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The Walking Dead, Book Three (The Walking Dead #25-36)
This hardcover features another 12 issues of the hit series along with the cover art - all in one oversized hardcover volume. Perfect for long time fans, new readers and anyone interested in reading a zombie movie on paper that never ends.
Hardcover, 304 pages
Published
October 20th 2010
by Image Comics
(first published January 2nd 2007)
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This is, in my view, probably the best format to read the Walking Dead.
The hardcover is of very high quality, each hardcover contains the equivalent of 2 trade paperbacks and costs the same as two of those.
The art is slightly enlarged, making it even easier to read.
One warning though, the depiction of the last meeting between Michonne and the Governor is not for the faint of heart and will give nightmares to most people, do not put this in the hands of young children...
That being said the story...more
The hardcover is of very high quality, each hardcover contains the equivalent of 2 trade paperbacks and costs the same as two of those.
The art is slightly enlarged, making it even easier to read.
One warning though, the depiction of the last meeting between Michonne and the Governor is not for the faint of heart and will give nightmares to most people, do not put this in the hands of young children...
That being said the story...more
So far, the best of the three I've read. Very tense and gripping. I'm amazed by how they are able to continue the story along. I would give it 5 stars but can't - the artwork isn't doing it for me. Stock facial poses and some awful proportions (especially on Rick, the MAIN CHARACTER, which, I'm sorry, you should have him down by now) keeps me from giving this a full 5-star review. All the women look the same. There are times where I can't tell some of the girls apart because they're all drawn ex...more
Okay, now we're getting to some good meat. New mysteries are arising, character development is smoothing out a bit, artwork is more consistently impressive. We gain a new antagonist and oh boy is he a doozy. He works well as an example of another way (other than our protagonists' general approach of attempting to work together and protect all remaining non-zombified humans they encounter) one might respond to the reality of such a vast and sudden shift in reality. Despite the fact that I can und...more
How I Came To Read This Book: Strangely the library has a HUGE wait list on for Book Two, but barely anything for Book Three. The best I can figure is people are lining up to read the first two books which is causing a library bottleneck.
The Plot: We start off still at the prison, where our heroes have begun to settle in and feel safe. Then one day, they notice a helicopter crash in the distance. Rick, Michonne, and Glenn decide to head out and see where the helicopter came from (is it the mili...more
The Plot: We start off still at the prison, where our heroes have begun to settle in and feel safe. Then one day, they notice a helicopter crash in the distance. Rick, Michonne, and Glenn decide to head out and see where the helicopter came from (is it the mili...more
Holy crap. Wow. Just wow. There is just so much here, great storyline, constantly improving art (looks a hell of a lot better than the first book), and deep characters. This isn't a comic, it's an exploration into the human soul.
I'm an avid horror fan. Reading it, watching it, whatever. And some of the stuff done in this book made me wince and squirm. Because, it's totally possible. Stuff like that happens every day, minus the zombies. What you see here is the true nature of a person when the ru...more
I'm an avid horror fan. Reading it, watching it, whatever. And some of the stuff done in this book made me wince and squirm. Because, it's totally possible. Stuff like that happens every day, minus the zombies. What you see here is the true nature of a person when the ru...more
I started reading The Walking Dead back before zombies was the cool thing to be into and way before the TV show. What I like most about the Walking dead is that it really isn't about zombies. Shocker! Yes, it is set in a post apocalyptic time where zombies roam the earth, but so much of this series is about human relationships. It is about what different people do in survival-type situations, how they react and how they treat other people. Who steps up to be the leader, who takes what role in a...more
I know I’m woefully behind on this series, and I know that everyone who reads comics already knows how good it is, but there you go. If I have to blog about every book I read, I’m going to include this one. I was given free copies of the paperback volumes one, three and four a couple of years ago, and waited ages to read them (mostly because I wanted to pick up vol. two before I did. When I finally got around to them I realised quite how good they were – intelligent, tense, scary, all the things...more
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Well.
These books are hard to rate. How do I measure this against The Handmaid's Tale?
I will say that the books are occasionally very surprising. They frequently go in a direction different from the one in which I expect them to go.
When I use the 5-star system, I generally try to rate them on which books have the greatest effect on my life--mentally, emotionally, physically, otherwise--and these books are not doing much for me on that level. The story is good, but in the same way that Agatha Chri...more
These books are hard to rate. How do I measure this against The Handmaid's Tale?
I will say that the books are occasionally very surprising. They frequently go in a direction different from the one in which I expect them to go.
