Who created The Walking Dead comic books?
The Walking Dead (season 1)
Robert Kirkman, who created the comic book series in 2003, says he had considered the idea of a "Walking Dead" television series, but never actively pursued it. "I certainly wanted it to happen, just because I knew it would be good for the book... I'm certainly not against adaptations, like some creators." When Frank Darabont became interested in adapting the comic books for television, Kirkman said it was "extremely flattering" and went on to say that, "He definitely cares about the original source material, and you can tell that in the way he's adapting it. It's an extreme validation of the work... Never in a million years could I have thought that if "Walking Dead" were to ever be adapted that everything would be going this well. I think that that's all because of Frank."
Carol Peletier
Created by Robert Kirkman, the writer and creator of The Walking Dead comic book series and franchise, Carol first appeared in the third issue of the comic book series, in December 2003. Despite initially appearing to have similar personality qualities such as being dependent and dominated by others, as well as coming from a background of domestic abuse, Carol in the television series is shown to be more stern and pragmatic, making questionable and difficult decisions other characters could not deal with. Robert Kirkman felt that having Carol outlive her daughter would add more dimension to the show, as well as add more flexibility to its storyline progression. "When a good idea comes up, you have to go with it," he articulated. "Sophia is a character who is still alive in the comic book series and who has contributed quite a bit to the overall narrative and informed a lot of story lines for a lot of different characters. Having Carol [...] survive her daughter as opposed to the other way around as it is in the comics is going to lead to interesting but different stories." Over the course of the series, Carol gradually builds inner strength and turns from a meek and battered housewife to a resourceful and hardened warrior. Robert Kirkman explained in an interview with "The Hollywood Reporter" that "Carol is her own unique character; it would be a disservice to Melissa McBride to say she's evolved into the Carol from comics. The Carol in the TV show is a wholly original creation that we'll continue to explore on the show to great effect. Everyone in the writers' room loves that character, and we're thrilled with what Melissa has brought to the table. She has definitely become a character that is one to watch, and there's some really exciting stuff ahead for her."
Overkill's The Walking Dead
"Overkill's The Walking Dead" is developed by Overkill Software. According to brand director Almir Listo, although the game is a licensed title, Overkill was free to have their own interpretation on the source material and create the game with their own vision. Robert Kirkman, the creator of the comics, was involved in the game's production, providing advice and feedback. Listo added that the game was designed for "adults", and the story will explore "different things emotionally that aren't investigated much by the TV show". Despite being set in the comic series' universe, the game's four playable characters are original. According to Kirkman, the gameplay will be similar to "". Listo noted that the game's gameplay will be similar to the raids featured in "Destiny".
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Frank Darabont
Darabont developed and executive-produced the first season of "The Walking Dead", the AMC series based on Robert Kirkman's comic book of the same name. Darabont recalled first coming across the series in a comic book store in Burbank, California in 2005. When Darabont became interested, Kirkman called it "extremely flattering" and went on to say that "he definitely cares about the original source material, and you can tell that in the way he's adapting it." Darabont first initiated a deal with NBC for "The Walking Dead", but was later declined and eventually brought it to AMC, who picked it up based on the source material and Darabont's involvement. Darabont wrote and directed the pilot and was executive producer of the first season along with Gale Anne Hurd. The series features a number of actors who have regularly worked with Darabont in the past, including Jeffrey DeMunn, Laurie Holden and Melissa McBride. The series earned positive reviews upon release and the pilot received 5.3 million viewers, making it the most-watched series premiere episode of any AMC television series.
The Walking Dead (comic book)
The series received critical acclaim, winning the Eisner Award for Best Continuing Series in 2010 and prompting Eric Sunde of IGN comics to call it "one of the best monthly comics available". Among its fans are author Max Brooks. Because of the popularity of the series, which increased considerably when it was adapted into a television series of the same name, artist Tony Moore's original artwork for the series' early issues has gone up in value; on the March 28, 2013 episode of the VH1 reality television series "For What It's Worth", Moore's original artwork for Page 7 of issue #1 was professionally appraised to be worth $20,000.
Pilot (Fear the Walking Dead)
In September 2013, AMC announced they were developing a companion series to "The Walking Dead", which follows a different set of characters created by Robert Kirkman. In September 2014, AMC ordered a pilot, which was written by Kirkman and Dave Erickson, and directed by Adam Davidson, and is executive produced by Kirkman, Erickson, Gale Anne Hurd, and David Alpert, with Erickson serving as showrunner. The project was originally known as "Cobalt".
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.
Wally Wood
Wallace Allan Wood (June 17, 1927 – November 2, 1981) was an American comic book writer, artist and independent publisher, best known for his work on EC Comics's "Mad" and Marvel's "Daredevil". He was one of "Mad"'s founding cartoonists in 1952. Although much of his early professional artwork is signed Wallace Wood, he became known as Wally Wood, a name he claimed to dislike. Within the comics community, he was also known as Woody, a name he sometimes used as a signature.
Charlie Adlard
Charles Adlard (born 4 August 1966) is a British comic book artist, known for his work on books such as "The Walking Dead" and "Savage".
Fear the Walking Dead
In September 2013, AMC announced they were developing a companion series to "The Walking Dead", which follows a different set of characters created by Robert Kirkman. In September 2014, AMC ordered a pilot, which was written by Kirkman and Dave Erickson, and directed by Adam Davidson, and is executive produced by Kirkman, Erickson, Gale Anne Hurd, and David Alpert, with Erickson serving as showrunner. The project was originally known as "Cobalt"; Kirkman confirmed, in March 2015, that the series would be titled "Fear the Walking Dead". On March 9, 2015, AMC announced it had ordered "Fear the Walking Dead" to series, with a two-season commitment. The series premiered on August 23, 2015.
Outcast by Kirkman and Azaceta
"Outcast" was officially announced on October 2013 at New York Comic Con, after two years of development. Kirkman said it was the first time that he already had a clear ending in mind when he began to write the comic book. He described "Outcast" as an epic horror story, hoping to give real scares to readers, unlike "The Walking Dead" style. Kirkman said that orders for the first issue were higher than for the most recent issue of "The Walking Dead".Cinemax picked up the rights to produce a show based on the comic in 2013. Ten episodes were announced to be produced with Patrick Fugit (Kyle Barnes) and Philip Glenister (Reverend Anderson) as the leading roles for the television series, which premiered in June 2016.
