Today , a mint - edition transcript of The walk Dead # 1 sold for an astounding $ 1825 on eBay … and the return make out out in 2003 . If you have no idea what all the flap is about , here ’s the pocket on Robert Kirkman ’s zombiverse .
NOTE : This article assumes a familiarity with the first two episodes of the TV serial ( so there are spoiler ) and hold eensy - weensy spoilers about the comic Christian Bible series ( but nothing so egregious to foil your reading enjoyment ) .
First off , what is The Walking Dead ?

The Walking Dead began as a funny Quran series in October 2003 . The series is write by Robert Kirkman ( who at the meter was considerably have it off for his work on Invincible and Battle Pope ) and illustrated by Charlie Adlard , who replaced artist Tony Moore after the first story discharge . Kirkman ’s still writing the series ( exit # 79 hits stores November 17 ) . Over time , the comic became a best - seller without almost no flash , hence the massive eBay dinero .
In 2009 , AMC and theatre director Frank Darabont ( The Shawshank Redemption ) begancircling the task , and a six - episode season wasgreenlit this January . Kirkman ’s admit thathe ’s envision the series as a tv set show , and that a film would n’t do the comedian ’s neverending living dead tale Department of Justice . Kirkman may just get his wish — a 13 - episode second seasonof the show was recently ordered by AMC after the time of year premier gotgangbuster ratings .
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What ’s The Walking Dead ’s claim to fame ?
It ’s easily the most popular snake god comic ever written . Kirkman ’s described the series as an infinite survival revulsion epic . Characters ofttimes transmigrate from location to location , scouring desert region for supply and dying every two issues or so . The zombi are a trouble , but so are hunger , exposure , and other desperate homo .

Does the series follow the comic dependably ?
For the most part . It is however taking originative shore leave with regards to new subsister and the automaton ’ abilities . Darabont , who directed the premiere and creatively supervised the first season , has also mention that the show will add its own embellishments .
What causes the zombie insurrection in The Walking Dead ?

In the comic , it ’s not entirely percipient , and it ’s kind of a moot detail anyway . Kirkman ’s tell thathe’ll never revealthe stemma of the undead uprising . Furthermore , it ’s just not the series ’ frontmost concern . The primary characters are n’t super - sexy undead researchers . They ’re average shmo with intermediate lives , and — stop one or two ostensibly unkillable characters — they die extremely easily . The series is about stay alive ( i.e. finding nutrient , ammo , and shelter ; not going mad ) . We have yet to see whether the TV show will address the zombi spirit ’ origins .
Who are the main characters ?
The amusing book takes place in the southern United States ( preponderantly Georgia ) and showcases what feels like a casting of chiliad . That ’s okay though , as characters die with startlingly geometrical regularity . Here ’s the chief cast at the beginning of the series . Do n’t get too attached to any of them :

Rick Grimes is a cop who know in Cynthiana , Kentucky ( artist Tony Moore ’s hometown ) with his wife Lori and son Carl . After a gunplay with criminals , Rick is injured and run into a comatoseness . When he wakes up a few weeks subsequently , the world ’s gone to sens — the beat have risen , his class is gone , and ( well-disposed ) nester in his neighbor ’s house have hit him upside the head with a shovel . After Rick awakens from his digger - induced concussion , the squatters — Morgan Jones and his Word Duane — fill Rick in on what ’s happened to the world . Rick sets off for Atlanta in hopes of finding his family . Indeed , Lori and Carl are subsist in a survivors ’ clique outside of the city , but Lori ’s find comfort in the arms of Rick ’s former good friend and buster bull Shane . Other survivors who come along in both the TV show and the comic include Glenn ( who ’s a skilled forager ) , joking older world Dale , and sister duo Andrea and Amy .
There are several fictitious character who were introduced in the tv set series , so they ’re strange quantity . Jacqui , Morales , and T - Dog are all part of Glenn ’s provision - gathering crew in Atlanta . Merle Dixon is a madden hillbilly who the survivors handcuff to the roof of a building in Atlanta . He ’s desert at the end of the 2nd episode .
Throughout the comedian , the cast inflate , contracts , and expands once again . After a while , remember a graphic symbol ’ names becomes somewhat difficult as there ’s ridiculous turnover . There ’s one name you wo n’t bury : Michonne . We ’re not going to tell you what she ’s all about … other than the fact that she ’s quite possibly the most bad - hindquarters character in comic book history .

What kind of zombies star in The Walking Dead ?
In the comic book , the zombies are trudge , flesh - hungry , and particularly enchant by loud noises . Brain wrong will obliterate them ( decapitation wo n’t ) . Humans who go bad from injuries will reanimate as zombi , so it ’s suppose that the undead outbreak is caused either by a bacteria or computer virus that lie dormant in living tissue paper . It ’s possible to elude the zombie by smearing yourself in zombie offal and imitate their gait .
The zombi have a tendency to move in ruck and tend to have job with stairs . Gunshots will pull in undead from miles away , so the grapheme choose to dispose of zombie with hammers , axes , and swords . The zombies circulate the contagion through bites . If an arm or peg is bitten , it ’s possible to staunch an transmission by amputate a limb .

In the television show , the zombi are more mobile ( they can run and rise ) , “ think of ” their surroundings , and are seen using tool ( like bricks ) . Also , it ’s unclear whether humans who die from trauma will resurrect — there ’s a scene in the premiere of corpse out of doors of a infirmary , and it ’s not specified if these body were once zombies or not .
So is the TV series any good ?
We call up the show ’s been pretty solid — you’re able to learn our retread of the first two episodeshereandhere . Also , AMC is streaming the premier ( no-good , international lector ) . Judge for yourself . The third episode of The walk deadened air on AMC at 10 PM EST .

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