This is Rick Grimes being pushed to his absolute limit. And if you think you’ve seen that before, you haven’t. And the Rick Grimes that comes out of this is really going to shock people.

I want to spend my time exploring the characters we've already got here. I want to give them more time to shine before the team gets to have 400 members.

I think Walking Dead is one of the friendliest new reader type books in that every time a new trade is shipped out, a new issue is shipped out at the same time.

I think Walking Dead is more of a stretch for me because I'm a light hearted superhero kind of guy.

If I'm grumpy I sure do enjoy writing The Walking Dead.

I don't presume to think I'm great at anything.

We're always exploring new ideas in the writers room, and those kinds of ideas snowball from season to season and drive the show in a different direction.

Tech Jacket shares the same tone as Invincible, but the subject matter is very different. Where Invincible is about perfection, Tech Jacket is about flaws.

In a world ruled by the dead, we are forced to finally start living.

I will say that Rick will probably die before the end of the book. I'll go ahead and put that in print. Nobody's safe. I've almost killed him three times already.

June 2005 is the five year anniversary of the debut of Battle Pope.

Nearly' only counts in horseshoes and hand-grenades.

Sometimes in life you don't always feel like a winner, but that doesn't mean you're not a winner.

I like to look at the glass half full.

“Firewall” seems both scary and protective at the same time. And how often does that happen within one word besides “military” and “government?”

I am like any other man. All I do is supply a demand.

I used to think if it wasn't possible to be a family man and a totally dedicated artist, I'd rather be the former. I'm an idealist and a romantic.

Everybody has to make their own decisions about how they choose to behave.

The most miserable man in this room tonight is the Christian who is not right with Him.

I try to do something physical every day. I don't go heavy every day, though.

It is the saints who know what being in love is all about. Earthly love pales by comparison.