The Walking Dead (franchise)
"The Walking Dead" is an American television drama series developed by Frank Darabont. The series stars Andrew Lincoln as sheriff's deputy Rick Grimes, who awakens from a coma to find the world dominated by flesh-eating "walkers", resembling the zombies of George A. Romero's horror films. He sets out to find his family and encounters other survivors along the way.
Aaron (The Walking Dead)
Aaron is a fictional character from the comic book series "The Walking Dead" and television series of the same name. He is portrayed by Ross Marquand in the television series.
Jessie Anderson (The Walking Dead)
Jessie Anderson is a fictional character in the comic book series "The Walking Dead" and is portrayed by Alexandra Breckenridge in the television series of the same name. She is a resident in the Alexandria Safe-Zone. Created by writer Robert Kirkman and artist Charlie Adlard, the character made her debut in "The Walking Dead" #72 in 2010.
Robert Kirkman's The Walking Dead: Descent
Robert Kirkman's The Walking Dead: Descent is a post-apocalyptic horror novel written by Jay Bonansinga and released October 14, 2014. The novel is a spin-off of "The Walking Dead" comic book series and continues to explore the story of one of the series' most infamous characters, Lilly Caul. "Descent" is the first book in a second four-part series of novels.
The Walking Dead (season 4)
The fourth season of "The Walking Dead", an American post-apocalyptic horror television series on AMC, premiered on October 13, 2013, and concluded on March 30, 2014, consisting of 16 episodes. Developed for television by Frank Darabont, the series is based on the eponymous series of comic books by Robert Kirkman, Tony Moore, and Charlie Adlard. It was executive produced by Kirkman, David Alpert, Scott M. Gimple, Greg Nicotero, Tom Luse, and Gale Anne Hurd, with Gimple assuming the role of showrunner after Glen Mazzara's departure from the series. The fourth season was well received by critics. It was nominated for multiple awards and won three, including Best Syndicated/Cable Television Series for the second consecutive year, at the 40th Saturn Awards.
Fear the Walking Dead (season 1)
The first season of "Fear the Walking Dead", an American horror-drama television series on AMC, premiered on August 23, 2015, and concluded on October 4, 2015, consisting of six episodes. The series is a companion series and prequel to "The Walking Dead", which is based on the comic book series of the same name by Robert Kirkman, Tony Moore, and Charlie Adlard. On March 9, 2015, AMC announced it had ordered "Fear the Walking Dead" to series, with a two-season commitment. The second season, comprising 15 episodes, premiered on April 10, 2016.
Mortal Kombat (comics)
The "Mortal Kombat" comic books series included the official "Mortal Kombat" comics by Midway and a licensed adaptation series by Malibu Comics that was published in 1994-1995. There are thus two different lineups of "Mortal Kombat" comics: the tie-ins published by Midway (some of them made by "Mortal Kombat" co-creator John Tobias) and DC Comics that closely followed the storyline of the games, and the Malibu series, which took a few liberties with the source material.
The Walking Dead (TV series)
Executive producer David Alpert said in 2014 that the original comics have given them enough ideas for Rick Grimes and company over the next seven years. "I happen to love working from source material, specifically because we have a pretty good idea of what Season 10 is gonna be", Alpert said. "We know where seasons 11 and 12 [will be]... we have benchmarks and milestones for those seasons if we're lucky enough to get there." In September 2018, AMC CEO Josh Sapan stated that they plan on continuing "The Walking Dead" franchise for another 10 years, including new films and TV series based on the original comic book series.
The Walking Dead (comic book)
AMC picked up the rights to produce a show based on the comic in 2009. It ordered a pilot episode on January 21, 2010 and began filming on May 15, 2010. The series premiered on October 31, 2010 with high ratings. On November 8, 2010, after broadcasting two episodes, AMC renewed "The Walking Dead" for a second season of 13 episodes, which began on October 16, 2011. The TV show is loosely inspired by the comic, introducing new characters and deviating from the comic in certain plot points.
The Walking Dead (comic book)
AMC released an animated film of the first part of Issue No. 1 of the comic with animation by Juice Films, voice acting by Phil LaMarr and art by Tony Moore.
Horror comics
At Image Comics, Robert Kirkman has created "The Walking Dead". Steve Niles predominantly writes horror comics, and his "30 Days of Night" has spawned a range of mini-series released by IDW Publishing. At Dark Horse, Mike Mignola has been working on "Hellboy", and has created a large fictional universe with spin-off titles like "BPRD" and "Lobster Johnson".
Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction
"The Walking Dead" is a comic-book series from IC and was written by Robert Kirkman, Tony Moore, and Charlie Adlard It was started in 2003 and is continuing as of 2018. The story follows a group of survivors in a post-apocalyptic landscape. The apocalypse in this series was brought about by zombies, and it is strongly suspected that the zombies are victims of a virus. "The Walking Dead" television series is based on the comic books. They have also spawned a motion comic.
Rick Grimes
Executive producer Gale Anne Hurd initially didn't expect Lincoln to portray Grimes. Upon hearing the announcement, Writer Robert Kirkman felt that Lincoln was an "amazing find" and added that he accurately embodied the characteristics of Rick Grimes. "Writing Rick Grimes month after month in the comic series, I had no idea he was an actual living, breathing human being, and yet, here he is. I couldn't be more thrilled with how this show is coming together." Although he was initially shocked upon hearing of the concept of "The Walking Dead", Lincoln thought that the script for "Days Gone Bye" was well written. He stated: "I read it and thought it was well written, and I put myself on tape just for one scene. I didn't know who was involved at this point." The following day, Lincoln's agent called him about the development of the pilot, to which Lincoln called it "kind of like a dream list".
Zombie (comics)
The Zombie (Simon William Garth) is a fictional supernatural character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character was created by writer Stan Lee and artist Bill Everett for the standalone story "Zombie" in the horror-anthology comic book "Menace" #5 (cover-dated July 1953), which was published by Atlas Comics, a forerunner to Marvel. The character later became well known for starring in the black-and-white, horror-comic magazine series "Tales of the Zombie" (1973–1975), usually in stories by Steve Gerber and Pablo Marcos.
Jay Scott Pike
His earliest confirmed comic book art is the five-page story "The Living Dead", by an unknown writer, in "Adventures into Terror" #3 (April 1951), from Atlas Comics, the 1950s forerunner of Marvel Comics. Tentative earlier credits exist, but because it was not standard practice during this period to list complete writer/artist comic-book credits, confirmation is difficult. The interior art to "Captain Chaos" in the November 1952 issue of the magazine "Planet Stories" is credited to "J.S. Pike".
