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The Walking Dead, Vol. 7: The Calm Before (The Walking Dead trade paperbacks #7)
Lori's pregnancy has come to term, and the birth is near. After everything they've been through, nothing can prepare Rick and the other survivors for what they are about to experience. A major turning point in the series is reached.
Paperback, 136 pages
Published
November 9th 2010
by Image Comics
(first published September 26th 2007)
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I realize this is the review for Volume Seven of The Walking Dead series; however, can there be anything good coming in volume eight when the title of the seventh chapter is The Calm Before? Robert Kirkman takes an entire chapter to lull his readers into a bit of complacency. Perhaps he is trying to get his readers to experience the idea he is driving home in this volume: sit in safety long enough and you will forget how to protect yourself.
The lack of good times and warm moments s...more
The lack of good times and warm moments s...more
If I had been paying attention to the title of this volume, then the ending wouldn't be as surprising. One thing I've come to like about this series is that the creators always save a nice punch for the last page. You know you are at the end because you feel it is the last sheet of paper in the book, and when you turn that page, it ends on a strong image.
This segment in the story had lots of small events: a wedding, the birth of Lori's baby, an excursion to get supplies, Dale's leg...more
This segment in the story had lots of small events: a wedding, the birth of Lori's baby, an excursion to get supplies, Dale's leg...more
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While my enjoyment of The Calm Before is way down compared to the other installments I've read of The Walking Dead, I think there was a real story telling wisdom behind the lull in action crafted by Robert Kirkman.
Our crew of survivors are still hanging out in the prison, and time goes by -- for the characters -- rather quickly. Some shit happens: Lori give birth to Judith; Dale loses his foot (the first successful amputation of a Zombie infected limb) and starts to suspect Andrea an...more
Our crew of survivors are still hanging out in the prison, and time goes by -- for the characters -- rather quickly. Some shit happens: Lori give birth to Judith; Dale loses his foot (the first successful amputation of a Zombie infected limb) and starts to suspect Andrea an...more
حقا لا أصدق ما أراه بعينى من وصول الرسوم الكاريكاترية إلى هذا المستوى
كم هى رائعة بما تحتوى من تفاصيل مذهلة تشعرك وكأنك داخل المشهد
بالإضافة أنه يروق لى أسلوب الحوار بين الأشخاص بشدة
قصة ذلك العمل تدور حول انتشار أحد الأوبئة التى جعلت البشر أشبه بالزومبى من آكلى لحوم البشر ويستعرض محاولات بعض الناجين البقاء على ظهر الأرض فى ظل عدم وجود أدنى أمل فى استمرار الحياة بقيادة الشرطى ريك
بالاستمرار فى القراءة أشعر بروعة متابعة الأحداث ، فالقصة مشوقة حقا
لا عجب ح...more
كم هى رائعة بما تحتوى من تفاصيل مذهلة تشعرك وكأنك داخل المشهد
بالإضافة أنه يروق لى أسلوب الحوار بين الأشخاص بشدة
قصة ذلك العمل تدور حول انتشار أحد الأوبئة التى جعلت البشر أشبه بالزومبى من آكلى لحوم البشر ويستعرض محاولات بعض الناجين البقاء على ظهر الأرض فى ظل عدم وجود أدنى أمل فى استمرار الحياة بقيادة الشرطى ريك
بالاستمرار فى القراءة أشعر بروعة متابعة الأحداث ، فالقصة مشوقة حقا
لا عجب ح...more
Am I the only human alive who doesn't like Laurie? She always NEEDS something when important zombie action is taking place--like a pregnancy test or something. "I'm Sorry, I know it's a lot to ask, but while you're in town...fighting zombie hoards....could you????" AHhhhhhh!!! Stop it, Laurie. You're making us look bad. First, sleeping with Shane when your husband wasn't even cold in his grave and now you're having a baby?! Whose baby is this, Laurie? And why is Rick so damn unde...more
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The whole time I was reading this volume, I couldn't shake the memory of the original "Dawn of the Dead". The world has gone to zombie hell, our heroes have been savaged and barely survived but now they're managing to carve out a niche for themselves. Life is continuing again: people are getting married, having babies, laughing and playing in the sun. For a short while it seems that their biggest threat is ennui - which still manages to claim victims.
The volume picks up ...more
The volume picks up ...more
I've been slowly working my way through the trades for this series. I almost didn't make it past the first trade on this one. The series was pretty well hyped, but I wasn't sold. The owner of a local comic shop urged me to at least read the second - and I'm glad I did.
The Walking Dead is a character driven comic. It focuses on the human condition, and just happens to occasionally have a few zombies here and there.
Kirkman's talent with this series is that somehow he leaves...more
The Walking Dead is a character driven comic. It focuses on the human condition, and just happens to occasionally have a few zombies here and there.
