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The world we knew is gone. The world of commerce and frivolous necessity has been replaced by a world of survival and responsibility. An epidemic of apocalyptic proportions has swept the globe, causing the dead to rise and feed on the living. In a matter of months society has crumbled: no government, no grocery stores, no mail delivery, no cable TV. In a world ruled by the dead, the survivors are forced to finally start living.
Lori's pregnancy has come to term, and the birth is near. After everything they've been through, nothing can prepare Rick and the other survivors for what they are about to experience. A major turning point in the series is reached.
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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Image Comics (July 25, 2017)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 136 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1582408289
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1582408286
Reading age ‏ : ‎ 16 years and up
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 10.2 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.4 x 0.4 x 10 inches

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First and foremost a comic creator, Kirkman has seen groundbreaking success in the adaptation of his comic book titles into major franchises in all forms of content. In 2010, his Eisner award winning series, The Walking Dead, was developed into an AMC television series. It has become a worldwide phenomenon as the highest-rated basic cable drama of all time and is the #1 show on television among the coveted 18-49 demo. The property has also been extended into a blockbuster game franchise, licensing business and ongoing publishing success.
Kirkman also serves as consulting producer of The Talking Dead, the popular talk show hosted by Chris Hardwick that deep dives into each week’s episode of both The Walking Dead and its companion series Fear the Walking Dead. Kirkman is co-creator, writer and producer of The Walking Dead’s companion series, Fear the Walking Dead.
He is also executive producer of the AMC series Robert Kirkman’s Secret History of Comics, and the Korean pre-apocalyptic drama, Five Year. Kirkman’s popular demonic-exorcism comic, Outcast, was adapted, produced and airs on Cinemax.
For the big screen, Kirkman will produce Invincible based on his long-running popular comic book. The project will be written, directed and produced by Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg for Universal Pictures. Other credits include AIR featuring Norman Reedus and Academy Award nominee, Djimon Hounsou.
Additional Kirkman comics include Super Dinosaur, Battle Pope, Astounding Wolf-Man, and Thief of Thieves.
Robert is also the Chairman of Skybound Entertainment. Robert, an advocate for creator rights, co-founded Skybound alongside his longtime business and producing partner David Alpert in an effort to ensure creators are able to maintain their intellectual property rights and creative control.
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Adam Mahler

I liked all the character progression

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on April 13, 2023

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I think in this book they are really coming together as a group. All the interface problems are being worked out well

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Most of the folks here already know that The Walking Dead saga is a compilation of stories by Robert Kirkman that expand on the story that is well know to any zombie movie fan. The main story. The one started in earnest by George Romero in 1968 with Night of the Living Dead [and was later remade in 1990 (the version that I prefer) by Tom Savini (with Romero oversight)].

The Walking Dead Volume 7 continues the story of former Normal-World Police Officer Rick Grimes and those that he comes in contact with in a New World...a world that has been over-run by zombies.

Volume 7 begins about 9+ months after The Walking Dead epidemic started ( The Walking Dead, Vol. 1: Days Gone Bye ), and all of the characters are now reluctantly beginning to accept that their home is not the only thing that's new. Their entire existence is new: New families. New friends. New daily routines. New rules to live by. No cable TV. No grocery stores. No air conditioning.

New World.

And venturing out into The New World is dangerous. The confines and security provided by the characters' home (established in Volume 3 ) are less than safe. But outside the gates await unfathomable chaos and horror; hordes of the undead, along with other survivors (see Volumes 5 and 6 ) in desperate situations that do the unthinkable to stay alive (or entertained).

Volume 7, like Volume 6, is much less about zombies and more about what happens to society, its morals, laws and standards when government is lost and the planet becomes mostly uninhabitable. There's real, heartfelt emotion in The Walking Dead series combined with believable scenarios...not bad for a comic book.

The volume releases of The Walking Dead are like reading a screenplay with storyboards of a version of Night of the Living Dead that began simultaneously, but in a different part of the country (much like George Romero's late 2007 release, Diary of the Dead). Yes, The Walking Dead is kind of a rip-off of a story (stories) already told, but the key is that it's done very very well. The zombies are true to the original Romero creation: slow and stupid as opposed to the 28 Days/Weeks Later ( 28 Weeks Later / 28 Days Later ) or 2004 remake of Dawn of the Dead fast and thinking zombies.

Each Walking Dead volume only takes about an hour to get all the way through, and they leave you wanting more. And they seem to keep coming; The Walking Dead Volume 8: Made To Suffer is due in early 2008.

Volumes 1 - 7 are all available individually. A hard cover combination of Volumes 1 & 2 is out ( The Walking Dead Book 1 ) and a hard cover combination of Volumes 3 & 4 also came out this year ( The Walking Dead, Book 2 ). The Walking Dead Book 3 (Volumes 5 & 6) is listed on Amazon for a late 2007 release as of this writing.

