‘The Walking Dead’ comic book creator reveals where zombie virus first originated

nme.com:

Two words will have to keep fans going for now The Walking Dead comic creator Robert Kirkman has responded to fans asking for the origins of the zombie virus on Twitter.

Kirkman tweeted “Space spore,” in January, which aligns with theories of the series paying homage to George A. Romero’s film Night of the Living Dead, in which space radiation affected the reanimation of corpses.

However, the tweet has since been deleted by Kirkman. In an interview with ComicBook in 2018, Kirkman also spoke of space-related reasons, calling the virus “a crazy sci-fi thing that would make the story all that much weirder.” Kirkman also commented on the virus origin in a 2018 Q&A on Tumblr, aiming to retain secrecy. “Maybe years after it’s all over I’ll just