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Hollywood comes calling for another Kirkman creation

The Walking Dead, America's favorite cable television series, returns this Sunday for its mid-season premiere. In anticipation of what's sure to be another ratings smash, AMC has released the first two minutes of the...

It's a rite of autumn —The Walking Dead's new season debuts on AMC, and Walking Dead graphic novels start selling like crack again. Here's the feed from the Amazon graphic novels best seller's list. Note that The Oatmeal has sold a gazillion copies, and Roz Chast is back in the top ten following her National Book Award shortlisting. Per the usual pattern, Walking Dead GN sales will slow when the 8 episode season ends, and pick right back up when it returns next year. I know Robert Kirkman has made a buttload of money from the hit TV series, but he, Charlie Adlard and Tony Moore have also made a buttload from the books alone, given the Image deal. (BTW, for long term Amazon trend analysis I refer you to Beat contributor David Carter's weekly blog on the topic, which someday I will feature here every week. Lots of other interesting things on his site, as well.)

It’s a rite of autumn —The Walking Dead’s new season debuts on AMC, and Walking Dead graphic novels start selling like crack again. Here’s the feed from the Amazon graphic novels best seller’s...

by Edie Nugent From L to R: Dalton Ross, Robert Kirkman and Sean Mackiewicz at Skybound's The Walking Dead panel at NYCC  "The Walking Dead is a very unreal way to explore some very real topics: there's loss, triumph...

OUTCAST #1, the new book by Robert Kirkman and Paul Azaceta has been a huge success, we're told with orders surpassing The Walking Dead #128 with a print run of 86,000 copies. Even more...

AMC is jumping on the "spin-off" bandwagon. With Breaking Bad ending, a Bob Odenkirk-headlined spinoff called "Better Call Saul" is in the works, although whether anyone will want to revisit the Breaking Bad world...

By David Nieves There are spoilers for the more recent issues of Walking Dead in this article. Robert Kirkman welcomed a crowded room of fans for a Q&A for the ages as his creation, The Walking...

Alright, we heard you. When you said you wanted HIGH QUALITY photos from the convention, we heard you - and that's why this year we've sent the utterly brilliant Megan Byrd across to San...

Another week, and a whole slew of new comics on the horizon. This week I'm going to review a superhero relaunch, as well as one of the longest-running superhero comics around: Captain Midnight #0,...

“As more people are able to make a living doing it, I think we’re moving into an atmosphere were creators are able to define their careers more than creators in the past have been...

Well, here it is. The final issue of CREATOR-OWNED HEROES. When you think “last issue”, particularly on a series meeting an untimely end, you might expect the rough edges left behind by a team...