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One of my absolute favorite books in the world is a comic book from Image Comics called The Walking Dead. If you have yet to start on this monster of story telling, you have been missing out. Why is it so damn good? Well, for starters, it’s not your average run of the mill zombie eat everything in site kinda story. The story focuses on the evolution of the people left alive and how they change, stay the same and how they clutch on to their humanity in a world gone to hell. In short, it’s fucking amazing and the 2nd best zombie story I have ever seen (next to World War Z).

Finally, it would seem that Hollywood is taking notice of the books that truly deserve to be adapted (other than GI Joe and tripe that litters our theaters). Frank Darabont, director of the “Green Mile,” “Shawshank Redemption” and “The Mist” has fallen for the zombie lore, and truly, who better to have behind the wheel of this story? He has pitched the story to AMC and dibs are being sunken into. AMC’s senior vp of programing Joel Stillverman says that the tv show will stay faithful to the graphic novels.

“This is not about zombies popping out of closets,” Stillerman told Variety. “This is a story about survival, and the dynamics of what happens when a group is forced to survive under these circumstances. The world is portrayed in a smart, sophisticated way.”

Let’s hope so.

If you have yet to read this bad boy, do yourself a favor and pick up the first book today.

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