With The Walking Dead‘s eleventh and final season premiere looming on the horizon, there’s no better time for a reflection on its legacy in the form of AMC Network, Skybound Entertainment, and Image Comics’s The Art of AMC’s The Walking Dead Universe. The book will include content such as never-before-seen sketches, concept art, storyboards, and more from all three shows.
We’re thrilled to bring an exclusive preview of the book that gives a glimpse at the development of Daryl Dixon’s (Norman Reedus) jacket and The Walking Dead‘s first walker, the iconic ‘Bicycle Girl,’ as well as artwork from behind-the-scenes of spin-off The Walking Dead: World Beyond, and artwork for the night of Fear the Walking Dead‘s season four premiere/The Walking Dead‘s season eight finale.
Thanks to Skybound for providing us with this preview, and be sure to grab the 240-page book at a comic shop on September 29, or at a bookstore on October 5. The cover by David Finch & Dave McCaig is exclusive to Skybound’s store, with a Yanick Paquette and Nathan Fairbairn cover edition exclusive to The Walking Dead Universe shop. The Walking Dead Season 11 will start on AMC+ on August 15, and begin airing on AMC on August 22.
Press release:
NEW SECRETS ABOUT DARYL DIXON & MORE REVEALED IN EXCLUSIVE FIRST LOOK INSIDE
THE ART OF AMC’S THE WALKING DEAD UNIVERSE
LOS ANGELES 07/29/2021 — AMC Networks, Skybound Entertainment and Image Comics today unveiled an exclusive look inside The Art of AMC’s The Walking Dead Universe, the hotly-anticipated hardcover that reveals new secrets from all three of AMC’s landmark The Walking Dead TV series, including pages with never-before-seen looks at the art on Daryl Dixon’s (Norman Reedus) iconic jacket and its origin, the fan-favorite Walker known as “Bicycle Girl,” and behind-the-scenes artwork from The Walking Dead: World Beyond.
Available at comic shops on September 29, 2021 and everywhere books are sold on October 5, 2021, The Art of AMC’s The Walking Dead Universe is an in-depth compilation of behind-the-scenes pre-production and production art from AMC’s three iconic TWD series – The Walking Dead, Fear the Walking Dead and The Walking Dead: World Beyond. This hardcover will feature never-before-seen original sketches, concept art, storyboards, special product illustrations, and more from the shows inspired by Robert Kirkman’s comic book turned pop-culture phenomenon.
Marking AMC Networks’ first venture into book publishing, The Art of AMC’s The Walking Dead Universe also features an introduction by Chief Content Officer of The Walking Dead Universe Scott M. Gimple and fun facts from creators and crew members on all three series.
The Art of AMC’s The Walking Dead Universe standard edition can be pre-ordered right now everywhere books are sold, in both print and digital formats, along with TWDUShop.com. A special edition, featuring a new cover by superstars David Finch & Dave McCaig, can be exclusively pre-ordered at the Skybound Store. The AMC Networks Publishing Limited-Edition Exclusive featuring a new cover utilizing the three-circle symbol displayed throughout the shows by Yanick Paquette and Nathan Fairbairn is also available to pre-order here.
ABOUT AMC NETWORKS
AMC Networks is a global entertainment company known for its popular and critically acclaimed content. Its portfolio of brands includes AMC, BBC AMERICA (operated through a joint venture with BBC Studios), IFC, SundanceTV, WE tv, IFC Films, and a number of fast-growing streaming services, including the AMC+ premium streaming bundle, Acorn TV, Shudder, Sundance Now and ALLBLK (formerly branded “UMC”). AMC Studios, the Company’s in-house studio, production and distribution operation, is behind award-winning owned series and franchises, including The Walking Dead, the highest-rated series in cable history. The Company also operates AMC Networks International, its international programming business, and Levity Entertainment Group, its production services and comedy venues business.
ABOUT SKYBOUND ENTERTAINMENT
Skybound Entertainment is a multiplatform content company that works closely with creators and their intellectual properties, extending their stories to further platforms including comics, television, film, tabletop and video games, books, digital content, events, and beyond. The company is the home of notable properties including The Walking Dead, Invincible, and Super Dinosaur.
Skybound holds strategic partnerships across the entertainment industry, and has the in-house capabilities to serve as publisher, producer, and global distributor for tabletop and video games. On screen, Skybound holds a first-look television deal with Amazon Studios and a first-look movie deal with Universal. Additional partnerships include comic book publishing with Image Comics, book publishing with Simon & Schuster, and a first-look narrative audio deal with Audible. Skybound also houses a variety of unique creators and their IP, including Kristian Harloff and his pop-culture movie trivia platform the Schmoedown Entertainment Network, and printmaking expert Peter Santa Maria’s Attack Peter brand.
ABOUT IMAGE COMICS
Image Comics is a comic book and graphic novel publisher founded in 1992 by a collective of bestselling artists. Image has since gone on to become one of the largest comics publishers in the United States. Image currently has six individuals on the Board of Directors: Robert Kirkman, Erik Larsen, Todd McFarlane, Marc Silvestri, Jim Valentino, and Eric Stephenson. It consists of five major houses: Todd McFarlane Productions, Top Cow Productions, Shadowline Comics, Skybound Entertainment, and Image Central. Image publishes comics and graphic novels in nearly every genre, sub-genre, and style imaginable. It offers science fiction, fantasy, romance, horror, crime fiction, historical fiction, humor and more by the finest artists and writers working in the medium today. For more information, visit www.imagecomics.com
