EDITOR’S LETTER
THE FANS OF THE WALKING Dead Universe (TWDU, for short) are some of the liveliest out there. And that’s really saying something. It’s been over 10 years since AMC’s intense zombie-apocalypse drama—based on the striking comics written by Robert Kirkman—premiered on Halloween 2010, and the rabid, worldwide fanbase hasn’t decomposed a bit. Instead, its influence has spread like a virus, spawning a talk show, multiple spinoffs, web series, popular video games, merchandise, its own “con” and, soon, a set of feature films starring its first hero, Rick Grimes (Andrew Lincoln). And that’s all planned to outlive the flagship series where the onscreen dystopia began, which kick-starts its 11th and final season this August. We couldn’t be more excited about this TV GUIDE MAGAZINE special collector’s issue, which opens with portraits of…