The Walking Dead, Volume 1: Days Gone Bye by Robert Kirkman

"How many hours are in a day when you don't spend half of them watching television? When is the last time any of us really worked to get something we wanted? How long has it been since any of us really needed something that we wanted? The world we knew is gone. The world of commerce and frivolous necessity has been replaced by a world of survival and responsibility. 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. No government, no grocery stores, no mail delivery, no cable TV. In a world ruled by the dead, we are forced to finally start living"--Page 4 of cover.

The first volume in the most valuable and popular modern era comic franchise, and one of the first comics I ever read. The Walking Dead remains my favorite comic series out there, and I re-read it every other year. Focusing on the first volume, Tony Moore, the artist, is just so good, and the first 6 issues are so visceral in appearance, specifically some scenes in issue 5, that leave a lasting impression. There's a reason Moore and Kirkman did the series in black and white: to get away with being more graphic, without inherent bloody imagery.

Estranho.
Um tanto quanto muito violento
E embora muitos gostem, não faz muito meu estilo de zumbi, esses zumbis que o importante da história não é o zumbi e sim o monte de falcatrua que a história carrega consigo como segundo plano...
Enfim...

(spoilers ahead, but I'm assuming you've seen the show)

Honestly? Boring. None of the stuff with Merle and his hand and stuff happens way too quick. Shane?? Dead already??? What?! Way too quick. I get that it's a comic but it's way too fast and spends way too much time on stuff that doesn't really matter, like some throwaway line about Christians?

But don't get me wrong. The art keeps this from being a 2 stars. It looks so good! I just had to stare at the full page of art with the tank and all the zombies to just admire how much effort the artist put in to drawing every individual fly and maggot! Really great stuff, just a shame it isn't as good as the TV show.

If you read this comic, do not read it instead of watching the TV program. Watch The Walking Dead! It's so much better! Read this for the art (which is incredible), or as a comparison or any number of things, but don't read it instead of the show!