Sarah Wayne Callies
In 2010, Callies was cast in the major role of Lori Grimes on the AMC horror/drama series "The Walking Dead", based on the comic-book series of the same name. The drama became the highest-rated show in that cable channel's history. Callies played the role from the show's start until season three. Grimes, her family, and friends are forced to fight relentless evil in the form of both flesh-eating zombies and the few surviving humans. Callies convinced the show's writers to kill her character because that is what had occurred in the comic-book version.
T-Dog (The Walking Dead)
Theodore "T-Dog" Douglas is a fictional character from the horror drama television series "The Walking Dead", which airs on AMC in the United States and is based on the comic book series of the same name". "He was created by series developer Frank Darabont and portrayed by IronE Singleton. The character was first introduced in the first season as a member of the group that series protagonist Rick Grimes encounters in Atlanta. T-Dog was portrayed as a well-intentioned and kindhearted man towards his fellow survivors, although he struggles to prove his worth in the group. The character eventually adapts to the group and becomes one of Rick's right-hand men.
Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction
The AMC television series "The Walking Dead", based on the comic-book series, premiered in 2010. It centers around a group of people in the state of Georgia who struggle to survive and adapt in a post-apocalyptic world filled with zombies (called "walkers") and opposing groups of survivors who are often more dangerous than the walkers themselves. The popularity of the series has led to a spin-off franchise comprising an aftershow ("Talking Dead"), a companion television series ("Fear the Walking Dead", a prequel with different characters from the source material), video games (e.g., "The Walking Dead: The Game (Season One)", "" and "") webisodes (including "The Talking Dead" webisodes and the "Fear the Walking Dead" web series), and numerous parodies and spoofs.
Morgan Jones (The Walking Dead)
Morgan Jones is a fictional character from the comic book series "The Walking Dead" and is portrayed by ames in the American television series of the same name and its companion series "Fear the Walking Dead". In both the comics and television series, he is a devoted father struggling to get over the recent death of his wife. He and his son, Duane, seek refuge in Rick's hometown after the outbreak occurs and are the first survivors that Rick encounters after awakening from his coma.
Gibborim (comics)
The Gibborim are a group of fictional characters appearing in the comic book series "Runaways", published by Marvel Comics. They were created by author Brian K. Vaughan and artist Adrian Alphona. Debuting in "Runaways" #13 (March 2003), in a flashback sequence, the Gibborim are the last known survivors of an ancient race of six-fingered giants who ruled Earth before humanity's dawn, called "elder gods" by Witchfire, and possibly servants of the Judeo-Christian God. Their apparent goal is to wipe the Earth clean of all humanity and reshape the realm to create a new Eden to make their "holy Father" proud. They were the evil benefactors of the Pride. Averaging a rough height of , the Gibborim despise all humans.
The Walking Dead (video game series)
"The Walking Dead" has received critical acclaim, with reviewers giving praise for the harsh emotional tone, the characters, story and the resemblance to the original comic book, although criticizing the graphical glitches. The game received over 80 Game of the Year awards and many other awards.
Robert Kirkman
In 2010, he also began producing the television adaption of his comic book series "The Walking Dead", the pilot of which was directed by Frank Darabont. Kirkman has written or co-written seven episodes of the series. Kirkman also created and serves as an executive producer on the show's companion series, "Fear the Walking Dead".
The Walking Dead (TV series)
On January 20, 2010, AMC officially announced that it had ordered a pilot for a possible series adapted from "The Walking Dead" comic book series, with Frank Darabont and Gale Anne Hurd acting as executive producers and Darabont writing and directing. The entire series was pre-ordered based just on the strength of the source material, the television scripts, and Darabont's involvement. In January 2010 a review of the pilot episode's script attracted further attention. The pilot began filming in Atlanta, Georgia on May 15, 2010 after AMC had officially ordered a six episode first season. The series' remaining episodes began filming on June 2, 2010 with Darabont serving as showrunner. On August 31, 2010, Darabont reported that "The Walking Dead" had been picked up for a second season, with production to begin in February 2011. On November 8, 2010, AMC confirmed that there would be a second season consisting of 13 episodes. He would also like to include some of the "environmental elements" that take place during Volume 2 of Kirkman's book.
The Walking Dead (TV series)
The show's official website released, just prior to the San Diego Comic-Con in 2010, a motion comic based on Issue No. 1 of the original comic and voiced by Phil LaMarr. The site also posted a making-of documentary primarily about the first episode, as well as a number of other behind-the-scenes videos and interviews. In the documentary, comic series creator and show executive producer Robert Kirkman as well as artist Charlie Adlard say they are pleased with how faithful the show is to the comic and remark on the similarities between the actors and the comic's original character drawings.
Gregory (The Walking Dead)
Gregory is a fictional character from the comic book series "The Walking Dead" and the television series of the same name, in which he is portrayed by Xander Berkeley.
Days Gone Bye (The Walking Dead)
"The Walking Dead" institutes elements from George A. Romero's horror film "Night of the Living Dead" (1968). Darabont admitted to becoming a fan of the film at age fourteen. He insisted that the film has a "weird vibe", comparing it to that of pornography. He continued: "It had this marvelously attractive, disreputable draw [...] I loved it immediately." Darabont recalled walking into a comic book store in Burbank, California and seeing "The Walking Dead" on the shelf in 2005.
Darabont described the process of developing the series and setting it up at a network as "four years of frustration". He first initiated a deal with NBC to own copyrights to "The Walking Dead", but was later declined. "They were very excited about the idea of doing a zombie show until I handed them a zombie script where zombies were actually doing zombie shit," he stated. Darabont credited Hurd with finally getting the series on AMC. "Gale was tremendously instrumental in jump-starting it at a point where it felt like it was languishing, "he asserted. "I'd gotten turned down enough times, which is no reflection on the material, but no matter what you're trying to sell in Hollywood, you're Willy Loman and it's Death of a Salesman. You're out there trying to sell shit that nobody wants. Even if it's good shit."
The Walking Dead (franchise)
"Fear the Walking Dead" is an American horror drama television series created by Robert Kirkman and Dave Erickson, acting as a companion series and prequel to "The Walking Dead". The series premiered on AMC on August 23, 2015, and it has been renewed for a third season to air in 2017; as well as been renewed for a fourth season on April 14 2017, before the season three premiere. In July 2018 the show was renewed for a fifth season set to air in 2019.
