The Walking Dead Volume 1: Days Gone Bye

by Robert Kirkman

Tony Moore (Artist)

• 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. A
  couple months ago he was a small town cop who had never fired a shot and only
  ever saw one dead body. 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.

• ISBN10: 1582403589
• ISBN13: 9781582403588
• Publish Date: 25 May 2004
• Publish Status: Out of Print
• Out of Print: 3 October 2007
• Publish Country: US
• Imprint: Image Comics
• Format: Paperback
• Pages: 144
• Language: English

Reviews

[kiracanread]

The perfect introduction to the Walking Dead universe.

[celinenyx]

Eh.

I like the idea of the Walking Dead graphic novel series. The set-up is pretty standard, but the scope and depth of feeling helps set the series apart. However, the story was so formulaic and sexist that I'm not sure I want to continue reading them. Why bother creating so many female characters if all they do is complain and get killed. Was really hoping for something better.

[Chelsea]

There seems to be a zombie thing going on in the world of books and movies right now. A lot of movies and books and even tv shows have a zombie theme. I’m usually not a big fan of zombies. They’re pretty boring because the zombies don’t act like humans at all and to me that basically makes them animals. Who wants to read about a bunch of animals who don’t talk or feeling anything like humans do? Certainly not me.

BUT.

This book got me hooked at the start. Somehow the author made you pity these zombies. They just wander around and never die, even if they’re missing half their body like at the start of the book. He makes you pity most of the characters because nothing good happens to them ever. It’s a pretty depressing book. What I really love about it is that it’s not just about the zombies. You see these people trying to cope with losing loved ones and existing with these terrible creatures. They make it look easy but we all know if there was a zombie apocalypse, the majority of use would be dead. Me included. It’s a harsh book if you think about it but it was really entertaining. I’m looking forward to the next one.

Also, I’ve started watching the tv series and it’s not as good as everyone says. The books are way better and more interesting. In the tv show a lot of the characters are whiny and annoying while in the books they’re complete badasses.

I also don’t usually read graphic novels. I’m mostly a novel person. Graphic novels remind me of comic books which I associate with people who like the pictures more than the story. I prefer picturing the characters myself, not having someone draw it out for me. I’ve been getting into graphic novels more lately. Possibly because a lot of my favourite book are coming up with them and I can’t miss anything by these authors. I’m really glad I gave this one a chance. These graphic novels are either a hit or miss for me and this one was a hit.

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[boghunden]

Jeg følger trofast med i tv-serien, og fik lyst til at kaste mig ud i det originale værk. Jeg glæder mig allerede til at få fingrene i næste bind i serien, der virkelig er godt tegnet og også har en masse humor.

At den er lavet i sort/hvid betød absolut intet for mig, jeg synes næsten bare det var et plus. Der var masser af detaljer med, hvor det var nødvendigt, og det gjorde bogen overskuelig.

Jeg ved ikke rigtig, hvad jeg havde forventet, men det var i hvert fald ikke det her. Jeg troede nok ikke, at jeg ville kende historien så godt i forvejen, bare fordi jeg har set tv-serien. Jeg er virkelig imponeret over, hvor godt serien følger bogen, der var masser af ting jeg havde glemt, som jeg lige fik opfrisket. Nu har jeg faktisk fået fornyet respekt for serien, der er virkelig gjort et flot stykke arbejde med at koble bog og serie sammen. Jeg er vild med det!

[inlibrisveritas]

Where to even start? Wow...
I knew of the graphic novels back when the show was first announced, but I fear zombies so I never bothered with either. Needless to say I ended up watching the show and now I'm finally getting around to these. The biggest thing about them is the fact that it is NOT about the zombies, it's about the survivors or more specifically Rick Grimes.
There is a lot of mental things going on and it's no stretch of the imagination to see how a situation like this could really get to a person. It's kind of awesome that it focuses on that aspect more than anything else. I'm also really fond of the fact that it's not going to the same as the show, so I'll be surprised when it comes to both in the future. It's a great set up for those who move from one to the other.
It centers around normal people just trying to survive and doing what they need too to get by. It's eerie seeing Atlanta since I only live a few hours away, and it makes it that much more relatible for me. It's a very strong start for the series and I look forward to reading the rest.