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Creator and writer of the “The Walking Dead” comics Robert Kirkman was not opposed to the occasional fib. Not only did he lie to the comics’ publishers<\/a> at the start of their run, but at\u00a0the end of most “Walking Dead” comic issues, there’d be a “Letter Hacks” section where Kirkman could lie to the readers.<\/p>\n “I also intentionally mislead in the letters column from time to time to steer eagle-eyed readers away from the upcoming plot threads,” as Kirkman once revealed (via ComicBook.com<\/a>).\u00a0“That’s fun. At some point, someone should take it upon themselves to read all the Letter Hacks over the years and see if they can figure out when I knew of an upcoming storyline and was clearly misleading people, and when I just changed my mind or came up with a new idea.”<\/p>\n Perhaps the most egregious lie of Kirkman’s concerned the villain Negan, who was eventually imprisoned by the franchise’s heroes but soon escaped from his jail cell. In issue #151, Kirkman responded to a reader question, stating, “Negan is NEVER getting out of that cell. EVER. Sorry.” Then, in the very next issue, Negan got out.<\/p>\n I find the sheer brazenness of this lie very funny, but not every fan was amused. In the Letter Hacks section of issue #152, Kirkman responded to a reader question (well, more of a reader comment) calling him a “goddamn dirty liar.” Kirkman defended himself by writing back:<\/p>\n “I like to enhance the experience for [devoted readers] as best I can. Sometimes it’s by lying about a thing I know is coming VERY soon, other times it’s by seemingly spoiling big things which sometimes come to pass … and sometimes don’t. It makes things more fun! So read Letter Hacks, people! You never know what’s going to happen!”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n