The Walking Dead: Comic Dub

Age: Late 30s to Early 40s - Late 50s to Early 60s (changes throughout the series)

Michonne Hawthorne (pronounced MI-SHOWN) is a main character first encountered in Issue 19 of Image Comics' The Walking Dead as well as the protagonist of the Michonne Special. She is a lone survivor who originally traveled with two zombies before eventually joining the prison group. Armed with a katana and deadly skills to complement it, Michonne is an effective and crucial defender of the survivors.

Michonne is strong willed, introverted, practical, and skeptical. She is constantly surveying her surroundings, and is quick to size up a situation and its potential dangers. She is very skeptical of seemingly good people and situations, and takes everything at face value. Despite her introversion due to post-apocalyptic trauma, Michonne claims to have once been quite gregarious. With this internal conflict, Michonne, perhaps to a fault, too easily falls in love with men she interacts with. Her true self is further repressed each time her lovers meet their fates, despite Michonne knowing full well how short life can be in the new world. Michonne acknowledges just how far gone she is, and this constantly pains her. From losing all of her past lovers to abandoning her children, she has become someone she hates. She often exclaims her disdain for being seen as strong, because she thinks others see her as nothing more than a warrior and a weapon. Despite this, she is extremely loyal to her friends, and has developed a very close relationship with the Grimes family. Michonne tends to work alone and quietly, but still fights for the survivors' defense as strongly as the other active defenders. She is frequently referred to and perceived by the other characters as one of the strongest members of the survivors, and frequently participates in the violent, but necessary, actions of the group. Despite her experiences, Michonne has proved her worth to the group, not only in her practical skills with her katana, but also in her constant participation in moving the survivors forward and keeping the group safe.

All the character info you might need: https://walkingdead.fandom.com/wiki/Michonne_Hawthorne_(Comic_Series) 

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Time Commitment: 2 Years, 3 Months (27 Volumes)

Disclaimer: Michonne is involved in some sexually explicit scenes, including rape.

Michonne is one of the most vital, important, and interesting characters to the entire series, lasting all the way to the very end. She's very complicated emotionally, so it'll be a real acting challenge to pull off.

She COULD have a deep to mid-ranged voice and COULD have stoic, quieter, weary and/or badass qualities to her voice, but don't let these limit your vocal choices at all.

Zombies, mostly referred to in-universe as walkers, monsters, roamers, geeks, lurkers, biters, muertos, infected and empties, are an antagonistic force that serve as the primary catalyst for the events within The Walking Dead universe. They serve as universal antagonists.

Reanimated human beings, while not immortal, will not "die" under typical conditions that would ordinarily cause the death of a living person. They do not appear to feel or respond to pain, can survive even the most brutal injuries, and despite their bottomless appetite for flesh, they do not need food, water, or sleep to survive.

They show no other bodily function that relates to a human, showing no signs of self-healing or response to extreme temperatures. The brain maintains limited abilities of the body, allowing for movement of the limbs (provided that they are not decomposed to the point where the bones are not strong enough to bend without breaking), jaws, neck, and even the use of its sensory systems. While the walkers are notoriously weaker than humans, the only way to kill one is to destroy the brain. Despite severely weakened frames, they will continue to hunt for living animals to consume. Even when decapitated, the head will remain active, even though it would be practically harmless at such point.

All the info you might need: https://walkingdead.fandom.com/wiki/Zombies 

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Time Commitment: 2 Years, 5 Months (29 Volumes) 

That time commitment figure is actually just the maximum amount of time you might be working. Zombies are played by multiple people (any gender) and a new person to play zombies is cast every month. Essentially, you can stay with the project for a long or little as you like. 

Every month, one more person will be cast and added to the group of zombie voice actors, so if you audition for zombies previously and weren't cast, be sure to re-record/resubmit your audition this month (to show that you're still interested and active.)

Zombies have sound written out in text form pretty specifically in the comics. Your job is to match the essence of what those words are trying to convey as exact as you can, while still sounding like a roaming, compulsion-driven zombie.

Not all the sounds are coming from the same zombie. The zombies' voices COULD vary in pitch and maybe in texture. Have fun with this one and try different things!

Age: Mid 30s to Early 40s

Dexter is character and an antagonist first encountered in Issue 13 of Image Comics' The Walking Dead. He is a towering, physically intimidating inmate who survived the outbreak trapped in the prison cafeteria, along with Axel, Andrew, and Thomas. He served as the secondary antagonist of Volume 3: Safety Behind Bars.

Before the outbreak, Dexter was convicted of murdering his wife and her lover, but promised the survivors that their murders "were the last". While incarcerated, he began a "romantic" relationship with Andrew, a fellow inmate, though Axel believes Dexter was just using Andrew for sex.

All the character info you might need: https://walkingdead.fandom.com/wiki/Dexter_(Comic_Series) 

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Time Commitment: 2 Months (2 Volumes)

Disclaimer: This character's dialogue contains some homophobic language/slurs.

He COULD have a deep to mid-ranged voice, but don't let this limit your vocal choices at all.

