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[MutantKeys]

I re-read 1-6 today Pure goodness

[maloney414]

A while back there was a thread about recommendations for people who like Zombie books like "The Walking Dead." In that thread a book called CROSSED by Garth Ennis was mentioned (put out by Avatar Comics).

 

I tracked them down and love it. I bring it up here because if you liked the "Fear the Hunters" storyarc, Crossed #3 is VERY similar! The theme and the ending.

 

 

 

 

Edited October 22, 2009 by maloney414

[PEP]

Yea I like Crossed also, havent seen a new issue in awhile though.

[50 Cent #II (1st)]

Is there a discussion about the Agents #6 (Walking Dead preview) issue in this long thread? I hadn't heard of it until reading about it in the hot moderns thread.

 

[Hawkman]

yeah. about 10-15 pages back.

[Hawkman]

sometimes it's fun to go back and see what people were saying about the book not long after it came out. i found this post from 2004.

 

 

 

http://boards.collectors-society.com/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Board=17&Number=466175&Searchpage=5&Main=25594&Words=walking+dead&topic=0&Search=true#Post466175

 

 

 

Edited October 24, 2009 by Hawkman

[Comic_Diva]

sometimes it's fun to go back and see what people were saying about the book not long after it came out. i found this post from 2004.

 

 

 

http://boards.collectors-society.com/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Board=17&Number=466175&Searchpage=5&Main=25594&Words=walking+dead&topic=0&Search=true#Post466175

 

 

 

I stand by my comments from back then, this book is awesome. It just gets better and better.

[EvilAsh]

WOW

 

Walking Dead fans would probably be interested in this news

 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2009/oct/01/george-a-romero-zombie-novel

 

Cult director George A Romero to pen zombie foundation myth

Director of zombie classic Night of the Living Dead receives a rumoured $300,000 advance for debut novel

 

The zombie invasion of the literary world has stepped up a pace with cult zombie film director George A Romero signed up to write his debut novel, The Living Dead, which will reveal "the origin of the zombie realm".

 

The book will, according to its UK publisher Headline, see the founder of modern zombie culture tell "the full story behind the living dead: how they came to be [and] what they can and cannot do". It starts in San Diego, where a corpse sits up and begins to walk during an autopsy, while a reporter from Atlanta shows viewers "glimpses of

 

increasing chaos from around the globe". Headline is believed to have paid a $300,000 advance to Romero for the book and a sequel, although the publisher would not comment on the amount.

 

Publisher Vicki Mellor said that zombies were "one of the new buzz words in publishing". "I think that the world is ready to re-embrace the zombie culture - after the massive amount of vampire novels that have been published, it's time for a change of antagonist," she said. "We are very aware that there is going to be an explosion of zombie novels being published over the next year, but we absolutely believe that we have the definitive novel from the one author whom every fan of the genre will want to read."

 

Romero's classic film Night of the Living Dead was released in 1968. He has followed this with five sequels combining horror with social satire, most recently Survival of the Dead, which was screened at last month's Venice film festival.

 

"There is no one more qualified to write a zombie novel," said Mellor, who pointed to the success of the films Shaun of the Dead, I Am Legend and 28 Days Later, and the runaway bestselling book Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, as proof that the genre "has legs". "You just have to look on the internet and around the world at the enthusiasm with which Romero, and zombies, are greeted, to see that there's a huge amount of potential for these books," she said. The Living Dead will be published in July next year.

 

 

 

[MutantKeys]

Sweetness

[Raphael]

sweeet!!

[User 01001010]

thank god i only paid $1.50 for this a few weeks ago...

 

 

 

ahead of the curve for once....

[Hawkman]

thank god i only paid $1.50 for this a few weeks ago...

 

 

 

ahead of the curve for once....

 

seriously. i paid 2.98 for mine. bought a second copy for 1.98. still should be bale to find some in bargain bins.

[User 01001010]

i thought someone paying $12 was a lot. now it's going for $20

[shortstack comics]

do you really think Agents will go up in value? or is it just market speculation driving it up right now?

[User 01001010]

i think it will probably come down to the $6-8 range long term.

 

it is a preview after all.

[50 Cent #II (1st)]

i thought someone paying $12 was a lot. now it's going for $20

I listed it at $12 here and within 5 minutes had 2 people take it (one via PM). I thought it's something that many aren't aware of and it's showing now that the price is selling at $20. Someone needs to list the Capes #1 to let those not reading the Modern section know about it.

 

[Hawkman]

i thought someone paying $12 was a lot. now it's going for $20

I listed it at $12 here and within 5 minutes had 2 people take it (one via PM). I thought it's something that many aren't aware of and it's showing now that the price is selling at $20. Someone needs to list the Capes #1 to let those not reading the Modern section know about it.

 

 

 

SHHHHH.

Edited October 29, 2009 by Hawkman

[carcrawfordfan]

i think it will probably come down to the $6-8 range long term.

 

it is a preview after all.

 

I actually sold 6 of them for $20 so far. One on ebay did $30 a couple of days ago and no one really even knows about it yet. If Chew previews can sell for $15-$25 per (which is insane) than a Walking Dead preview (with a printrun of about 10% of the chew preview) should be worth a lot more. That is my take on it and I think once the general public gets wind of it the book will go up to loftier heights.

[carcrawfordfan]

Another one sold for $31 tonight and a buy it now for $39.99. This book is going to get really hot!!

[Ultra Ambient]

I think these forums are to blame for some of the price spikes we've seen in recent times.