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CWā€™s upcoming ā€˜iZombieā€™ deviating too far from its comic book origins?

iZombie vol. I graphic novel cover Photo Credit: Vertigo DC comics announced last Thursday, May 8, that The CW officially decided to make the Vertigo comic book, ā€œiZombieā€, into a live series. Though not as popular among comic book fans as The Walking Dead has been that has also been running as a TV series for the last four seasons, it shouldnā€™t be surprising that it has been given the official permission to be adapted into a TV series during this time of a zombie craze in pop culture. The iZombie comic and graphic novel series is my ā€œ Walking Dead ā€, since I never cared for The Walking Dead comics or television show. And so I was proud to hear that iZombie would be adapted to TV. That is until I read about several changes in the original storyline that could make the series resemble almost nothing of its comic book origins. Whatā€™s so different about this comic book, created by Chris Roberson and Michael Allred and published by DC imprint Vertigo, is that unlike most...