One of the greatest mysteries that fans of the series have always wanted to solve is the origin of the zombie virus in ‘The Walking Dead.’ Although at the 2018 Comic-Con, the producer Gale Anne Hurd and Robert Kirkman, revealed jokingly that everything originated from the ‘Breaking Bad’ methamphetamine, the actual explanation is far from this.
After Kirkman had just finished the story of ‘The Walking Dead’, having written 193 comics, fans were disappointed that historically, they never found out how the virus emerged, so the creator of the saga gave us a glimpse (via comicbook), how the virus came about when he acknowledged that it is, “a crazy sci-fi thing that would make the story all that much weirder. ” he explained.
And it seems that there is some truth to that response, when a fan asked him to describe what had turned people into zombies, Kirkman said that it had been a “space spore,” which was probably a reference to the movie, ‘Night of the Living Dead’ by George A. Romero.
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This is not the first time that Kirkman fiddles with this idea, in the comic ‘The Walking Dead # 75’, which was not included in the canon, aliens make the dead come to life to attack humanity, and afterward are enslaved to serve them.
During a question and answer session held in 2018 on the Tumblr social network, Kirkman said that in the future he may reveal the origin of everything. “Maybe years after it’s all over I’ll just casually mention it in an interview. That seems like a very J.K. Rowling thing to do,” he said.
He also said that the origin of the zombie virus in ‘The Walking Dead’ show will not be explored. “It couldn’t be less important to the story and the lives of these characters. It would be completely out of place in the story. Honestly if a scientist from Washington came to the character and told them what happened the characters would just shrug and say ‘Oh… okay…’ it wouldn’t change their lives at all… and… I’ve said too much.”