Age: Late 20s to Early 30s

Andrew is a character and an antagonist first encountered in Issue 13 of Image Comics' The Walking Dead. He is an ex-junkie convict, who survived the outbreak trapped in the prison cafeteria along with Axel, Dexter, and Thomas. He served as an antagonist of Volume 3: Safety Behind Bars.

He was a drug dealer and had been sent to prison at the Meriwether County Correctional Facility. He was also addicted to narcotics, and turned to religion to get clean. He also started a relationship with Dexter, a fellow inmate.

All the character info you might need: https://walkingdead.fandom.com/wiki/Andrew_(Comic_Series) 

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Time Commitment: 2 Months (2 Volumes)

He COULD have a mid-high voice, but don't let this limit your vocal choices at all.

Age: Mid 50s

Axel is a character first encountered in Issue 13 of Image Comics' The Walking Dead. He is an old biker imprisoned for armed robbery, who survived the outbreak trapped in the prison cafeteria, along with Dexter, Andrew, and Thomas. Unlike his fellow prisoners, Axel integrated with Rick's group and became a trusted member.

Despite his grizzly and rough appearance, Axel is a gentle and casual man. He is one of the few characters who seems to be unfazed by trauma, and retains his passive and casual attitude at all times. He is very ambivalent and relatively lazy, occasionally ditching his responsibilities while at the prison. He remains cool headed at all times. Axel was a trustworthy character, even for a prison inmate.

All the character info you might need: https://walkingdead.fandom.com/wiki/Axel_(Comic_Series) 

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Time Commitment: 7 Months (7 Volumes)

He COULD have a strong voice, COULD have a southern accent, and/or COULD have a deeper voice, but don't let these limit your vocal choices at all.

Age: Late 40s

Thomas Richards is a character and an antagonist first encountered in Issue 13 of Image Comics' The Walking Dead. He is a psychopath convict, who survived the outbreak trapped in the prison cafeteria, along with Axel, Dexter, and Andrew. He served as the primary antagonist of Volume 3: Safety Behind Bars.

Even though he died quite soon after his introduction, Thomas' role was partly significant. As a minor antagonist to the survivors, he exposed the biggest threat to stability in a zombie apocalypse: fellow survivors. The survivors had not encountered many violent or extremely dangerous humans before their arrival at The Prison, and as such, were unprepared for the deceitfully insane but crafty Thomas impressed upon the group. Although his personality was hidden due to his quiet nature, he was soon exposed as a bloodthirsty psychopath, as shown from his horrific obsession with decapitating people, evident by his murders of the Greene twins and attempted murder of Andrea and Patricia. Thomas' logic also seemed to be hypocritical, as he berated Andrea's use of strong language but then proceeded to shout graphic profanities at her, both whilst trying to kill her. Before they realized he was a psychopath, he seemed to be a quiet person, who was described as "nerdy" as well as nice, as he helped the women with their laundry and such.

All the character info you might need: https://walkingdead.fandom.com/wiki/Thomas_Richards_(Comic_Series) 

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Time Commitment: 1 Month (1 Volume)

It's VERY important that he doesn't come across as creepy/disturbing when he's not murdering, as to not telegraph his true intentions.

He COULD have a calm/quiet voice, COULD have a friendly voice and/or COULD have a southern accent, but don't let these limit your vocal choices at all.

Zombies, mostly referred to in-universe as walkers, monsters, roamers, geeks, lurkers, biters, muertos, infected and empties, are an antagonistic force that serve as the primary catalyst for the events within The Walking Dead universe. They serve as universal antagonists.

Reanimated human beings, while not immortal, will not "die" under typical conditions that would ordinarily cause the death of a living person. They do not appear to feel or respond to pain, can survive even the most brutal injuries, and despite their bottomless appetite for flesh, they do not need food, water, or sleep to survive.

They show no other bodily function that relates to a human, showing no signs of self-healing or response to extreme temperatures. The brain maintains limited abilities of the body, allowing for movement of the limbs (provided that they are not decomposed to the point where the bones are not strong enough to bend without breaking), jaws, neck, and even the use of its sensory systems. While the walkers are notoriously weaker than humans, the only way to kill one is to destroy the brain. Despite severely weakened frames, they will continue to hunt for living animals to consume. Even when decapitated, the head will remain active, even though it would be practically harmless at such point.

All the info you might need: https://walkingdead.fandom.com/wiki/Zombies 

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Time Commitment: 2 Years, 6 Months (30 Volumes) 

That time commitment figure is actually just the maximum amount of time you might be working. Zombies are played by multiple people (any gender) and a new person to play zombies is cast every month. Essentially, you can stay with the project for a long or little as you like. 

Every month, one more person will be cast and added to the group of zombie voice actors, so if you audition for zombies previously and weren't cast, be sure to re-record/resubmit your audition this month (to show that you're still interested and active.)

Zombies' have sound written out in text form pretty specifically in the comics. Your job is to match the essence of what those words are trying to convey as exact as you can, while still sounding like a roaming, compulsion-driven zombie.

Not all the sounds are coming from the same zombie. The zombies' voices COULD vary in pitch and maybe in texture. Have fun with this one and try different things!

