That said, despite all of that, I was drawn into the book. Rick waking up in the abandoned hospital is identical to the opening of 28 Days Later, while escaping the zombie hordes in the city is like that George Romero picture, oh what’s it called, oh right, ALL OF THEM! The Walking Dead feels like every zombie story ever plus some scenes are lifted wholesale from specific zombie movies. Robert Kirkman’s other creator-owned series, Thief of Thieves, reads like a shameless re-telling of Ocean’s 11 with generous helpings of Elmore Leonard (Out of Sight in particular). It’s taken me a while to get around to actually reading the world’s most popular comic (The Walking Dead #1’s bestselling single issue comic and the trades dominated the top 10 bestsellers list!) and it’s mostly because it feels very unoriginal. So begins Rick’s journey to find his family as, in a world where the end can come at any moment, he and the other survivors become the walking dead. When he awakens in the hospital weeks later, he finds himself alone in a world where the zombie apocalypse has happened – and his family have disappeared. Officer Rick Grimes gets shot in the call of duty and goes into a coma.
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