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Land of the Dead
Presenting a special adaptation of George Romero's long-awaited zombie movie set years in the future after the end of his Dead trilogy. In Land of the Dead, the walking dead roam an uninhabited wasteland and the living try to lead "normal" lives behind the walls of a fortified city. A new society has been built by a handful of enterprising, ruthless opportunists, who live in the towers of a skyscraper, high above the hard-scrabble existence on the streets below. But outside the city walls, an army of the dead is evolving. Inside, anarchy is on the rise. With the very survival of the city at stake, a group of hardened mercenaries is called into action to protect the living from an army of the dead.
124 pages, Paperback
First published April 11, 2006
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October 8, 2010
Maybe it's because I saw the movie first, but this was a wholly unsatisfying read. I got it for the art by Gabriel Rodriguez which, unlike his other work, was only serviceable. Some of the whitewashing, particularly John Leguizamo's character, Cholo, was distracting.
1 1/2 star, rounded down.
1 1/2 star, rounded down.
March 2, 2021
The last of the core George A. Romero zombie stories that dealt with commercialism, capitalism, and the moral decay of the human race in light of the zombie apocalypse. I am going on the graphic novels directly and not counting the lack of "Diary of the Dead" and "Survival of the Dead", neither of which had a GN adaptation (Survival sucked anyway ;))
In LotD, we meet Riley, the captain of the "Dead Reckoning", a special armored transport that is used to carry out missions for the City Council of what remains of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, and his crew of miscreants as he does one last foray outside the walls of the city for supplies. As we follow Riley around, we also see what his 2nd in Command "Cholo" (really GA? Naming the one Latin character in your story Cholo?) as he completes what he thinks is the last secret mission for Mr. Kaufman, the presumed head of the city council and owner of Fiddler's Green, the upper crust location in the otherwise decimated landscape.
We see Cholo betrayed, Riley betrayed, Slack betrayed, and pretty much anyone who is not Kaufman, shot in the back over power and greed. If you have not seen the movie, go for that. If you don't like horror movies but love comics, this is a more PG version of it with gore that can be ignored in favor of the actual story.
3.25 rotting skulls out of 5.0
In LotD, we meet Riley, the captain of the "Dead Reckoning", a special armored transport that is used to carry out missions for the City Council of what remains of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, and his crew of miscreants as he does one last foray outside the walls of the city for supplies. As we follow Riley around, we also see what his 2nd in Command "Cholo" (really GA? Naming the one Latin character in your story Cholo?) as he completes what he thinks is the last secret mission for Mr. Kaufman, the presumed head of the city council and owner of Fiddler's Green, the upper crust location in the otherwise decimated landscape.
We see Cholo betrayed, Riley betrayed, Slack betrayed, and pretty much anyone who is not Kaufman, shot in the back over power and greed. If you have not seen the movie, go for that. If you don't like horror movies but love comics, this is a more PG version of it with gore that can be ignored in favor of the actual story.
3.25 rotting skulls out of 5.0
February 17, 2015
a pretty good interpretation of Romero's movie where he introduced us to the idea of a hive minded zombie, one that travels in a large herd and seemingly communicates with one another.
the city has been modified, fortified, and made safe for the inhabitants still living under the thumb of Mr Kaufman. everything that happens in the city is under the control of him.
the story presented in the book sounds better on paper than it did on screen, it might have been the actors but it wasn't an entertaining film, while this adaptation was very captivating.
the city has been modified, fortified, and made safe for the inhabitants still living under the thumb of Mr Kaufman. everything that happens in the city is under the control of him.
the story presented in the book sounds better on paper than it did on screen, it might have been the actors but it wasn't an entertaining film, while this adaptation was very captivating.
March 8, 2020
I figured since I am a zombie nut, i would give this comic a go. Honestly? I really enjoyed it! (but I also enjoyed the movie). I thght the art work was great, and the storyline was different then most zombie books/movies out there.
August 22, 2017
Read in memorandum of George A. Romero.
July 3, 2016
"Zombies creep me out."
3.5/5.
¿Qué puedo decir? Tal vez tenía las expectativas demasiado altas: Es decir, un comic basado en Land of the Dead, George A. Romero.. ¿Qué puede pasar? Esto será genial..
..Bueno, no lo fue.
Me encantó el estilo del dibujo, los diálogos y por supuesto, el cómo ponían las muertes aquí. Fue genial. Sin embargo, hubieron detalles importantes que a mi parecer, hubiera estado MÁS QUE GENIAL que pudieron haber desarrollado un poco más. ¡Quería ver sus reacciones al ver que los zombies estaban evolucionando! Que ya no actuaban como personas que literalmente salieron de las tumbas sino que ya sabían usar un arma, nadar y ya no se distraían con cualquier cosa. Quería ver el miedo en los personajes cuando lo notaban pero.. Nada. Simplemente lo soltaban como cualquier cosa. Eso, claramente me decepcionó demasiado.
Sólo me encariñé de un sólo personaje pero hubieron tantas muertes que apenas y me dolieron. Nada. No sentía mucha tensión al respecto y creo que eso dice mucho de la obra. Tendré que ver la película para ver si ocurre lo mismo o en realidad, está decisión del desarrollo fue porque tenían que terminar todo en sólo cinco números.
Las portadas ME ENCANTARON. Tienen ése estilo que me hace mirar más de dos veces el dibujo.
En fin.. podría decirse que estuvo.. Bien, sí. Entretenido pero no memorable.
3.5/5.
¿Qué puedo decir? Tal vez tenía las expectativas demasiado altas: Es decir, un comic basado en Land of the Dead, George A. Romero.. ¿Qué puede pasar? Esto será genial..
..Bueno, no lo fue.
Me encantó el estilo del dibujo, los diálogos y por supuesto, el cómo ponían las muertes aquí. Fue genial. Sin embargo, hubieron detalles importantes que a mi parecer, hubiera estado MÁS QUE GENIAL que pudieron haber desarrollado un poco más. ¡Quería ver sus reacciones al ver que los zombies estaban evolucionando! Que ya no actuaban como personas que literalmente salieron de las tumbas sino que ya sabían usar un arma, nadar y ya no se distraían con cualquier cosa. Quería ver el miedo en los personajes cuando lo notaban pero.. Nada. Simplemente lo soltaban como cualquier cosa. Eso, claramente me decepcionó demasiado.
Sólo me encariñé de un sólo personaje pero hubieron tantas muertes que apenas y me dolieron. Nada. No sentía mucha tensión al respecto y creo que eso dice mucho de la obra. Tendré que ver la película para ver si ocurre lo mismo o en realidad, está decisión del desarrollo fue porque tenían que terminar todo en sólo cinco números.
Las portadas ME ENCANTARON. Tienen ése estilo que me hace mirar más de dos veces el dibujo.
En fin.. podría decirse que estuvo.. Bien, sí. Entretenido pero no memorable.
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December 31, 2020I thought it was okay. Decent story.
June 22, 2011
Fair adaptation of a half-decent movie.
December 21, 2012
this book is a good book to read it is both spooky and funny its about zombies but i wont be a spoiler pick the book up at you local libaray
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