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I'm kind of chomping at the bit to talk about the comic series without getting into spoiler territory with those that are watching the TV show, but I think it's pretty clear that for this kind of long form story telling, nothing beats comics.
Month in and Month out (well... every six weeks?) we've gotten dozens and dozens of characters in a continuous harrowing journey. Many of whom have been jettisoned or short-formed for the Television audience.
The exception perhaps being Shane who's actually given a chance to develop as a character before meeting his fate... although the near-rape is a controversial addition to his character... as is the hobbling of Otis.
But given what does happen to him, I'm guessing a TV audience needs to be prepped and have a more black and white reaction.
Also, I'm not sure that the Carl we are seeing in the comics... a child evolved to survived the zombie apocalypse will be as extreme on TV as the some of the crazy stuff that Carl does on paper. Of course, the way this series unfolds, the actor playing Carl and thus the character might well be in the teens when he makes life and death decisions.
Month in and Month out (well... every six weeks?) we've gotten dozens and dozens of characters in a continuous harrowing journey. Many of whom have been jettisoned or short-formed for the Television audience.
The exception perhaps being Shane who's actually given a chance to develop as a character before meeting his fate... although the near-rape is a controversial addition to his character... as is the hobbling of Otis.
But given what does happen to him, I'm guessing a TV audience needs to be prepped and have a more black and white reaction.
Also, I'm not sure that the Carl we are seeing in the comics... a child evolved to survived the zombie apocalypse will be as extreme on TV as the some of the crazy stuff that Carl does on paper. Of course, the way this series unfolds, the actor playing Carl and thus the character might well be in the teens when he makes life and death decisions.
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