The Walking Dead Volume 11: Fear The Hunters [Paperback]

Product Details

• Paperback: 136 pages
• Publisher: Image Comics
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1607061228
• ISBN-13: 978-1607061229
• Product Dimensions: 10.2 x 6.4 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (30 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,112,254 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Robert Kirkman is a New York Times bestselling author known for being the cultural zeitgeist of the comic book industry. He maintains one prerogative in every undertaking: quality. It is Kirkman's belief that good people who produce good writing and good ideas make comics people love. Kirkman was recently made partner at Image Comics, and continues to revive the industry with refreshing new characters. AMC is adapting his bestselling series, The Walking Dead, into a TV series (set to debut in October 2010), and his books are among the most popular on the iPhone and iPad's "Comics" app.

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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Putting the Bang Back into the Series!, January 9, 2010

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Tyler S. "Super-Review" (Brentwood, CA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Walking Dead Volume 11: Fear The Hunters (Paperback)

FYI I purchased this at my nonlocal comic shop, for Amazon has been having major difficulties with this title. Reality of the matter is that they had the release date wrong. I believe you can order this product if you go to other formats.

Anyway, the book is awesome. As a hungry fan of the series I ate this up in no time. I won't reveal too much but the danger has returned to the group. There's another frightening threat and not everyone will survive. I like how Kirkman is obeying his own format by coming up with new ways to maintain the tone and pace of the series. The suprises come in threes and there is never a dull moment. It's comics like this that gain my respect for Robert Kirkman. All I can say after 11 volumes is keep going! I want more!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The Title Is Becoming Ever More Ambiguous, January 12, 2010

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Robert Naugle "I always knew I wanted to be s... (South Carolina) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Walking Dead Volume 11: Fear The Hunters (Paperback)

With each volume of this terrific series, it becomes clearer that Rick's assessment (that we, the living, are now the true walking dead) is pulling into focus. The latest travails of the nomadic survivors are equally internal and external in nature, with some truly disturbing behaviors on the part of "bad guys" and "good guys" apart. Suffice to say some of Cormac McCarthy's THE ROAD has rubbed off on Kirkman.

The other reason to jump on the Walking Dead bus if you're new to the series is its status as the rarest of pop culture creatures: a source material that is probably going to wind up a ground-breaking TV show. Kirkman's characters are so well-rounded, it'll be fun to watch what a respected auteur like Frank Darabont and a prestige network like AMC will do with it.

8 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Preacher, the Hunters, and the Dead, January 23, 2010

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brownie "dogs AND dinosaurs rule!!!!!" (ca) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: The Walking Dead Volume 11: Fear The Hunters (Paperback)

FEAR THE HUNTERS! (The Walking Dead: Volume 11)

Written By Robert Kirkman

Illustrated By Charles Adlard & Cliff Rathburn

Collects Issues 61-66

"A man's gotta eat. If it makes you feel any better...you taste much better than we thought you would."

The first big story arc in a while, Fear the Hunters finds Rick and company still on the road, slowly running out of food, and options. Not to mention that they're being followed and watched... The first issue alone, #61, will give you a clue as to what to expect--and you'll be surprised at how quickly the terror begins and the fun truly ends. As they continue toward Washington, lives will be lost, bad deeds will be done, and a new character will be introduced. Then you just have to tell yourself that there are still five more issues to read before the collection is over...

"I don't think I've had a chance to introduce myself before. I'm Chris, it's good to meet you. You probably think I'm crazy, and I understand that. Why wouldn't you? But I'm not, none of us are. I don't expect you to believe that, but it's important to me that I say it."

Both Kirkman and Adlard have outdone themselves here, both the writing and the art are better than previous collections. Volumes 9 and 10 had me worried there for a little bit--our characters seemed to be going nowhere...and Washington seemed a little too far away. The new characters were fine, yet it still seemed like everyone was walking in circles, not doing much. Yet here is were it picks up pace--and it doesn't stop.

"You know the drill--we have to keep these people scared. We should actually pick them off sooner, thin their numbers out and make them fear for their lives."

Yet even though the writing and art are better, is the actually plot worth reading? The simple answer: yes! Although it is reminiscent of The Road, Fear the Hunters is more than worthy. In many ways, the Hunters are more savage and brutal than the Governor himself--and that's saying something. Whereas the Governor still had a shred of mercy for his daughter, these people...have no soul. They long ago ran out of food, and have taken to hunting down human and eating them--no matter what the age.

"Cannibalism? How did it come to that?"
"The simple answer? We got hungry. We're terrible hunters. You ever hunted before? Animals are quick. It's hard. You spend so much time finding a good hiding place--and waiting. It's almost pointless. So we decided to hunt easier game. People don't run from us.
We were desperate."

So although this volume was delayed because of National Comic Book Skip Week, throw all your anger away and buy it as soon as you can. If I have a single complaint about this volume, it's that it simply went by too fast...and that we didn't see more of the hunters. Well, who knows--maybe Kirkman will surprise us in later issues...Dang. I just realized now I have to wait another 6-7 months before volume 12 comes out.

"Just came to ask you this. Will you stop coming after my people?"
"In all honesty? Probably not."