The Walking Dead Gets Pride Month Variant Cover

"... It’s important that we also make it clear that we stand for inclusivity, diversity and equality, now more than ever."

By Evan Campbell

Image Comics is celebrating Pride Month in June with LGBTQ cover variants, including ones for The Walking Dead and Rose.

Overall, 11 variants are planned by Image Comics for next month, with six revealed today and seen below in the image gallery. The company says that 100 percent of the proceeds for these special edition covers will go to the Human Rights Campaign.

"It’s never been a secret that Image Comics is supportive of creative freedom, but it’s important that we also make it clear that we stand for inclusivity, diversity and equality, now more than ever," Image Comics publisher Eric Stephenson said in a statement. "We hope these variants will serve as a positive display of that ongoing commitment."

The following comics will receive Pride Month cover variants:

• The Walking Dead #168 — Available June 7
• The Divided States of Hysteria #1 — Available June 7
• Bitch Planet: Triple Feature #1 — Available June 14
• Rose #3 — Available June 14
• Crosswind #1 — Available June 21
• Grrl Scouts: Magic Socks #4 — Available June 21
• The Old Guard #5 — Available June 21
• Black Magick #6 — Available June 28
• Deadly Class #29 — Available June 28
• Shutter #29 — Available June 28
• Redneck #3 — Available June 28

Evan Campbell is a freelance writer who scripts the Daily Fix, streams games on his Twitch channel, and chats about movies and TV serieson Twitter.

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