The Last of Us: American Dreams Paperback – October 29, 2013

The media could not be loaded. I just got it today but I know I’m gonna love it because I’m a huge fan of it and I love the series so much ♥️🍃

I've been completely obsessed with The Last of Us, the characters, the incredible story, the stories within the story. The games were basically my first real experience with good interactive storytelling. This book is another little dose of what I can't seem to get enough of. I enjoyed it very. I love the games and I love comics so...yeah. I want more games, of course, but I'd also like to see more comics like this one.

This was so insightful and a cool fleshing out of Ellie's "The Last of Us" story. It answered some questions that I had and even some that I didn't think to ask. I also LOVED the art style. Very fitting with the art we see on cartoon media we actually see in the game itself!

The game The Last of Us is this epic story of a journey through a post-apocalyptic world. There's a great deal of character building and American Dreams looks to build upon that. The comic itself is well drawn and does a great job capturing the bleakness of the game, but the story itself doesn't give you a great deal. In fact, I feel as though the entire point of the comic could have been expressed in a one page short story. It does give a little bit of background to the Left Behind DLC, but nothing so significant or ground breaking that you couldn't derive it from the DLC alone. In fact, I think I'd venture so far as to say Left Behind makes American Dreams entirely unnecessary as every notable point in it is covered in the game and done so in a more engaging and intimate way.However, taken on its own, the artwork and story of the comic make it worth reading if you think the price is fair.

I'm a huge fan of The Last Of Us video game on the PS3, and this graphic novel does a good job of keeping with the tone set by the game. Ellie is a very interesting young character and getting some more back story is a plus. My only complaint is that the graphic novel is kind of short and given that this is the first time I got to meet Ellie's friend Riley, I didn't feel like I had enough time to truly get to know and care for here. Overall, a very enjoyable read. If you are a fan of the game you will like this novel.

Got this as a Christmas present for my boyfriend, who is obsessed with the TLOU video game and tv show. He had no idea this comic even existed, and was so excited to read it! It’s a prequel from before the video games AND before the show, so for anyone looking to gift someone else or themself some new content, this is a great choice!!

If you're a fan of The Last of Us, especially Left Behind, you'll benefit from reading this! It's great supplementary material to the book and it helps to develop Ellie and Marlene a lot.A lot of people complain about the art style as if they were expecting the comic to be as realistic as the game, but I personally think the style this is drawn in is very visually interesting and contributes to the visual mood of the story! Not to mention, the covers of each issue (which are printed inside this version as separators between issues) are beautiful.

A decent addition to the Last of Us cannon, but nothing really special. This comic came out slightly before the game as sort of a trailer and it really shows. There is very little in terms of actual story, and the whole thing just ends abruptly with no satisfactory conclusion. For fans of the game hoping this would fill in some story gaps (as I was), this really doesn't show a whole lot. Just Ellie's relationship with Riley and her initial encounter with Marlene.On top of that, the animation is really sub-par. Characters look little like their video game forms and barely human at times. When you make a graphic novel based on a game with some of the best graphics ever used, you really owe it to your readers to provide correspondingly effective animation. There are also some continuity errors, such as a segment where Ellie is holding a gun and she switches from being right-handed to being left-handed between panels.MINOR SPOILER ALERT HEREOne part of the story doesn't even make any sense. It's established early on that everyone at Ellie's boarding school has to become a soldier when they turn 16. But later on, Marlene tells Ellie he made sure she went there and wants her to stay there because that's where she'll be safe. Safe? When she turns 16, she'll be conscripted and forced to fight against the Fireflies! Why would Marlene want Ellie to stay in a place that would force her to become an enemy?END MINOR SPOILER ALERTWhile I liked reading this, I was still sorely disappointed that it didn't reveal more about Ellie's past or contribute much to the cannon. It's still a must-have for fans of the game, but it doesn't add much to what's already out there.