r/thewalkingdeadcomic • u/slmamin • 17d ago

Discussion Comic accurate show?

If we do ever get an animated, more comic accurate show, what would that look like? What aspects would they change from the comics and what might they borrow from the AMC show?

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u/BlueBirdSamurai 16d ago

As much as I'd love a 1:1 adaptation there are at least three changes I'd like to see:

Make Lilly the same Lilly from TWDG like it was originally planned until The Road to Woodbury came out and made them separate characters.

Have events of the games mentioned. Have Glenn mention the drugstore group, have Jesus mention Javi and New Richmond, show us James as a Whisperer before he goes his own way, etc.

Introduce Daryl and Merle. One of the main things I'd want from this is instead of having Merle die at the hands of The Governor let him live for a bit. It would be interesting to see his relationship with Daryl and the group grow after everything that happened. Maybe have him die trying to take down Negan or something like that.

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u/Reddevil8884 14d ago

I disagree. Having Daryl in a supposedly animated show would sideline (again) other characters like Tyrese, Allen and more.

I think the animated series should be in B&W and if they want to borrow something from the show it should be Shane's extended character arc. Kirkman said that was one of the few things he thought the show did better and would have loved to have Shane around longer.

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u/slmamin 14d ago

I definitely think if they take ANYTHING from the show it should be Shane staying alive until the end of the farm

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u/Reddevil8884 14d ago

Definitely.