We’ve only learned bits and pieces about Negan’s backstory on AMC’s “The Walking Dead,“ less than we’ve learned so far about the character courtesy of the comic books; before becoming the villainous monster we know him to be, Negan had a wife named Lucille, the name given to his trusty murder weapon in the wake of her death.
Will we be learning more about Negan in the upcoming ninth season of “The Walking Dead”? Over on the official Skybound website, a response in the most recent “fan mailbag” feature indicates that the show’s producers are open to exploring his past…
“Although Negan dropped hints about his past to Father Gabriel and Jadis/Anne, we still haven’t seen any actual scenes from his life prior to the apocalypse. So far, his backstory in the show seems to parallel the one from the comics (which has it’s own standalone book by Robert Kirkman that you can get here). Although we don’t know of any plans to make an episode out of it, the producers have expressed a willingness to dig deeper into his past.”
In the present, Negan is being held prisoner by Rick and the gang.
