Why Daryl Only Exists on the Walking Dead TV Show (Not the Original Comics)

In the multimedia franchise that is The Walking Dead, characters both universally loved and widely hated come and go with nary a moment’s notice, driving home the violent and deadly world Rick and his band of survivors are living in. But in AMC’s hit television show of the same name, more than a few original characters were introduced that were completely divorced from the comic’s story, with the series creator finally revealing why the fan-favorite hero of Daryl Dixon never made it into comics!