Series creator Robert Kirkman announced the entirety of The Walking Dead will be re-released in color with special bonus content.
Announced during the "Skybound: Past, Present, and Future" panel at Skybound Xpo, the colorized version of The Walking Dead will begin releasing on Oct. 7. Colored by Dave McCaig (Adam Strange, X-Men), the series will feature variant covers by David Finch (Batman: The Dark Knight, The New Avengers), Tony Moore (The Exterminators, Fear Agent), Julian Totino Tedesco (Iron Man: Invincible Origins, Hawkeye) and Arthur Adams (Longshot, The Uncanny X-Men) to mark the introductions of key characters and plot twists.
Each installment of the re-issued The Walking Dead will also feature "The Cutting Room Floor." The press release for the series describes this content as "Kirkman's original handwritten plots along with commentary on abandoned storylines and plot points that may have changed along the way." The press release also notes the colorized The Walking Dead "will not be collected into trade paperbacks any time soon."
You can see color art for the first installment of The Walking Dead re-issue below.
The Walking Dead debuted in 2003 and ran for 193 issues before ending abruptly in 2019. The comic, which was originally drawn by Tony Moore before Charlie Adlard later took over, was extremely well-received and launched a major media franchise. A TV adaptation of the comic, also titled The Walking Dead, premiered in 2010. Since then, there have been various other TV spinoffs and video games, with live-action movies centered around protagonist Rick Grimes currently in the works.
The Walking Dead #1 will release in color on Oct. 7, with two issues to release each following month.