Robert Kirkman, one of the most prolific and successful writers in comics, is best known for co-creating “The Walking Dead” with artist Tony Moore, writing all 193 issues.
Asked to talk about himself as he marks 20 years since his creation “Invincible” first took to the skies, he makes a bold claim for a man who fills worlds with homicidal superheroes and ravenous zombies. “First and foremost, I’m boring,” he said, uncomfortable with the question. “I enjoy working. I don’t do a lot else.”
And it’s when the subject switches to work that Kirkman really comes alive. Eventually, he was persuaded to talk about himself briefly — “I’m from a small town in Kentucky; I’m a blue-collar guy” — but really he wanted to talk about science fiction, fantasy, horror, superheroes and especially about messing with people’s heads.“The thing that I look for in all stories, regardless of what kind of story it is, is something that surprises me,” he declared.
That principle is built into “Invincible.” Asked to sum it up, Kirkman said: “Mark Grayson is a teenager living in the shadow of his father Omni-Man, who is the greatest superhero to ever live, but there’s a dark secret that he’s actually here to take over the planet.” His snappy summary is a human story, ironically, but with a twisted nature.
Kirkman likes to joke that he’s repeating himself with his storytelling, but there’s a wild originality in everything he writes. That, in part, is because his success brought financial and creative freedoms few in his industry can enjoy, even at Image, a publisher that prides itself on empowering artists and writers.
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