Age: Early 40s

Tyreese is a main character first encountered in Issue 7 of Image Comics' The Walking Dead. He is a strong and charismatic survivor who often acts as a leader. Following the death of Shane, Tyreese fills the role of Rick's right-hand man, ally, and a good friend. 

As a former NFL player, he was a physically strong, able-bodied man, able to hold his own against any zombie threats that the group encountered. He was also a friendly, approachable man, genuinely caring about the well-being of the entire group, and he actively volunteered to help and defend them. He was shown as a stern but loving father, a strong defender of the group and generally righteous man.

All the character info you might need: https://walkingdead.fandom.com/wiki/Tyreese_(Comic_Series) 

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Time Commitment: 10 Months (10 Volumes)

Very important character in Rick's life.

He COULD have a deep voice, but don't let this limit your vocal choices at all.

Age: Late Teens

Julie is a character first encountered in Issue 7 of Image Comics' The Walking Dead. She is Tyreese's daughter and Chris' girlfriend. Julie also acts as the group's babysitter, and eventually, plans a suicide pact with Chris.

All the character info you might need: https://walkingdead.fandom.com/wiki/Julie_(Comic_Series) 

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Time Commitment: 2 Months (2 Volumes)

She COULD have a little bit of a naive voice, but don't let this limit your vocal choices at all.

Age: 16

Chris is a character first encountered in Issue 7 of Image Comics' The Walking Dead. He is the boyfriend of Julie and is staying with her and her father, Tyreese, due to personal problems when the apocalypse begins. Chris also acts as the group's babysitter, and eventually, plans a suicide pact with Julie.

All the character info you might need: https://walkingdead.fandom.com/wiki/Chris_(Comic_Series) 

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Time Commitment: 2 Months (2 Volumes)

He COULD have a manipulative voice and/or COULD have a bit of a nasally voice,  but don't let these limit your vocal choices at all.

Age: Mid 30s

Otis is a character first encountered in Issue 9 of Image Comics' The Walking Dead. He is the boyfriend of Patricia, and a farm hand of Hershel Greene and his family. Otis is a well meaning, if somewhat prejudiced man. He was also a loving boyfriend to Patricia until he discovered she freed Thomas and sided with Dexter and Andrew to kick the group out of the prison, causing a rift between them, though eventually they made amends and agreed to be friends.

All the character info you might need: https://walkingdead.fandom.com/wiki/Otis_(Comic_Series) 

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Time Commitment: 5 Months (5 Volumes)

Disclaimer: This character's dialogue contains some racial slurs.

He COULD have a higher voice and/or COULD have a southern hick accent, but don't let these limit your vocal choices at all.

Age: 19-23, 43-48 (age changes during the series)

Maggie Greene is a main character first encountered in Issue 10 of Image Comics' The Walking Dead. She is the sole surviving member of the Greene family, girlfriend-turned-wife of Glenn, and mother of their child, and after Carol's death, she becomes the adoptive mother of Sophia.

She's shown herself to be both physically and emotionally weak, relying on Glenn for protection and comfort. She often struggles with her own insecurities as well, worrying about what people (including Glenn) think of her, even within the most least affecting situations, and trying to hide her emotions so as not to have her weaknesses be fully exposed. Maggie grows severely independent and hardened over time, mostly after Glenn's death. She is shown to stand up for what she believes in and has become an important voice in the survivors.

All the character info you might need: https://walkingdead.fandom.com/wiki/Maggie_Greene_(Comic_Series) 

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Time Commitment: 2 Years, 6 Months (30 Volumes)

Gigantic role that is hugely important and lasts the entire series.

She COULD have a southern accent, but don't let this limit your vocal choices at all.

Age: Late 50s

Hershel Greene is a main character first encountered in Issue 10 of Image Comics' The Walking Dead. He is the father of Maggie, Billy, Shawn, Lacey, Arnold, Rachel, and Susie. Hershel later becomes a member of the prison group committee along with Rick, Dale, and Tyreese.

Despite his grumpy and cold demeanor, for a significant amount of time Hershel ultimately served as the moral center of the survivors. The man was quick to help people whenever they were in need while also spreading his influence of hope and reassurance, all the while wanting nothing but the best for most of the people around him.

All the character info you might need: https://walkingdead.fandom.com/wiki/Hershel_Greene_(Comic_Series) 

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Time Commitment: 7 Months (7 Volumes)

This character could be tricky, but also very interesting due to his complex nature and the extreme emotions he goes through. At times, he can be kind, grumpy, gentle, or cold. Considered the heart of the group by some.

He COULD have a southern accent and/or COULD have an older sounding voice, but don't let this limit your vocal choices at all.

Age: Early 20s

Lacey Greene is a character first encountered in Issue 10 of Image Comics' The Walking Dead. She is Hershel Greene eldest daughter, and the sister of Maggie, Billy, Shawn, Arnold, and the twin sisters, Rachel and Susie.

All the character info you might need: https://walkingdead.fandom.com/wiki/Lacey_Greene_(Comic_Series) 

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Time Commitment: 1 Month (1 Volume)

She COULD have a southern accent and/or COULD have an "uninterested" voice, but don't let these limit your vocal choices at all.

