Media release — Robert Kirkman’s Eisner Award-winning THE walking DEAD comic series for picture Comics/Skybound reached its milestone 100th problem as well as immediately offered out of its 383,612 preliminary orders on July 11th, the exact same day it was released, efficiently ending up being the very popular comic book in preliminary orders for any type of publisher because 1997, when picture Comics/Top Cow’s The Darkness #11 was released. THE walking DEAD, produced as well as written by Kirkman with art by Charlie Adlard, featuring 13 variant covers for the 100th problem — all offered out — has been the talk of San Diego Comic-Con with a series of events celebrating its release. Kirkman is a partner in picture Comics, the very first person invited to join the comic book industry’s premier publisher of creator-owned comics because its inception twenty years ago.
“This is a amazing achievement,” stated picture Comics publisher Eric Stephenson. “It’s incredibly uncommon, if not flat-out rare, for a comic book to see a sustained boost in sales complying with its very first issue, however The walking Dead steadily climbed up as well as up because its introduce in 2003, as well as we couldn’t be much more happy of Robert, Charlie as well as the whole walking Dead team.”
“The walking Dead continues to greatly surpass all my expectations in all forms,” stated Robert Kirkman. “I am particularly thrilled of what this implies for comics as an industry, that this is an independent comic hitting that number.” Kirkman continued, “The future of comics couldn’t be brighter as much more as well as much more visitors are embracing new concepts in a huge way.”
On Wednesday night, Hyundai, Future US, as well as Kirkman’s Skybound imprint at picture Comics revealed the Kirkman-designed Zombie Survival device from a transformed Hyundai Elantra Coupe. On Thursday, Skybound as well as Ruckus sports revealed The walking Dead Escape: San Diego, an challenge program where anybody might online the experience of being a zombie apocalypse survivor as well as impacts whiz Greg Nicotero as well as team transformed participants into one of the undead.
Kirkman will provide away a Hyundai Elantra GT wrapped in Charlie Adlard’s renowned cover of THE walking DEAD’s 100th issue, which was on screen Friday night at Petco Park during the personal The walking Dead 100th problem VIP Black Carpet Event. The special celebration featured a completely immersive entertainment of a post-apocalyptic world infested with zombies.
The Skybound booth at Comic-Con, #2729, featured a slew of special merchandise, including THE walking DEAD #100 Vannen Watch, THE walking DEAD Bloody Michonne Variant action figure as well as The walking Dead Hardcover Compendium, which collects problems #1-48 of the renowned comic series.
THE walking DEAD topped the bestseller listings for graphic novels in 2011 as well as often topped the new York Times as well as Amazon’s bestseller lists, taking the top five areas on hardcover as well as paperback lists. Kirkman is likewise the executive producer as well as writer of the hit television show, AMC’s The walking Dead, the highest-rated fundamental cable television drama of all time in the U.S for season two. Friday’s AMC panel was one of the most popular events at Comic-Con. The show is likewise an worldwide success in 120 countries, showing in 250 million households worldwide.
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