Chris Hardwick
Christopher Ryan Hardwick (born November 23, 1971) is an American stand-up comedian, actor, television host, writer, producer, and podcaster. He hosts "Talking Dead", an hourly aftershow on AMC affiliated with the network's zombie drama series "The Walking Dead" and "Fear the Walking Dead", as well as "Talking with Chris Hardwick", a show in which Hardwick interviews prominent pop culture figures, and "The Wall", a plinko-inspired gameshow on NBC. From 2013 to 2017, he hosted "@midnight with Chris Hardwick", a nightly comedy-game show series on Comedy Central.
Dead Wrong (comics)
"Dead Wrong" is a story arc of the Marvel Comics' award-winning comic series, "Runaways". The story arc features the first appearance of the creative team of Terry Moore and Humberto Ramos. The arc is composed of the first six issues of the series' third volume.
Days Gone Bye (The Walking Dead)
"Days Gone Bye" is the pilot episode of the post-apocalyptic horror television series "The Walking Dead". It originally aired on AMC in the United States on October 31, 2010. The episode was written and directed by Frank Darabont, the series creator.
The Walking Dead (comic book)
The "zombie idea" developed by George Romero does not exist in "The Walking Dead" universe; hence, of all the myriad terms used to describe the undead by different communities, the word "zombie" has been deliberately avoided. While it has been used extremely rarely in the comics, it has never been used in the television adaptation.
Robert Kirkman's The Walking Dead: Return to Woodbury
Robert Kirkman's The Walking Dead: Return to Woodbury is a post-apocalyptic horror novel written by Jay Bonansinga and was released October 17, 2017. The novel is a spin-off of "The Walking Dead" comic book series, it is the seventh novel based on the series and it concludes the story of Lilly Caul as her group struggles to return to Woodbury. "The Walking Dead: Return to Woodbury" is the final book in a four-part series of novels.
Jadis (The Walking Dead)
Anne (also known as Jadis) is a fictional character from the horror drama television series "The Walking Dead", which airs on AMC in the United States and is based on the comic book series of the same name. She is portrayed by Pollyanna McIntosh. Jadis is an original character in the television series and has no counterpart in the comics.
Days Gone Bye (The Walking Dead)
The show's website released a motion comic based on the first issue of the original comic and voiced by Phil LaMarr. The site also posted a making-of documentary, and other behind-the-scenes videos and interviews. In the documentary, Kirkman as well as artist Charlie Adlard expressed pleasure that the show is faithful to the comic and remark on the similarities between the actors and the comic's original character drawings. Several scenes were screened July 23, 2010 as part of the San Diego Comic-Con in 2010. Hurd asserted that "[they] really are doing six one-hour movies", and Darabont insisted that the series would closely reflect the development in the comics. "The path is a very strong template. But we're going to take every interesting detour we feel like taking. As long as were staying on the path of what Robert has done, I don't see any reason not to. If they have patience we'll eventually catch up to what Robert is doing."
Insurrection Media, Inc.
Insurrection has multi-year SciFi production partnership with "The Walking Dead" creator Robert Kirkman and David Alpert of Skybound Entertainment and a multi-year exclusive comedy pod deal with Jonathan Stern ("Wet Hot American Summer", "Childrens Hospital"), founder of Abominable Pictures, and senior entertainment executive and producer Keith Quinn (Paramount Digital, LivePlanet). The company has a strategic relationship with HarperCollins where key books in SciFi, Drama and Comedy are optioned and developed into digital video and linear television series.
Rick Grimes
Rick Grimes is a fictional character and the protagonist in the comic book series "The Walking Dead" and the television series of the same name, portrayed by Andrew Lincoln. Created by writer Robert Kirkman and artist Tony Moore, the character made his debut in "The Walking Dead" #1 in 2003. Rick Grimes is a small town sheriff's deputy who has a son, Carl, with wife Lori. He awakens from a coma after a life-threatening gun shot wound to find the world overrun by zombies, or "walkers" as they are referred to within the story.
Chandler Riggs
At age 10, Riggs was cast in his biggest role to date: Carl Grimes in "The Walking Dead", an AMC horror drama television series. Grimes, his family and friends fight to survive in a violent apocalyptic world populated with zombies and the few surviving humans, some of whom are even more diabolical and dangerous than the zombies themselves. The series is the highest rated in cable television history and has smashed all previous ratings records. 
Riggs had previously worked with the show's executive producer Gale Anne Hurd on "The Wronged Man".
Clementine (The Walking Dead)
Clementine is a fictional character in "The Walking Dead" episodic adventure video game series, a spin-off of the Robert Kirkman comic of the same name by Telltale Games. She is non-playable in the first season, turned the playable protagonist in the and and the secondary playable protagonist in the , alongside Javier Garcia. She is voiced by Melissa Hutchison and was written by several people, including Gary Whitta.
The Walking Dead (season 1)
The show's official website released a motion comic based on the first issue of the original comic and voiced by Phil LaMarr. The site also posted a making-of documentary primarily about the first episode, as well as a number of other behind-the-scenes videos and interviews. In the documentary, comic series creator and show executive producer Robert Kirkman as well as artist Charlie Adlard expressed that they were pleased with how faithful the show is to the comic and remark on the similarities between the actors and the comic's original character drawings. Several scenes from "Days Gone Bye" were screened July 23, 2010 as part of the 2010 San Diego Comic-Con International. Hurd asserted that "[they] really are doing six one-hour movie", and Darabont insisted that the series would closely reflect the development in the comics. "The path is a very strong template. But we're going to take every interesting detour we feel like taking. As long as were staying on the path of what Robert has done, I don't see any reason not to. If they have patience we'll eventually catch up to what Robert is doing."
