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16 Apr

What a Walking Dead Negan Spinoff Could Look Like

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“P.S. Negan Lives.” Those were the final words written by The Walking Dead creator Robert Kirkman in a letter following the conclusion of the comic’s 193rd and final issue. It was a cheeky missive to fans clamoring for confirmation that their favorite character made it through the series unscathed. It was also an acknowledgement from Kirkman that, try as he might, he just can’t seem to quit The Walking Dead’s big bad. Negan could have died at the conclusion of the comic’s major “All Out War” arc, but he didn’t. Kirkman then had him lined up to be shot and…

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14 Apr

Rick Grimes Will Return to The Walking Dead Comic to Battle Aliens

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The Walking Dead creator Robert Kirkman has always liked to tease that the real cause of the zombie outbreak in his long-running comic series was extraterrestrial in nature. Back in January 2020, Kirkman responded to a question on Twitter as to the zombie outbreak’s origin with a simple “space spore.” This was a joke, of course, but it was also a stealthy shout out to what The Walking Dead could have been. Kirkman originally developed The Walking Dead as a Night of the Living Dead comic. But when Image Comics encouraged him to develop his own idea so that he…

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14 Apr

The 10 Best Walking Dead Trading Cards

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This story is presented by: Characters don’t usually last too long on AMC’s zombie epic The Walking Dead.  Frequent, major character deaths are bound to happen amid a dangerous post-apocalyptic environment rife with ravenous corpses. The culling of cast is also just a fact of life for a physically demanding acting job that requires performers to endure grueling Georgia summers for an indeterminate number of seasons.  At this point in The Walking Dead’s run, the number of significant dead characters are sure to outnumber the living. While frequent casting turnover might be at times difficult to stomach for viewers, it…

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12 Apr

Fear the Walking Dead Season 6 Episode 8 Death Explained

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This Fear the Walking Dead article contains major spoilers. Few Fear the Walking Dead fans will have forgotten Nick Clark’s shocking death in season 4 but even that twist may pale in comparison to the season 6 midseason premiere’s most tragic moment. In fact, “The Door” may be the show’s darkest episode to date. John Dorie is at the end of his rope at the start of the episode. Unable to stop the execution of Janis, who was framed for Cameron’s murder by Virginia earlier in the season and then fed to a group of hungry walkers, and then forced…

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12 Apr

Fear the Walking Dead Season 6 Episode 8 Review: The Door

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This Fear the Walking Dead review contains spoilers.  Fear the Walking Dead Season 6 Episode 8 Well, damn. This is a real heartbreaker of an episode, isn’t it? If you haven’t heeded the spoiler warning above, here’s another one for you: MAJOR SPOILERS AHEAD for this episode. If for some reason you jumped straight to this review without first watching “The Door,” I strongly recommend that you rectify that right now.  In a show that so often trucks in death, this one hurts a lot. Yes, John Dorie is dead.  Unlike Morgan’s somewhat ambiguous fate in last season’s “End of the Line,” there’s absolutely no…

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08 Apr

Fear the Walking Dead Season 6 Returns with Big Morgan Moment

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This Fear the Walking Dead article contains spoilers. Fear the Walking Dead season 6 has been one of the darkest seasons of the show so far. Our heroes have been separated, some left for dead while others were forced to join Virginia and her cruel group of Pioneers who want all the survivors they meet to fall in line or die. When Morgan stood up to Virginia in season 5, it ended very badly for him. Not only was his group broken but so was his spirit. But season 6 has been all about putting those pieces back together for…

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05 Apr

The Walking Dead: How “Here’s Negan” Opens the Door for a Saviors Origin Story

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While the origin story of The Walking Dead’s antihero former big bad was effectively revealed in Season 10 finale “Here’s Negan,” it noticeably missed most of the comic book miniseries it adapts. Indeed, the episode may have showcased the arc of Jeffrey Dean Morgan’s Negan from philandering former Phys Ed teacher to post-apocalyptic barbed-wire-bat-swinging badass, but his arrival as a covetous cult leader was nowhere to be seen. However, that story might still manifest in the television universe… just not on the main show. The Walking Dead showrunner Angela Kang essentially eliminated the notion of further Negan flashbacks on the…