Age: Early 20s

Arnold Greene is a character first encountered in Issue 10 of Image Comics' The Walking Dead. He is Hershel Greene's second eldest son, and the brother of Maggie, Billy, Shawn, Lacey, and the twin girls, Rachel and Susie. He didn't speak much before his death, and seemed to have a rather cool demeanor. Hershel described him as, "having a chip on his shoulder", however, Arnold was loyal and reliable to his father and siblings.

All the character info you might need: https://walkingdead.fandom.com/wiki/Arnold_Greene_(Comic_Series) 

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Time Commitment: 1 Month (1 Volume)

He COULD have a southern accent and/or COULD have a deeper voice, but don't let these limit your vocal choices at all.

Age: 18-19 (age changes during the series)

Billy Greene is a character first encountered in Issue 10 of Image Comics' The Walking Dead. He is Hershel Greene's youngest son and the brother of Maggie, Shawn, Lacey, Arnold, and the twin sisters, Rachel and Susie. At the prison, Billy quickly becomes a great shooter and, eventually, one of the few motivations for Hershel to survive.

Billy was depicted as a boy in his late teens with a brash, rebellious personality, commonly speaking out resulting in a verbal back-lashing from his father for his choice of words.

All the character info you might need: https://walkingdead.fandom.com/wiki/Billy_Greene_(Comic_Series) 

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Time Commitment: 7 Months (7 Volumes)

He COULD have a southern accent and COULD have a mid-high pitched voice, but don't let these limit your vocal choices at all.

Age: Early to Mid Teens

Rachel Greene is a character first encountered in Issue 10 of Image Comics' The Walking Dead. She is Hershel Greene's youngest daughter, Susie's twin sister, and the younger sister of Billy, Shawn, Lacey, Arnold, and Maggie.

All the character info you might need: https://walkingdead.fandom.com/wiki/Rachel_Greene_(Comic_Series) 

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Time Commitment: 2 Months (2 Volumes)

Since Rachel and Susie are twins sisters, be sure to audition for both, as they'll probably be played by the same person (maybe try making their voices SLIGHTLY different though).

She COULD have a southern accent, but don't let this limit your vocal choices at all.

Age: Early to Mid Teens

Susie Greene is a character first encountered in Issue 10 of Image Comics' The Walking Dead. She is Hershel Greene's youngest daughter, Rachel's twin sister, and the sister of Billy, Shawn, Lacey, Arnold, and Maggie.

All the character info you might need: https://walkingdead.fandom.com/wiki/Susie_Greene_(Comic_Series) 

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Time Commitment: 2 Months (2 Volumes)

Since Rachel and Susie are twins sisters, be sure to audition for both, as they'll probably be played by the same person (maybe try making their voices SLIGHTLY different though).

She COULD have a southern accent, but don't let this limit your vocal choices at all.

Age: Mid to Late 30s

Patricia is a character first encountered in Issue 10 of Image Comics' The Walking Dead. She is Otis's incredibly naive and overly-trusting ex-girlfriend. Patricia is a resident of Hershel's Farm.

All the character info you might need: https://walkingdead.fandom.com/wiki/Patricia_(Comic_Series) 

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Time Commitment: 7 Months (7 Volumes)

She COULD have a southern accent, but don't let these limit your vocal choices at all.

Zombies, mostly referred to in-universe as walkers, monsters, roamers, geeks, lurkers, biters, muertos, infected and empties, are an antagonistic force that serve as the primary catalyst for the events within The Walking Dead universe. They serve as universal antagonists.

Reanimated human beings, while not immortal, will not "die" under typical conditions that would ordinarily cause the death of a living person. They do not appear to feel or respond to pain, can survive even the most brutal injuries, and despite their bottomless appetite for flesh, they do not need food, water, or sleep to survive.

They show no other bodily function that relates to a human, showing no signs of self-healing or response to extreme temperatures. The brain maintains limited abilities of the body, allowing for movement of the limbs (provided that they are not decomposed to the point where the bones are not strong enough to bend without breaking), jaws, neck, and even the use of its sensory systems. While the walkers are notoriously weaker than humans, the only way to kill one is to destroy the brain. Despite severely weakened frames, they will continue to hunt for living animals to consume. Even when decapitated, the head will remain active, even though it would be practically harmless at such point.

All the info you might need: https://walkingdead.fandom.com/wiki/Zombies 

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Time Commitment: 2 Years, 7 Months (31 Volumes) 

That time commitment figure is actually just the maximum amount of time you might be working. Zombies are played by multiple people (any gender) and a new person to play zombies is cast every month. Essentially, you can stay with the project for a long or little as you like. 

Every month, one more person will be cast and added to the group of zombie voice actors, so if you audition for zombies previously and weren't cast, be sure to re-record/resubmit your audition this month (to show that you're still interested and active.)

Zombies' have sound written out in text form pretty specifically in the comics. Your job is to match the essence of what those words are trying to convey as exact as you can, while still sounding like a roaming, compulsion-driven zombie.

Not all the sounds are coming from the same zombie. The zombies' voices COULD vary in pitch and maybe in texture. Have fun with this one and try different things!

