Product Description

Out on their own, danger lurking around every corner, our ragged band of survivors tries to live long enough to reach Washington D.C. Continuing the long-running saga, Robert Kirkman continues to take us to places we've never been. The 10th book in this series collects The Walking Dead #55-60.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #3043 in Books
• Published on: 2009-08-12
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 136 pages

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• ISBN13: 9781607060758
• Condition: NEW
• Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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Customer Reviews

Do our actions define us?
"What we become" continues to follow Rick as he and Abraham's group make their way north to Washington D.C. In the first couple pages we see that Rick is really beginning to crack from the traumatic events that took place in Vol.8. He doesn't sleep and he talks to his dead wife on a disconnected phone that he found in a abandoned house, but Rick isn't the only one. Feelings of unrest and suicide begin to fester in the group and an encounter between Rick and Abraham have them at each others throats. As the group takes up camp at a gas station Rick realizes that they are only a days drive from this hometown and he still has the keys to the police armory. Rick, his son Carl and Abraham set out to retrieve the supplies and we a glimpse into Abraham's past. During their talk, the two men find reconciliation and a common thread, both men have been changed by tragedy and they wonder if the terrible things they've seen and done have made them less human, but Rick has no regrets "We do what we have to do, It doesn't matter if we can live with ourselves as long as we LIVE". "What we become" is a very entertaining read. The survivors are on a intriguing quest but you begin to wonder if they can hold together long enough to see it to its end. Rick, whether he means well or not seems to be the catalyst for the group's descent. After breaking camp Andrea tells a brooding Dale that it's name to move on. "fine" dale snaps, "I'm anxious to see the NEXT way he's going to endanger us". As much as I hate to admit it, I am too.

Kirkman's zombie epic continues
"The Walking Dead, Vol. 10: What We Become"
(Image Books, 2009)
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NOTE: Mild spoilers below
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Robert Kirkman's zombie epic, "The Walking Dead," continues to simmer in its mix of claustophobia and gore. In this volume our hero, Rick, revisits his home town and confronts the darker side of what zombie-killing has done to him psychologically... He also has a one-on-one session with his potential main antagonist, a giant-sized, high-testosterone military guy who's competing with Rick for dominance of their scrappy survivor gang. The zombies are still out there as well, but just when we start to think they don't pose much danger to our well-organized heros, the tide turns when Rick and his caravan run into a dreaded, unstoppable zombie *herd*. The "Walking Dead" series seemed to be coasting a bit in previous volumes -- here it's clear that it is picking up steam, and it seems sure that something big's about to blow in issues to come. Stay tuned... and pick this one up! (Joe Sixpack, ReadThatAgain book reviews)

Story keeps getting deeper
Boy do I love the Walking Dead. My only complaint is that I have to wait so long between trade paperback releases. The story keeps moving along and the characters are certainly deep. I'm the sort of person who guesses plot twists in movies 10 minutes into watching them and the Walking Dead definitely keeps me guessing. That's one of my favorite aspects of the story, it doesn't treat the reader like an idiot.

The other thing that I love is that the characters act like real people not like a necessary devise used to scare you or for cheap thrills. For example, characters change their minds, are loyal followers and then finally get fed up with things and change direction. They do stupid things that are motivated by emotion and stress rather than stupid things motivated by an author attempting to leave you with a cliffhanger.

Kirkman understands the medium. I only hope that when Hollywood "discovers" him they don't ruin his creativity. His writing is simple and that's the key to his success. Although successful simple writing takes time which other media doesn't have the patience for. Image and the Walking Dead are good partners in this creativity by allowing the story to progress without rushing things along before their due time.

I plan to continue buying these books. I've been hooked since issue 1.