The Walking Dead (franchise)

The Walking Dead
Creator Robert Kirkman
Tony Moore
Original work The Walking Dead
Print publications
Books

Films and television
Television series

Games
Video games

The Walking Dead is a media franchise including a comic book series, two television series, six novels, video games, and various other media.

Comic book series

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.[1]

First issued in 2003 by publisher Image Comics, the series was created by writer Robert Kirkman[2] and artist Tony Moore (who was later replaced by Charlie Adlard from issue #7 onward,[3] though Moore continued to do the covers through issue #24.)[4] The Walking Dead received the 2010 Eisner Award for Best Continuing Series at San Diego Comic-Con International.

Television series

The Walking Dead

The Walking Dead is an American television drama series developed by Frank Darabont. The series stars Andrew Lincoln as sheriff's deputy[5] 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 movies. He sets out to find his family and encounters other survivors along the way.

The Walking Dead premiered on October 31, 2010 on the cable television channel AMC in the United States.[6] Based on its reception, AMC renewed the series for a second season of 13 episodes, which premiered on October 16, 2011.[7][8] Two episodes into the second season, AMC announced that the show would return for a third season, airing on October 14, 2012.[9] The fourth season of the TV program ended on March 30, 2014 and the fifth season began on October 12, 2014.

The series has been well received[10][11] and has received many award nominations, including a Writers Guild of America Award nomination and a Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Television Series Drama.[12][13] The series has also attained strong Nielsen ratings, beating various records for a cable series, including receiving 15.5 million viewers for its season three midseason finale, and 17.29 viewers for its season five premiere, to become the most-watched basic cable drama telecast in history.[14]

Fear the Walking Dead

Main article: Fear the Walking Dead

Fear the Walking Dead is an American horror drama television series created by Robert Kirkman and Dave Erickson.

Set in Los Angeles, California, the series follows a dysfunctional family composed of high school guidance counselor Madison Clark, her English teacher boyfriend Travis Manawa, her daughter Alicia, and her drug-addicted son Nick, at the onset of the zombie apocalypse.[15][16] The four must either revamp themselves or cling to their deep flaws as they come to terms with the impending collapse of civilization.[17]

Games

Board games

Multiple board games for the franchise have been released.

Card games

Miniatures Games

The Walking Dead: All Out War

In January 2016, Kings of War creators, Mantic Games announced plans to release a tabletop miniature wargame based on The Walking Dead, named The Walking Dead: All Out War (miniatures game).

Video games

Telltale Games

The Walking Dead: Season One

On February 18, 2011, Telltale Games announced plans to create an episodic video game based on the comics,[18] was scheduled to debut in fall 2011, but finally was released on April 24, 2012.[19] Kirkman has said that, unlike typical zombie games such as Left 4 Dead, it focuses more on characterization and emotion than action. The video game includes known characters and also introduces characters not shown in the comic or TV show.[20]

From April 24, 2012 to November 20, 2012, the game released five episodes, and then released a DLC Pack in June 2013.

The game was met with critical acclaim, winning several Game of the Year awards.

The Walking Dead: Season Two

Following Season One's success, a sequel was announced for release. Its first episode was released on December 17, 2013. Its final was released on August 26, 2014.

The Walking Dead: Season Three

Telltale Games confirmed that it will produce a third season of Walking Dead, following the success of the first two seasons.

Survival Instinct

On July 6, 2012, Activision announced a first-person shooter based on the television series, which is being developed by Terminal Reality.[21] It was released on March 19, 2013 in North America.[22] It was met with negative reception.

The Walking Dead: Road to Survival

The Walking Dead: Road to Survival is an RPG developd by Scopely based on the comic book series. It was released initially on the Android platform, than later iOS. Players complete various missions using teams, in exchange for further rewards, and more challenging stages.

The Escapists The Walking Dead

Main article: The Escapists

The Escapists The Walking Dead is an upcoming spin-off from The Escapists, a puzzle role-playing video game about escaping prisons.