The Walking Dead (season 1)
Darabont himself had been a fan of the zombie genre since seeing George A. Romero's 1968 film "Night of the Living Dead" when he was fourteen years old. ""Night of the Living Dead" had this weird vibe that was almost - it was like pornography... It had this marvelously attractive, disreputable draw... I loved it immediately." Darabont recalls walking into a comic book store in Burbank, California and seeing "The Walking Dead" on the shelf in 2005. "Being that I've always had "the love of zombies genre," I of course grabbed it, took it home and read it, and immediately started pursuing the rights to it. I thought it would make a great TV show... I loved the idea of an extended, ongoing, serialized dramatic presentation set in the zombie apocalypse." He described the process of developing the series and getting it set up at a network as "four years of frustration," and credits executive producer Gale Anne Hurd with finally getting the series on AMC. "I can't remember what the hell prompted her to read it [the script], but she said, "Wow, I really love this pilot you wrote. What are you doing with it?" I said I'd been trying to set it up forever... She said "I think AMC might be the place to take this." She did, and then bam! They were immediately interested. I had to credit Gale, her insight into marrying the material and the buyer."
Frank Darabont
Not too long after leaving "The Walking Dead", Darabont struck a deal with TNT to develop a pilot for a new series to air on their channel, titled "L.A. Noir" based on a book by author John Buntin. Darabont discovered the book at LAX Airport and after two days straight of reading it he decided to adapt it for television. Darabont was very passionate about the project as he had always wanted to produce a film noir project. Darabont cast Jon Bernthal, who he had worked with on "The Walking Dead", in the lead role for the series. Other Darabont regulars cast included Jeffrey DeMunn and Alexa Davalos. The series was given a full season order of six episodes in the fall of 2012 and the title of the series was changed to "Mob City". The series premiered in December 2013 and was met with mixed to positive reviews. The series was cancelled after only one season.
Robert Kirkman
Kirkman has written a number of "The Walking Dead" TV episodes."Fear the Walking Dead" is a companion series to "The Walking Dead", set in Los Angeles, California and starting prior to the apocalypse. Robert Kirkman is co-creator of the series alongside Dave Erickson. He is also an executive producer and has co-written episodes of the series."Outcast" is a horror series on Cinemax.
The Walking Dead (comic book)
A companion television series, titled "Fear the Walking Dead", debuted on AMC on August 23, 2015. The series features new original characters, and it is set in the city of Los Angeles, California starting prior to the zombie apocalypse. It explores these new characters as the apocalypse begins. The series was created by Robert Kirkman and Dave Erickson, with Erickson serving as showrunner for the series. AMC ordered the series for a two-season commitment, with the first season consisting of six episodes.
Colleen Doran
Doran produced cover art for The Walking Dead #1 (2015, Image Comics), Red Sonja (Dynamite, 2014), Marvel's "S.H.I.E.L.D." #4 (2015), and "Squirrel Girl" #7 (2016). For DC Comics, she wrote and drew stories for The Vampire Diaries (2014) comics based on the TV show, and art for "Justice League 3001" #6, 9 and 10 (2015-2016). For IDW's Womanthology (2012), she contributed biographical essays about classic cartoonists Rose O'Neill and Ethel Hays.
Robert Kirkman
Shortly after the launch of "Invincible", Kirkman and Moore began "The Walking Dead" (2003). Kirkman said in 2012 that Image had balked at publishing a comics series featuring what it felt was simply another zombie story, prompting him to say the zombies were part of an alien plot—a notion he had no intention of using except as a means of selling the project. Artist Charlie Adlard replaced Tony Moore with issue #7. Moore continued to draw covers until issue 24 as well as the first four volumes of the trade paperbacks for the series.
Kirkman was first hired by Marvel Comics to pen a revival of the 1990s "Sleepwalker" series, but it was canceled before being published; the contents of its first issue were included in "Epic Anthology" No. 1 (2004). He soon became a mainstay at Marvel, writing the "Avengers Disassembled" issues of "Captain America" vol. 4, 2004's "Marvel Knights 2099" one-shots event, "Jubilee" #1–6 and "Fantastic Four: Foes" #1–6, a two-year run on "Ultimate X-Men" and the entire "Marvel Team-Up" vol. 3 and the "Irredeemable Ant-Man" miniseries.
The Walking Dead (franchise)
"The Walking Dead" is a monthly black-and-white comic book series chronicling the travels of Rick Grimes, his family, and other survivors of a zombie apocalypse.
The Walking Dead (TV series)
The television series generally tends to follow Kirkman's comic series across major characters and plots; for instance, events of the premiere episode of the seventh season correlate to events in issue #100 of the comics. The show does not attempt to go step-by-step with the comics, and has leeway in the narrative. In particular, the show's writers, along with Kirkman, often "transfer" how a character has died in the comics to a different character in the show. For example, in the fourth season, where Hershel Greene is beheaded by The Governor in the standoff with Rick's group at the prison; in the comic, Tyreese is the one who receives this fate. Some of the television characters, like Carol, have far outlived their comic counterpart, while others that have already been killed off, like Sophia and Andrea, remained alive for some time in the ongoing comic series. In addition, the writers have included characters wholly novel to the series such as Daryl Dixon, which producer Gale Anne Hurd says helps to create a new dynamic for the show, and keeps the audience guessing from what had already been established in the comic series.
Overkill's The Walking Dead
Overkill's The Walking Dead is a first-person shooter developed by Overkill Software and published by Starbreeze Studios and 505 Games. The title, based on the comics of "The Walking Dead", has a strong emphasis on cooperative gameplay. The game was released worldwide for Microsoft Windows in November 2018 and the console version has been delayed indefinitely.
Lori Grimes
Lori Grimes is portrayed by Sarah Wayne Callies, who was cast in the series in April 2010. Callies saw an issue of the comic book series while at a bookstore in Vancouver. "I was looking through for the latest issue that had just come out and the owner of the comic book store came up to me and said, 'I see you're checking out "The Walking Dead"," she stated. "It's amazing.' I said, 'Yeah, I'm a huge fan.' And he said, 'You know they're making a television show for AMC. It's supposed to be really good.' I kind of looked at him and I froze. I just went, 'I'll keep an eye out for it.' And I ran out of the store."
The Walking Dead (1936 film)
Confronting the last two villains, Ellman is shot. Having fulfilled his divine mission to bring about justice, he dies, just before he would have explained death and the afterlife to the curious Dr. Beaumont. Beaumont is warned not to continue his experiments, citing the Biblical Scripture, "For the LORD thy God is a jealous God (Deut. 6:15a).""The Walking Dead"'s executive producer Hal Wallis wrote to the production supervisor Lou Edelmen on August 16, 1935 that he has sent him a six page outline for a film titled "The Walking Dead" . The original story for the film was written by Ewart Adamson and Joseph Fields. On November 1, director Michael Curtiz was sent the draft of the film. A few days before shooting was scheduled, actor Boris Karloff voiced problems involving his character John Ellman. These issues included Ellman's lack of speech which he felt was too close to his role in "Frankenstein" (1931), and Ellman's Tarzan-like agility which he felt would induce laughter. Wallis brought in three more writers for the film.
