10 Horror Comics You Must Read If You Love The Walking Dead
The Walking Dead may be over, but these horror comics will give its fans plenty more to chew on.
After 193 issues, The Walking Dead ended in 2019 with the death of Rick Grimes, closing the door on its few surviving characters in the process.
So too, is its television counterpart coming to an end, with the final season set to air this year. Thankfully, fans of the TV show will still have plenty to chew on with the show's various spin-offs (Fear the Walking Dead, Beyond the Walking Dead, a number of character-centric movies, etc.) continuing long after the primary series ends.
But what of fans of the comic book? For many, the sudden end of The Walking Dead left a massive Rick Grimes-shaped hole in their hearts. After sixteen years, fans had to cope with the fact that suddenly, The Walking Dead was over. Done. Dead.
But the world of horror comics is a vast one, with something for everyone. Here we dive back into the longboxes to take a look at ten horror books that might appeal to fans of The Walking Dead, new and old.
From Marvel Zombies to vampires, psychopaths and monsters, there's something to appeal to every kind of Walking Dead fan. (In some cases, there's even a bit more Walking Dead.)
10. The Walking Dead Deluxe
Where better for a Walking Dead-starved Walking Dead fan to start reading than with... The Walking Dead?
The Walking Dead: Deluxe starts the saga all over again... but this time, in color. Fans can experience Rick Grimes's epic journey all over again, as colored by Dave McGaig.
As well as giving Tony Moore and Charlie Adlard's gore-geous artwork the full-colour treatment, The Walking Dead: Deluxe also treats fans to a series of incredible variant covers and material from the cutting room floor.
With each issue closing with a commentary from Robert Kirkman himself, its a fascinating insight into how the series evolved as it went on (Lori and Rick, for example, were initially set for post-apocalyptic 'divorce', instead of their ultimate fates). That Kirkman leaves the original letters pages also intact is a fun peek as to how things eventually turned out - especially in 2003-era Kirkman constantly, desperately angling for a TV adaptation.
Best of all, with a whopping 193 issues to come, there's a whole lot of Deluxe Walking Dead to come.