Robert Kirkman
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Robert Kirkman (born November 30, 1978) is an American comic book writer and the co-founder of Skybound Entertainment. He is best known for co-creating and writing the post-apocalyptic horror comic book The Walking Dead, also overseeing and taking part in its television adaptations and several spin-offs. Outside The Walking Dead, he has also co-created such titles as Invincible, Tech Jacket (alongside E. J. Su), Haunt, and has worked on Ultimate X-Men and Marvel Zombies. Kirkman even was involved as both producer and story writer of the Nicolas Cage horror comedy, Renfield. In 2008, he became a partner of Image Comics, the first to join since the publisher's formation.
Kirkman is longtime Transformers fan, and was even an attendant at BotCon 2006.[1] He was hired by Akiva Goldsman to help develop an upcoming film for the expanding Transformers live-action film series. However, he only attended the writers' conference for the series for one day before having to leave due to health issues that led to him having throat surgery.[2]
In 2021, Hasbro approached Skybound about developing a new line of Transformers and G.I. Joe comics, leading Kirkman to develop the concept of the "Energon Universe", a shared universe in which Skybound's output for the properties would reside. Kirkman acts as a sort of "showrunner" for the shared universe, including writing its first entry, Void Rivals.[3]
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Writing
Hasbro Pulse livestream appearances
- July 27, 2024's Exploring Skybound's Energon Universe Comic Books with Robert Kirkman, Joshua Williamson, and more! on YouTube, with Jordan Hembrough, Tom Reilly, Joshua Williamson, Daniel Warren Johnson and Sean Mackiewicz.
Notes
- Prior to Dreamwave Productions acquiring the license, Kirkman had a Transformers pitch that eventually evolved into Tech Jacket.[4]
- His favorite Transformer is Hot Rod.
References
- ↑ "And for anyone who questions Robert Kirkman's TF bonafides, we took this at the '07 Louisville BotCon."—Chris Ryall, 2015/05/20
- ↑ Collider: Robert Kirkman Reveals He Was Only in the ‘Transformers’ Writers Room for One Day
- ↑ How Robert Kirkman's Void Rivals Secretly Launches a Massive Shared Universe — IGN
- ↑ "Fun Doodle. Tech Jacket story was compared to Green Lantern and design compared to Guyver, the truth is, the story was evolved from Transformers comic that Robert Kirkman didn't get to write and my design was inspired by Space Sheriff Sharivan. #art #artshare #sketch #techjacket"—E. J. Su, Twitter, 2021/06/06
"Robert Kirkman was going to write Transformers if Dreamwave didn't get the liecense."—E. J. Su, Twitter, 2021/06/06
External links
- Robert Kirkman on Twitter
- Robert Kirkman on Wikipedia
- Robert Kirkman at the Internet Movie Database
