However, underestimating Negan based on this logic would be suicide, because the man is as sharp as Michonne’s katana. After all, he relies on threats and violence to get people to obey him, which is standard practice for those possess no other way to get respect. His bullying nature might lead you to believe that Negan is a bit of dummy. If he keeps going the way he is, we reckon Negan and Lucille will be knocking them off their pedestals in no time! Still, he’s got a way to go to catch up with the Governor, who apparently knocked off 139 people by the time he bit the (literal) bullet, but he’s closing in on Rick (52), Carol (38) and Daryl (35).
Since then, on paper Negan has put an end to plenty of other survivors, some we’re yet to meet in the TV version. Negan’s first victim was Glenn in the comic books and Abraham on-screen, although he finished Glenn off too in the TV adaption shortly after. By Walking Dead Wikia’s standards, a ‘kill’ of a living person only counts if the character had a name, and kills points are added for all of the following: “killing the living, killing a named walker, killing a character before reanimation or causing a death.” This is pretty impr-ssive since we’re only on episode four, although some of these are still to come and are only evidenced by on-set photographs. According to, Negan has a death count of 27. Since his introduction, Negan has racked up the fifth highest kill-rate of living people in The Walking Dead. However, he did admit that Morgan seemed a great fit for Negan, at least physically: “I later saw a photograph of the guy who did get it, and he looks almost exactly like the comic book rendering.” I went for the audition, and there were five pages of really cool dialogue with all these curses and it was beautiful, but I didn’t get it.” The internet was wild with speculation because in the upcoming season, they were going to introduce the character. “I was up for the role of Negan because Charlie Adlard, who worked on the comic book, based that guy on me and so I was a shoo-in for an audition. In an interview with Forbes, Rollins talked about auditioning for the part, but ultimately lost out to Morgan. Charlie Adlard, who illustrates the comic books, based Negan on Henry Rollins (we can see the resemblance), and unsurprisingly the 55-year-old thought he was a shoo-in for the role. Jeffrey Dean Morgan may be doing a badass portrayal of Negan, but the character was actually inspired by another actor. 9 Negan’s comic book equivalent swears A LOT more Negan, by contrast, does things for personal gain and to maintain his power over others. Rick’s behaviour can be out of line, but he does these things – such as not allowing new members into the prison - to protect those he cares about. However, the key difference between the two characters is the motivation for their actions.
He has approached the world in a certain way, and the world has rewarded him for that." "It's not a vast gulf between those two." In fact, Kirkman believes had we been following Negan’s story from season one instead of Rick’s, we’d be rooting for him instead: “I think with Negan it's about positive reinforcement. "Things are getting grayer and grayer and grayer," Kirkman told IGN. After all, they’re both strong leaders who’ll do anything to survive, as well as having lost someone they loved.
Dimple says that Rick and Negan are not so different post-apocalypse either.
As well as their similar life stories pre-apocalypse, when you get down to the nitty gritty of things, showrunner Scott M.