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The Walking Dead #3 Cover Homage Convention Commission Sketch (NYCC, 2008)

Location: Convention Commissions/Sketches
Artist: Tony Moore (All)

Location: Convention Commissions/Sketches
Title: The Walking Dead #3 Cover Homage Convention Commission Sketch (NYCC, 2008)
Artist: Tony Moore (All)
Media Type: Pen and Ink
Art Type: Commission
For Sale Status: Nope
Views: 186
Likes on CAF: 10
Comments: 13
Added to Site: 1/19/2026

New York Comic Con. April, 2008. 9.5"x12"

This piece was commissioned by another collector at NYCC back in 2008. Issue #48 of The Walking Dead had come out just a few weeks earlier and Kirkman and Adlard had killed off a huge chunk of the cast - including Lori and baby Judith! Original co-creator Tony Moore was asked to homage issue #3's cover of the Grimes family, but with Lori & Carl as zombies. I'll likely never own a published Tony Moore TWD piece so this is a great consolation prize for helping a friend secure one of his own. And it's especially cool that it was drawn with Lori dying in mind while issue #48 was fresh on comic stands. I've owned her death splash from the issue for well over a decade now so having this piece that was drawn the exact moment people were reading the landmark issue makes this a rather poetic pickup!

Big thanks to Stephen for letting me be the caretaker of this and to Aubrey for the opportunity.

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K Gearon Member Since 2011

Posted On 1/19/2026

Great commission! Got all the WD vibes courtesy of Moore. Congrats!

James S Member Since 2017

Posted On 1/19/2026

Nice one!

Brian Lambert Member Since 2013

Posted On 1/19/2026

Wow !!!!

Great piece

Congrats!!!!

Marcus Wai Member Since 2005

Posted On 1/19/2026

Sick! Probably what Rick would have done and turned himself into a cruel monster too ifw Carl had been truned.

Peter Sullivan Member Since 2006

Posted On 1/20/2026

Marcus Wai wrote:

" Sick! Probably what Rick would have done and turned himself into a cruel monster too ifw Carl had been truned.
"

Of course he has not killed them for good, they brought him a new hand. He has two again.

Kavi H Member Since 2018

Posted On 1/20/2026

Sweet TWD piece by Moore! From your description alone I can sense how that must have been extremely exciting times for fans of the book. congrats!

Peter Sullivan Member Since 2006

Posted On 1/20/2026

Proof that miracles happen in the zombie apocalypse. Rick grew back his hand!

Matt Kennedy Member Since 2014

Posted On 1/20/2026

I prefer this to the original

Robert Altamura Member Since 2006

Posted On 1/21/2026

Your collection needed a Tony Moore, and this is really nice.

Geiger Fan Tanner Member Since 2021

Posted On 1/21/2026

Absolutely badass! Congrats!!

Stan F Member Since 2019

Posted On 2/2/2026

Great piece! Love it!

Johnny M Member Since 2014
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Posted On 2/12/2026

As great as Adlard is, there is something special about what Moore did on the run.

Bill J Member Since 2009

Posted On 3/4/2026

Killer commission! And I do mean killer.

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