The Walking Dead Vol 1 is the collected first half dozen issues of the comics series as a seamless, one story graphic novel. I loved the TV show initially, but soon grew weary of it. I can see how they changed some characters and drew them in slower, more TV friendly arcs for the show, but as a comic book I think it works better.
The TV show felt taciturn and plodding at times, certainly repetitive. Can't say about the rest of the comics, but these first issues are tight, well drawn and dialogue heavy (for a comic). The opposite you would expect from a book to a video medium,
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