Kirkman's talent with this series is that somehow he leaves...more
As the title of this trade suggestions, this is a comparatively quiet story arc which -after the last two trades- is a pleasant change of pace. instead of high drama and violent action, we get a chance to watch characters bounce off each other a bit, and take stock of where they are mentally and emotionally. Which is good since the next volume promises to be a return to all out action.
I do like that, at this point in the story, Adlard's art does a good job of conveying how physicall...more
I do like that, at this point in the story, Adlard's art does a good job of conveying how physicall...more
This one picked up right where the other left off. Everything is pretty calm (hence the title). Lori starts to tell Rick about her and Shane but Rick shuts her down. Not a very typical response but ok. Anyway as expected Lori has her baby, they give it a stupid name, and everything is still ok.
My one problem with this volume (like most of the volumes or books before this) is the conversation. It doesn't seem realistic. Maybe I just don't know people who would talk like this. It is enough t...more
My one problem with this volume (like most of the volumes or books before this) is the conversation. It doesn't seem realistic. Maybe I just don't know people who would talk like this. It is enough t...more
The title is fitting and this volume was chock full of Kirkman character development goodness.
So much happens! Really I think this, aside from the first volume, is the best so far at individual development of characters. After the Woodbury incident and story arc everyone realizes they need to restock on ammunition and supplies if they are to survive any possible attack by Woodbury which seems imminent now. Rick comes to terms that with his new disability he can't do everything and be ...more
So much happens! Really I think this, aside from the first volume, is the best so far at individual development of characters. After the Woodbury incident and story arc everyone realizes they need to restock on ammunition and supplies if they are to survive any possible attack by Woodbury which seems imminent now. Rick comes to terms that with his new disability he can't do everything and be ...more
Another great volume.
"Calm", as used in this volume's title is extremely relative. Any amount of calm, peace, happiness, or hope our band of survivors gain is sure to get crushed. Horribly. Why should we expect anything different now?
This is the first volume I've read since watching the TV series and I'm beginning to think that the show really screwed up a few things (bad). Characters in the graphic novel have several questions that are always on their minds an...more
"Calm", as used in this volume's title is extremely relative. Any amount of calm, peace, happiness, or hope our band of survivors gain is sure to get crushed. Horribly. Why should we expect anything different now?
This is the first volume I've read since watching the TV series and I'm beginning to think that the show really screwed up a few things (bad). Characters in the graphic novel have several questions that are always on their minds an...more
I think this is the best in the series so far. Like a good TV show we've gotten to know a lot of the main characters through the events that have happened to them. So in this volume, the things that happen can be more subtle. Looks and gestures mean a lot. It also seems that a lot of the characters have turned a corner as to this new life they lead and have come to terms with choices they have made.
Of course, there's an underlying tension throughout, the "calm before the storm"...more
Of course, there's an underlying tension throughout, the "calm before the storm"...more
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As evidenced by the cover, Lori's pregnancy is coming up. With the new doctor's arrival at the prison, hopefully the childbirth goes smoothly. Zombies are still ever-present. People are still struggling. Despite it all, life is finally returning to normalcy.
The Calm Before is a mostly mellowed addition to the continuing serial. Many of the pages are devoted to personal musings and daily struggles. There are a few events to happen, one that left me scratching my head confused. ...more
The Calm Before is a mostly mellowed addition to the continuing serial. Many of the pages are devoted to personal musings and daily struggles. There are a few events to happen, one that left me scratching my head confused. ...more
After the last trade left me feeling a little flat 'The Calm Before' returns back to the more character driven focus rather than event driven. As such it's more enjoyable, more personal and more engaging. There's one big important event that's been building up for a while but the rest is taken up with character building and interactions. It's well done. Then you get to the final, inevitable final splash page. And that's for the next trade. I'm not sure whether I should be looking forward t...more
Much of The Calm Before focused on the survivors engaging in pre-apocalypse behaviors. A wedding, a birth, a basketball game, some gardening, "shopping", choosing which movie to watch next and the like. As the title suggests, their opportunity to indulge in the little things they took for granted before the zombie outbreak was inevitably short-lived, leading up to a not-too-surprising last page attack.
Of course, it wouldn't be an installment of The Walking Dead without bloo...more
Of course, it wouldn't be an installment of The Walking Dead without bloo...more
Volume 7 of the Walking Dead picks up where the last one left off, with the survivors back at the prison, ultimately preparing for an attack by the Woodbury survivors. I stated in the last review that this volume needed to show a little more sophistication to keep the series on track.
Fortunately, this is exactly what happens. The name of this book is incredibly fitting to the situation that the survivors find themselves in. They know that the events are a calm before the storm, and ...more
Fortunately, this is exactly what happens. The name of this book is incredibly fitting to the situation that the survivors find themselves in. They know that the events are a calm before the storm, and ...more
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So things DO calm down a little in "The Calm Before" (volume 7 of the series), but not so much that isn't still an amazing series.
