In October, fans of Robert Kirkman’s THE
WALKING DEAD will see the New York Times best-selling comic as never
before with the publication of THE WALKING DEAD: ALL OUT WAR ARTIST PROOF
EDITION. In this 248-page hardcover from Image Comics/Skybound, artist Charlie
Adlard’s raw pencils for the twelve-issue arc are reproduced, uninked and
unaltered from how they appear on his artboard.
The ALL OUT WAR story arc marks a major turning
point in THE WALKING DEAD, as Rick Grimes unites several communities to fight the
villainous Negan and his “Saviors,” while around them the dead continue to
roam. The future of the Survivors, Hilltop, and Kingdom communities depends
precariously on Negan’s right-hand man, who has turned against him — and not
everyone is going to see it through the war alive.
"I've always enjoyed books that show the
‘process,’ and All Out War certainly does that,” said Adlard.
“Presenting the pencils as they are is an interesting thing, because they were
done to show an inker what to do. So, at times, they are rough, fudged,
incorrect...etc, but hopefully still provide an insight as to what goes into
making a comic book.”
Adlard has penciled and inked more than one
hundred issues of THE WALKING DEAD. Inker Stefano Gaudiano was brought onto the
art team (which includes toner Cliff Rathburn and letterer Rus Wooten) at the
start of the ALL OUT WAR story arc.
“And just sometimes it's nice not to have a
finished thing,” continued Adlard. “To be able to see the little bits of
‘magic’ occurring in the happy accidents of random pencil marks, which
were never intended for anyone other than Stefano to see, where I wasn't caring
that it would be seen by a wider audience, makes it all a little bit bolder.”
ALL OUT WAR has never before been collected in
a single volume, and this edition presents the monumental story in a whole new
way. THE WALKING DEAD: ALL OUT WAR ARTIST PROOF EDITION will be in comic book
stores on October 1 and in bookstores on October 8. It is available for
pre-order now.
THE
WALKING DEAD: ALL OUT WAR ARTIST PROOF EDITION by Robert Kirkman and Charlie
Adlard
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ISBN 978-1-63215-038-7
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Diamond Comic order code AUG140613
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248 pages, hardcover, black and white
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$34.99
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In comic book stores October 1, bookstores
October 8
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Rated Mature
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Collects THE WALKING DEAD #115-126
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