New York Comic Con 2013: The Walking Dead Panel Liveblog

With the release of The Walking Dead #115 on Wednesday and the launch of Season Four of the AMC series on Sunday night, “This is the greatest week ever to be a Walking Dead fan,” said executive producer David Alpert to kick off the series’s panel at New York Comic Con.”We’re here because of you, the best fans in the world,” executive producer Gale Anne Hurd told the audience. “So give yourself a big round of applause because you have made us the number one television show on TV.”After rolling a clip from the first episode, the panelists–Andrew Lincoln, Danai Gurira, Steven Yeun, Laurie Holden, Chad L. Coleman and Norman Reedus; executive producers Gale Anne Hurd and David Alpert, creator Robert Kirkman, Scott Gimple and executive producer Greg Nicotero–step onto the stage, where they’re met by moderator Yvette Nicole Brown from Community.Norman Reedus threw stuffed squirrels out into the audience on the way in, before Brown asked about new characters.”You should be invested,” said Gimple of the new characters.”There are things this season that made me tear up when they came together,” Steven Yeun said, adding that “I think the new character Negan is pretty cool, hopefully we’ll be around that long. There’s a big wish list.””Squirrels have grown immune to Daryl Dixon,” joked Gimple. “So watch out for that.”