With the premiere of Fear the Walking Dead just over a month away, IGN has the exclusive debut of a new image from the series spotlighting two of the main characters - Liza (Elizabeth Rodriguez) and Christopher (Lorenzo James Henrie).

Liza (Elizabeth Rodriguez) and Christopher (Lorenzo James Henrie) in Fear the Walking Dead. <em>Photo credit: Frank Ockenfels 3/AMC</em>

Christopher Manawa is a rebellious teenager with a cause. He has both his father’s do-good attitude and his mother’s edge. The product of divorced parents, Christopher often feels that he and his mother are his father’s forgotten family. He resents his father’s insistence on bringing the two families closer because he wants nothing more than to break away from the Clarks and be his father’s sole priority.



Liza Ortiz is a single mother working to put herself through nursing school – she has no time for b.s. For many years she was trapped in an unhappy marriage, but now that she’s on her own she’s finally chasing her dream. Liza is a multi-tasking whirlwind that doesn’t give herself any breaks when it comes to her future or raising her son.

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Showing the beginning of the zombie outbreak seen in The Walking Dead, Fear the Walking Dead focuses on a fractured family living in Los Angeles when the world begins to go to hell. Guidance counselor Madison Clark (Kim Dickens) and English teacher Travis Manawa (Cliff Curtis) are trying to get by and make their relationship work among their own extended families when something very bizarre and disturbing begins to happen around them.Liza and Christopher are Travis' ex-wife and son, respectively, and below are official descriptions for both characters:Fear the Walking Dead premieres Sunday, August 23rd on AMC.

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