“no one seems to have any knowledge about zombies....”
I’ve watched almost every episode of “The Walking Dead”. I don’t believe the word “zombie” has ever been uttered in that series. Different factions will have different names for them ,but as far as I recall no character has ever used the word “zombie”.
Nope. They live in a world where George A. Romero never existed.
The writer of TWD said that zombie lore does not exist in the Walking Dead universe - so when the outbreak happened, no one had any idea what was going on.
Marvel once owned the rights to the word zombie. As improbable as it sounds, Marvel attempted to trademark the word zombie in comic book titles after publishing Tale of the Zombie in 1973.
By the time the trademark was approved two years later, the series was coming to an end. Marvel lost the trademark in 1996 but it wasn’t long before it was once again trademarking the armies of the undead, registering the words Marvel Zombies to protect its comic series of the same name. With DC, Marvel also trademarked the phrase ‘Super Hero’.
I’ve also noticed that the concept of “zombie” is
unknown within the Walking Dead series even though
zombies are part of the mythology of various
cultures in one form or another. I don’t really
understand how using the term zombie from the
start of The Walking Dead first season could
have had a negative effect on the series. But
since they haven’t used it so far I reckon
it would be dumb to start at this point.