Robert Kirkman, an admirer of Romero, has contributed
to the recent popularity of the genre in comics, first
by launching his self-published comic book The Walking
Dead, then by writing Marvel Zombies in 2006.
The fictional Disney cartoon character Bombie the
Zombie, created by Carl Barks, first appeared in the
Voodoo Hoodoo strip in 1949. Bombie had been reanimated
by an African voodoo sorcerer, and was sent on a mission
to poison Scrooge McDuck. Later on Don Rosa reused the
character in his own McDuck stories.
Other zombie appearances have been catalogued in
dozens of novels, comics, and webcomics. Like
vampires and other famous archetypal creatures, the
zombie archetype has spread so far and wide that it is
impossible to provide a definitive list of resources,
though certain websites keep note of zombie references
in detail[43]. More recently, zombie literature has, in
some venues, taken a new turn, introducing philosophy
and post-apocalyptic themes into the text; an example of
this is A. Barnhart's "Dwellers of the Night"trilogy.
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