Style Research - Walking Dead

The Walking Dead comics follow a very gritty and dark style using monochrome colours. There were two artists involved in the comics, the first being Tony Moore who was responsible for the first 6 comics. His style was a little bit different, he uses lighter tones and shading and does not use a lot of details in the characters faces. There is also a lot of white space on the panels or very light shading.

The latest artist, Charlie Adlard makes full use the white space and shades it in to make a very dark feel to the whole comic. He is also very gritty and he uses a lot of very thick blood and other bodily mass such as guts a lot to signify the grittiness of the zombie apocalypse. Most of his scenes are very dark, even during the day and his scenes get darker and lighter depending on how dire situations become. He usually has very significant scenes such as a character dying as quite dark to set the mood.



It is not so much the use of black and white that makes the style so unique but how the black and white is used. The shading makes the comic come alive and sets the scenes and moods very well. It shows how a monochrome colour scheme can be used in a variety of ways and how various colours are not needed when it is used correctly.