, this is fast paced, tense and filled with drama. Again, it’s the social commentary on an apocalyptic world that elevates this above normal zombie fodder, with morally ambiguous characters that play fast and loose with life and death. In this instalment we see deaths, and also the introduction of some great characters - including Hershel, Maggie and co. on the farm. The action doesn’t drop at all, with weeks sometimes passing in a single frame as we follow the gro...

NEWSFLASH #1 There are A LOT of books about zombies.NEWSFLASH #2 There are A LOT of books about zombies sporting whole bags full of suck. NEWSFLASH #3 This graphic novel (what we superhero nerds call comics to sound less spandexy) is completely devoid of suck and is among the best written, most intelligent zombie stories ever. NEWSFLASH #4 I really, really like it. It’s a pretty basic set-up. Some mysterio plague-like phenom has caused zombieitis to break out and turn most of the world into mind...

Volume 1 finished with the gang leaving their campsite outside Atlanta following the showdown between Rick and his police partner Shane and Carl, Rick's son. Only two made it out alive. This, the oncoming winter and the realisation that civilisation is not going to just going to reboot itself.So off they all go in the RV, the stinky overfilled beat-up RV. But it's reliable.There are two story lines here. One where they come across something that seems perfect and the other where someone gets inj...

Insanity is clearly going to be a major theme through this story. I really like the way everyone’s stability is being tested. These graphic novels aren’t just a simple zombie beat down, they’re that too, but the real story is with the characters; it’s about how they learn to carry on and cope with their probable deaths at the hands of a pack of hungry zombies. Simply put, those that are weak will not survive. Only those that are willing to let go of the past, and live in the new world, have any

Oh my goodness, so much happens in this! Lots of new characters, lots of death, some close calls, and a big reveal, make this a very crazy ride. Again, you never know who will die, who will hook up, or who will make alliances. Every one is just trying to survive, but throwing so many new people in the mix, especially people who are related, makes for a whole new dynamic. I still hate Rick's wife. That's only getting worse, in all honesty, but I do love Rick and his son. The other characters are

***4 stars***The comic books are different enough from the TV show to keep you excited, while they still have all the awesomeness that you would expect from The Walking Dead. It's interesting to see how some of the events on the show are related to events in the graphic novel and I loved to see the characters I know and love in situations that are familiar to me from the show, but also in all new scenarios.This volume continues the tale of Rick and his company, as they're working to find their w...

AARRRGH, the zombie apocalypse continues! Rick and his miserable band of survivors leave their camp outside Atlanta and potter about the devastated countryside looking for a safe place to stay. They find an abandoned gated community that looks safe… AAAAARGGGH! ZOMBIES!!! Then they find a farm that looks safe… AARRRRGH! MORE ZOMBIES!!! Then they find a prison that looks safe… probably AAARGH! EVEN MORE ZOMBIES (we’ll find out in Volume 3)!!!!! So yeah, pretty repetitive and predictable stuff - b...

4.5 starsReally, really good! I still think these comics are much better than the show... I didn't like the artwork as much in this one, however? Is this a new Illustrator? Excited to continue on and read more!

There's always a crazy... *SMH* It's been a little bit since I read the first volume, and so, as usual, I was a bit concerned that I might have forgotten stuff. And I did, a little... but it's still early in the series and we're still getting to know the main characters anyway, so there's enough info about them to get along with. I do think that I'm going to have to pick up the pace on reading these though! Again I really liked the artwork - I love the black and white of the compendium - it kind...

BANG! POW! SHAZAM! Who wants a gun? We do! You’re babies and convicted felons! We don’t care! There are zombies! We need to kill humans!Wait, but you said the guns were for the zom . . . Oh, whatever, okay, here are your guns. BUT WHATEVER YOU DO DON’T TAKE THEM OUT OF YOUR HOLSTERS!(scene)(people make chagrinned faces.)(zombies say, “Gar.”)Not that you would know what to say anyway, but I’m going to make a long speech about feelings right now, so don’t interrupt me because we’re all old men her...

second read: April 23, 2020 new rating: 3 starskind of the same thoughts as before—fast paced and all that. i didn’t love this but it does get gritty and show that anyone can die in a *snap* and you can’t control it. also, the tyrese’s daughters bf is super sketchy. first read: March 8, 2015 old rating: 4 starsVolume 2 contains Issues #7-12I noticed that in the first two volumes of The Walking Dead, an entire season of the show has passed... It's really fast paced and i'm not even sure how

With the deadly end to the last volume the small group realise that they need to start moving; getting on the road. As the cold weather seems to subdue the Zombies the group feel safer, not realising that the bigger danger will be other people!Fan fave Maggie and her family appear for the first time as Rick and co. desperately look for anywhere safe. Kirkman and Adilard manage to successfully characterise such a large cast and make me care about them! 8 out of 12, good, but not as good as the pr...

The Walking Dead continues! This is the second volume of the softcover editions of "The Walking Dead", collecting the comic book issues from #7 to #12.Creative Team:Writer: Robert KirkmanIllustrators: Charlie Adlard Additional gray tones to inking: Cliff Rathburn Chapter Two MILES BEHIND US Okay... What the hell are we going to do now? The body count started on the first chapter making them to realize that ANYBODY may be the next one to fall, no character is truly safe here.No one is saf

Still haven't got the chance to watch the TV adaptation of this comics series but based from several reviews, the comic version is much better. So, I'm trying to read this series because I don't want to set my expectations in the TV series.Rick and his pack continues to find a safe shelter in this volume. It's understandable that they were just trying to make their shelter safe. However, there are several instances, notably in the old penitentiary, that they were trying to take over the area. I

I really like this comic series. I like how it focuses on the people and the psychological side of how people could react in a zombie apocalypse. Everyone is pretty much having sex, getting munched on or shouting at one another and I think that's pretty realistic. The artwork in this volume was not as good as the volume 1 artwork by Tony Moore. I've gotten used to it at this stage but I see Tony Moore's artwork for the covers and I just want him back! I also wish it was in colour but that's just...

I admit it: some of Robert Kirkman's dialogue is crap. I admit it: The Walking Dead descends into cheesy soap territory from time to time. I admit it: some of Chris Adlard's art seems sloppy and rushed.I admit it: the AMC series adapting this into something even better than its source material. I admit it: I am a massive geek.BUT ...Every once in a while Kirkman hits a patch of dialogue, almost always at a critical character moment, that rings emotionally pitch perfect. Take this moment between

Actual rating: 3.5 starsI liked this comic less than the first one. The thing is that I can't stop myself from comparing it to the TV show and it didn't live up to my expectations. There will be spoilers of both the TV show and the comics below.What disappointed me the most during my reading is the relationship between the characters. It felt either botched or false. I couldn't connect to the couples, not to the new ones, nor to those that are actually developed in the TV show. * Andrea / Dale *...

So the art changed in this book, and I am pretty sure the rest of the series is drawn this way. It is really something. I wish I had enough talent in me to draw.Welcome to a version of season 2 of The Walking Dead AMC. Where the barn is full of walkers, Maggie is annoying as ever (she gets better, don't worry), and Hershel believes that everything is just a phase and a cure will be drawn up soon.Maggie has a lot more siblings, Otis isn't cutely over weight, Shane is already dead, Tyreese has a d...