The Walking Dead (season 9)
The ninth season of "The Walking Dead", an American post-apocalyptic horror television series on AMC premiered on October 7, 2018, and will consist of 16 episodes, split into two parts, each consisting of eight episodes. The second part of the season is scheduled to premiere on February 10, 2019. Developed for television by Frank Darabont, the series is based on the eponymous series of comic books by Robert Kirkman, Tony Moore, and Charlie Adlard. The executive producers are Kirkman, David Alpert, Scott M. Gimple, Angela Kang, Greg Nicotero, Tom Luse, Denise Huth, and Gale Anne Hurd, with Kang taking over the role of showrunner from Gimple.
Greg Nicotero
Nicotero worked as special make-up effects supervisor, co-executive producer and occasional director for the TV series "The Walking Dead", as well as acting in a few uncredited cameos. He was at the San Diego Comic-Con International for the show. He was a guest on "Talking Dead" on March 24, 2013, October 12, 2014, February 8, 2015, and February 14, 2016. He also supervises the make-up effects for "Fear the Walking Dead".
Caesar Martinez (The Walking Dead)
Caesar Ramón Martínez is a recurring fictional character from the comic book series "The Walking Dead" and is portrayed by Jose Pablo Cantillo in the third and fourth seasons of the television show of the same name. Martínez is introduced in the 27th issue of the comic book series in April 2006 as the loyal second-in-command to The Governor. He is responsible for bringing Rick Grimes and two of his fellow survivors, Michonne and Glenn into Woodbury to be questioned and later tortured. In the television series, he is introduced in the third season's third episode to Andrea and Michonne as one of The Governor's soldiers.
The Walking Dead (comic book)
The trade paperbacks collect story arcs of six issues each, but contain only the story and none of the original cover art from the comics. Each paperback follows the convention of having a three-word title. The zombies in the cover art for each paperback form part of a larger image if placed end to end.
The Prisoners (The Walking Dead)
The Prisoners are fictional characters from the comic book series "The Walking Dead" and the television series of the same name.
Eugene Porter
Dr. Eugene Porter is a fictional character from the comic book series "The Walking Dead" and is portrayed by Josh McDermitt beginning in the fourth season of the American television series of the same name. In both mediums he claims to be a scientist who knows the cure to the zombie plague and is being escorted to Washington D.C. by Sgt. Abraham Ford and Rosita Espinosa, and encounter Rick Grimes and his group and recruit them to assist their mission. Eugene is overweight, possesses virtually no survival skills of his own and is extremely dependent on the group, but is highly intelligent and resourceful in using technology to ensure the group's survival. Eventually it is revealed that Eugene is not a scientist, but a high school science teacher, and that he doesn't know how to cure the virus but lied to manipulate the other survivors into taking him to Washington D.C. believing it to be the best chance for survival. This proves true as the group eventually finds the Alexandria Safe-Zone where Eugene becomes its primary engineer. Though his lie puts a strain on their friendship, Abraham eventually forgives him and they resume being friends.
The Walking Deceased
The Walking Deceased, originally titled "Walking with the Dead", is a 2015 spoof of zombie films directed by Scott Dow and written by Tim Ogletree. It stars Ogletree, Joey Oglesby, Dave Sheridan, Troy Ogletree, Sophie Taylor Ali, Danielle Garcia, Andrew Pozza, and Mason Dakota Galyon as survivors of a zombie apocalypse who attempt to locate a safe haven.
The Walking Dead (comic book)
First issued in 2003 by publisher Image Comics, the comic is written by Kirkman with art by Moore (issues No. 1–6) and Charlie Adlard (issue No. 7 onward). Moore continued to do the covers through issue No. 24.
Fear the Walking Dead
Fear the Walking Dead is an American post-apocalyptic horror drama television series created by Robert Kirkman and Dave Erickson, that premiered on AMC on August 23, 2015. It is a companion series and prequel to "The Walking Dead", which is based on the comic book series of the same name by Robert Kirkman, Tony Moore, and Charlie Adlard.
Occult Crimes Taskforce
A&E Network announced that they were working on an "OCT" TV show in March 2012, with Jorge Zamacona as the script writer. He is also a producer along with the comic's creators Dawson, Atchison, Gilmore and Shasteen, and "The Walking Dead" producer Gale Anne Hurd.
The Walking Dead (comic book)
"" released August 14th 2018, was set to a halt on September 21, 2018 as most of the staff was "laid off" cause of money issues but as of October 6th, "Skybound" founder and Creator of The Walking Dead Comic Series, "Robert Kirkman", has announced he will fund the last 2 episodes for he believes its the ending the fans deserves.
The Walking Dead (TV series)
Action figures of characters from the series were created for release in November 2011 and have continued throughout the years with eight line-ups. The figures, which are manufactured by McFarlane Toys, are designed to resemble the actors on the series. Figures created to resemble the characters as drawn in the comic book were released in September 2011.
Telltale Games
Telltale released the second episode of four of "The Walking Dead: The Final Season" as scheduled on September 25, 2018, and stated that it had been contacted by "multiple potential partners" to help bring the last two episodes of the series to completion in some manner. However, while some fans of the series were happy about this news, others, including Cory Barlog, suggested that Telltale should prioritize finding ways to pay the let-go developers over finishing off the game. Two anonymous sources speaking to Ethan Gach of "Kotaku" clarified that Telltale was trying to convince potential development partners to hire the staff Telltale had laid off so the staff could remotely finish the two remaining episodes of "The Walking Dead: The Final Season". During the 2018 New York Comic Con, Robert Kirkman, the creator of "The Walking Dead" comic, stated that his production company Skybound Entertainment completed negotiations with Telltale to finish off the last two episodes of "The Final Season" through their Skybound Games division and with the original development team from Telltale.
Campo Santo (company)
Sean Vanaman and Jake Rodkin were both at Telltale Games as co-writers (and with Vanaman as co-leader) on "The Walking Dead" video game, released in 2012, which, for Telltale, was considered its first turn into a more narrative type of episodic adventure game. "The Walking Dead" was a critical success, and while other projects came along, Vanaman started to become too comfortable with his role at Telltale, and felt that he would be more motivated if there was more discomfort or risk in his duties. After talking about the idea with Rodkin, the two left Telltale and co-founded Campo Santo, joined by "Mark of the Ninja" designer Nels Anderson and graphic artist Olly Moss in San Francisco on September 18, 2013. Soon after, they announced Panic would back their debut video game.
