Robert Kirkman
Robert Kirkman
Robert Kirkman is an American comic book writer best known for creating The Walking Dead and Invincible for Image Comics, in addition to writing Ultimate X-Men and Marvel Zombies for Marvel Comics. He has also collaborated with Image Comics co-founder Todd McFarlane on the series Haunt. He is one of the five partners of Image Comics, and the only one of the five who was not one of its co-founders...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionComic Book Author
Date of Birth30 November 1978
CityRichmond, KY
CountryUnited States of America
As far as the trades go, I want to avoid how comics have captions or just really stilted dialogue at the beginning of the pages.
The X-Men have just been through a lot. It's pretty much been non-stop since the beginning, really. So I'm giving them the night off.
I'm all for selling books, but when guys are burning my house down, that's where I draw the line.
I make a lot more off the trades and Image than Marvel.
I think in my nine issues I plan to introduce exactly one character from the Marvel Universe that hasn't appeared in the Ultimate Universe yet.
I know it's funny to hear someone talking about a new Image book making it past issue forty but we're really shooting for that here.
I had a little bit of issue seven left after Tony left the book and I had to write half the book knowing that it wasn't going to be drawn by Tony.
I know there are a lot of readers that think I've got a very crappy marriage just because of the things going on with Rick and Lori but there's really nothing that's been like a mirror. I'm just making this stuff up.
The important information you need at the beginning of an issue. Like way they did the old Frank Miller Daredevil issues in the first five pages he always had to state his origins and how he got his powers.
I just wanted to make it clear that I was saying that the possibility is there and I would've been fine with it, the network would have been fine with it, but we ultimately didn't do that. I can make it official - Daryl Dixon is actually straight.
You kill -- You die." That was probably the most naive thing I've ever said. The fact is -- in most cases, NOW, the way things are -- you kill -- you LIVE.
I have things planned for every character like what they're doing down the road and coming to different realizations but I don't have how they overlap.
You have a valid complaint, and I do recognize it ... but you are reading into things a little bit. Just the same, I will do my best to make horrible things happen to a bunch of white people before something else so graphic hits a minority character.
If I'm grumpy I sure do enjoy writing The Walking Dead.