2010-11 sf/f TV development

[Snaploud]

AMC

The Walking Dead - Based on the graphic novel of that name, "The Walking Dead" tells the story of the months and years that follow after a zombie apocalypse. The story follows a group of survivors, led by police officer Rick Grimes, who travel in search of a safe and secure home.

The Walking Dead is actually an on-going comic series (not just a graphic novel). The series is quite decent, so I'm curious to see if AMC can make it work for tv.

Thanks - I just made that description up from what I could glean at thefutoncritic because there wasn't a good one-paragraph synopsis. I'm very curious what AMC would do with a zombie story since they seem to go for artsy and oblique material moreso than I'd expect from, say, TNT or (ugh) skiffy. I wouldn't be at all interested in that premise if I thought it was going to be just the usual thing.

Issues 1-66 are currently collected via trade-paperback. It's a much beloved black-and-white series (warranting hardcover, omnibus, and compendium collections).

From wikipedia:

Max Brooks, author of World War Z, told Kirkman that he had read The Walking Dead and liked it, but Kirkman said he could not read World War Z until he finished The Walking Dead which would not be "any time soon, so I’m never going to read his book."[1] Brad Ladlee from Examiner.com said that The Walking Dead "realistically depicts the aftermath of a zombie apocalypse" and is "[m]ore than just a scary story about zombies, it is about how people would physically and mentally handle the dead rising and survive the fall of modern society."[2] Keith Ansaldo also from Examiner.com stated that The Walking Dead is "not only an amazing story of the struggle of the human spirit, but a showcase of astounding artwork by two artists that capture the drama perfectly."[3]


In 2009, The Governor was ranked as IGN's 86th Greatest Comic Book Villain of All Time.[4]

 

[Trent Roman]

^ I actually dropped the series during the whole Governor thing. The whole 'Mad Max' ethos, the pointless brutality of it, the devolution of the lead into a complete asshole (although that had started before this particular storyline), and one death in particular just left me with no impulse to continue reading. It felt like the series had run out of creative steam and was relying on clichés and shock tactics to keep itself going.

Fictitiously yours, Trent Roman