The Walking Dead (season 2)
The second season of "The Walking Dead", an American post-apocalyptic horror television series on AMC, premiered on October 16, 2011, and concluded on March 18, 2012, consisting of 13 episodes. Developed for television by Frank Darabont, the series is based on the eponymous series of comic books by Robert Kirkman, Tony Moore, and Charlie Adlard. It was executive produced by Darabont, Kirkman, Glen Mazzara, David Alpert, and Gale Anne Hurd, with Mazzara assuming the role of showrunner after Darabont's departure from the series.
Telltale Games
Telltale's breakthrough success came with the licenses of the comic book series "The Walking Dead" and "Fables" in association with Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment in 2011. Allison anticipated that "The Walking Dead" series could be a $20 to $30 million franchise. Their "The Walking Dead" video game presented an alteration of Telltale's approach, as rather than a traditional adventure game where players would need to solve puzzles, "The Walking Dead" was more focused on providing a cinematic experience but presenting choices to the player, either through dialog trees or through quick time events, that would create "determinants" that would feed into latter parts of the episode and into future episodes; one example would be deciding which of one of two characters to save from a zombie attack at the spur of the moment. While these decisions do not have a direct impact on the game's overall narrative and structure, it provides a more personalized story around what decisions the player had made. This format provided highly successful: the game sold one million copies in 20 days, exceeded 8.5 million episode purchases by 2013, and an estimated $40 million in revenue. The success led to two additional 5-episode seasons plus a 3-episode mini-season to date. "The Walking Dead" is considered to have revitalized the waning adventure game genre due to this more emotionally driven focus. Since "The Walking Dead", nearly all of Telltale's games have used a similar approach of being built around the impacts of the player's choices as determinants in later episodes and seasons.
Gabriel Stokes (The Walking Dead)
Father Gabriel Stokes is a fictional character from the comic book series "The Walking Dead" and is portrayed by Seth Gilliam in the television series of the same name. He is an Episcopal priest from Georgia who has isolated himself from the outside world since the beginning of the outbreak, after shutting out the other members of his flock causing their deaths. He is struggling to come to terms with the new reality he faces and his own faith.
Frank Darabont
Darabont also developed and executive produced the first season and part of the second season of the AMC horror series "The Walking Dead" and created the TNT neo-noir series "Mob City".
Jack LoGiudice
Jack LoGiudice is an American television writer and producer, best known for his work on the FX series "Sons of Anarchy" and most recently worked as a co-executive producer and writer on AMC's "The Walking Dead".
After (The Walking Dead)
"After" was written by comic book creator and executive producer Robert Kirkman and directed by special effects makeup artist and executive producer Greg Nicotero.
Milton Mamet
Milton Mamet is a fictional character from the American television series "The Walking Dead" portrayed by Dallas Roberts. He is an original character and has no comic counterpart in "The Walking Dead" comic book series.
The Lakes International Comic Art Festival
During the opening event at the Lakes International Comic Art Festival in October 2016, Charlie Adlard was announced as the second Comics Laureate. Charlie Adlard is the artist behind "The Walking Dead" comic book series, now a TV series and video game. He has also worked on many other comic projects including 2000AD, Mars Attacks, the X-Files, Judge Dredd and X-Men.
The Walking Dead (season 8)
The eighth season of "The Walking Dead", an American post-apocalyptic horror television series on AMC, premiered on October 22, 2017, and concluded on April 15, 2018, consisting of 16 episodes. Developed for television by Frank Darabont, the series is based on the eponymous series of comic books by Robert Kirkman, Tony Moore, and Charlie Adlard. The executive producers are Kirkman, David Alpert, Scott M. Gimple, Greg Nicotero, Tom Luse, and Gale Anne Hurd, with Gimple as showrunner for his fifth and final season. The eighth season received mixed reviews from critics. It was nominated for multiple awards and won two, including Best Horror Television Series for the third consecutive year, at the 44th Saturn Awards.
Guts (The Walking Dead)
I actually got a chance to hang out with him and he's a totally awesome guy. He always plays bad guys and psychos and it's weird, because he's this really boisterous, friendly guy. But yeah, his character is very important to the life of the show. He's a completely original character that was never in the comic. He's kind of the first human that they come across where it's like, 'Hey, this guy's really dangerous.' Also Michael Rooker likes to ad-lib. He got us over our cursing limit a couple of times. I think it was a bit of a pain in the a—for the post production people.
The sign on the white box truck Rick and Glenn requisition to rescue their supplies from the Atlanta department store reads "Ferenc Builders". Ferenc is the given name of series developer-writer Frank Darabont.
Tony Moore (artist)
Moore and writer Robert Kirkman were asked to produce work for the Mattel-licensed Masters of the Universe property. Shortly afterward, they launched "Brit "and "The Walking Dead" at Image Comics. Although Moore ceased regular interior artist duties on "The Walking Dead" with #6, he continued to contribute to the title as cover artist through issue #24, and illustrated the covers for the series' first four collected volumes. Moore was nominated for two Eisner Awards for his work on "The Walking Dead", (2004: "Best New Series", and 2005: Best Cover Artist.) Because of the popularity of the series, which increased considerably when it was adapted into a television series of the same name, Moore's original artwork for the series' early issues has gone up in value. On the March 28, 2013 episode of the VH1 reality television series "For What It's Worth", Moore's original artwork for Page 7 of issue #1 was professionally appraised to be worth $20,000.
Robert Kirkman
Robert Kirkman (; born November 30, 1978) is an American comic book writer best known for creating "The Walking Dead", "Invincible", "Tech Jacket", "Outcast" and "Oblivion Song" for Image Comics, in addition to writing "Ultimate X-Men", "Irredeemable Ant-Man" and "Marvel Zombies" for Marvel Comics. He has also collaborated with Image Comics co-founder Todd McFarlane on the series "Haunt". He is one of the five partners of Image Comics, and the only one of the five who was not one of its co-founders.
Frank Quitely
In 2012, Quitely was one of several artists to illustrate a variant cover for Robert Kirkman's "The Walking Dead" No. 100, which was released on 11 July at the San Diego Comic-Con.
