Kenneth Harris (Comic Series)

**Kenneth Harris** mostly referred to as **Kenny** is the former deuteragonist and a survivor of the outbreak in Fox's *The Armageddon*. He is the son of Roger and Tina Harris and the younger half-brother of Jeffrey Harris and the younger brother of Rick Harris and the brother in-law of Lori Harris. During the initial outbreak, Kenneth believed his family to be dead, so he and his sister in-law joined Shaun Greene to travel to Atlanta to the refugee camp.

As time progresses, Kenneth slowly becomes hardened due to the severe loss of life and the environment around him. He has shown to be more than willing to assist and protect the people he cares about, especially Michelle Hawthorne, another survivor who he regards as a mother figure and his best friend. After reaching the Metropolis Safe-Zone he forms a friendship with fellow teenage survivor Enid. This friendship eventually blossoms into a relationship, though it becomes somewhat strained and uncertain after Enid's relocation to the Highland Colony.

In the middle of the war against Grimes and the Crusaders, Kenneth contemplates the future of the communities. Following a last selfless act of rescuing a stranger, Kenneth leaves behind a legacy for his family and friends to change the world for the better and focus on rebuilding civilization.

In Issue 300, Kenneth commits the selfless act of rescuing Saddiq Kapoor and ends up getting bitten by a recently-infected Alden. As Kenneth musters his last words to Rick and Michelle before succumbing to his infection and committing suicide to prevent his reanimation. Kenneth is remembered by the others and is praised for his heroic act of saving Saddiq.

## Overview

Kenneth is an adolescent Caucasian male with brown hair and green eyes. He shares the same hair color with his mother; as the series progresses, he matures physically and grows out his hair. Kenneth loses his right eye after being accidentally shot by Shawshank. He used bandages for quite a while, then moving on with a half-covered pair of sunglasses, until he's convinced by Enid to not hide his wound. From Issue 138 until Issue 299, Kenneth leaves his wound uncovered, as well as beginning to grow out his hair.

12 years after the beginning of the apocalypse, Kenenth sports a large eye-patch that covers much of the right side of his face. He now also has a beard and keeps his hair slicked, resembling his late father at the time of his death.

Personality wise, Kenneth is described as vindictive, blunt, stubborn, and habituated. At the beginning of the series, Carl was a normal 15-year-old kid, hanging with friends and things alike. He seems to have a better notion of what's going on with the world, as he wanted to learn how to use a gun, much to his mother's displeasure. Kenneth matured pretty quickly when he saw his undead father, Roger, trying to devour his brother, right before he tearfully shoots Roger in the head. He would remember this occasion several times in the future.

After losing his sister in-law at the prison, Kenneth matures greatly, taking care of an unconscious Rick and fending off zombies all by himself. He turns into a battle-hardened child soldier, fully aware of the dangers of the new world. In Metropolis, he believes the residents are inept and stupid, as they are pretending everything's normal and there is nothing to worry about. After being shot and losing much of his recent memory, Kenneth regains some of his old-self, but, still retains a colder personality due to the apocalypse. Two years before the start of the war with the Crusaders, Kenneth is shown to be much more emotionally stable and open to the people he cares about, shown by how he is more open with his brother and Michelle. However, he is still cold and seems to have developed an explosive temper, shown by how he assaulted and nearly killed two boys who were hurting Kendra Harris. Notably, whenever Kenneth expresses his anger at people, he seems to mimic Negan's heavy use of profanities and overall threatening demeanor. This is seen when Kenneth aggressively confronts the parents of the boys who attacked Kendra, telling them "You fucking fuckwads can go fuck yourselves." Additionally, when Kenneth confronts Negan after the latter murdered Glenn Reed, Kenenth vocally relishes the idea of watching Negan rot behind bars and threatens to hurt him should he escape. He ends this confrontation with a "Ta-ta"- the very same phrase used by Negan after he'd finished beating Glenn to death.

Kenneth's biggest weakness however, is his carelessness for what he does. For example, after he previously convinced Lydia to attack her mother and is captured by the Reapers, this prompts Alpha to infiltrate Metropolis and kill 12 community members, including Tara Chamberlain, Enid, Cheney Reed, Kenneth Strand, Laurie Schneider, Matthias Huerta and Giana Andera. Kenneth is completely unaware of what consequences his actions would provoke. Following this, he becomes riddled with guilt, due to the pain that he has caused the communities, and does his best to help out with the effort to fight the Whisperers.