Before The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon Season 2, you may have tried to brush up on the character’s history in the comics – but he’s nowhere to be found. The Walking Dead premiered on AMC in 2010, seven years after Image Comics published the first issue of Robert Kirkman’s series. It ran for a whopping 11 seasons, concluding on a surprisingly open-ended note.
It turns out its ending was just the beginning, with three spinoffs airing since the finale: Dead City, following Maggie and Negan in New York; The Ones Who Live, tracking Rick Grimes and Michonne after the events of the main series; and Daryl Dixon , following the titular character after he ends up in France. Daryl is a longtime fan favorite, and the series ended with him setting off to learn more about The Walking Dead virus (and zombie variants), so it wasn’t a shock to see him get his own show. However, if you want to find out more about him in the comics, you’re out of luck.
Daryl Dixon isn’t in The Walking Dead comics It’s simple: there aren’t any Daryl Dixon comics because he was created exclusively for The Walking Dead TV show. Norman Reedus originally auditioned for Merle, Daryl’s brother played by Michael Rooker in Season 1. He wasn’t right for the part, but the producers liked him so much that they created Daryl just so he could join the cast.
“I remember they talked about the pain in his eyes that he was vulnerable enough to show,” casting director Sharon Bialy said , as per Comic Book..