COMIC GENIUS
COMIC BOOKS AND GRAPHIC NOVELS have provided the inspiration for some of the biggest shows on TV. Here are12 of our favourites…
THE WALKING DEAD
Zombies take over Atlanta – and the world – in this smash-hit series. Rick Grimes (Andrew Lincoln) becomes leader of a small band of uninfected survivors as he searches for his wife and son. But safe places to shelter are hard to come by, and the struggle for limited resources between rival groups turns deadly. The first nine seasons are available on Amazon Prime Video – over130 episodes. LUCIFER (Amazon Prime Video, seasons1-3; Netflix, season 4) The City of Angels gets a taste of the devil in the form of Lucifer Morningstar (Miranda’s Tom Ellis), who grows bored of Hell and instead takes charge of an LA nightclub. After helping Detective
Chloe Decker of the LAPD to solve a murder with his supernatural abilities, the two of them form a crime-solving partnership that allows them to tackle threats both human and demonic… PREACHER This adaptation combines fantasy, horror and dark comedy as Jesse Custer, a small-town preacher with a difficult past, is inhabited by a supernatural entity that gives him the power to make others do as he says. Along with his ex-girlfriend Tulip and a vampire named Cassidy,
Jesse embarks on a mission to find God – literally. VAN HELSING Set in a post-apocalyptic near-future, Vanessa Van Helsing – a descendant of legendary vampire hunter Abraham – wakes after three years in a coma to find the world overrun by bloodsuckers. Only she can save the world, as her blood can turn vampires into humans. Rukiya Bernard plays scientist Sarah Carol, known as Doc.