This Compendium of the first forty-eight issues of Robert Kirkman's Eisner Award-winning graphic novel introduces Rick Grimes, who wakes to a world changed forever. Overrun by zombies, society has collapsed, and the survivors must find a way to live now they're no longer the dominant species. Rick, along with his family, must find a safe place to settle as he tries to carve out a place for himself in this dangerous, flesh-eating new world. As his fellow survivors establish their own communities, each with their own set of laws and morals, it's not just the walking dead he has to fear. Kirkman's bestselling zombie apocalypse series was turned into an Emmy Award-winning television series starring Andrew Lincoln and Norman Reedus.