One of the longest - running public debate among fans ofThe Walking Deadhas to do with Carl Grimes ’ age . In the laughable Holy Scripture serial , Carl is discover to have been 7 - year - old when the apocalypse start and in the TV series , he is about the same age , though maybe closer to player Chandler Riggs ’ real age of 10 when he seem in season one .
Of course , both in the comics and on TV , Carl has senesce importantly . In the most recent issue , Carl declared himself to be a de facto loss leader , while TV Carl look to be in his late teens by this point ( Riggs is now 17 ) . The problem is that , while we know what historic period Carl was when the story began , it ’s unclear just how much time has drop dead since that point , so there is argument over how old Carl and even Rick in reality are .
In the Letter Hacks discussion section ofThe Walking Deadissue # 164 , writer / creator Robert Kirkman and editor in chief Sean Mackiewic bring this issue up with a fan letter that caught their attention . In the missive , the fan exact that Rick was 27 - class - onetime in the very first pages ofThe walk Dead , while Carl was indeed only 7 - years - former . However , Mackiewic disputes these finding , divulge that Rick is near to 30 at the start of the serial .
“ Rick ’s age has never been revealed in the comic , ” Mackiewicz tell . “ Its true ! Enough ’s revealed that you may figure out he was 23 year one-time when he get getting serious with Lori … which invalidates your theory because Rick ca n’t have been 27 at the same time Carl was 7 . ”
However , Mackiewicz does allow in that there is interior argumentation amongThe walk Dead’swriting staff over Carl ’s long time .
“ Robert and I dissent on many things , but maybe none more so than Carl ’s age , ” Mackiewicz . “ The irony there is that I know Carl is 7 , like you all do , because Robert indite he was 7 in result 5 . So long as Carl never suppose how sometime he is post - time jump , you may just ignore what we say in the letter pages as made up s—. ( Except for everything I just drop a line . ) ”
“ formally , the time skip between 126 and 127 is not tied down to a specific number of years , ” Kirkman added . “ It seems like around two , but could have been more . ”
“ It ’s entirely possible that Carl has aged five years since the beginning of the serial publication , ” Kirkman concluded . “ youngster years fast ! ”
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The TV serial is a different story , though , as Riggs has aged seven years since his launching , yet much less fourth dimension appears to have passed within the show ’s story . This probably help explain why the show plays fast and light with the passageway of clock time , never give any clear reading as to how much has really passed , but at this pace , Riggs will be at least 20 - twelvemonth - old by the prison term the show catches up to the current storyline in the comics ( and Andrew Lincoln , who encounter Rick , will be just a few year shy of 50 .
Then again , mayhap it ’s safe to just pretend that all of the characters are young than their appearance would suggest , as we doubt we would look very good if we had to shinny to survive for years in a zombie apocalypse .
Source : ComicBook.com
