The Zombie Survival Guide: Recorded Attacks,   ISBN:9780307405777

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I have read both the zombie survival guide and world war z. WOrld War z was the best book i ever read and so I came to Recorded Attacks with high expectations which were delivered on. This book Recorded attacks is a whole new direction for Max Brooks. The book is mainly just small tales of people throughout history dealing with zombies and how they accomplished this.I thought it was fun watching the people face an epidemic and use different methods to solve it depending on the culture and time in history.

I spent more time looking at the art than reading it! The artwork in this is perfect for the feature with black and white preventing it from being to gory but still showing fear and killer zombies in detail!

It is a really inexpensive book and so buying this small paperback wont set you back alot. It is definetly a must have on your shelf especially in its tiny size and slick appearance. Max Brooks is an amazing author and yes he dumbs it down for this but not everything can be as serious as World War Z. This is a comic that is meant to be fun and to enjoy; so dont expect it to analyze your life or paralell the depression or whatever.Its classic zombie action in lots of different settings pure and simple and so a zombie fan will love this!

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If I had to describe this graphic novel, I would say it was zombie short stories influenced by Heavy Metal. I have not read the Zombie Survival Guide yet. It's in my "to read" pile. I saw this at the book store and purchased it on a whim.

It's not a bad book. Probably the best parts are the artwork and the stories plausibility since they give just enough information to wonder if they were true.

One thing that is rather light is the dialog. This book is mainly pictures but they do convey what is lacking in words.

Overall, it was a nice little read and I am not disappointed with it. However, I am not sure it's worth full price.

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Simply put, this is the graphic rendition of the stories Max Brooks put in the back of his Zombie Survival Guide. The artwork is good and the stories were entertaining when I first read them a few years back. It had been a while so it was nice to revisit these very brief tales but the negative is that Brooks didn't try to add any new stories to the mix and give us something different than we have already seen. It was entertaining, but not sure it was worth the price charged. You can get fresh new zombie stuff in graphic novel form on an ongoing basis with the Walking Dead series, amongst others, so why couldn't Brooks done a bit of refreshing here and added a few other interesting tales throughout history?

Still, the quality of the art work is good and if you have not read the recorded attacks from the Survival Guide already, this is a good way to introduce them to you if you are a fan of zombies.

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I, unlike all the one-stars, was pleasantly surprised that this was a graphic novel. I was basically expecting another world war z, and was wondering why the cover had zombies drawn all over it. When I opened it, I completely understood. The art was good, the stories were well written, I just wish it was 2-3x as long as it was. I read it in the greater part of an hour.

If you want a zombie "read", then check out Dead City by Joe McKinney (5 stars!)

Customer Rating: 

Great book, fast read, art is good. If you like zombies and decent art, get the book. If you want to complain, go somewhere else!!!