Wizard World and Skybound, Robert Kirkman’s imprint at Image Comics, have announced that Billy Dogma creator Dean Haspiel has drawn the sixth in a yearlong series of Limited Edition Exclusive Variant Covers of The Walking Dead #1 comic, to be provided free to all full-price attendees at the inaugural Wizard World Comic Con Raleigh, March 13-15.

The exclusive The Walking Dead #1 edition will be produced in extremely limited quantities and is available at registration to fans at the Raleigh Convention Center only while supplies last. VIP attendees will receive an additional black & white sketch version of the comic.

Emmy award winner and Eisner Award nominee Haspiel created Billy Dogma, illustrated for HBO’s “Bored To Death,” was a Master Artist at the Atlantic Center for the Arts, is a Yaddo fellow, a playwright of the critically acclaimed “Switch To Kill,” and the co-founder of Hang Dai Editions. Haspiel has written and drawn many superhero comic books, including The Fox, Spider-Man, Batman, X-men, The Fantastic Four, Deadpool, Godzilla, Mars Attacks , and semi-autobiographical collaborations with Harvey Pekar, Jonathan Ames, Inverna Lockpez, and Jonathan Lethem.

Stars of The Walking Dead TV series scheduled to attend Wizard World Comic Con Raleigh include Soneque Martin-Green, Sarah Wayne Callies and Addy Miller. Other top celebrities on hand include David Tennant, William Shatner, Ian Somerhalder, Tyler Hoechlin, Liam McIntyre, WWE Diva Eva Marie, John Schneider and many others.

In addition to Haspiel, Artist Alley in Raleigh will feature Shane Pierce, Arthur Suydam, Michael Golden, Sandy Jarrell, Tom DeFalco, Rob Liefeld and many others.

Wizard World Comic Con Raleigh show hours are Friday, March 13, 3-8 p.m.; Saturday, March 14, 10 a.m.–7 p.m., Sunday, March 15, 11 a.m.-5 p.m.