Kirkman Helps Promote AMC's Walking Dead

Kirkman Helps Promote AMC's Walking Dead
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Production of the six-episode first season of AMC's The Walking Dead began at the beginning of June, and Robert Kirkman, the comic book series creator and one of the show's executive producers, has lately been making the rounds to support the project.


Kirkman, who is also writing the fourth episode of the season, recently had a chance to visit the set in Atlanta. The writer/producer shares his thoughts about bringing his comic to the small screen this week in both USA Today's "Kirkman's 'Walking Dead' Conquers Comics. Is TV Next?," and the Walking Dead blog's "Dispatches From the Set - Comic Creator and Series Executive Producer Robert Kirkman."

"'Hopefully, things likeThe Walking Dead getting made will show people that comic books are an entertainment medium. They're not just superheroes,' Kirkman told USA Today. 'Anything you could get out of a novel or a television series or a movie, you can get that in some form or another in a comic book. It's just another way to experience great drama and cool stories.'"

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