Robert Kirkman is an American comic book author well known for his work on The Walking Dead and Invincible for Image Comics, and 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.
Robert Kirkman's first comic book work was the 2000 superhero parody Battle Pope, which he co-created with artist Tony Moore, and self-published under the Funk-o-tron label. Later, while pitching a new series, Science Dog, Kirkman and artist Cory Walker were hired to do a Superpatriot miniseries for Image Comics. While working on that book, Kirkman and E. Su produced the 2002 Image series Tech Jacket, which ran six issues.
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In 2003, Kirkman and Walker produced Invincible for Image's new superhero line. The story surrounded the adolescent son of the world's most powerful superhero, who develops powers and starts his own superhero career. Walker later failed to meet the monthly title's deadlines and was replaced by Ryan Ottley. In 2005, Paramount Pictures announced it had bought the rights to produce an Invincible feature movie, and hired Kirkman to write the screenplay.
(Robert Kirkman photo #3)
Shortly after the launch of Invincible, Kirkman and Moore began The Walking Dead , a series set in a world inspired by George A. Romero's zombie films.
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