AMC is moving full-steam ahead with its plan to adapt the well-known anti-Zombie comic ‘The Walking Dead’ for television, and they’ve released some promotional material that lays out their bias very clearly indeed.

Yes, the *LIVING* cast gets the vast majority of the poster space while the sole Zombie representative is shoved off to the side, presented in a very unflattering light and has a gun pointed at them. Stay classy, AMC. Stay classy.

Sigh. Great. As if Robert Kirkman hadn’t done enough to Zombies, now his work is going to be flooding the televisions of America with a slick, probably well produced (see their track record with Breaking Bad) adaptation of his landmark and hateful Walking Dead comics. That’s all we need here at the ZRC, more negative portrayals and stereotypes to fight.

For those of you who are unaware, The Walking Dead is a Romero-style zombie product, both in its satirical, social-commentary laced tone and the physical attributes of the poor abused Zombies. So expect to get Useful Lessons about Working Together Against The Undead Hordes type ‘life-affirming’ messages periodically. No doubt the mainstream critics will fawn over it for that.

Never fear, no matter how many different forms of media Mr. Kirkman migrates to, the ZRC will be there, watching his every move and shining a spotlight on his nefarious misdeeds. In fact, I just added a new Tag for him. I’d wager we’ll be writing a lot about his work in the future.

Tags: Robert Kirkman, Romero

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