Spoiler Alert! Rick Grimes Will Die In The Walking Dead

Rick Grimes has seen some serious shit over the course of The Walking Dead still he soldiers on, apparently the only character immune to the series’ motto of no one is safe.

According to creator Robert Kirkman Rick days are numbers but the story will go on. During a panel this weekend at San Diego’s Comic-Con, Kirkman was asked by a fan whether things will continue even after Rick is gone, and replied with the following:

“Yeah I think so. I’ve said before, Rick does not survive to the end. It was years ago so you guys probably forgot but I foresee there being more story after his eventual demise…Next issue. There was an ending I had in mind that I was thinking, ‘Oh, this would be kind of a cool ending.’ I got to a point where it should’ve happened and I was like, ‘I’m not done yet.’ And this was before the show. It got to a point where I would’ve had to start building to it and I was like, ‘Nah.’ So, I just threw that out and then I just kept going because I had all kinds of cool stuff I wanted to do.”

The Walking Dead season 8 premieres on October 22nd