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05 Apr

The Walking Dead Season 10 Episode 22 Review: Here’s Negan

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This The Walking Dead review contains spoilers. The Walking Dead Season 10 Episode 22 Jeffrey Dean Morgan, for the most part, has been used poorly during his time on The Walking Dead. The actor has done his best with the material he’s been given, but for entirely too long Negan was a caricature of a person, a goofy swaggering cartoon trying to sound tough but forced to dumb down his language to avoid offending network sensibilities. It was silly, and while Negan might have been a fan-favorite villain, he didn’t exactly translate well to television in spite of my affection…

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05 Apr

The Walking Dead: What “Here’s Negan” Changes from the Comic

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This article contains spoilers for The Walking Dead season 10 episode 22. Negan (no last name given…or needed) is one of the most unexpectedly beloved characters on The Walking Dead. Loquacious, charismatic, and unfailingly vulgar, Negan practically jumps off the page of Robert Kirkman’s comic series, and makes a big impact through Jeffrey Dean Morgan’s performance of the AMC series. Over 193 issues of Kirkman’s comic, it became clear that the writer was just as enthralled with the brutish villain as the fans were. It would have been easy to kill Negan off at the end of the extended All…

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05 Apr

The Walking Dead Season 10 Ending Explained: What Happened in “Here’s Negan”

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This Walking Dead feature contains spoilers. With Maggie back, there’s no doubt that Negan’s time in Alexandria is going to get harder. After all, she is there with little Hershel, and every day she has to walk by the man who killed her husband. When you add in the fact that Negan was there as Alpha’s second in commend when she burned Hilltop to the ground, it’s clear that there’s no road to forgiveness in Maggie’s eyes.  Carol wisely steps in and attempts to defuse the situation by moving Negan and all of his stuff to a cabin nearby. Out…

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05 Apr

The Walking Dead Season 11: The Commonwealth, Reapers, and What Else to Expect

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This Walking Dead article contains spoilers. The Walking Dead season 10 is the show’s longest season to date, with 22 episodes, but the 11th and final season will take the cake. Kicking off later this year, season 11 will run for 24 episodes through 2022, concluding this chapter of The Walking Dead franchise. While we know there is more story to tell beyond the flagship series, with Daryl and Carol getting their own spin-off and a Rick Grimes movie still on the way, season 11 will mostly likely close the door on a few other storylines. It wouldn’t be surprising,…

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05 Apr

The Walking Dead: Laura Return and Origin Explained

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This Walking Dead article contains spoilers. The Walking Dead season 10 finally came to a close with “Here’s Negan,” an episode based on the comic book storyline of the same name that takes a deep dive into the villain’s past. How did a high school gym teacher become the ruthless leader of the Saviors? The episode answers that question and shows how his villainous turn directly ties into his attempts to save his wife Lucille (Hilarie Burton) from cancer. In a flashback scene that takes place several years earlier, we watch as Negan goes on a supply run to locate…

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01 Apr

The Walking Dead: Negan Meets Negan in Exclusive Season 10 Finale Clip

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There are plenty of Walking Dead characters who could lay claim to Negan as their arch enemy. Rick, Michonne, and Maggie are just a few of many individuals who have one hell of an axe to grind against the show’s most imposing villain. From Negan’s perspective, however, there’s only one person powerful enough to be his nemesis: himself. In an exclusive new clip from The Walking Dead season 10 finale, “Here’s Negan,” the show presents this self-hating dynamic in a surprisingly literal fashion. Give it a look below. In a rather cozy-seeming cabin, we see the classic “All Out War”…

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01 Apr

“We Have Just Never Listened to Women”: Patrick Ness on Chaos Walking’s Relevance Today

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Patrick Ness’ 2008 science fiction young adult novel The Knife of Never Letting Go was published the same year as Suzanne Collins’ The Hunger Games, but while the latter launched a dystopian YA franchise, Ness’ Chaos Walking series seemed to attract more of a cult following despite tackling similar early-2000s issues through a speculative lens. While Collins struck an arrow through the heart of reality television, Ness turned his attention to information overload, manifesting it as the Noise: an ever-present broadcast of one’s most private, cringeworthy, hateful, earnest thoughts for all to hear—but only for men. On the “New World,”…

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31 Mar

Was The Walking Dead Planning to Go Past the Comic Stories?