Our survivors have withstood zombies, other, less co-operative survivors, and each other. Can they finally let their guards down and try to live in peace? Not just yet, it seems...
With pregnancies, conflicts, and merely surviving putting them to the test, the survivors must rough it out still. Some things have calmed, but others ar...more
Our survivors have withstood zombies, other, less co-operative survivors, and each other. Can they finally let their guards down and try to live in peace? Not just yet, it seems...
With pregnancies, conflicts, and merely surviving putting them to the test, the survivors must rough it out still. Some things have calmed, but others ar...more
Reprints The Walking Dead #37-42. The survivors prepare for an attack by Woodbury and discover that things are starting to go their way. The Walking Dead is a slow moving title (ironically), but solid as collections. I still have a bit of a problem with the art in that some of the characters become indistinguishable with the black & white art. The development of characters is starting to show, but the nature of the comic doesn't always allow characters to be fully realized.
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Finally a volume where our heroes actually are safe, healthy, and thriving. The volume takes place during the summer months and shows life in the prison safe from the zombies. The gang begins to harvest the food they planted and enjoy fresh food. The women basketball team consistantly defeats the men's team, and Rick celebrates the birth of his daughter, Judy. All is well until the final pages where Govenor comes knocking with an army and a tank!
For a few days in early April 2010, I was on a WALKING DEAD tear, there! Gosh if this is about Rick's wife's pregnancy (as the cover suggests) that seems like it was AGES ago within the WALKING DEAD universe, from the perspective of me as a reader. I guess that's what happens when you read nine volumes of a graphic novel in as many months but don't bother to write any reviews while in the midst of readin' 'em!
What a perfect title for the this book! It progresses as a mini update on the characters and the state of affairs as they stand now. If you forgot how many people died in the previous books, book 7 fills you in with a list of names. You think they are settling into a routine then ... BAM! Horrendous tragedy strikes again. Kirkman has his thumb pressed on a nerve and HE NEVER LETS UP!!!! I love The Walking Dead!
Robert Kirkman, The Walking Dead: The Calm Before (Image, 2007)
Kirkman has finally achieved one of the goals he set for himself at the beginning of this series. Yeah, it's always been more about the people than the zombies, but The Calm Before is the book where the zombies are truly window dressing, despite one memorable scene where they take center stage; this is much less a book about the death and devastation of the world around the survivors than it is about their life. Don't get...more
Kirkman has finally achieved one of the goals he set for himself at the beginning of this series. Yeah, it's always been more about the people than the zombies, but The Calm Before is the book where the zombies are truly window dressing, despite one memorable scene where they take center stage; this is much less a book about the death and devastation of the world around the survivors than it is about their life. Don't get...more
Joss Whedon used to wear the crown as the King of Making Characters Suffer, but Kirkman has usurped that cruel Lord of Story with shocking brutality, a teensy slice of compassion and tenderness, and narrative extremes that manage to stay within the bounds of what one would expect.
Downright disturbing, but addictive, the Zombie Apocalypse hasn't been done better.
Downright disturbing, but addictive, the Zombie Apocalypse hasn't been done better.
I liked this book and everything, and not to say that it wasn't full of the f***ed up s**t that these book aren't always filled with, but this book was full of more positive things then negative. Dale survives a zombie bite, Lori has her baby, no one killed anyone else, no one was unintentionally killed my a zombie (those someone committed suicide via zombie). But it was almost too positive to the point that it stressed me out because I just knew something bad had to happen, because something ba...more
The fall-out from the previous volume, showcased here, is far more interesting than the previous and subsequent volumes put together. The entire Governer storyline is the worst thing that could happen to a story like this and it feels hamfisted, amateurish and contrived. A definite low-point for the series. That said, this interstitial volume focuses on the prison community itself and their characters...and that makes it worth reading. Shame you have to suffer through the previous and subsequent...more
This wasn't a particularly exciting arc, which is kind of a relief. This is a comic that is very intense, so it's good to take a breather every now and then and inject some hope and peace into its bleak, horrible world. One hopes that the characters enjoyed their respite because the last page makes it clear that they are about to get punished in the next trade.
as the title suggests, this edition was far more mellow than previous volumes. while others may say that this is boring, it really leads to depth of characters and overall character development. how many times could they go do the same thing, killing zombies in the same way, and still make it interesting for the reader? well done Mr. Kirkman, well done.
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Robert Kirkman is an American comic book writer best known for his work on The Walking Dead, Invincible for Image Comics, as well as Ultimate X-Men and Marvel Zombies for Marvel Comics. He has also collaborated with Image Comics co-founder Todd McFarlane on the series Haunt. He is one of the five partners of Image Comics, and the only one of the five who was not one of the original co-founders of ...more
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