{"id":14178,"date":"2013-02-13T12:00:13","date_gmt":"2013-02-13T18:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/somewhatnerdy.com\/home\/?p=14178"},"modified":"2013-02-27T14:32:02","modified_gmt":"2013-02-27T20:32:02","slug":"the-walking-dead-days-gone-bye","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/somewhatnerdy.com\/home\/the-walking-dead-days-gone-bye\/","title":{"rendered":"The Walking Dead: Days Gone Bye"},"content":{"rendered":"

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We here at Somewhatnerdy are big Walking Dead fans.\u00a0 We have been fans since the comics, long before the series was created for TV.\u00a0 Well, I tossed an idea of having Walking Dead Wednesdays for our readers with the rest of the staff at SWN and they agreed it would be a great idea.\u00a0 So, every Wednesday, I will be posting a review of the Walking Dead comics one trade at a time.\u00a0 Since this is the first Walking Dead Wednesday, we start with Volume 1: Days Gone Bye.\u00a0 This trade collects issues #1-6 and introduces us to Rick and the gang.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Our story starts very close to the show.\u00a0 Rick and Shane are trying to stop a fugitive and Rick gets shot.\u00a0 The next thing you know, we are in the hospital with Rick as he awakes from his coma.\u00a0 One major difference from the show is there is no warning on the room sealed with the wood beam.\u00a0 Rick looking for anybody to help him opens the room and becomes surrounded by Zombies. He doesn\u2019t realize they are Zombies quite yet and tries to ask for help.\u00a0 When he realizes he is under attack, he decides to escape the situation all together.<\/strong><\/p>\n

On Rick\u2019s journey back to his home, he comes across a means of transportation aka a bicycle.\u00a0 As he sets to get on the bicycle, he comes across the bike\u2019s original owner.\u00a0 He freaks out a little and the heads to his house.\u00a0 Once home, he doesn\u2019t understand why there is no one there.\u00a0 Before you know it, he gets hit in the head with a shovel.\u00a0 Sound familiar?\u00a0 Rick is caught up to speed by his \u201cattackers\u201d Morgan and Duane.\u00a0 Rick takes them to the station and they get guns as well as cars to help them is this dire time.\u00a0 They split up with the promise to meet up again when this is all over.\u00a0 The only reason they split up is because rick has to find his family and he thinks they are in Atlanta.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Days later, we find Rick out of gas. In search of another means of transportation, he comes across a horse and decides to ride the rest of the way.\u00a0 Once he makes it to Atlanta, he is rushed by a pack of Zombies that see his horse as a meal. He manages to break free and runs into Glenn who helps him out of the city.\u00a0 Glenn takes him to his camp and Rick cannot believe his eyes.\u00a0 There in front of him is his wife Lori and his son Carl.\u00a0 It turns out that Shane saved them from the Zombie rising and just couldn\u2019t make it back to save Rick.\u00a0 One thing you TV fans will notice is that there is no T-dog, Sophie\u2019s dad is already dead, and well, there are no Dixon brothers.\u00a0 I know it\u2019s hard to imagine no Daryl, but that the reality of the book.\u00a0 Anyway, Glenn and Rick sneak back into town a few days later using the Zombie stench method to get more guns.\u00a0 It does rain and they barely make it out alive, but they do.<\/strong><\/p>\n

More time passes by and their camp is attacked by Zombies and they lose Amy as well as Jim.\u00a0 Amy is taken out by her sister Andrea before she turns but Jim dies slowly and convinces the others to leave him be.\u00a0 He hopes that when he turns he will somehow find his family who had already turned in the beginning of the outbreak during his escape from Atlanta.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Not long after this incident, Shane starts to snap. He and Rick go hunting one day and Shane has already figured out that he is going to get rid of Rick so he can have Lori.\u00a0 Well, before Shane can put his plan into action, Carl shoots him in the throat and kills him.\u00a0 Not only is the timing of Shane\u2019s death different from the show, but Carl\u2019s age is also younger than when he did the killing on the series.\u00a0 Hell, even the location is different.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Walking Dead is an excellent TV series that has given life to an excellent comic book.\u00a0 Any fan of the Walking Dead from TV should read the comics if you haven\u2019t before.\u00a0 It will only increase you love of the Walking Dead and make you appreciate the writing of Robert Kirkman even more.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Creator\/Writer: Robert Kirkman\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Penciler\/Inker: Tony Moore\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>Publisher: Image Comics<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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