The Walking Dead franchise has been one of the biggest and best-known titles in the zombie genre, even becoming attractive and important in the world of comics and television in general, especially if we talk about the AMC series that During its transmission, it obtained great audience ratings, and even helped to promote the work of its creator. Robert Kirkman to new horizons.
And now, that the last publication of The Walking Dead Deluxea full-color reprint of the original comic series, the comics writer reveals that he will, in fact, never again reveal how the dead walked, leaving a huge mystery for the series, forever open.
You see, now that the comic’s The Walking Dead It’s already come to an end, and the hit AMC series is set to return for its final episodes, though no one knows when they’ll air as of yet, but they’ve been confirmed to air this year, so it’ll be interesting to see how our heroes wrap up. his story and whether any cast members from the series will return in the final installments.
Well, during issue #41 of The Walking Dead Deluxe, Kirkman revealed the fact that “wasn’t interested” in what caused zombies to walk the Earth, but rather was simply investigating the lives of the affected characters and what the corpses dragged. intended for the world at large and its future:
“I was never really interested in dealing with the cause of the zombie outbreak. My opinion is well documented, but the short version is… any detailed explanation would take things too far into the science fiction realm for me. I think it’s best leaving it unresolved. That way, the story stays rooted. That said… Tons of fans wanted me to explore it, and I wasn’t above indulging them from time to time in ways that I found interesting.”
So while the final episodes of The Walking Dead’s main TV series are coming this year, the series is spawning a series of spin-offs that are sure to expand the world of decaying corpses, with some of the series even taking advantage of the opportunity to focus on the main characters of the main show, but without explaining how the outbreak was originally caused.