Land of the Dead [Paperback]

Chris Ryall (Author), Gabriel Rodriguez (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 11, 2006

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.

Product Details

• Paperback: 124 pages
• Publisher: IDW Publishing (April 11, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1933239743
• ISBN-13: 978-1933239743
• Product Dimensions: 10.2 x 6.6 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #397,395 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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I'm the Chief Creative Officer and Editor-in-Chief of IDW Publishing, a San Diego-based comic book and graphic novel publisher. I've been in this role for over half the company's existence, since July 2004. In that time, been involved in the acquisition of such brands as TRANSFORMERS, G.I. JOE, STAR TREK, and many other major licenses. In my time at IDW, the company has grown to become the fourth-largest publisher in the United States.

I'm also an Eagle- and Eisner Award-nominated editor and comic book writer, having written nearly four dozen comic books. These comics include:

- SHAUN OF THE DEAD (4 issues, released as a TPB and hardcover)
- MASTERS OF HORROR (2 issues, released as a TPB)
- GEORGE A. ROMERO'S LAND OF THE DEAD (5 issues, released as a TPB)
- CLIVE BARKER'S THE GREAT AND SECRET SHOW (12 issues, released as a TPB and a hardcover)
- DOOMED (adaptations of stories from Robert Bloch, Rochard Matheson, and David J. Schow, including the Eisner-nominated "Best Short Story" from 2005, "Blood Son." Released as COMPLETELY DOOMED TPB and as DOOMED PRESENTS: ASHLEY WOOD)
- BEOWULF (4 issues, released as a TPB)
- TRANSFORMERS MOVIE PREQUEL (4 issues, co-written with Simon Furman; released as a TPB and as THE COMPLETE TRANSFORMERS MOVIE COLLECTION, VOL. 1 HC)
- "Circle Seven" in GENE SIMMONS HOUSE OF HORRORS TPB
- ZOMBIES VS ROBOTS (co-created with Ashley Wood; released as an oversize HC, THE COMPLETE ZOMBIES VS ROBOTS TPB [now in its 2nd printing] and ZOMNBIUS TPB)
- ZOMBIES VS ROBOTS VS AMAZONS (released as an oversize HC, THE COMPLETE ZOMBIES VS ROBOTS TPB and ZOMNBIUS TPB)
- D'AIRAIN AVENTURE (2 issues, with "Zombies vs Robots Prequel" and "Black Magick"; The ZvR stories were collected as part of THE COMPLETE ZOMBIES VS ROBOTS TPB)
- "The Adventures of Booby-Watcher," a web-only tie-in to the movie ROLE MODELS; not collected)
- IDW: THE 10-YEAR HISTORY (an oral history of the company, co-written with Ted Adams and Kris Oprisko)
- GROOM LAKE (co-created with Ben Templesmith; 4 issues and a TPB)
- WEEKLY WORLD NEWS (4 issues and a TPB)
- ZOMBIES VS ROBOTS AVENTURE (4 issues and an oversize HC)
- Frank Frazetta's Neanderthal (one-shot for Image comics; collected in The Fantastic Worlds of Frank Frazetta, Vol. 2 HC)
- ZOMBIES VS ROBOTS: UNDERCITY with artist Mark Torres (4 issues starting in April 2011)

Prose:
- SUPERHEROES AND PHILOSOPHY (contributed a chapter, "The Fantastic Four as Family," co-written with Scott Tipton.
- COMIC BOOKS 101 (co-written with Scott Tipton; available as both a paperback and on the Kindle.)
- CLASSICS MUTILATED; I contributed "Twilight of the Gods," a mash-up of Twilight and Norse mythology, to this collection of "monster-lit" prose. Available as a prose book and on the Kindle.

Prior to all of this, I served as Editor-in-Chief for filmmaker Kevin Smith's entertainment Web portal for four years; was a corporate speechwriter for American Honda; a creative executive with Dick Clark Communications; and an advertising copywriter. In 2010, I wrote the text for Oakley's "Legion of Oakley" advertising comic book campaign and Web site.

I'm based in San Diego, where I live with my wife Julie, daughter Lucy, a cat, Pablo, and my adopted second child, who I call MacBook Pro.

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Graphic Novel Adaptation of Land of the Dead, May 17, 2009

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D. Gross "Book-Obsessed" (Northern USA) - See all my reviews
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The dead have risen, and now dominate the earth!

I have been a faithful fan of George Romero for longer than I can remember. The film Land of the Dead is classic Romero, and I am happy to report that this graphic novel captures the events of the film beautifully! Well, what more can I say? This graphic novel ROCKS!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Watch the book and read the movie, September 28, 2008

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C. Dunn "THE Bart" (New Albany, IN) - See all my reviews
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Pretty nifty adaptation of the film into a graphic novel. What more need be said?

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4.0 out of 5 stars Mixed Reaction, April 24, 2009

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JT "I wear my pants backwards and on fire, ju... (Odessa) - See all my reviews

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I think I'm just biased toward the movie, but I feel the adaption this time around fell short in alot of ways. To start, the art is very much a stylized comic book much like their Dawn of the Dead Adaption which is ok by me. But after viewing the cover gallery it made me wonder why they didn't use the same style like 30 Days of Night, grainy and gritty oil painting and CG enhanced sections with line drawing.

Despite staying true to Romero, the editing is quite choppy in places making a confusing read at first. It feels like they were going to separate the sections using the cover art gallery, which would've make it easier and more suspensful like the Evil Dead adaption, but opted not to. Being a Romero adaption, the gore this time around was on the minimalist side, though you still get that awesome shot of that soldier getting his spine ripped out.

On the upside, the cover art gallery really saves the day and there is incredible oil painting of Dead Reckoning blasting a hole through zombie's brain, which in my opinion would've made a great shot in the story. All in all, it's pretty true to the movie's original screenplay from which its based on, not to be confused with the final movie as I made that mistake. In all, after reading it a second time it kind of grows on you and that's why I think it deserves four stars for the efforts.