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Robert Kirkman , the creator behindThe Walking Dead , has let on that the effort of the zombie Revelation of Saint John the Divine in the comic book of account series will never be explain . InThe Walking bushed Deluxe#41 , Kirkman officially impart a reason why he never throw a rationality for the zombie outbreak in the world of the series : He was never concerned in doing so , believing it was practiced to let the mystery story be .
In the globe ofThe Walking Dead , a zombi spirit irruption has radically changed everything , leading its human inhabitants to fight for natural selection in a world that ’s constantly seek to toss off them . The effort of the zombie apocalypse has never been explained , as the amusing book ’s creatorRobert Kirkman once jokingly let on the factual cause was " space spores . “However , Kirkman gave an honest resolution to the reason why he is never going to actually explicate how automaton descend to be , as there were very specific story reasons for keeping thing intentionally vague .
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InThe Walking Dead Deluxe#41 by Robert Kirkman , Charlie Adlard , Rus Wooton , and Dave McCaig , Kirkman excuse that he was never concerned in deal out with the cause of the zombie eruption . In a varsity letter at the ending of the issue explicate each Sir Frederick Handley Page , Kirkman include a reason that he does n’t explain howzombies came to be inThe Walking Dead , is because it would " advertise things too far to the land of sci - fi . " Instead , he said it ’s best to leave the story dissonant as it makes the horror comic finger more grounded in reality .
Kirkman did admit in the same letter , that tons of fans have take him to disclose the reason behind the zombie irruption and that he was n’t " above pandering to them from meter to time in ways [ he ] launch interesting . " So , while the creator ofThe Walking Deadfelt like it was best for the zombi apocalypse’scause to go unexplained , he seemed to have fun interacting with fans about the likely reasons . Check out the full explanation below .
" I really was never concerned in dealing with the grounds of the zombi outbreak . My opinion has been well - documented , but the short version is … any detailed explanation would push thing too far into the realm of sci - fi for me . I recall it ’s better to get out it unresolved . That way , the report stay on grounded . That said … net ton of fan wanted me to explore it , and I was not above pander to them from time to prison term in ways I felt were interesting . "
Ultimately , Kirkman made the correct decision in leave behind the grounds for the zombie apocalypse intentionally unexplained . TheWalking Dead’sstory is n’t driven by the search for answersabout the true campaign of the zombie irruption but alternatively is about the character reference surviving in the dim world and their adventure together . ExplainingThe Walking Dead’szombie outbreak would in the end degrade the unbelievable storytelling from Robert Kirkman and his collaborators , as in this case , as the Godhead of the comic book series pen , it was best left unexplained .
