The Zombie Survival Guide: Recorded Attacks
by Ibraim Roberson, Max Brooks
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Author: Ibraim Roberson, Max BrooksEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2009-10-06
ISBN: 030740577X
Number of pages: 144
Publisher: Three Rivers Press
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Book Review: Recorded attacks; superb visual rendering of vignettes from The Zombie Survival Guide
Summary: 4 Stars
At first, I was confused. I had ordered not one, but two copies of 'The Zombie Survival Guide' by Max Brooks (Three Rivers Press / Random House ; September 16, 2003 ; $14.95) from Pat Cramer Books. Yes, compulsive me. I had managed to find a pristine First Edition / First Printing of the paperback, and had ordered a second, reading copy as well. So what was this book labeled, 'The Zombie Survival Guide: Recorded Attacks' (Three Rivers Press / Random House ; October 6, 2009 ; $17) doing, coming straight from the publisher? Was this what I had ordered? Had zombies managed to eat my brain when I was otherwise occupied?
I guess I'm safe there -- not so much brain left to eat. I'd probably not even be a good aperitif for the brain-eating species of zombie. After a few minutes of looking and browsing at 'The Zombie Survival Guide: Recorded Attacks', I realized that I had something rather different here (so I thought) and certainly new.
The next day, my two copies of 'The Zombie Survival Guide' arrived and everything fell into place. They joined my First Edition / First Printing of 'World War Z' on my half of the living room table, in the "much pawed books" pile. Overnight, I'm a Max Brooks fan. Somewhere out there, a fellow programmer from my old days at the synthesizer factory is saying, "I told you so." And he did.
Here's the deal. It's been six long years since Max Brooks first released 'The Zombie Survival Guide,' and in those years, it's become a bestseller, as has 'World War Z.' 'The Zombie Survival Guide' had a lot of stuff in it, and at the end of the book, there's a section on "Recorded Attacks." These are brief prose summaries of zombie attacks through history, a year zero till the day after tomorrow series of bad things happening to good people. They're fun, they have a couple of simple line illustrations by Max Werner, and in some sense seem a sort of afterthought. Wrong again. No brains left for you, zombie!
They're actually pretty thorough and pretty fun. Now, in 'The Zombie Survival Guide: Recorded Attacks' they're just plain pretty. I'm gonna take a stab and guess that this is just the first we'll see. The graphic (in all senses of the word) novel versions of these brief prose bits are utterly stunning. The original histories were nice, but these are simply gut-wrenchingly gorgeous. Let me make something clear that the book does not: somewhere, in tiny type on the back of the book, you can find this legend: Cover Design and Illustrations: IBRAIM ROBERSON. I made it big and bold here because they make it so teeny-tiny on the book. Given the incredible quality of the illustrations and the design, I think he deserves a bit more prominent placement. Yes, Brooks has done an incredible job scripting his detailed, entertaining histories and his gripping stories. Still, I think they should have at least put Roberson's name on the front cover. The upshot is still the same; this is a wonderful graphic novel that I could hardly keep out of my hands. It's distractingly good, so only buy it when you plan on going home to read it.
'Recorded Attacks' offers twelve toe-curling tales of zombie mayhem that fit seamlessly into history and are illustrated to the hilt. They're really quite exciting and the art is so detailed you can spend a lot of time looking at the panel and then looking again to find new stuff. All I can say is I'm a guy who is disinclined to like both zombie stuff and graphic novels. 'Recorded Attacks,' however, will chew through any reservations you might have about zombies, and like the bite of a zombie, turn you in a slavering Max Brooks-style zombie fan. I'm sorry to report that First / Firsts of the first two books are not easy to find. 'Recorded Attacks' will be easy to find. Prepare to be infected.
Summary of The Zombie Survival Guide: Recorded Attacks
Those who don?t learn from history are condemned to repeat it.From the Stone Age to the information age, the undead have threatened to engulf the human race. They?re coming. They?re hungry.
Don?t wait for them to come to you!
This is the graphic novel the fans demanded: major zombie attacks from the dawn of humanity. On the African savannas, against the legions of ancient Rome, on the high seas with Francis Drake . . . every civilization has faced them. Here are the grisly and heroic stories?complete with eye-popping artwork that pulsates with the hideous faces of the undead.
Organize before they rise!
Scripted by the world?s leading zombie authority, Max Brooks, Recorded Attacks reveals how other eras and cultures have dealt with?and survived?the ancient viral plague. By immersing ourselves in past horror we may yet prevail over the coming outbreak in our time.
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