Slides prepared for the Adventures in Textuality conference hosted at the University of Sunderland, April 3-4 2013

1. @rob_jewitt

4. Context
! ‘The issue of primacy’
! Lefèvre, 2007: 2
! ‘Elegiac discourse of loss’
! Stam, 2005: 3

5. Adaptation is the norm
! There are precious few stories
around that have not been
‘lovingly ripped off’ from others. In
the workings of the human
imagination, adaptation is the
norm, not the exception
! Hutcheon, 2006: 177

7. 1. Discourse of fidelity in official paratexts
2. Comparison between comic and TV series

8. Comic-Con 2010

9. Same but different?

10. ‘First, we knew we had something that had not been
done before. There is a lot of pressure in that, but there is
also great opportunity. We knew we had a great team,
and we had total confidence in the quality of the comics
as source material. If we didn't have the comics as a road
map, it would have been a much harder decision’
- Joel Stillerman, AMC’s senior vice president of original
programming, production and digital content

11. ‘We also had a healthy interest in the genre, well-
executed, in series form … Notwithstanding the long
history of zombies as a popular film genre, a zombie series
was something we had never seen on television before.
That uniqueness always interests us.’
- Charlie Collier, AMC’s president

12. ‘The graphic novels are kind of like a rather exotic
storyboard … Some of the more iconic images we did
reproduce pretty accurately’
- David Tattersall, director of photography, Ep1

14. ‘We’re very fortunate to have a visual narrative to draw
upon in designing The Walking Dead … You are able to see
the entire arc of the show … we found ourselves inspired to
use some key images. First and foremost is Rick’s approach
to the skyline of Atlanta. That was such an iconic panel from
the comic book that it had a great influence over my work’
- Greg Melton, production designer

15. Cleary visible organs/origins?
28 Days Later
Night of the Living Dead

16. Cleary visible organs/origins?
Dawn of the Dead
Shaun of the Dead

17. Cleary visible organs/origins?
I Am Legend

18. Episode 1 – Days Gone Bye

28. Episode 6 – TS-19

30. AMC’s promotional material

31. Comic-Con 2010 poster

32. Press kit

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