The Walking Dead Compendium Volume 1

by Robert Kirkman

Charlie Adlard (Artist) and Cliff Rathburn (Artist)

Introducing the first eight volumes of the fan-favorite, New York Times
Best Seller series collected into one massive paperback collection! Collects The
Walking Dead #1-48. This is the perfect collection for any fan of the Emmy
Award-winning television series on AMC: over one thousand pages chronicling the
beginning of Robert Kirkman's Eisner Award-winning continuing story of survival
horror- from Rick Grimes' waking up alone in a hospital, to him and his family
seeking solace on Hershel's farm, and the controversial introduction of Woodbury
despot: The Governor. In a world ruled by the dead, we are finally forced to
finally start living.

• ISBN10: 1607060760
• ISBN13: 9781607060765
• Publish Date: 19 May 2009
• Publish Status: Active
• Publish Country: US
• Imprint: Image Comics
• Format: Paperback
• Pages: 1088
• Language: English

Reviews

[adamfortuna]

After the ambiguous ending to the TV show for The Walking Dead, I couldn't help but want to see what would happen next. Sure, the TV show is different from the comic, I get that, but still there's so many similarities that I immediately started reading through the comic to see what might happen.

The Compendium #1 covers the first 48 issues of the comic - up until after the prison arc. Everything happens so fast compared to the show, that it took some getting used to. This was the first comic I've read, but I can say it was addictive from the start. Even re-reading parts I'd watched in the show and determining the small differences between the comic was a lot of fun.

[violetpeanut]

I picked this up because I'm a huge fan of the show and I was curious. It's interesting to see the differences between the two - and there are many. The overall themes and moods are the same and many of the plot points are the same but there are major character differences.

I think really I would rate this 3.5 stars. While I enjoy the art, atmosphere and general plot, I felt the writing itself was a little lacking. Dialogue is many times cheesy or downright ridiculous. It's not horrible, just annoying in some places. I'm definitely going to keep reading the series, though and would definitely recommend to fans of the show.