He had envisioned the series to end around the time that Rick Grimes and his allies reach the Commonwealth, a large human community protected from the walkers, as this would allow him to give a complete arc. Kirkman opted to end the comic on his own terms he stated in his letter in issue #193 that part of the reason to end was that he feared he lacked material to continue the series for several more issues. On July 3, 2019, Kirkman confirmed through the "Letter Hacks" section of Issue #193 that the issue had concluded the series, with no previous announcements or warnings beforehand. The company also noted that additional limited edition collectibles and festivities would be announced at a future date, prior to the October 2018 event. A select number of The Walking Dead Day participating local comic shops became 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 fan-oriented event was for Octoand coincided with the release of a Walking Dead #1 15th Anniversary Variant Edition, with cover art by Charlie Adlard. In May 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 series is periodically re-published in trade paperbacks which contain six issues each, hardcover books with twelve issues and occasional bonus material, omnibus editions of twenty-four issues, and compendium editions of forty-eight issues. The first 52 issues of the series began to be reprinted on January 5, 2011, with one issue per week for a year. When the television series premiered in October 2010, Image Comics announced The Walking Dead Weekly. Kirkman usually co-wrote the section with his editor, Sean Mackiewicz. Most issues of the comic featured "Letter Hacks", several pages at the end where Kirkman discussed the issue, oftentimes answering letters, mail, and emails sent by readers of the comic. Moore also created the cover art for the first 24 issues and the first four trade paperbacks. Charlie Adlard took over as artist on issue #7, after he was approached by Kirkman. The Walking Dead debuted in 2003, published by Image Comics, with art by Tony Moore for the first six issues and Cliff Rathburn shading the art after issue #5. Kirkman had no intention of making the comic about aliens, but felt that the lie was necessary to get the comic published, which it did. Kirkman then pitched it again with a new added twist that the plague was sent by aliens, and that the comic would be more of an alien invasion story. The revised pitch was again rejected, however, for being too "normal". The pitch was revised into an original story, taking a more traditional approach to a modern zombie survival tale. Image Comics co-founder Jim Valentino suggested using an original concept instead so the creators would own the property outright. Romero's Night of the Living Dead, with the series taking place in the 1960s. The original pitch by Kirkman and Moore was for a followup to George A. Kirkman was a fan of zombie films such as the Living Dead series and Zombi 2 as well as zombie video games such as Resident Evil. The Walking Dead franchise has also spawned multiple additional media properties, including video games (such as The Walking Dead video game), two companion television series ( Fear the Walking Dead and The Walking Dead: World Beyond), seven webisode series, and various additional publications, including novels ( The Walking Dead: Rise of the Governor). The AMC television series The Walking Dead (2010–present) loosely follows the storyline of the comic book. The Walking Dead received the 20 Eisner Award for Best Continuing Series at San Diego Comic-Con International. After joining with some other survivors, he gradually takes on the role of leader of a community as it struggles to survive the zombie apocalypse. The comic book series 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. It began publishing colorized versions issue by issue, colored by Dave McCaig, starting in October 2020. Apart from a few specials, the comic was published primarily in black and white. Beginning in 2003 and published by Image Comics, the series ran for 193 issues, with Kirkman unexpectedly ending the series in 2019. The Walking Dead is an American post-apocalyptic comic book series created by writer Robert Kirkman and artist Tony Moore – who was the artist on the first six issues and cover artist for the first twenty-four – with art on the remainder of the series by Charlie Adlard.
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