In a surprise to fans of the series, Walking Dead creator Robert Kirkman has ended “The Walking Dead” comic series. An essay about this will be on the back of the next issue of “The Walking Dead” which will be the final issue.
In a surprise to fans of the series, Walking Dead creator Robert Kirkman has ended “The Walking Dead” comic series. An essay about this will be on the back of the next issue of “The Walking Dead” which will be the final issue.After the shocking key character death in issue #192, fans have been clamoring to see what will happen next. However, in a shocking twist, Kirkman has said that not only will this story arc end with issue #193, but so will the entire series.
“This is the end of The Walking Dead,” Kirkman writes. “That’s it… it’s over… we’re done. I’m sure you have a million questions… and I’m sure you feel as emotional about all this as we do… if not more so. I’m completely willing to bet some of you are angry over this. I get it… I do. I mean… WHY didn’t we announce this so that fans would have some time to prepare? Well… personally… I hate knowing what’s coming . As a fan, I hate it when I realize I’m in the third act of a movie and the story is winding down. I hate that I can count commercial breaks and know I’m nearing the end of a TV show. I hate that you can FEEL when you’re getting to the end of a book, or a graphic novel.”
The end of an era
At more than 15 years old, “The Walking Dead” has erupted with popularity. From video games to multiple TV series to a long line of action figures , it has absolutely saturated the market.
Heck, the show is so popular that even the videos of fans reacting to scenes garner millions of views on YouTube.
However, fans can all agree that the series has run its course. In the late 2000s, zombies were everywhere. From movies like “Zombieland” to games like “Dead Rising,” zombies were around every corner. Basically, we have been getting a little sick of zombies and of “The Walking Dead.”
It looks like Kirkman seems to get that:
“As I worked to come up with ways to expand the story, none of it felt right,” Kirkman writes. “ Everything felt like an unnecessary detour … it was, for lack of a better word, filler. The harder I tried to come up with new places to go, the clearer it was to me that this is what this story needed… it needed to end .”
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So how do we want it to end?
SPOILERS BELOW
Rick Grimes is dead.
As hard as it is for us fans to accept that, we need to realize that Rick will not be receiving a happy ending. However, there is still hope for his son Carl.
Although Carl died in the TV show, he is still alive and eyeless in the comics. As he struggles to decide whether or not he should kill Sebastian , his father’s murderer, we hope he takes a page from his father’s book and chooses peace.
This is where we think Negan will make an appearance.
We haven’t seen Negan in about 20 issues. The last time we saw him, Maggie spared his life, and Negan rode off into the sunset. Our guess is that Negan might come back and do something to prove to Carl and the group that Rick was right to spare his life. As Carl realizes that peace can be an option, he will spare Negan and take over Rick’s role as leader of the group.
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Wrapping up
We are sad to see the series go, but we understand that it has run its course. We hope that the show might run its course soon too as there isn’t much left to keep our interest.
We’re bracing ourselves as we have no doubt that we will be staining the pages of the final issue with our tears. Who would’ve guessed that this little story about zombies would do so much to the world of comics?
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