Jim Butcher's Dresden Files Welcome to the Jungle #3

Dresden Files: Welcome to the Jungle #3

by Jim Butcher

In the city of Chicago, wizard-for-hire Harry Dresden switches from hunter to hunted as he continues following the trail of a supernatural killer haunting the Lincoln Park Zoo. The stakes increase and the tension ratchets higher as monstrous assassins and dark magic claim more innocent lives. Dresden must survive the killer's onslaught and turn the tables, and fast, before the body count rises - and before the killer can reach her ultimate goal!

Genres: Urban Fantasy, Fantasy, Graphic Novels, Comics, Fiction, Humor, Comic Book

36 pages, Comic

First published June 1, 2008

About the author

Jim Butcher is the author of the Dresden Files, the Codex Alera, and a new steampunk series, the Cinder Spires. His resume includes a laundry list of skills which were useful a couple of centuries ago, and he plays guitar quite badly. An avid gamer, he plays tabletop games in varying systems, a variety of video games on PC and console, and LARPs whenever he can make time for it. Jim currently resides mostly inside his own head, but his head can generally be found in his home town of Independence, Missouri.

Jim goes by the moniker Longshot in a number of online locales. He came by this name in the early 1990′s when he decided he would become a published author. Usually only 3 in 1000 who make such an attempt actually manage to become published; of those, only 1 in 10 make enough money to call it a living. The sale of a second series was the breakthrough that let him beat the long odds against attaining a career as a novelist.

All the same, he refuses to change his nickname.

Reviews

[Dr Rashmit Mishra · Rating 4 out of 5]

much much better could still use those wise cracks from the novel but i sure as hell can't complain ;)

[Tara · Rating 5 out of 5]

Dresden's Graphic Novel - I have one big book collecting all of these, but they're not on Goodreads like that. Oh well.

Someone's trying to stop Harry from looking too much further into the zoo murder.
Naturally.

[Chris Chapman · Rating 5 out of 5]

Chronological order. Number 00.3.3

[Marcelo · Rating 5 out of 5]

Este número mantém o ritmo dos anteriores!
Ótimo cliff-hang!

[Sandra · Rating 3 out of 5]

First off if you're a Harry Dresden fan than you have to get your hands on this comic/graphic novel. Welcome to the Jungle is a brand new story written exclusively for comics and includes a note from the author about why he unwaveringly will continue to call them comics. Also, you get to see exactly what Butcher imagines Harry really looks like and the illustrator Adrian Syaf does not disappoint. Reading this was like falling in love with comics all over again but now there was the added benefit of a one two punch of satisfaction from another paranormal round with Harry Dresden.

The Lincoln Park Zoo has a dead security guard and many unanswered questions. In one of their first cases Murphy calls in Dresden to investigate and determine whether this was indeed an animal attack or something much more dangerous. With his capabilities it takes little time for Harry to realize that not only is there more to the murder than was suspected but that this is just the tip of the iceberg. Somewhere in the zoo an ancient evil is stirring and Harry is standing dead center in the way of its goal. This time even Harry himself may not be enough to ward off the evil powers that be.

Full of Dresden's wry humor and heroic deeds this is another great addition to the mythos Butcher has created. The illustrations match the story pace for pace with a sense of realistic urban grittiness. All in all definitely worth your time whether you're new to Dresden's world or a hopeless addict.

[Derek · Rating 5 out of 5]

If you're a fan of Harry Dresden, any opportunity for a new adventure starring him is a welcome one. So coming across this graphic novel from 2008 is a little like finding out that Bob has been hiding on your bookshelf next to the racier paperbacks for years. If you get it, you get it. If you don't, move along.

Butcher's gritty hero is done great justice in this Dynamite graphic novel adaptation, partly due to a great story that would have made an excellent short story or could have been easily fleshed out as a longer book, and also due to some really spectacular art. Highly recommend.

[Carrie · Rating 4 out of 5]

2015 Reading Challenge

- A graphic novel

I have read all of The Dresden Files novels and love them so I thought it made sense for my first graphic novel to be Dresden as well. While this was a good story and well written it didn't have the depth that I'm used to in Jim Butcher's books. If Butcher were to flesh this out into a full novel I would have liked it better because I would get more dialogue and that means more witty Dresden banter and story development. I liked this for what it was, but I'll stick to the full novels from now on.

[Kim Dallmeier · Rating 5 out of 5]

Overall, this graphic novel is simply amazing - The drawings are SO cool! It's great to 'see' Dresden as well as Murphy as they are pictured the same way I imagined them (more or less!). The writing is also just as good as usual and overall, it's just a great novel!

[Kat · Rating 4 out of 5]

Basic Plot: When bodies begin piling up at a zoo, it's up to Harry Dresden to figure out what supernatural beastie is responsible and stop it before things get worse.

I have reviewed the entire graphic novel rather than reviewing each individual issue.

[Raivis Vilūns · Rating 3 out of 5]

An OK Dresden story, but not the best by far, but still quite enjoyable

[Pritesh Patil · Rating 5 out of 5]

Gotta love Harry's wisecracks and the ability to take so much punishment and yet keep going.