Age: 34-39 (age changes during the series)

Rick Grimes is the former protagonist first encountered in Issue 1 of Image Comics' The Walking Dead. He is a former police deputy from Cynthiana, Kentucky, who was shot in the line of duty and fell into a coma, only to awaken and find himself in the midst of the apocalypse. He searches for his wife, and son, and encounters many survivors along the way. He gradually becomes the leader of the group and is often faced with many leadership struggles, overcoming them and changing his mindset to prioritize safety in numbers.

Right from the start Rick is established as a strong-willed, brave, intelligent, and resourceful individual willing to go to any length to protect his family. Although somewhat naive at first, Rick is quick to adapt to the apocalypse and typically approaches situations with a well thought out plan. All of these traits make him a natural leader, although Rick believes that there is another, more important trait that puts him in that position, this being his outlook on the future. While most survivors are focused on day-to-day survival, Rick thought one step ahead very early on and, thus, also focused on securing the future for him and his group. What this future was changed throughout the series, but the desire to rebuild never truly died in Rick. 

All the character info you might need: https://walkingdead.fandom.com/wiki/Rick_Grimes_(Comic_Series) 

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Time Commitment: 2 Years, 8 Months (32 Volumes)

This is the absolute biggest role. Rick goes through all sorts of transformations character wise and has great emotional depth, so this'll be an acting challenge for sure.

He COULD have a voice of medium pitch and COULD have a southern accent, but don't let these limit your vocal choices at all.

Age: 25

Shane is a character and later an antagonist first encountered in Issue 1 of Image Comics' The Walking Dead. He grew intimate feelings for Lori and led her and her son to safety during the initial outbreak. Shane was the leader of the Atlanta survivors before sharing the role with his sheriff's deputy partner, Rick. He served as the primary antagonist of Volume 1: Days Gone Bye.

All the character info you might need: https://walkingdead.fandom.com/wiki/Shane_(Comic_Series) 

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Time Commitment: 4 months (4 Volumes)

Shane COULD have a deep voice and COULD have a southern accent, but don't let these limit your vocal choices at all.

Age: Mid to Late 50s

Reggie is a character and an antagonist first encountered in Issue 1 of Image Comics' The Walking Dead. He is the criminal who shot Rick Grimes and placed him in a coma. He served as the secondary antagonist of Volume 1: Days Gone Bye.

All the character info you might need: https://walkingdead.fandom.com/wiki/Reggie_(Comic_Series)

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Time Commitment: 1 Month (1 Volume)

Reggie COULD have an old prospector/crazy man type voice and COULD have a southern accent, but don't let these limit your vocal choices at all.

Age: 32-33 (age changes during the series)

Lori Grimes (née unknown) is a main character first encountered in Issue 2 of Image Comics' The Walking Dead. She was the tritagonist from Volume 1 to Volume 8. She is the wife of Rick and mother of Carl and Judith Grimes, and part of the camp located outside of Atlanta. At the start of the outbreak, Lori and Carl traveled to Atlanta with Shane hoping for a safe haven, only to find it in turmoil.

Prior to the apocalypse, Lori was married to Rick, and the two shared a relatively happy union. When Lori found out Atlanta was overrun, she was wrecked with guilt about abandoning Rick in Cynthiana, and grew increasingly depressed. Assuming Rick was dead, she shared one passionate night with Rick partner, Shane, which she would come to deeply regret once she was reunited with Rick. After their reunion, Lori becomes staunchly loyal to her husband, and fiercely protective of Carl. A few months into of pregnancy, Lori becomes somewhat prone to emotional outbursts, which occasionally causes tensions between her and her husband.

Being rather ineffectual as a combatant, Lori is often kept out of dangerous situations with the children, and is usually delegated to doing day to day chores in the group, a role she is quite comfortable with. Lori has displayed overall emotional stability, and will often, though not always, act as the voice of reason in the group.

All the character info you might need: https://walkingdead.fandom.com/wiki/Lori_Grimes_(Comic_Series) 

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Time Commitment: 1 Year, 1 Month (13 Volumes) 

Lori COULD have a southern accent, but don't let this limit your vocal choices at all.

Age: 9-14 (age changes during the series)

Carl Grimes is the deuteragonist first encountered in Issue 2 of Image Comics' The Walking Dead. He is the son of Rick and Lori and the brother or half-brother of Judith Grimes. He joined Shane with Lori to travel to Atlanta, for the refugee camp. As time goes on, Carl slowly becomes hardened, due to the severe loss of life of the loved ones around him. He has also had to adapt to the new world which Rick was reluctant for him to do, but has done so with as much brutality and animosity as him.

Personality wise,  Carl is described as vindictive, blunt, stubborn, and habituated. At the beginning of the series, Carl was a normal 9-year-old kid, playing with dirt and things alike. After losing his mother and little sister at the prison, he turns into a battle-hardened child soldier, fully aware of the dangers of the new world. 

All the character info you might need: https://walkingdead.fandom.com/wiki/Carl_Grimes_(Comic_Series) 

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Time Commitment: 2 Years, 8 Months (32 Volumes)

Another GIGANTIC role. Gender doesn't matter. Carl grows older, so you must be able to do a convincing 9 year old all the way up to 14 year old. If you can't and are still a great fit for the role, another actor will just step in when the time comes.