Overkill's The Walking Dead

A Walking Dead co-op first-person shooter from Payday 2 developer Overkill Software is in the works, the company's owner, Starbreeze Studios, announced in August, 2014.[23] The game is called Overkill's The Walking Dead, and it claims to deliver a "completely new co-op experience" to the Walking Dead universe that will explore new characters and storylines. It is scheduled to launch on Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and Microsoft Windows in 2016. The game is being made with the blessing of The Walking Dead creator Robert Kirkman, who says he was certain from the first day he saw the project that it was the "co-op action game fans have been waiting for." It is also the result of a new "long-term" partnership between Starbreeze and Kirkman's Skybound Interactive company. This partnership will extend "into the next decade" and marks a new era for Starbreeze, the company said.

Novels

Other products

Parodies

References

  1. ↑ The Walking Dead Volume 5: The Best Defense
  2. ↑ Sullivan, Michael Patrick. WEEK OF THE DEAD I: Robert Kirkman, Comic Book Resources, May 19, 2008
  3. ↑ Sullivan, Michael Patrick. WEEK OF THE DEAD II: Charlie Adlard, Comic Book Resources, May 20, 2008
  4. ↑ Tony Moore's The Walking Dead Cover Art Gallery
  5. ↑ "rick grimes". AMCtv.com. Retrieved March 29, 2012. a small-town sheriff's deputy
  6. ↑ "The Walking Dead Premieres Halloween; Comic-Con Trailer Now Online". AMCtv.com. August 24, 2010. Retrieved August 24, 2010.
  7. ↑ "AMC Resurrects "The Walking Dead" for a Second Season" (Press release). AMC. November 8, 2010. Retrieved November 8, 2010.
  8. ↑ Webb Mitovich, Matt (July 22, 2011). "The Walking Dead Reveals Season 2 Premiere Date, Creepy-Good New Trailer". TVLine. Retrieved July 22, 2011.
  9. ↑ "'The Walking Dead' Renewed For A Third Season By AMC" (Press release). TV by the Numbers. October 25, 2011. Retrieved October 25, 2011.
  10. ↑ "The Walking Dead: Season 1". Metacritic. Retrieved December 9, 2010.
  11. ↑ "The Walking Dead: Season 2". Metacritic. Retrieved October 14, 2011.
  12. ↑ Reiher, Andrea (December 14, 2010). "2011 Golden Globes nominations: 'Glee,' '30 Rock' lead TV nominations". Zap2it. Retrieved December 14, 2010.
  13. ↑ "AMC Garners Six WGA Award Nominations for Acclaimed Original Dramas "Mad Men," "Breaking Bad" and "The Walking Dead"" (Press release). AMC. December 8, 2010. Retrieved December 9, 2010.
  14. ↑ Hibberd, James (October 15, 2012). "'Walking Dead' premiere gets fall's biggest rating". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved October 15, 2012.
  15. ↑ "Cast". AMC. Retrieved August 25, 2015.
  16. ↑ Cohn, Paulette (August 25, 2015). "'Fear the Walking Dead' producer: Prequel hit about 'dread, the anxiety, and paranoia'". Fox News. Retrieved August 25, 2015.
  17. ↑ "About the Show". AMC. Retrieved August 25, 2015.
  18. ↑ Schram, Kevin. "The Walking Dead Video Game Coming From Telltale Games [Adventure Game Makers Announce Zombie Adventure Game, Have Big Day Today In All]", TFTS, February 18, 2011
  19. ↑ Telltale Games: The Walking Dead
  20. ↑ Robert Kirkman on 'Walking Dead' season two: 'You haven't seen anything yet'
  21. ↑ "Activision Reveals Walking Dead First Person Shooter'". IGN. Retrieved 2012-07-06.
  22. ↑ "Report: Activision Launching Walking Dead Game". USA Today. July 6, 2012. Retrieved 2012-07-06.
  23. ↑ "Overkill's The Walking Dead announced".
  24. ↑ Keck, William. "Walking Dead Ready for Action", TV Guide, June 20, 2011, page 14
  25. ↑ "New 'Walking Dead' Merchandise" ICV2, November 17, 2010
  26. ↑ The Walking Dead Issue #1 @ Titan Magazines website. Retrieved November 20, 2014.
  27. ↑ The Walking Deceased
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