The Walking Dead

A popular term used to describe zombies, or other kinds of undead beings. After all, they're dead, but they're still walking, so it's a handy name for those of us who aren't familiar with all the terminology, or would prefer Not Using the Z Word.

If you're seeing this page, it's likely you're actually trying to get to one of the following-

• Zombie Apocalypse: what usually happens when the Walking Dead are involved.
• The Undead in general
• The Walking Dead (comics): An ongoing black and white Image Comics series that began in 2003 and is about zombies.
• The Walking Dead (TV series): A television series based on the comic series above that began airing on AMC in 2010.
• A trilogy of prequel novels to The Walking Dead.
  • The Walking Dead: Rise of the Governor: The tragic backstory of the series' Big Bad.
  • The Walking Dead: The Road to Woodbury: A young woman lives under the despotic reign of the Governor. Set to come out in October 2012.
  • An untitled third novel.
• The Walking Dead (video game): An episodic Adventure Game series by Telltale Games set in the same universe as the graphic novel.