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In a letter inside the pages of a 2020 re - dismissal ofThe Walking Dead , the serial Maker , Robert Kirkman , admitted he mishandled a major original survivor with his picture of Lori Grimes . InThe walk Dead : Deluxe Edition # 8 from Skybound Comics , Kirkman discussed a moment need Lori and Rick Grimes where the group of survivors bluntly obtain out she ’s pregnant . Kirkman wrote that as a young writer , he did n’t " really manage Lori the way I thought I did . Kind of a shame . "
One of the central human conflict that did n’t involve zombies early inThe Walking Deadseries is the revelation that Lori Grimes is pregnant . Believing Rick dirty to be dead before shockingly returning to the group of survivors after being in a comatoseness for the entirety of the zombi Book of Revelation , Lori developed an intimate family relationship with Rick ’s former police force partner , Shane . So , with Rick revealed to be live , Lori Grimes soon after shared she was significant with the news floor the group . However , Robert Kirkman acknowledge in a re - release that he mishandled Lori ’s type in the moment .
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InThe Walking Dead Deluxe Edition#8 by Robert Kirkman , Charlie Adlard , David McCaig , and Rus Wooton , the laughable open up directly following the disclosure from Lori Grimes to Rick that she is meaning . After telling Rick , Lori straight off and bluntly separate the group the news . The survivor are shocked as they were clearly cognizant of Lori ’s human relationship with Shane and obviously marvel if it ’s his baby . In the notes ' varsity letter ofThe Walking Deadissue , where he detail the page , Kirkmanexpressed rue in how he mishandled the Apocalypse while specifically talking about readers ' relationship with Lori Grimes .
Specifically discussingThe walk Dead#8 ’s page where Lori Grimestells the grouping she ’s pregnant , Kirkman shared that he thought it would be interesting to show her state of intellect and how she was lost . He admit that reread the issue in the reprint made him realize the revelation came across as " cold . " Kirkman say he always saw Lori as more sympathetic than referee did and that reading scenes like that one made him infer the distain towards the character . He added he " was a untested author and did n’t really deal Lori the way I thought I did , " calling the spot a " shame . "
Robert Kirkman seemed to clear that he mishandled the scene involve Lori filth disclose to the group of survivors that she was meaning . However , in the closing , his achievement withThe walk Deaddwarf the scene , even if the moment damage Lori ’s character . As Kirkman admit , he was young and did n’t intentionally mean to make the moment inhuman . at last , it showed Kirkman ’s growth as a author and , for better or bad , shaped Lori ’s character for the sleep of her time inThe Walking Dead .
