The Walking Dead fans were flooed when creator Robert Kirkman brought the long-running comic book series to an end after 193 issues last summer, but now the writer has announced that he’s returning to pen one more tale set in the post-apocalyptic universe – a special one-shot titled Negan Lives. As you can probably guess, it’ll focus on the fan favorite villain played by Jeffrey Dean Morgan on AMC’s TV show.

Kirkman wrapped up the comic’s original run in July 2019, so it’s only fitting that Negan Lives will be released exactly 12 months later. The one-shot will clock in at 36 pages and is set to exclusively hit comic book stores on July 1st. Note the word “exclusively,” as as things stand, there are no plans to release Negan Lives digitally.

Kirkman revealed to The Hollywood Reporter that this move is an effort to support comic book stores in...