It is time to admit that the Age of the Vampire has been eclipsed and given way to the Age of the Zombie. Consider this undeniable phenomenon: From its beginnings, the zombie film and television drama has been at the forefront of racial boundary-breaking. In a post-apocalyptic scenario brought on by a highly contagious zombie virus, survival skills are the currency of the realm. In 2009, the year before AMC's zombie series "The Walking Dead" premiered, there were no episodic television series about zombies. As with the character Ben from the aforementioned "Night of the Walking Dead," Glenn's ethnicity is not a punch line.

Source: CNN October 29, 2017 21:22 UTC