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The Dresden Files: Welcome to the Jungle | 
 enlarge | Authors: Jim Butcher, Ardian Syaf
Publisher: Del Rey/Dabel Brothers
Category: Book
List Price: $19.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  48 reviews
Sales Rank: 890
Media: Hardcover
Reading Level: Young Adult
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 160
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.2
Dimensions (in): 10.3 x 6.6 x 0.7
ISBN: 0345507460
Dewey Decimal Number: 741.5973
EAN: 9780345507464
Publication Date: October 14, 2008
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Product Description
When the supernatural world spins out of control, when the police can’t handle what goes bump in the night, when monsters come screaming out of nightmares and into the mean streets, there’s just one man to call: Harry Dresden, the only professional wizard in the Chicago phone book. A police consultant and private investigator, Dresden has to walk the dangerous line between the world of night and the light of day.
Now Harry Dresden is investigating a brutal mauling at the Lincoln Park Zoo that has left a security guard dead and many questions unanswered. As an investigator of the supernatural, he senses that there’s more to this case than a simple animal attack, and as Dresden searches for clues to figure out who is really behind the crime, he finds himself next on the victim list, and being hunted by creatures that won’t leave much more than a stain if they catch him.
Written exclusively for comics by Jim Butcher, The Dresden Files: Welcome to the Jungle is a brand-new story that’s sure to enchant readers with a blend of gripping mystery and fantastic adventure.
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 Another quality entry in the Dresden Files October 20, 2008
6 out of 7 found this review helpful
First, I'd like to address some of these more negative reviews.
Yes, it is a comic book, not a novel. But the idea that Amazon "hoodwinked" anyone is ridiculous. The book has listings of its sales ranks and has for a while, and it is listed under "graphic novels". Additionally, it has TWO authors listed, not just Butcher, and the picture used to advertise the product has it clearly depicted at the bottom "ILLUSTRATED BY..."
So you whiners who think Amazon pulled one over on you are just too lazy or stupid to read the product description.
Additionally, this is a PREQUEL, so people whining about this and that not looking right or not addressing larger issues brought up later in the series, it is as it should be based on his Pre-Stormfront days.
It is also funny people whining about how it looks, maybe Butcher is just a liar and he writes forwards to sell his product, but according to his own introduction to the book, much of what is depicted is close to how HE sees it in his mind. So he seems to like it and being that he created the characters that is good enough for me.
It is a joke to say that "comics are for kids and books are for adults". Come on, the Dresden Files is good, but it isn't as if you have to be above the age of 10 to read and enjoy them, and Harry Dresden (and Jim Butcher) are comic fans (Butcher himself even says he has always seen the Dresden Files as an Animated Cartoon) so Harry translates well to the medium.
As to the product itself: I found it a thoroughly enjoyable Dresden Files mini-adventure. It is 132 Illustrated pages detailing a Dresden adventure just prior to the start of Stormfront.
It has all the fun and action that you expect from a Dresden Files story, just on a slightly smaller scale, more in line with the early books than the later "heavier" fare. I like the art for the most part, there are some complaints with how the illustrator draws his women, they just don't seem as attractive as they should. The guy has a real Steve Dillion style, and I think faces are his weakest point, everything else looks really good.
Even with the illustrations, there is a LOT of text for a comic book, so the story still is comparable in length to a long short story.
In all it is worthwhile, especially considering individual issues cost $4 and you can get it all hardback for $12. At the very least it is a nice little Dresden snack that, combined with Backup, will take the edge off the wait for Turn Coat.
Not just that, but Dresden quotes from Big Trouble In Little China, it doesn't get any better than that!
Finally! October 15, 2008
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
As someone who watched the so called "Dresden Files" to the bitter end, not that the start was any fun, I can say this book will help wash out the memories of the submissive, metrosexual(?) Harry Dresden. Don't ask me about Bob because I'm still confused.
This is the real "Harry from the books", the guy who takes a licking and keeps on ticking. The guy whose character has developed from the early books into a very well defined character.
Yep, I am a fan of the books.
For a fan of Harry Dresden October 16, 2008
7 out of 9 found this review helpful
I love the harry Dresden novels. Liked the tv show but really was much more of a fan of the books. The books always paint such an awesome picture of Chicago but the Chicago that no one knows about. I have to say that they're some of the most fun novels out there.
That being said, when there was a shot to read another Dresden novel of sorts, I took it. This one will keep fans who are waiting for the next book in the series satisfied for a little bit longer. It's hard waiting for Jim Buthcher to write the next novel so having a comic book to hold me until then works quite well. The story and characters are true in keeping with the story line. They look like how you would imagine they would look. The art is decent if not good. I'm happy with this and very happy with the story.
Excellant graphic novel October 16, 2008
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
This is a well done exemplar of the graphic novel genre. Jim Butcher is going to redo the entire series as graphic novels as he is a big fan. I am not and this will be the last of these that I will buy. The plot is good some humor and the illustrations are good as well.
If you like graphic novels you will like this one, if you don't you will not. If you are unfamiliar with graphic novels this would make a pretty good introduction.
I don't really much care for them myself.
WARNING: Graphic Novel October 26, 2008
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
I'm not a comic book fan and yes, I said comic book. Jim Butcher calls it comics in memory of all the good ones he started out with and way before they turned into graphic novels. But Welcome to the Jungle was awesome! The graphic art was excellent, and it reads as all Butcher books read, lots of dry wit, sarcasm, and action. I would recommend this to any Butcher fan. It had me wanting more and I'm excited to see the Dresden Files converted to comic book. I have all his books, and I don't mind collecting the same stories if it's in this vein. Excellent purchase!! Five stars for story and art.
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