Recently, in my writing class, I argued, with success, the legitimacy of The Walking Dead as a literary work to my professor. In doing so, I realized how well The Walking Dead Franchise could work in a classroom. The Walking Dead Franchise (comics, novels and television series) can help a diverse group of learners understand and analyze character development, conflict, plot development, use of figurative language, dialogue, word choice and to understand how medium affects literature. The Walking Dead despite its violence and graphic language does hold the interest of most kids in the secondary level. Not only is this high interest, it is also well written in every medium the franchise utilizes. If for no other reason, student interest coupled