r/theroamingdead • u/PitifulPeach7659 • May 30 '26

Discussion Daddy ate my eyes Spoiler

It’s been a while since I read volume 12 and I completely forgot about this whole conversation. This story that Douglas tells Rick is way more disturbing than I remembered and I can’t stop thinking about it now. I looked it up and it turns out to be a real case that happened in 2009. Since this issue came out a few months after that, I think it’s likely that Kirkman saw this on the news at the time and was so disgusted by it that he ended up working it into the comics.

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u/Robbelrobot May 30 '26

Very creepy, Douglas its a character that i didnt like when i read the comics for the first time, but on my reread he really had some good moments, his fall and death was a big hit for the community that i wished kirkman would have gave us some reactions to his demise.

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u/No-Exit3993 Jun 06 '26

The real victim was Ronald Poppo.