When I use the 5-star system, I generally try to rate them on which books have the greatest effect on my life--mentally, emotionally, physically, otherwise--and these books are not doing much for me on that level. The story is good, but in the same way that Agatha Chri...more
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Volume three offers more zombie (and human) violence as our intrepid survivors try to carve out a place for themselves in the post-zombie-apocalypse world. Lots of nastiness, and more than a few moments that either strain credulity or seem designed mainly to shock or to show off how bad-ass someone is, but to his credit, Kirkman devotes plenty of space and dialogue to the moral complexities of the survival imperative. I'm amused that in a book this graphically violent (and there's one sequence i...more
I am reading this series somewhat out of order. Volumes One and Two were not available at my local library, so I checked out Three and Four and read those very quickly. Quickly because the story is thrilling and compelling and I can't stand cliff-hangers. We watched the AMC series, which was very well done, so I don't feel that I missed out on reading the first two volumes so very much(although I do look forward to reading them too as soon as I get my hands on them!).
It is a horror series, what...more
It is a horror series, what...more
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Apr 15, 2013
Robert
rated it
4 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
The Walking Dead TV show fans up to season 3, comic book fans, fans of zombies
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This volume has our friends meet their neighbors. Something about that spectacularly horrible first gathering brings to mind this poem by Robert Frost:
MENDING WALL
Something there is that doesn't love a wall,
That sends the frozen-ground-swell under it,
And spills the upper boulders in the sun,
And makes gaps even two can pass abreast.
The work of hunters is another thing:
I have come after them and made repair
Where they have left not one stone on a stone,
But they would have the rabbit out of hiding,
T...more
MENDING WALL
Something there is that doesn't love a wall,
That sends the frozen-ground-swell under it,
And spills the upper boulders in the sun,
And makes gaps even two can pass abreast.
The work of hunters is another thing:
I have come after them and made repair
Where they have left not one stone on a stone,
But they would have the rabbit out of hiding,
T...more
Shit is getting pretty dark, ya'll. yikes. I feel like I have been led down the garden path by the first couple books and now something has shifted---this is not the same story...doesn't even feel like the same author.
I'm not sure I want to push my self to finish a story that is quickly losing its thread and becoming blatantly gratuitous. Not the zombies--mind you---the humans are falling apart, the center can not hold. As they disintegrate, I feel like I do too. Are the characters becoming inse...more
I'm not sure I want to push my self to finish a story that is quickly losing its thread and becoming blatantly gratuitous. Not the zombies--mind you---the humans are falling apart, the center can not hold. As they disintegrate, I feel like I do too. Are the characters becoming inse...more
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The saga of the Walking Dead and the survivors continues. Just when things seem to be settling down for Grimes and the others, Kirkman shows us that no one is safe. This volume includes the story arc of Woodbury and the Governor. For some readers, I do give warning there are some torture scenes (one of them definitely deserved retribution) that may shake the comfort level. Personally, the scenes worked for me (then again, I am used to reading some gruesome stuff overall). If nothing else, what t...more
Nov 10, 2010
Schnaucl
rated it
3 of 5 stars
Shelves:
fiction,
graphic_novel,
horror,
library,
october,
post-apocalyptic,
read_2010,
series,
zombies
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This was an absolutely brilliant entry into The Walking Dead series, and the zombie genre as a whole. Issues 25-36 take the group of human survivors beyond the threat of undead flesh eaters, and confronts them with a much more daunting opponent: humans themselves. Rick, Micchone, and Glen are held hostage by The Governor (who might just be one of the most brilliant villains in comic book history), a Hitler-like tyrant who rules a small society of survivors, giving them everything they need provi...more
One thing I've noticed with Robert Kirkman's writing is that he seems to mostly portray female characters in fairly stereotypical roles. For the most part, they are nurturers with whom the male characters have sex and protect. Looking at the female characters from the first three hardcover books it becomes evident that Kirkman either can't write women well, or is catering to his audience.
Lori is a wife and mother who spends most of the time worrying about Rick and upset he is gone.
Carol is a mot...more
Lori is a wife and mother who spends most of the time worrying about Rick and upset he is gone.
Carol is a mot...more
The rag-tag band of survivors have adjusted to living in the prison. One day they spot a helicopter go down in flames. Rick, Michonne, and Glenn head out to check on it and end up finding another group of survivors whose leader is known as The Governor. Unfortunately for them, not everyone has maintained their humanity amid the walking dead.
