The Walking Dead (franchise)
The Walking Dead is a media franchise created by Robert Kirkman and Tony Moore including a comic book series, two television series, six novels, video games, and various other media such as audio books and sound tracks.
List of The Walking Dead (TV series) characters
"The Walking Dead" comic book and the television series, based on it, are regarded as separate continuities. Therefore, regardless of any possible similarities between the two media, characters and events appearing in one have no effect on the continuity of the other.