Syfy's upcoming zombie show "Z Nation" has been inevitably compared to AMC's mega hit post-apocalyptic series "The Walking Dead" since it came into the limelight a few months ago. But if there is one element that "Z Nation" has that the comics-based show doesn't have, it is humor.

In a phone interview with The Seattle Times' Rob Owen, "Z Nation's" creator Karl Schaefer said that unlike "The Walking Dead," his zombie apocalypse show has some humor in it and will immediately present a potential cure to the outbreak.

"Having a possible vaccine and having some humor in it," Schaefer said of the major differences of the upcoming Syfy show from the AMC series. "We're trying to put the fun back in zombies. Our characters aren't afraid of zombies and they're not just waiting to die. Their goal isn't just to survive. They have a mission."

Though viewers can expect some humor, Schaefer insisted that The Asylum's "Z Nation," is a real show and not another mockbuster, which the production company is best known for. For instance, The Asylum made a mockbuster of "Transformers," which they called "Transmorphers," and a mockbuster of "Paranormal Activity," which they titled as "Paranormal Entity."

"One of the first things I said was I wanted to make a real show, not a mockbuster," Schaefer said from Spokane, Washington, where the show is currently being filmed. "This is not that kind of wacky, Saturday night Syfy movie craziness. We're still having a lot of fun with the idea and there's humor in it, but it's not cheesy at all."

"Z Nation" has a "high level of entertainment value," according to Forbes.  Unlike "The Walking Dead," the Syfy series is entertaining because it knows "it is ridiculous," while the AMC show takes a "real-world" approach to the zombie apocalypse forcing its characters to live in a world where humor does not exist.

Tom Everett Scott, who plays Charles Garnett - one of the survivalists that will escort the only known human that seems to have survived a bite from the undead from New York to California, where the last functioning viral lab is based - told Postmedia News  that he does not watch "The Walking Dead" so he really cannot tell how his show is different.

"But I can tell you that our show is going to have really great characters and it's a really well-written zombie thing that's also fun," he said.

"Z Nation" premieres Friday, Sept. 12. on Syfy, while "The Walking Dead" Season 5 debuts Sunday, Oct. 12 on AMC.