The Written Dead

<p> From Victor Halperin's <I>White Zombie</I> (1932) to George A. Romero's landmark <I>Night of the Living Dead</I> (1968) and AMC's hugely successful <I>The Walking Dead</I> (2010-), zombie mythology has become an integral part of popular culture. In a reversal of the typical pattern of adaptation, the zombie developed onscreen before appearing in short stories and comic books during the 20th century, and more recently as subjects of more traditional n