In a December 2024 interview with Collider, Kirkman credited original “Walking Dead” showrunner Frank Darabont with getting the series made at all. According to Kirkman, Darabont had stumbled across the “Walking Dead” comic at the House of Secrets (a comic store in Burbank, California) and thought the serialized drama was a perfect story to bring to TV. He wasn’t the only one. As “Walking Dead” producer Gale Ann Hurd recalled to Variety in 2016:
“What attracted me to…