The Walking Dead comic series is getting very close to issue 100 and fans are expecting something big when it gets here. Comic Book Resources sat down with creator Robert Kirkman to discuss the milestone, as well as . Just as interesting is what he has to say about the new AMC show in development, Thief of Thieves.
On what to prepare for when it comes to issue 100:
I can say that everybody knows that there's this group out there called the Saviors that are kind of intimidating everyone on the Hilltop. They've kind of gotten on Rick's radar, we [saw] their first interaction in #97. We've basically got another very violent, dangerous group out there that Rick is going to be clashing with head-on and I can say that issue #100 is going to easily be the most gruesome, most violent, disturbing issue of "The Walking Dead" yet. So, be on the look out yet. When I say that, I do remember all of the gruesome, disturbing and violent things that have happened in "The Walking Dead" thus far, so I promise I mean it.
On the development of Thief of Thieves:
Look, it's something I pitched to AMC at the same time as developing the series, so they definitely happened concurrently, but "Thief of Thieves" is no less intended as a comic than something like "The Walking Dead" or "Invincible." I'm fortunate enough to have a relationship with AMC where they can get a look at stuff early on and I can sit in a room with them and explain what the comic series is going to be. I think anybody who thinks that anybody creates a comic as a television pitch on paper doesn't realize how simple television pitches are and doesn't realize how hard it is to make a comic book.
Read the full, in-depth interview over at
Comic Book Resources. If you're a Robert Kirkman or Walking Dead fan, it's not to be missed.
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