'The Walking Dead' Creator Robert Kirkman Wanted An Untimely Death For A Key Character

Robert Kirkman almost changed television history.

"The Walking Dead" author was holding court in Hall H at San Diego Comic Con on Saturday. During a panel, he revealed that he wanted the television version of his comic book creation to deviate from the source material as much as possible.

"With Walking Dead, I was much younger and much bolder," Kirkman said. "I was an absolute lunatic. I'd walk into the writers room and be like, 'Kill Rick Grimes today!' I don't care! It'll be funny! People will freak out and it'll be fun!" But whenever there were big changes in The Walking Dead, that's what excited me."

Rick was not killed off, and in fact will appear in an upcoming Walking Dead spin-off, The Ones Who Live. Andrew Lincoln, who played Rick in season 9 of the television series, will join actress Danai Gurira (Michonne) for a new series that will begin in 2024.

Kirkman may not have killed TV Rick, but he did kill the BD version. That Rick died in 2019.

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