Days Gone Bye (The Walking Dead)
Robert Kirkman, the creator of the eponymous series of comic books, considered the idea of creating a television show based on the comic series, but did not move forward. Frank Darabont expressed interest in developing the series for television. In January 2010, AMC formally announced that it had ordered a pilot for a possible series adapted from "The Walking Dead" comic book. In the announcement, the executives stated that Darabont would serve as writer, director, and an executive producer alongside Gale Anne Hurd.
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.