Frantic, Rick heads straight for home in search of his wife and child. Instead, he finds an empty house and streets filled with the walking dead...or flesh-eating zombies. A few lone survivors catch him up to speed: within a few months, an epidemic caused an unstoppable outbreak of "those things." One bite and you're a goner... The last communication heard was an order for citizens to gather in large cities for protection. Rick assumes his missing family must have traveled to Atlanta, the nearest city, so he sets off to find them there.
Robert Kirkman, the creator of The Walking Dead graphic novel series says, "For me the worst part of every zombie movie is the end. I always want to know what happens next. Even when all the characters die at the end... I just want it to keep going." And that is this story.
The artist Tony Moore does a fantastic job creating gruesome decomposing zombies and scenes of destruction. My only criticism of volume 1 is that some scenes seem rushed and conclude too quickly--I would have enjoyed more sequences, action, and plot and character detail. (But, all of that could be coming in the following volumes). Overall, this is a compelling story and a fast read. Don't make the same mistake I made; make sure you have the next volume nearby!
Happy Halloween!
--Megan
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I either want a) zombie apocalypse b) to be "zombified" or c) to be locked in the library in case any zombies attack (sort of goes with a, but I want everything to go back to normal...zombies are scary).
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