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Cudlitz’s ‘Walking Dead’ mustache
has its own Twitter handle
LAURI NEFF sometimes he just can’t is based on, played by Jef- In this July 10, 2015 file photo, Michael Cudlitz attends “The
Associated Press resist and will chime in frey Dean Morgan. Walking Dead” panel on day 2 of Comic-Con International in
NEW YORK (AP) — On “The with something like, “’Hey, “You’re going to love San Diego, Calif.
Walking Dead,” Michael knock it off,’ or I say, ‘I’m Negan. You’re going to
Cudlitz’s character, Abra- going to cut you off,’” love to hate Negan and Associated Press.
ham Ford, is known for his adding that “everybody that’s what I think the show
bright red hair and distinc- gets nervous when you say needs, someone that you
tive handlebar mustache. something like that.” love that is bad that is just
His facial hair has so cap- He spoke just days before as beloved as the charac-
tivated fans of the zombie “The Walking Dead” returns ters that he’s trying to kill.”
apocalypse drama that with its midseason premiere As for Abraham, having
they’ve even created an Feb. 14 on AMC at 9 p.m. found a way to move be-
off-color Twitter account ET. yond his malaise, he’s now
for it at @CudlitzStache Cudlitz said Season 6 picks feeling a bit frisky, which
“They play with it and they up with Alexandria overrun viewers saw when he hit
play with the fact that we with zombies. on fellow survivor Sasha
don’t acknowledge it,” “This is the ultimate test,” (Sonequa Martin-Green),
Cudlitz said in an interview Cudlitz said, of whether the even though he’s already
this week. “It’s like, ‘What new characters in the town having an affair with Rosita
are you doing? I’m right have the mettle to survive. (Christian Serratos).
here. I’m right under your “In this episode we’ll see Cudlitz said he doesn’t see
nose.’” who is able to rise to the anything wrong with that.
Cudlitz said he usually occasion and who gets “It’s the zombie apoca-
doesn’t comment on the crushed by it.” lypse. He’s human.”q
Twitter page because he Fans also get to meet
doesn’t want to get in the Negan, the iconic villain of
way of fans having fun. But the comic books the series
Author of ‘Thirteen
Reasons Why’ has
new novel coming
N EW YORK (AP) — The au-
thor of “Thirteen Reasons
Why,” the million-selling
young adult novel being
developed as a Netflix se-
ries, has finished his first solo
work of fiction in nearly a
decade.
Penguin Young Readers
told The Associated Press
on Wednesday it would
be publishing Jay Asher’s
“What Light,” billed as a
“contemporary romance”
that features a Christmas
tree lot in northern Califor- This book cover image re-
nia. According to Penguin, leased by Razorbill shows
Asher was inspired to write “What Light,” the latest book
the book after reading by Jay Asher, his first solo work
about a family in Oregon of fiction in nearly a decade.
with a Christmas tree lot. The book is set for release on
“What Light” comes out Oct. 11, 2016.
Oct. 11.
Associated Press
“Thirteen Reasons Why,” his
first book, was published in
2007 and sold more than 2
million copies. Selena Go-
mez is serving as executive
director of the Netflix proj-
ect.
Asher has also collaborat-
ed with Carolyn Mackler
on “The Future Of Us.”q
