The Walking Dead (comic book)
The Walking Dead is a black-and-white comic book series created by writer Robert Kirkman with art by Tony Moore. It focuses on Rick Grimes, a Kentucky deputy who is shot in the line of duty and awakens from a coma in a zombie apocalypse that has resulted in a state-wide quarantine. After joining with other ones, he gradually takes on the role of leader of a community as it struggles to survive the zombie apocalypse.
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.