Carl COULD have a southern accent, but don't let this limit your vocal choices at all.

Age: 12

Duane Jones is a character first encountered in Issue 1 of Image Comics' The Walking Dead as well as the deuteragonist of the Morgan Special. He is the son of Morgan Jones. Duane and his father hid in various houses in Rick Grimes' neighborhood, attempting to ride out the apocalypse.

All the character info you might need: https://walkingdead.fandom.com/wiki/Duane_Jones_(Comic_Series) 

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Time Commitment: 3 Months (3 Volumes) 

Gender doesn't matter, as long as he sounds like a 12 year old boy.

Duane COULD have a southern accent, but don't let this limit your vocal choices at all.

Age: Late 30s 

Morgan Jones is a main character first encountered in Issue 1 of Image Comics' The Walking Dead as well as the protagonist of the Morgan Special. He and his son Duane are the first people met by Rick post-outbreak, while also being responsible for filling him in the details how to survive in the new world. Morgan and Duane hid in various houses in the Cynthiana area, attempting to ride out the apocalypse. They stay behind as Rick leaves to find his wife and son. Months later, after losing his son to the undead, a broken Morgan joins the group, while trying to cope over his losses.

All the character info you might need: https://walkingdead.fandom.com/wiki/Morgan_Jones_(Comic_Series) 

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Time Commitment: 7 Months (7 Volumes) 

Morgan is going to be a challenging character. He start out sane, but the next time Rick sees him after volume 1, he's really gone off the deep end.

Morgan COULD have a southern accent, but don't let this limit your vocal choices at all.

Age: 22-24 (age changes during the series)

Glenn is a main character first encountered in Issue 2 of Image Comics' The Walking Dead. He is a member of the original Atlanta survivor group, and a skilled supply runner.

Glenn is described as clever, optimistic and resourceful. From his introduction, Glenn had proven over the course of the series his importance to the group's survival. His initiative to put himself in danger in Atlanta to get supplies was a vital necessity for the group. His jack-of-all-trades knowledge had proven useful several times, such as being able to hot-wire a car and siphon petrol. His youth and somewhat natural positive, humorous attitude frequently kept the survivor group's spirits up, and his loyalty to Rick Grimes and the group made him one of Rick's closest and dependable allies. He was shown always willing to do what was necessary to keep everyone together; even if it put himself in danger.

Glenn had more obvious weaknesses despite his strengths. He often displayed a tendency to act before thinking and to panic when under extreme pressure. Glenn was also not as physically able or as emotionally hardened as other members of his group. He notably never killed another living human in the series.

All the character info you might need: https://walkingdead.fandom.com/wiki/Glenn_(Comic_Series) 

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Time Commitment: 1 Year, 5 Months (17 Volumes) 

Glenn COULD have a slightly higher voice, COULD have a young sounding voice, COULD speak a tiny bit faster than most, and/or COULD have a clean/softer voice (???), but don't let these limit your vocal choices at all.

Age: 25-29 (age changes during the series)

Andrea Grimes (née unknown) is a main character first encountered in Issue 2 of Image Comics' The Walking Dead. She was the tritagonist from Volume 9 to Volume 28. Andrea is the older sister of Amy and a tough and very skilled woman, being very talented with firearms, and becoming one of the group's key defenders because of that. Once the Atlanta camp fell and she was faced with the death of her sister, she formed a relationship with Dale, who both later adopted Ben and Billy after their father's death. After the deaths of Ben, Billy, and later Dale, she mourned and moved on, forming a romantic relationship with Rick, and becoming a mother figure to his son, Carl.

Andrea was one of the first survivors from the camp at the outskirts of Atlanta to truly adapt to the new post-apocalyptic world order. She quickly became one of the most useful and utilized members of the group.Her most prominent skill is her proficiency as a sharpshooter. Throughout the series this has come in handy against both the living and the dead being one of the most lethal members of the group. Andrea has been consistently resolute despite all the tragedies that have occurred throughout the series. She is brave and loyal to her allies, not only is she willing to risk her life for her allies she often goes out of her way to do so.

All the character info you might need: https://walkingdead.fandom.com/wiki/Andrea_Grimes_(Comic_Series) 

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Time Commitment: 2 Years, 4 Months (28 Volumes) 

Another extremely big role and an extremely important one as well.

Age: 32

Allen is a character first encountered in Issue 2 of Image Comics' The Walking Dead. He is the husband of Donna and father of Billy and Ben. Soon after Donna's death, Allen became very depressed and aggressive.

All the character info you might need: https://walkingdead.fandom.com/wiki/Allen_(Comic_Series) 

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Time Commitment: 4 Months (4 Volumes) 

Allen COULD have a southern accent, but don't let this limit your vocal choices at all.

Age: 41 

Jim is a character first encountered in Issue 2 of Image Comics' The Walking Dead. He is a mechanic who saw his family and co-workers get eaten by the undead, making him seem very upset and quiet member of the group. Jim held in his anger for their deaths, later releasing it when the camp was attacked.

