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The Dresden Files: Welcome to the Jungle | 
 enlarge | Authors: Jim Butcher, Ardian Syaf
Publisher: Del Rey/Dabel Brothers
Category: Book
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Rating:  57 reviews
Sales Rank: 2422
Media: Hardcover
Reading Level: Young Adult
Pages: 160
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.2
Dimensions (in): 10.3 x 6.6 x 0.7
ISBN: 0345507460
Dewey Decimal Number: 741.5973
EAN: 9780345507464
ASIN: 0345507460
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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 Dresden goes Manga December 31, 2008
Debbie (Mississippi)
I added this to my Butcher collection & bought it knowing I was getting a (short) graphic novel vs. a book. With the in mind, I truly got what I paid for. Cost may exceed the norm for a comic book, but if you have priced short manga novels lately - this one is not exorbitant. Graphics are great, story line was good. I got exactly what I paid for - a new addition to my Harry Dresden collection, in a slightly different format. All is good.
Don't gripe about the size of the book; it is a quality product.
 Graphic Novel "Prequel" to main series December 31, 2008
Jack Fitzgerald (Seattle, WA United States)
This book has taken some knocks from readers who purchased expecting a full-length novel rather than a graphic novel aka "comic book." When I first saw this listed I too thought it might be a new book but when I read the description I found out what it truly was.
So, let's focus on the contents of the story and not the type of media. I thought that Jim Butcher and Ardian Syaf have done an excellent job bringing Harry Dresden to illustrated form. In fact, I think this brings Mr. Butcher's vision of Dresden more the way I (and hopefully many readers) imagined rather than the Sci-Fi series. We see Harry as described, with the leather duster, the staff, blasting rod and scruffiness. Murphy looks as described in the books rather than some politically correct diversity-friendly version on the tube. Bob is a skull with glowing eyes. The blue beetle, the apartment building and his cellar pad all look more or less as I imagined.
The story is a good initiation to Dresden's world, focusing on a fairly straightforward adventure involving night hags at a zoo attempting to obtain great power. It introduces Harry and Murphy with hints at the dynamics of their relationship. There are also flashbacks of Harry's upbringing. The reader even gets a taste of Harry's internal monologue and wisecracks.
The illustration is outstanding, with some very creepy nasties wreaking havoc on Harry's world and Harry doing magic.
If you enjoy the Dresden Files series and like graphic novels, this is a definitely a treat. There was a tease at the end about a Storm Front version premiering in October 2008. So far I have not seen this anywhere unless it is currently in serial form and will be collected into a full book later.
A Good Fun Time December 29, 2008
Shoujo Otaku since 1997
This beautiful graphic novel (that's fancy talk for bound Comic Book) is an excellent prequill to Stormfront and the rest of the Dresden series. For those who say it has no plot, I say try READING it. Aside from an amusing murder mystery, it also provides a flashback to Harry's battle with his former Master. Now, it's not as involved as his text-only novels, but then it doesn't have nearly as many pages.
To the people who bought this without realizing it was a graphic novel - did you even go to the description page? It is impossible to NOT know that it's a graphic novel - I stumbled on it when it was a preorder months yet away, looked up its info, and went "oh, neat, graphic novel" and went out and found the comics (a couple of them anyway). I finally got to read he whole thing when the graphic novel came out and it is excellent.
So, to sum up, if you don't like graphic novels, don't buy it. Butcher loves them, and everything feels very comic-like, so if you don't like the genre it isn't going to change your mind. And, people who bought the comic by mistake - stop being idiots and giving it a one star rating! If it isn't what you wanted, well, that's your own fault for not reading what you were buying. I think Amazon should remove some of these one-star reviews because they obviously don't reflect on the quality of the book. And if someone bought it knowing it was a comic book and STILL didn't like it, then let THEM give it a bad review.
A fun sidetrip with Dresden... December 29, 2008
Von (West Carrollton, OH United States)
A serious reader will not need more than an hour to finish this book. However, it was a nice fill-in waiting for the next Dresden novel. I really enjoyed seeing the drawings and seeing how Jim Butcher envisioned his hero.
Pretty good! December 28, 2008
Moonbeam (USA)
I liked the story-line, I like Mr. Butcher's imagination, writing skills, and characters, however, I admit that it took me a bit to warm up to this particular addition to the series. I think, if Amazon had been careful to make sure the reader understood that this book was actually a graphic novel (or a "Comic book" as Mr. Butcher himself still refers to them) I would have been better prepared. And I have to admit, I still can't cotton to the idea of a graphic novel, comic book--pick your description--in hardback form. Give me back the days when the comic book came in paperback, and you could roll them up, stick it under your arm, and hunt for a nice, quiet place to read and savor the drawings. Somehow, a hardback makes this publication too "legitimate"--something to be taken too seriously. And folks, there is just too much of that in the world these days! Mr. Butcher, continue to put your stories in the graphic novel format if you must, but please ditch the hardback style except for your other books!
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