Robert Kirkman explains why Daryl Dixon had no place in The Walking Dead comics
Likely Daryl Dixon has become one of the most beloved The Walking Dead characters from the television series. Although at first he was shown as someone solitary who only seemed to care about his own skin, Daryl Dixon knew how to integrate into that new family that led Rick Grimes for so many years. However, the character was fruit of the television adaptationsince there is no trace of him in the comics.
Robert Kirkman explains why Daryl Dixon had no place in The Walking Dead comics
That is why it is curious to see how Daryl Dixon has been climbing positions in the popularity rankings of the characters in the franchise. The Walking Deadespecially considering that his character It was not part of the original comics on which the series is based.
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The creator of The Walking Dead, Robert Kirkmanalready introduced an interesting character who had a crossbow as his main weapon, one who also wore a sleeveless leather vest and who would end up becoming Rick Grimes' right hand man. Yes, we are not referring to Dwight.
The similarities between both characters are more than obvious, but it seems that AMC wanted to build another character for fill the role of Dwight in the television series. Robert Kirkman He already spoke about this in the past, indicating whether he believed that both characters maintained some type of relationship due to their obvious resemblance.
This is how he explained it Robert Kirkman:
Officially not. Daryl Dixon was created for the series, so it is AMC the one who decides what is done with it. Since I am still the owner of The Walking Dead in its entirety, in addition to competing with AMC When it came to licensing, they were always very adamant that I could never do anything with Daryl Dixon in the comics. The main reason is that it is a gold mine for AMC. That's why you will never see Daryl Dixon in a project that is not directly related to AMC.
On the other hand, Survival Instinct It was a video game that was inspired by the television series about brothers Dixon. The video game was generally poorly received, but served as a prequel to the first season of The Walking Deadwhich he presented to Daryl Dixon in a season one episode written by the showrunner Frank Darabont. That was one of the few times he was seen Daryl Dixon away from the main series.
Daryl Dixon never appeared in the comic series The Walking Dead which covered nearly 200 numbers in length. Even so, the cover artist for The Walking Dead Deluxe, David Finchpresented a comic version of Norman Reedus as Daryl Dixon in the art book published by the well-known publishing house Skybound, The Art of The Walking Dead Universe.
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The comic The Walking Dead Deluxe #98 is now available.
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