Poster artist Drew Struzan has enjoyed a storied career, with credits for such iconic films as  Star Wars, E.T., Back to the Future, and Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone.  More recently, he collaborated with writer/director Frank Darabont on the 2007 horror film The Mist.  When Darabont wanted to bring a new poster for his upcoming AMC zombie series The Walking Dead, he sought out the services of Mr. Struzan.  Check out the fantastic results in high resolution after the jump.

The Walking Dead hits Comic-Con on Friday, July 23rd.  Here are the details:

11:30-12:30 AMC’s The Walking Dead Andrew Lincoln (Love Actually), Jon Bernthal (The Pacific), Sarah Wayne Callies (Prison Break), Laurie Holden (The Mist), Emma Bell (Law & Order), series creator/director/executive producer Frank Darabont (The Shawshank Redemption), executive producer Gale Anne Hurd (The Terminator), executive producer Robert Kirkman (creator/writer of The Walking Dead comic), makeup artist Greg Nicotero, and Joel Stillerman (AMCs senior VP) discuss the making of AMC’s series The Walking Dead, based on the Image comic book series created and written by Robert Kirkman, premiering in October on AMC. Room 6BCF

The poster comes courtesy of AICNClick for high resolution.

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The Walking Dead premieres on AMC in October.