Walking Dead live-action Rick (left); color comic book version (right); scenes from the comic (background.)
Summary SCREENRANT VIDEO OF THE DAY SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT Throughout its run, The Walking Dead comic book series was unrelenting in its approach to regularly killing off fan-favorite characters – and as writer Robert Kirkman once explained in an interview, his own personal attachment to his creations was usually a clear signal that it was time for them to go.
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To this end, if a character became too important to Kirkman, it was usually an indication that their doom was imminent. As he explained: Death Was Never Cathartic In The Walking Dead A Constant Reminder Of Mortality Close Robert Kirkman's comments on killing off characters he grew attached to make it clear...that the story's constant churn through its cast was about more than just the shock value that resulted when characters died tragic, abrupt deaths.
That isn't to say, however, that Kirkman wasn't keenly aware of the effect killing off fan-favorite characters had on his audience. As he detailed to EW, he took his own attachment to characters as being reflective of the fact that "audience investment in that character extremely high," meaning that the opportunity for an emotionally resonant death was at its peak.
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