Tuesday, September 9, 2014

The Walking Dead and Zombies in American Culture

 The Walking Dead was, to most of us, a breakout summer TV series shown on AMC. More acute followers of the horror genre may have known it in its original comic form. Both mediums are impressive in their own right, but the comic more so in my opinion. I really liked the art style because I feel like it gave the words attitude.  The format leads to smaller, more frequent interactions than TV does, and each of these interactions has a tone of its own.  The character development is far superior on page then it is on the screen.  Each person is exactly and specifically what they need to be, but nothing more.  The interactions are limited to what fits in a frame or series of frames. The American Gothic dissertation was interesting. I hadn't noticed the specific phenomenon, but it is apparent when someone points it out.  The thought process is solid, and well supported. It’s a very well written paper, but I wonder if people humanize monsters because their imaginations are limited to a human frame of reference. The way it was written was thought provoking and really pointed out just how culturally significant zombies are in today’s day and age.

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