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« on: April 30, 2013, 12:17:04 PM »
I'm actually going to go out on a limb and say that I think the show is *gasp* BETTER THAN THE COMICS.
It's been my experience that the people who say the comics are better are usually saying so on the basis of the classic "the book is always better" argument. The comics aren't better. They're MORE disturbing and MORE shocking in the extreme and grotesque violence that befalls beloved characters, but they're not better. The writing is campier and more over the top--the show is a more down to earth and arguably realistic portrayal of these characters and themes. I like the comics, but I think the way the show has been handled (despite a few annoying character arcs) has been by and large much more enjoyable, gripping, and realistically human than the comics have ever been. The comics feel like they've devolved into grotesque violence for the sake of shock value, and have lost the all important human element that the show does very very well.