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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 The world of commerce and frivolous necessity has been replaced by a world of survival and responsibility.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.
This volume follows our band of survivors as they set up a permanent camp inside a prison. Relationships change, characters die, and our team of survivors learn there's something far more deadly than zombies out there: each other.
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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Image Comics; 4th Printing edition (January 7, 2009)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 136 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 158240805X
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1582408057
Reading age ‏ : ‎ 16 years and up
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 9.8 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.5 x 0.5 x 10.1 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

Getting nuts

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So different from the show and its getting really heavy really fast. I feel like the comic is more visceral

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At the end of MILES BEHIND US, Rick Grimes and his group of survivors come across a prison. Rick firmly believes that once it's cleared, this place behind bars can be their new home. Featuring issues 13-18 of the "Walking Dead" comic book, the book begins where the last issue left off. Rick's group is outside the prison, making plans on how to make the prison safe. They begin by clearing the outer fence of the prison. Once this is accomplished, the group moves inside and begins clearing and cleaning up. They discover the cafeteria has been barricaded by a police baton. Upon bursting in, they discover not a room full of zombies, but four men. The men, it turns out, aren't guards, but former prisoners who have been trapped inside for over a month since the outbreak. There's some tension at first, but the group forms an uneasy alliance as they work together to clear the prison and make a home. However, a horrendous crime destroys the fragile bound between the groups and Rick and his group discover that the biggest threat to their survival isn't the walking dead, but other people.

The setting for each volume of "The Walking Dead" has largely been in a different location. DAYS GONE BYE mostly took place in and around Atlanta, particular the survivor camp that Shane established. MILES BEHIND US mostly took place at Hershel's farm. SAFETY BEHIND BARS begins a long stretch for the series with the prison setting. One would think that with a semi-stable environment, things would slow down for the characters, but the opposite occurs. The real threat for human existence isn't really the zombies, but other humans. This is the lesson that Rick and company learn in SAFETY BEHIND BARS and (from what I've heard about the rest of the series) the conflict with other humans becomes the focal point of the series from here on.

The character development of the characters introduced in the first two volumes of the series continues in SAFETY BEHIND BARS. Rick's character begins to change as the massive amount of stress of being the group's leader begins to fully bear down upon him. His temper rises quicker and he's not as careful as he was in the first few issues of the series.

In one of my college literature classes, the question of absolutes would often be raised as students would often say there's no such thing as absolutes. I had a professor who whenever someone would say this would say, "Who here believes that babies should be burnt with cigarettes?" No one ever agreed with that statement and no one ever tried to justify how and when it would be okay to burn babies with cigarettes. That is an example of an absolute. SAFETY BEHIND BARS illustrates this concept even better. Despite living in a world gone mad where the dead wish to eat the living, there are things that are absolute. SAFETY BEHIND BARS examines some of these absolutes and ascertains between some that are truly absolute and some that are not. Rick and company arrive seeking safety behind bars, but by the end of the volume fully realize that there just might not be such a thing. It's a riveting chapter that, like the previous volumes, ends on a cliffhanger. I can't wait to find out what happens next.

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Younger me would have been appalled at the me that LOVES The Walking Dead. Do I love zombies? Heck no. But like birds and coyotes, they exist in Robert Kirkman's TWD. Some would understand if I use the words, "puppies and kittens". Just not so cute. What else exists? As much inclusion as it possible without it being awkward.

Where would you prefer to spend the apocalypse a farm or a prison? A farm would have a good amount of food if you can keep it fresh and healthy. When the zombies stroll all over it and threaten to kill you, then that is not so feasible. No electric fences can keep them out. They only want to eat you. Innocent from their point of view. Hard enough to keep the farm free of pests like mice and coyotes or other predators. Shooting at them will bring more, in hoards!

Seemingly a strange choice is a prison. But with bars and double sets of high fences that normally keep the bad folks in, now becomes the best place of safety. Plus all the food that is still there. Clear away the walking dead and you have a safe place to raise a family. And set up the farm!

And so it is that Rick Grimes and crew end up in the prison. If you watch the show this kind of order happened to our fearless group. They tried camping in volume 1, the farm in volume 2, and finally, in volume 3, they move into the prison. But some people are still with us, others don't exist. It is fun to compare the writing of both comic and television show. The story remains, for the most part, in spite of the changes needed often for the length of time a show can run, whereas the written one can go on forever if we all want it. (Yes!)

Once, again, I need to say, I prefer the Kindle version to the paperback. Though I would like to collect the comics, I can't read them without a magnifying glass. The Kindle version allows me to click on the picture and take it frame by frame. Then if a certain frame has a font that is too small I can pinch it bigger. Bravo, technology! I miss the smell and tactile enjoyment of real books, but at my age with my eyes, I'm happy I can still enjoy books and comic books! By the way, the Kindle version is cheaper and it is free with Kindle Unlimited! YAY!

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georgina ugen

keeps getting better and better,

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on February 22, 2023

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So much happened in this volume that you don’t even have time to process everything.
We are now seeing how each member of the group deals with grief and how far they would go to survive. What I love about the walking dead is that the humans rather than the zombies are the ones you have to watch out for. Lots of gore as always!

J. Mower

Zombie heaven

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on April 28, 2009

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I love this series. I've been a fan of the zombie genre for years and 'Walking Dead' is up there with the best... many of the conventions we are all used to are repeated here - but this is no bad thing. What sets the series apart is that it does what the best of the genre (Romero) excels at - an examination of the human reations to extreme conditions. The series isn't constrained by a two and a half hour running time of a movie, giving much more time to let the reader get to know the characters. In this installment the survivors take refuge in an abandoned prison, with predictably gruesome results. Shocking choices are made and the attempt by the group to maintain any semblance of normality is challenged... recommended. I've taken a star off as I'm not so fond of the art style which seems to have changed (and not for the better) since volume 1.

Hades123

The Walking Dead Volume 3

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on April 1, 2013

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Make no mistake - this is one of my best "buys" of recent months. I hadn't read any of TWD comics before but had heard many good things about them. I therefore decided to buy the first four volumes as a "taster". I loved the books and actually ended up buying the much larger Compendium books (volumes 1 & 2) which collate the all of the "Volume" books up to Volume 15 or thereabouts. So my suggestion is: if you are intent on buying this, go ahead - the quality of paper, binding and print is fantastic. That said, if you think you might get "hooked" on these comics, you may want to go for the two Compandium books, which are even better value for money.

Vj

OK, at best

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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 3 looks at the characters trying to set up a new home and for the most part it's pretty action-less. It does have a few suspenseful moments but nothing major. In fact, after reading the volumes after this, I completely forgot about some of the stuff that happens in this one. As a standa lone comic book, its pretty boring, but in the context of the series, it's one to read and move on from.

Gail

Son loved it

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