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When AMC announced that its franchise-spawning series, The Walking Dead, was coming to an end, it was surprising, yet expected. While the ratings-dominant heyday of the prolific series is well in the rearview mirror, the mothership show continues to guide what remains an immensely profitable franchise. Yet, as TWD approaches the endpoint of its source material, Robert Kirkman’s comic books, fans assumed that the show was ending on its own terms. However, star Jeffrey Dean Morgan says that plans were still being made for more seasons when AMC axed the series, which would have surpassed the comic’s storylines. In a…

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30 Mar

The Walking Dead Season 10 “Here’s Negan” Finale Gives the Villain a Chance to Save Lucille

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The Walking Dead season 10 has lasted longer than anyone ever expected. Due to delays in filming season 11 because of the Covid-19 pandemic, the show’s 10th season will go down in history as its longest at 22 episodes in total. And with next Sunday’s finale, titled “Here’s Negan,” the season finally goes out with a loud bang. Based on the comic book storyline of the same name by Robert Kirkman and Charlie Adlard, “Here’s Negan” plays largely like an origin story for the villain. Those of you who’ve wondered about Negan’s past will get to see a big and…

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29 Mar

The Walking Dead Season 10 Episode 21 Review: Diverged

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This The Walking Dead review contains spoilers. The Walking Dead Season 10 Episode 21 Robert Frost wrote in his poem “The Road Not Taken” about two roads diverging in a yellow wood. while the wood Carol and Daryl are walking through in “Diverged” are green, not yellow, the principle is the same. Two long-time friends slowly growing apart, faced with a literal diverging path in the woods. Daryl heads one way; Carol goes another with Dog at her side. As a metaphor, it’s smack-dab on the nose, but that isn’t necessarily a bad thing when both characters are intensely aware…

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22 Mar

The Walking Dead Season 11 Trailer Might Be Teasing an Urban Setting

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This article contains spoilers for The Walking Dead comic. The Walking Dead season 11 does not yet have a release date, and may be many months away. A silly little detail like the immovable nature of time is not going to stop AMC from teasing its arrival, however.  Shortly after The Walking Dead season 10 episode 20 premiered, AMC provided a brief teaser for the show’s 11th and final season. Though it’s only 10 seconds long, the clip does indicate a pretty shocking new direction for the show’s final arc. Give it a look below to see what we mean.…

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22 Mar

The Walking Dead Season 10 Episode 20 Review: Splinter

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This The Walking Dead review contains spoilers. The Walking Dead Season 10 Episode 20 The Walking Dead has made a lot of hay with their six bonus episodes following the pandemic-shortened season 10. Rather than doing a ton of world-building or doing too much to push into territory best covered in season 11, they’ve doubled down on character pieces. Maggie, Daryl, Aaron and Gabriel, and now Princess have all come into focus, allowing the show’s creative team to work on digging into their characters, rather than providing much elaboration on big world-building events. I can’t speak for everyone else, but…

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17 Mar

The Walking Dead Season 10 Episode 20 Exclusive Clip Brings Back the Commonwealth

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The Walking Dead season 10’s original finale, “A Certain Doom,” ended with a shocking reveal that completely shattered the status quo of the show. Just as Eugene, Yumiko, Princess, and Ezekiel were about to meet up with the mysterious Stephanie, they were intercepted by a new group of armored soldiers that likely look very familiar to fans of Robert Kirkman and Charlie Adlard’s original comic book. They’re of course the Commonwealth, a new faction that are unlike anything Alexandria has ever faced. Technologically more advanced and with greater numbers than our heroes could ever imagine, the Commonwealth stand apart from…

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