# 16 THE WALKING DEAD
| Author : | Robert Kirkman CYNTHIANA, KY |
| Artist : | Maui Crane LEXINGTON, KY |
| Sponsor : | JRA Architects |
Robert Kirkman (1978): The Walking Dead
Richmond, Ky., native Robert Kirkman is a comic book writer, novelist, and film producer who is best known for the television series, The Walking Dead (2010), Fear of the Walking Dead ( 2015), and Outcast (2016). He is one of five partners with Image Comics, an illustrator-owned publishing company, and a co-owner of Skybound Entertainment, a multiplatform entertainment company. Kirkman has also written a series of non-graphic Walking Dead novels. In 2010, he produced a television adaptation of his comic book series, Walking Dead, a post-apocalyptic horror film series about the years following a zombie apocalypse. A group of survivors search the Earth for a safe and secure home. They face challenges from the zombies and from the interpersonal conflicts that arise within the group.
Maui Crane:
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Robert Kirkman, author of The Walking Dead, wrote: “In a world ruled by the dead, we are forced to finally start living.” I’m a huge fan of Walking Dead, and it was an honor to come up with a design based on the cult favorite comic book series. I was inspired by artist Tony Moore’s black-and-white illustrations in the book. Maui Crane is a Lexington, Ky., artist and designer