So anyone in need of a very well done zombie fix that you don't put into your DVD player should absolutely get down with The Walking Dead sickness. Add it to your cart, but be sure to start with volume 1 and read them chronologically.

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Jon C.

I watched the TV show first (caught up as of 3/6/2016) before reading and holy crap these are awesome

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I've purchased all volumes up to 22 and the TV show has just about caught up to wear I am in the novels. These books are friggen awesome. I don't read much and my buddy lent me VOL 1 after he knew I liked the show. Well, I burned through the first one and then just went on a tear buying 4 volumes at a time...the price is pretty good for what you get out of these. $9-$15 is the range I've paid per novel, I'm not sure why they aren't the same but anyways, I keep buying them none the less. The story was written before the TV Show and the show follows the story but there is some differences. The written story is more violent and graphic then the tv show but the tv show does a decent job of sticking with main ideas. I've noticed that certain plot things that happen in the book also happen in the show but there is a unique twist like a different character it happens to or something like that. Which makes reading these volumes great cuz I have some idea of where the story is going (after having watched all tv episodes) but there are still surprises. If you like the TV show and haven't read these, give it a try and you will get a whole new experience of the Walking Dead story. I'm putting this same review under every volume I've purchased (1-22) so people can see it. go buy these!

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Kirkman Breathes New Life Into The Undead

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I'm going to assume that the majority of folks reading this are aware of the premise of this fantastic series of comics, penned by the great Bob Kirkman (Battle Pope, Marvel Zombies). The man knows how to write pulp narratives that transcend the genre. The Walking Dead isn't a zombie gorefest, but a smart, thought provoking, and original (hard to do in this genre) story about a group of survivors in the midst of a zombie holocaust, the manner in which they're forced to change as a result of their new environment, the resulting effect on their psyches, and various other trials and tribulations they must endure.

The narrative is much more in the vein of the phenomenal George A. Romero films (yes, we all thought Land of the Dead sucked, but the first two were BRILLIANT, and Day of the Dead has moments that transcend its more kitschy elements), choosing to focus on human interaction and the ways in which survivors help and prey on one another. It's a very realistic and finely tuned approach to a completely absurd and often tired premise.

Okay, now the down side: Small, but it does exist. Tony Moore (Battle Pope, Fear Agent, The Exterminators) was the original artist for the series, after which he was replaced by Charlie Adlard (pencils/inks) and Cliff Rathburn (colorist/greyscales). Moore also did the covers for a while, and was nominated for a couple of Eisner Awards. He no longer does either and it's a damn shame because the guy is incredibly talented. All due respect to Adlard, he was fighting a losing battle from the start... his work is mediocre at best and cannot compare to that of Moore's, which coupled with Kirkman's writing, made for a truly awesome alliance. I continue to buy each volume when it comes out because the storylines really are that good, but man, is it ever bittersweet.

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Vj

Great!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on November 16, 2015

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I decided to read the comic books after being an avid fan of The Walking Dead tv series for years.
Volume 7 is quite different from the TV series. The general story is the same but the specific parts and adventures of the characters is very different. That's why I gave this the 5/5. The character development is well written and the plot takes brilliant twists and turns. Perhaps most enjoyable though, was how the theme of survival is handled. It is more fleshed out than in the series and peoples reactions to the zombie apocalypse is covered well.
I'd recommend this volume as it differs quite a bit from the TV show. That being said, I would add you'd be best placed if you had read Vol 1-6.

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H M Reynolds

Zombies!!!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on January 23, 2015

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Liked these books, although the TV adaptation has refined them into something better.

Found this series a little tiring in a way, because all the characters die after a while, so you sometimes wonder what the point of following them is - at least on the TV series they occasionally have a few weeks of peace on a farm or starting a community in a prison.

But my main complaint is that I did not think of the idea first - I started writing a zombie novel only to discover these graphic novels had got there first, rendering my idea redundant!

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Donna Kennedy

Good buy this year!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on December 26, 2018

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Arrived on time. I have a walking dead fanatic in my household, these are always a good buy for him, the graphics and illustrations are brilliant as they should be for a comic book, when I started buying these a couple of years ago they were very expensive, very pleased however that the price was a lot better for the volumes I bought this year!

Isabelle

Great

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on July 17, 2022

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Arrived in time and was perfect while in great condition

Shinigami Sam

Great, lives up to title though!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on March 15, 2013

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Slower than previous issues, leading up to the inevitable but what a cliff hanger, bought next one already & would recommend you do the same to make this offering more substantial. That being said, still great walking dead to standard used to. Some significant plot & character development. As the front suggest, Lori's pregnancy is a significant factor but couple of surprises too. Enjoy

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