All the character info you might need: https://walkingdead.fandom.com/wiki/Jim_(Comic_Series) 

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Time Commitment: 1 Month (1 Volume) 

Jim COULD have a slightly deeper voice, COULD have vocal fry or COULD have a southern accent, but don't let these limit your vocal choices at all.

Age: 4-5 (age changes during the series)

Ben is a character and later an antagonist first encountered in Issue 2 of Image Comics' The Walking Dead. He is Allen and Donna's son and the twin brother of Billy. Following his parent's deaths, Ben is unofficially adopted by Dale and Andrea. 

At first, Ben seemed like a regular child, who would often play with his brother Billy, Carl, and Sophia. As time goes by, however, he starts exhibiting signs of psychopathy. The first clue is Ben's seeming indifference to the death of his father, and quick acceptance of Andrea and Dale as his parents. After the fall of the prison, Dale finds a house with a barn, where he, Andrea, and the twins take shelter while Rick, Carl, and Abraham are away. It is heavily implied that Ben killed one of the cats from the barn, and showed no emotion, only warning his brother not to tell Dale. He ultimately ends up stabbing his brother to death, thinking that he would "come back". Ben dies unaware that anything he did was wrong.

All the character info you might need: https://walkingdead.fandom.com/wiki/Ben_(Comic_Series) 

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Time Commitment: 11 Months (11 Volumes) 

Ben shouldn't sound malicious or evil. Remember, he has no idea what he's doing is so twisted and messed up. He's just an innocent kid whose thought process is skewed due to growing up in the apocalypse.

Gender doesn't matter, just as long as he sounds like an 4-5 year old kid. Ben and Billy are twins, so audition for that role as well. Try to make them sound slightly different if you can.

Ben COULD have a southern accent, but don't let this limit your vocal choices at all.

Age: 4-5 (age changes during the series)

Billy is a character first encountered in Issue 2 of Image Comics' The Walking Dead. He is Allen and Donna's son and the twin brother of Ben. Following his parent's deaths, Billy is unofficially adopted by Dale and Andrea.

All the character info you might need: https://walkingdead.fandom.com/wiki/Billy_(Comic_Series)  

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Time Commitment: 11 Months (11 Volumes) 

Gender doesn't matter, just as long as he sounds like an 4-5 year old kid. Ben and Billy are twins, so audition for that role as well. Try to make them sound slightly different if you can.

Billy COULD have a southern accent, but don't let this limit your vocal choices at all.

Age: 8-13, 33-38 (age changes during the series)

Sophia Grimes (née unknown) is a main character first encountered in Issue 2 of Image Comics' The Walking Dead. She is the daughter of Carol and the only surviving member of her family. After her mother's death, Sophia was adopted by Glenn and Maggie. Several years after Rick Grimes' death, Sophia married to Carl Grimes and she gave birth to their daughter.

Sophia is first shown to be a very sweet and shy young girl who relies on her mother at the start of the outbreak. After her mother, Carol, dies, she decides to forget about her completely, and acts like Glenn and Maggie were always her real parents. A lot of the group members had thought she was mentally unstable, but really she was just blocking her mothers memory out so she wouldn't be sad. After the events of All Out War, Sophia had matured greatly, and had become much more independent. She is shown to still care for others, but it can be seen that she wants people to know that she isn't just a little girl.

Sophia's biggest weakness however, would be not being loved. Sophia confesses to Maggie that she feels like Maggie might abandon her because she had moved on from Glenn, and she also confesses to Carl that she's sick of being alone and is looking for a relationship. This shows that Sophia holds on to the ones she loves, and cares for them deeply, but can't deal with losing them.

All the character info you might need: https://walkingdead.fandom.com/wiki/Sophia_Grimes_(Comic_Series) 

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Time Commitment: 2 Years, 7 Months (31 Volumes)

This is HUGE role that doesn't actually get big until a ways in. Sophia starts as an 8 year old girl, growing up to age 14 throughout the course of the series. Then, in the last issue of the entire series, she is in her 30s. If your voice doesn't work for the 30 year old version, or even the 13 year old version, but are still the right fit for the role at age 8, another actor(s) will just step in when the time comes. 

Age: 68-69 (age changes during the series)

Dale is a main character first encountered in Issue 3 of Image Comics' The Walking Dead. He is the oldest survivor of the Atlanta group and former husband of his late wife, Erma. Dale later formed a relationship with Andrea, who both adopted Ben and Billy after their father's death.

At the prison, Dale was part of the committee along with Rick, Tyreese, and Hershel. After its destruction, Dale became a de-facto co-leader of the remaining group due to initially blaming Rick's choices for causing the deaths of members of the group and several conflicts.

All the character info you might need: https://walkingdead.fandom.com/wiki/Dale_(Comic_Series) 

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Time Commitment: 11 Months (11 Volumes) 

Dale COULD have a strong voice, but don't let this limit your vocal choices at all.

Age: 24-25 (age changes during the series)

Carol is a character first encountered in Issue 3 of Image Comics' The Walking Dead. She is the mother of Sophia Grimes and a member of the Atlanta survivors group. She befriends Lori and stays by her side most of the time. A relatively calm and collected individual at first, Carol's friendly and normal attitude served as a facade to hide some of her underlying mental instabilities, which would later reveal themselves and eventually lead to her untimely death.

