Walking Dead's Writer Named the Original Survivors He Killed Too Early
The writer and co-creator of Image Comics' The Walking Dead, Robert Kirkman, is infamous for killing off fan-favorite comic characters without warning, and in a response to a letters page query posed to him years ago, Kirkman reveals the original survivors he admits he killed too early!
Admitted to in the “Letter Hacks” column at the back of The Walking Dead #29, by Robert Kirkman and Charlie Adlard, this issue takes place at a time when the iconic and sadistic villain called The Governor was still a thorn in series protagonist Rick Grimes’ side. Having been captured and tortured (at least in Michonne’s case) in an attempt to find the location of Rick’s prison where the rest of his ragtag group of survivors reside, Rick is appalled at the ruthless nature of The Governor and the lengths he’s willing to go to get his way.
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And as the issue concludes with a patented Walking Dead cliffhanger, enticing readers to come back next month, the Letter Hacks page opens up a discussion about the series’ recent past, specifically about the people who have met a bloody — and premature — end. Asked whether writer Robert Kirkman was ever angry at himself for killing off a character too soon, Kirkman answers with more than a few names, one, in particular, being a character that was offed during the opening issues of the series, well before the artist switchover from Tony Moore to Charlie Adlard occurred.
Saying that he would have liked to keep all of the now-deceased characters around “for at least a little longer,” Kirkman lists off more characters than fans might have expected given his penchant for killing basically anyone and everyone without notice. Telling
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