The gang continue their trek across America. They are all converging with Mother Abigail or the Man in Black. The man in Black is making it either your are with him or you are against him. There are some crazy people out there and people are dying.This continues to tell this story true to the source. It is very well done. I'm enjoying this and I can't wait to get the next volume.

(This review was originally published by GraphicNovelReporter.com on July 20, 2012)Adaptations are a tricky business. Stray too far from the source material or inject different plot or character developments and you're ostracized for not being beholden to the material. Follow it too closely and you're criticized for being derivative. Finding a happy medium isn't always easy, particularly when you care so much for the original. I've always been a huge Stephen King fan, and I rank The Stand as one...

A good abridged adaption. High contrast, stunning artwork. It stands on its own, and is a great introduction to the larger work.

I continue to be impressed with The Stand graphic novel series. It really does justice to the source material. Having recently reread the book (within the past couple of years), it has been easy to make a comparison. I am so glad that it has stayed true to the book – this didn’t need to stray! Also, I am sure it was difficult to take a very verbose novel and figure out how to tell it with just a few words and pictures.Speaking of pictures, as much as I like the story, I am not super gung-ho abou...

Rating this series is tricky because I'm not sure how I would appreciate it without having read the original source so long ago. Even when characters and events aren't explored in as much depth, my memory starts filling in the gaps. It makes it difficult to judge the characters as portrayed separately from the original novel. I'm almost tempted to read The Stand again since it would be more gratifying than waiting for the rest of this series to be released.

I enjoyed this installment way more than the second, and every bit as much as the first. Why 4 stars? The art. The art was a serious bummer. It was still gritty at times, but the brighter colors, rounder images, and more inconsistent depictions of the main characters (most criminally Abigail) let the story down. You could still work in the brightness, I mean Nebraska needs to be bright and hopeful, but the world was a demonstrably bonkers place and the overall palate didn't match. As an adaptati...

M-O-O-N spells boring.

Tom Cullen was an intriguing character, out of all of them. Still, not a book for me.

Best part? The evil weasels. :) Worst part? Where's Joe's underpants?Sigh. Still, the art is good and the plot is moving along FAST. What can we expect in 6 volumes that took something around 1,200 pages to tell? lol

The difficulty of adapting a massive book like The Stand starts to show. The pacing in this volume isn't great and the vast amount of characters make it hard to keep up characterization. Still, the comic remains VERY true to the original and you can feel the love of everyone involved has for it.

Ok so this book took a turn downhill a bit. The tension in and within the characters are amping up to level 11...but the narrative suffers here a bit since there's SO MUCH exposition to get through with so many characters. I blame King, not the Marvel adaptation. But really, I don't know how the story could've gotten around this part. Even in the novel, this is the toughest part to get through...just the sheer amount of "getting to know" all 20 characters a bit. And in a shortened, abbreviated g...

I had never forgotten how great this story was, these graphic novels are just reaffirming how right I was. I had really missed these characters.

As per my usual with graphic novels, I'll start with the art. Since I read and reviewed The Stand: Captain Trips and The Stand: American Nightmares several months ago, I've read The Dark Tower, Volume 1: The Gunslinger Born and The Dark Tower, Volume 2: The Long Road Home. I had already given Mike Perkins' art 5 stars for The Stand volumes 1 and 2, but after reading the 2 Dark Tower graphics and seeing Jae Lee's minimalist art in them, I actually appreciate Perkins' art in these The Stand books

Nick Andros continues on his trek across America, stumbling across Tom Cullen, a mentally handicapped survivor of the plague. While the two aren't exactly compatible at first, they soon realize that they're important to one another after two near death experiences. We're also catching up on Larry Underwood's journey as he meets up with Nadine Cross and her much younger companion.Stu Redman collides with Frannie and Harold as they're on their way to Vermont. Harold holds his ground as he's not ex...

This continues to be an excellent adaptation of King's epic novel. The characterizations are spot on, the narrative flows nicely and the artwork truly captures the magnitude of the action. It would have been no small feat to re-imagine the sprawling, 1000+ pages of the novel into this projected 6 book series, and I'm impressed by what I've seen so far. Like any adaptation, choices have to be made, things left out or glossed over, but so far the overall integrity of King's story and The Stand's l...

Really impressed!!!

We meet Mother Abigail and Tom 'M.O.O.N. Spells everything' Cullen in this one. Lots of Tom/Nick/Frannie and Stu - my fave characters.

Tom Cullen has always been one of my favorite King characters so I was thrilled when he was introduced. Julie was a high-toned bitch just like she is in the novel, so that felt right as well.What I didn't love about this installment was the art work. I usually read comics a little slow because I am so enamored with the art on the page, but this time I just flipped on through. The images were too bright and hopeful looking for the tale. Things were more more,,,I don't know, "rounded", for lack of...

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️Plot: Nick Andros is travelling with the child-like Tom Cullen towards Nebraska and Mother Abigail. Meanwhile, Stu, Fran, and co. find themselves fighting for their lives while also trying to save others in a bad situation...Genre: Apocalyptic & post-apocalyptic, horror, thriller, graphic novel, dark fantasy. ----------I'm not really sure about how to go about reviewing these graphic novels. Let me preface by saying that I'm a huge fan of the novel version of The Stand; it's without a do...