The Walking Dead Animated Comic
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The Walking Dead devotees in the US are getting a sneak peek at the new animated version of (half of) issue #1, based on Robert Kirkman’s graphic novel of the same name.
For those of you who aren’t familiar with the story, the premise is straight forward: our hero (Rick Grimes) wakes up in a hospital to find the world gone undead. Using the Romero playbook as a guideline, we’re treated to some very slow, and very decomposed, lumbering zombies.
Two key notes for zombie-philes to notice:
- The zombie that falls down the stairs and receives a blow to the head does not immediately “shut off,” as one might expect from such a trauma. Are fresh zombies harder to kill?
- The unfortunate lady soul our strapping lead encounters in the field is still animated, though far from mobile (she’s mostly skeleton), suggesting a little envelope pushing as to how far the undead hold on the human body can go before ultimately being extinguished. (Does she even have an intact melon?)
I’m a little concerned about how the pacing and use of silence will hold up in animation should they do more than just the first issue. Character development is key to the original story, and although Kirkman is the executive producer on this series, I’m curious to see how this slow pacing will go down with American audiences for the live action version.
That said, the clip is pretty enough to keep me waiting until October when it finally hits the screen and we’ll let you know when part two is out.
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