This entry in the series puts the graphic in graphic novel. We’re talking mutilation, torture, and rape. Also the usual murders and zombies. It is not a book...more
This entry in the series puts the graphic in graphic novel. We’re talking mutilation, torture, and rape. Also the usual murders and zombies. It is not a book...more
This collection of 12 issues really delves into the realization that there are monsters in this world far worse than the zombies. Just like the real world because basic human evil and what we can do to each other is more frightening than any monster fiction can create. We are the monsters. There are two places in this book that really turn the light on the reader as to how monstrous we can be as we find ourselves cheering on two of their heroes in personal quests that challenge a black and white...more
Once again I am bothered by all of the obsession that is placed on sex. Why do all of the women in theses books have to be whores? Why are men calmly chatting about relationships while they are surrounded by zombies? Why do I have to read the same conversation over and over again?
Once again the dialouge is less than griping and I found the rape scene that consists of Glen listening to the Governor to be over the top and overdone. One sentence followed by Glen's various facial expression would ha...more
Once again the dialouge is less than griping and I found the rape scene that consists of Glen listening to the Governor to be over the top and overdone. One sentence followed by Glen's various facial expression would ha...more
I liked book 3 a lot more than book 2 (thankfully, because I was worried it was gonna go downhill from there). It's action-packed and exciting and I didn't want to put it down, whereas with book 2 I could take it or leave it. Most of this book is spent away from the prison (whereas book 2 was contained almost entirely in the prison, which became monotonous and boring and started to feel like a zombie-age soap opera since it revolved around drama between different people in the group). Since they...more
Our group of survivors continues to cling to existence, despite the best efforts of the zombies/roamers/biters (pick a name).
When Rick and company see a helicopter crash in the distance, they set out to see if there are any survivors. What they find, however, is another settlement. This enclave has taken a totally different tactic on human survival and what people need to survive. The dichotomy between Rick's group and this group sets up a bunch of unanswerable questions; when the world falls a...more
When Rick and company see a helicopter crash in the distance, they set out to see if there are any survivors. What they find, however, is another settlement. This enclave has taken a totally different tactic on human survival and what people need to survive. The dichotomy between Rick's group and this group sets up a bunch of unanswerable questions; when the world falls a...more
My new favorite quote, something a friend of mine said which made a ton of sense to me: "Human beings are only three missed meals away from savagery." I totally agree with this, and I think Robert Kirkman might agree as well. This quote is particularly relevant when reading Kirkman's The Walking Dead. Book 3 is quite possibly the best one yet; in a story of extremes, this story arc pushes the outer boundaries of extreme. As I've mentioned before, Kirkman's comic book series stands out, not becau...more
Outstanding continuation of series, I had no clue where the series was going after the 2nd hardcover ended and now there is plenty of material for a long run with this story. I'm excited about the next hardcover and even have my girlfriend hooked on this story of humans coping with the end of modern civilization via zombies.
The Walking Dead is a graphic novel that covers what a small band of survivalists would do in a zombie apocalypse. In this third book, the main character Rick, his family, and the small group of survivors are staying in an abandoned prison. There is tension among the group, and many surprises including a suicide pact between two young lovers which of one is Terese's daughter. There is much death and zombie killing during this episode.
This is not however a good book to choose to use in the classr...more
This is not however a good book to choose to use in the classr...more
Events take a turn for the darker in the third hardcover installment of Robert Kirkman's The Walking Dead. If the plots of the first two books hearken back to stories like The Stand, where relatable characters are forced to endure apocalyptic events, then Book Three reminded me more of Cormac McCarthy's The Road, an apocalyptic tale in which good people are the exception and groups of people invariably find ways to rationalize evil behaviour.
As a standalone effort I'm not sure that Book Three qu...more
As a standalone effort I'm not sure that Book Three qu...more
This book helped me to decide to NOT prepare for the Zombie Apocalypse.
As evidenced by Alice, Martinez, and Michonne:
Alice was "going to college to become an interior designer, then the... zombies... made other plans for [her]". Then she learns a lot of medical information and becomes a sort-of doctor.
Martinez, on the other hand, was a gym teacher: "Was a time... in the beginning -- I thought I was best suited for what was happening -- out of anyone, I thought I'd handle it the best.... Can't b...more
As evidenced by Alice, Martinez, and Michonne:
Alice was "going to college to become an interior designer, then the... zombies... made other plans for [her]". Then she learns a lot of medical information and becomes a sort-of doctor.
Martinez, on the other hand, was a gym teacher: "Was a time... in the beginning -- I thought I was best suited for what was happening -- out of anyone, I thought I'd handle it the best.... Can't b...more
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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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