The Walking Dead EP Calls Negan One Of The Greatest Villain Ever Created In TV

The Negan hype train has officially left the station. After being name dropped over a dozen times in this Sunday's Knots Untie episode of The Walking Dead, the Internet and cast and crew of the series alike have been talking all about his arrival. The poor guy, he's probably just a villain because his ears won't stop ringing.

The latest Negan quotes come from The Walking Dead executive producer David Alpert.

"Negan is one of the greatest villains ever created in TV," Alpert tells IGN. "It's the greatest comic book villain I've ever read. He's amazing, he's terrifying, he's funny, he's charming, and the reason why I think he's so terrifying is he makes a certain amount of sense. Even though he does horrible, horrible horrific things, there's a certain logic -- a barbaric logic, but a logic -- to it. I think it's not just the horrible things he does, it's the appeal of that logic. It takes a little while to wrap your head around it."

Negan's mythology will be fully explored on The Walking Dead TV series, just as it was in the comics, by Alpert's account. "This guy's built something," he went on. "He's built something huge, and it's really impressive what he's been able to build. He's done something way beyond what the Governor has done, and he's not hiding behind the niceties the way the Governor was. He's not pretending to be something that he's not. He's a fully self-actualized human, it's just not necessarily in a good way. You need to have that build up, you need to have his minions out there talking about him so you understand how impressive and how large what's Negan's built is."

While most everyone is speculating that Negan's arrival won't come until the season finale on April 3, Alpert promises big things are coming whenever he does arrive. "I cannot wait to see the reaction to when we do the things we're going to do at the end of this season," Alpert says. "I think we will melt people's minds."

The Walking Dead airs Sundays at 9 PM ET on AMC.