Walking Dead's Name for the Zombie Apocalypse Calls Out Modern Society
In a series full of commentary on society and the human condition, the name for the tumultuous period of time covered in The Walking Dead may be the series' harshest critique.
When Rick Grimes woke up in an apocalyptic nightmare world, he could not have imagined the darkness he was about to be exposed to. Aside from the threat of the walkers, Grimes and his coterie of survivors confront monsters of a different stripe. The almost inhuman nature of The Walking Dead's most notable antagonists served to critique the worst aspects of humanity. The awful period of time mostly served as a meditation on mankind's capacity for cruelty, and the resilience of the main characters speaks to the primal urge to survive at no matter the cost. The Walking Dead is rife with social commentary right from the beginning and it stays that way up until the very end.
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Readers get a glimpse of what the future holds for the world in the final issue of The Walking Dead #193 by Robert Kirkman, Charlie Adlard, and Cliff Rathburn. While a grown Carl Grimes remains haunted by the events of the «Trials», aka the years after the initial outbreak, everyone else appears to be moving on with their lives. The walkers have yet to be extinguished, but safety protocols have kept their threat at bay for years. It's clear that for most people, the terrible zombie apocalypse is over, even though Carl still implores that it's actually still going on. The difference in opinions is shown when Grimes is confronted by a gang of youths who make fun of his eyepatch before one mentions that Carl lost it during the Trials. Unfazed, the kids move on while Sophia mentions that it won't be long
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