The Walking Dead (season 1)
This season adapts material from issues #1–6 of the comic book series and introduces notable comic character Rick Grimes (Andrew Lincoln), who awakens from a coma, after being shot, in a post-apocalyptic world filled with flesh-eating zombies, dubbed "walkers". After befriending Morgan Jones (Lennie James), Rick sets out to find his family and discover the origins of the walker virus.
Ken Kristensen
Ken co-created the critical and commercial hit "Todd, The Ugliest Kid on Earth" — an Image Comics ("The Walking Dead") series with his longtime creative partner, Eisner-nominated comic book artist M.K. Perker. In 2016, FX purchased the series and commissioned Kristensen to write the pilot. Several other Image Comics series are currently in development.
Alamo City Comic Con
ACCC was started in 2013 by a passionate comic and pop-culture fan Alfredo "Apple" De La Fuente. In this first year, Alamo City Comic Con managed to attract just over 34,000 people. South Texas con-goers took notice of their first year with guests like The Walking Dead's Steven Yeun (Glenn), Lauren Cohan (Maggie) and Chad Coleman (Tyreese). Joining them were other high-profile guests Sean Astin, Danny Trejo, Adam West and Burt Ward, and comic creators Rob Liefield and Neal Adams to name a few. The convention nearly doubled its numbers in 2014, making it one of the largest comic book conventions in the country, with guest of honor Stan Lee, Agent's of S.H.I.E.L.D.'s Clark Gregg, more Walking Dead cast members like Scott Wilson, Chandler Riggs, Emily Kinney among others.
Year three of ACCC once again brought Stan Lee along with a Sons of Anarchy reunion that included Ron Perlman, Kim Coates, Tommy Flanagan, Mark Boone Junior, Ryan Hurst, Emilio Rivera and Michael Ornstein. In addition, celebrities Jon Bernthal, Michael Rooker, Ming Na Wen and director Robert Rodriguez joined the lineup.
Tony Moore (artist)
Tony Moore is an American comic book artist, whose work consists mainly of genre pieces, most notably in horror and science fiction, with titles such as "Fear Agent", "The Exterminators", and the first six issues of "The Walking Dead".
Bob Stookey
Bob Stookey is a fictional character from the comic book series "The Walking Dead" and the television series of the same name, where he is portrayed by Lawrence Gilliard Jr. Created by Robert Kirkman and artists Charlie Adlard and Cliff Rathburn, the character made his debut in "The Walking Dead" #29 in June 2006. Bob is a former combat medic who is considered the town drunk of Woodbury, Georgia. Although he is a minor character in the comics, Bob is notable for saving the life of The Governor, who was severely mutilated by Michonne. His origins are explored in the companion novel "", which was written by Kirkman and Jay Bonansinga.
Lori Grimes
Lori Grimes is a fictional character from the comic book series "The Walking Dead" and is portrayed by Sarah Wayne Callies in the American television series of the same name. Created by writer Robert Kirkman and artist Tony Moore, the character made her debut in "The Walking Dead" #2 in 2003. In both forms of media, she is the wife of protagonist Rick Grimes and mother of Carl and Judith. The character escapes the zombie apocalypse with Carl, and Rick's partner Shane Walsh. Believing her husband to be dead, she starts a relationship with Shane.
The Walking Dead (comic book)
In January 2016, the Kings of War creator Mantic Games announced plans to release a tabletop miniature wargame based on The Walking Dead, named "The Walking Dead: All Out War". The miniatures game was funded through the popular crowdfunding site Kickstarter. This product is available for order and first began shipping to backers on 7 November 2016.
Double Take Comics
All comic book series published by Double Take were inspired by and set in an alternate reality of "Night of the Living Dead". Jemas originally also considered creating comics on "XCOM", "BioShock" and "Civilization", three video game franchises owned by Take-Two Interactive, but could not come to terms with the respective game studios. He went "Night of the Living Dead" instead, seeing that the intellectual property was in the public domain, and because he felt like zombies were popular at the time. Jemas planned on distributing the comics digitally, through ComiXology and Madefire, and produce print versions later on.
The Walking Dead (comic book)
In May of 2018, Image Comics and its imprint Skybound Entertainment, the company that has driven development of "The Walking Dead" comic series since 2010, jointly announced "The Walking Dead Day." The fan-oriented event has a scheduled date of October 13, 2018 and will coincide with the release of a "Walking Dead #1 15th Anniversary Variant Edition," with cover art by current series artist Charlie Adlard. A select number of "The Walking Dead Day" participating local comic shops become part of the comic's story line, with their own special edition of Adlard's anniversary cover, featuring the store’s logo incorporated into the cover art. The company also noted that additional limited edition collectibles and festivities would be announced at a future date, prior to the October 2018 event.
The Walking Dead (franchise)
"The Walking Dead: Road to Survival" is a role-playing video game developed by Scopely based on the comic book series. It was released initially on the Android platform, later on iOS. Players complete various missions using teams, in exchange for further rewards, and more challenging stages.
The Walking Dead (comic book)
The original pitch by Kirkman and Moore was for a followup to George A. Romero's "Night of the Living Dead", with the series taking place in the 1960s. Image Comics co-founder Jim Valentino suggested using an original concept instead so the creators would own the property outright. The revised pitch became "The Walking Dead."
Andrea (The Walking Dead)
The death of Andrea (Laurie Holden) in the television series marks one of the biggest departures from Robert Kirkman's source material in which Andrea played an active role within the series beyond this for a total of 13 years. In an interview published March 31, 2013, TVLine asked Holden how long in advance she knew about her character Andrea's death. Holden replied, "I didn’t get the official word until a few days before we began [shooting] the finale. It was a shock to everyone. It was never part of the original story docs for Season 3. And it was rather unexpected." Robert Kirkman said: "The comics still exist and I'd urge those people to continue reading the comics where Andrea is still alive. Just know the show is something different and we are telling different stories. It doesn't mean we're not going to see a lot of the big stories and big events from the comic book in the TV show eventually; it just means those things will be a little bit altered from time to time. Hopefully it will be exciting, new and fresh just like it was the first time you read the comic, which is really the goal." Kirkman also said: "It's something that was debated quite a bit. There was a lot of opposition in the writers' room. I bounced back and forth between 'We really shouldn’t kill her' and 'this is a good idea.' In the end it all came together and we decided to go for it. It was definitely something that divided the room to a certain extent."