One major theme throughout Carol's time in the comics is her need for companionship among the daily chaos, due to the fact that she is a weak and dependent person. The people around her kept her balanced and helped the woman maintain the image of a sane individual. However, once she no longer received this support from them, she gradually began to slip and lose the control that she initially had over herself. The boundaries between rationality and irrationality became blurred to her, as she fully believed that she and the Grimes could be a family together. Her mental health begins to deteriorate, which eventually results in her suicide. 

All the character info you might need: https://walkingdead.fandom.com/wiki/Carol_(Comic_Series) 

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Time Commitment: 7 Months (7 Volumes) 

Carol COULD be soft spoken, but don't let this limit your vocal choices at all.

Age: 23

Amy is a character first encountered in Issue 3 of Image Comics' The Walking Dead. She is the sister of Andrea and a member of the Atlanta Camp.

All the character info you might need: https://walkingdead.fandom.com/wiki/Amy_(Comic_Series) 

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Time Commitment: 1 Month (1 Volume) 

Amy COULD have a brash voice or COULD have a fun (???) voice, but don't let these limit your vocal choices at all.

Age: 40

Donna is a character first encountered in Issue 3 of Image Comics' The Walking Dead. She is the wife of Allen and mother of Billy and Ben. 

Donna was a strong-willed, loving, and caring woman, expressing genuine care for the other survivors. She was also shown as having a temper and stronger, more dominant personality than the other women of the group, in her resentment for female stereotypes. Her own husband acknowledged this, referring back to her as the older woman who always knew how to handle herself and her family.

All the character info you might need: https://walkingdead.fandom.com/wiki/Donna_(Comic_Series) 

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Time Commitment: 2 Months (2 Volumes) 

Donna COULD have the stereotypical, hospitable middle aged southern woman voice, but don't let that limit your vocal choices at all.

Zombies, mostly referred to in-universe as walkers, monsters, roamers, geeks, lurkers, biters, muertos, infected and empties, are an antagonistic force that serve as the primary catalyst for the events within The Walking Dead universe. They serve as universal antagonists.

Reanimated human beings, while not immortal, will not "die" under typical conditions that would ordinarily cause the death of a living person. They do not appear to feel or respond to pain, can survive even the most brutal injuries, and despite their bottomless appetite for flesh, they do not need food, water, or sleep to survive.

They show no other bodily function that relates to a human, showing no signs of self-healing or response to extreme temperatures. The brain maintains limited abilities of the body, allowing for movement of the limbs (provided that they are not decomposed to the point where the bones are not strong enough to bend without breaking), jaws, neck, and even the use of its sensory systems. While the walkers are notoriously weaker than humans, the only way to kill one is to destroy the brain. Despite severely weakened frames, they will continue to hunt for living animals to consume. Even when decapitated, the head will remain active, even though it would be practically harmless at such point.

All the info you might need: https://walkingdead.fandom.com/wiki/Zombies 

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Time Commitment: 2 Years, 8 Months (32 Volumes) 

That time commitment figure is actually just the maximum amount of time you might be working. This is a role that will be cast to multiple people at once (any gender) and will probably be recast several times throughout the project's journey, depending on drop outs. Essentially, you can stay with the project for a long or little as you like.

Zombies' have sound written out in text form pretty specifically in the comics. Your job is to match the essence of what those words are trying to convey as exact as you can, while still sounding like a roaming, compulsion-driven zombie.

Not all the sounds are coming from the same zombie. The zombies' voices COULD vary in pitch or maybe in texture. Have fun with this one and try different things!

Age: 25-29 (age changes during the series)

Andrea Grimes is a main character first encountered in Issue 2 of Image Comics' The Walking Dead. She was the tritagonist from Volume 9 to Volume 28. Andrea is the older sister of Amy and a tough and very skilled woman, being very talented with firearms, and becoming one of the group's key defenders because of that. Once the Atlanta camp fell and she was faced with the death of her sister, she formed a relationship with Dale, who both later adopted Ben and Billy after their father's death. After the deaths of Ben, Billy, and later Dale, she mourned and moved on, forming a romantic relationship with Rick, and becoming a mother figure to his son, Carl.

Andrea was one of the first survivors from the camp at the outskirts of Atlanta to truly adapt to the new post-apocalyptic world order. She quickly became one of the most useful and utilized members of the group. Her most prominent skill is her proficiency as a sharpshooter. Throughout the series, this has come in handy against both the living and the dead being one of the most lethal members of the group. Andrea has been consistently resolute despite all the tragedies that have occurred throughout the series. She is brave and loyal to her allies, not only is she willing to risk her life for her allies she often goes out of her way to do so.

All the character info you might need: https://walkingdead.fandom.com/wiki/Andrea_Grimes_(Comic_Series) 

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Time Commitment: 2 Years, 4 Months (28 Volumes) 

An extremely big role and an extremely important one to Rick (as well as others). She has and long a varied journey throughout the series, becoming more and more integral as it goes on.

Here is a sample of her sister's voice: https://shortcut-test2.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/audition/file_path/1282010/Amy.wav
Andrea COULD sound similar to this, but don't let this limit your vocal choices at all.