Robert Kirkman
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| Robert Kirkman | |
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 Kirkman at the 2009 Comic Con in San Diego. |
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| Nationality | American |
| Area(s) | Writer, Editor, Letterer |
| Notable works | The Walking Dead Invincible Marvel Zombies Battle Pope Ultimate X-Men The Astounding Wolf-Man Brit |
Robert Kirkman is an American comic book writer best known for his work on The Walking Dead, Invincible and Marvel Zombies.
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[edit] Biography
Kirkman's first comic book work was self published, through the publisher Funk-O-Tron. This series was Battle Pope (2000) produced with artist Tony Moore, an intentionally offensive super-hero parody.
While pitching a new series that would be titled Science Dog, Kirkman and artist Cory Walker were hired to do a SuperPatriot miniseries for Image Comics. While working on that book, a pitch was made by Kirkman and co-creator E.J. Su for a new ongoing monthly series named Tech Jacket (2002). The pitch was accepted by Image, but was canceled after only 6 issues, due to low sales.
In 2003, at the request of Image Comics, Kirkman and SuperPatriot artist Cory Walker created Invincible for a new "superhero" line. The story surrounded the adolescent son of the world's most powerful super-hero, who develops super-powers and starts his own career as a super-hero.
Walker later failed to meet the deadlines of a monthly title and was replaced by Ryan Ottley.[1] Shortly after the launch of Invincible, Kirkman and Tony Moore began The Walking Dead (2003), an ongoing series set in a world inspired by George A. Romero's zombie movies. Moore, struggling to keep deadlines on interior art was replaced by Charlie Adlard, beginning with issue #7.[2] Moore continued to do covers for the book, however.
His work for Marvel Comics has included a revival of the 1990s Sleepwalker series; it cancelled before being published, with the first issue eventually included in Epic Anthology #1 (2004). He soon became a mainstay at Marvel, writing, among other titles, Captain America vol. 4, #29-32 (2004), Marvel Knights 2099 (2004), Jubilee #1-6 (2004), Marvel Team-Up vol. 3, #1-25 (2005), Fantastic Four: Foes #1-6 (2005), Marvel Zombies #1-5 (2005-2006), Ultimate X-Men (starting with issue #66), and Irredeemable Ant-Man #1-12.
Paramount Pictures announced it has bought the rights to produce an Invincible feature film, and has hired Kirkman to write the screenplay.[3]
Kirkman and artist Jason Howard launched their new ongoing series for Image, The Astounding Wolf-Man, on May 5, 2007 as part of Free Comic Book Day.
Kirkman edited the monthly ongoing title, Brit, based on the character he created for the series of one-shots, illustrated by Tony Moore and Cliff Rathburn. This series ended with #12.
Kirkman announced in 2007 that he and artist Rob Liefeld would team on a revival of Killraven for Marvel Comics.[4] Kirkman that year also said he and Todd McFarlane would collaborate on Haunt for Image Comics.[5] In late July 2008, Kirkman was made a partner at Image Comics, and no longer write for Marvel work.[6][7] In 2009, however, he and artist Cory Walker produced the five-issue miniseries The Destroyer vol. 4[8] for Marvel's MAX imprint.
Kirkman said he named his son Peter Parker Kirkman, after Spider-Man's civilian identity, Peter Parker.[9][10]
[edit] Bibliography
[edit] Image Comics
- The Astounding Wolf-Man (2007–2009)
- Brit (2003–2004, 2007–2008)
- Capes (miniseries)
- Haunt (2009–present)
- Image United (2009–2010)
- Invincible (2003–present)
- SuperPatriot
- Tech Jacket (2002–2003)
- The Walking Dead (2003–present)
[edit] Marvel Comics
- Captain America (2004)
- Destroyer
- Epic Anthology
- Fantastic Four: Foes (2005)
- The Irredeemable Ant-Man (2006–2007)
- Jubilee (2004)
- Marvel Knights 2099
- Marvel Team-Up (2005–2007)
- Marvel Zombies (2005–2007)
- Marvel Zombies (2005–2006)
- Marvel Zombies: Dead Days (2006)
- Marvel Zombies 2 (2007)
- Sleepwalker
- Ultimate X-Men
[edit] Other
- Battle Pope (2000)
[edit] References
- ^ "Robert Kirkman on Invincible", IGN, 2007-12-10. Retrieved on 2008-03-15.
- ^ "Interview with Charlie Adlard", Comicgate, 2006-08-25. Retrieved on 2008-03-15.
- ^ "Feeling 'Invincible'", Variety, 2005-03-01. Retrieved on 2008-03-15.
- ^ "WW Chicago 2007: Killraven by Liefeld...", Marvel News, 2007-08-14. Retrieved on 2008-03-15.
- ^ "Todd McFarlane and Robert Kirkman Announce 'Haunt'", Spawn.com News, 2007-08-03. Retrieved on 2008-03-15.
- ^ Writer of the Undead Is Reborn as a Partner at Image Comics, New York Times, July 22, 2008
- ^ Robert Kirkman: Image Partner, Done at Marvel, Newsarama, Jul 22, 2008
- ^ Per The Unofficial Handbook of Marvel Comics Creators, the earlier volumes star an unrelated character adapted from The Destroyer series of novels: The Destroyer (1989-1990), The Destroyer vol. 2 (1991) and The Destroyer vol. 3 (1991-1992)
- ^ "Buy My Books", Comic Book Resources, 2006-06-14. Retrieved on 2008-03-15
- ^ The Comics Journal #289 date? page #?
[edit] External links
- Official website
- The Unofficial Handbook of Marvel Comics Creators
- Buy My Books, a column by Robert Kirkman.
- Robert Kirkman on the State of the Comic Book Industry - Video and Transcript
- Robert Kirkman at the Comic Book DB
[edit] Interviews
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- An Excerpt of George Khoury's Kirkman interview from IMAGE COMICS: THE ROAD TO INDEPENDENCE at PopImage
- Podcast interview at comiXology
| Preceded by Robert Morales |
Captain America writer 2004 |
Succeeded by Ed Brubaker |
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