Name
Robert Kirkman
Known For
Writing
Birthday
1978-11-30 (48 years old)
Place of Birth
Lexington, Kentucky, USA
Biography
Robert Kirkman (born November 30, 1978) is an American comic book writer, screenwriter, and producer. He is best known for co-creating The Walking Dead, Fear the Walking Dead, Invincible, Tech Jacket, Outcast, Oblivion Song, and Fire Power for Image Comics, in addition to writing Ultimate X-Men, Irredeemable Ant-Man 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 currently serving as COO, and the only one of the five who was not one of its co-founders.
In 2010, Kirkman co-founded the entertainment company Skybound Entertainment in order to develop properties in traditional and new media, including comics, television, and film. The company also manages the license for The Walking Dead and Invincible. In 2018, Skybound expanded to create Skybound Games to develop video games based on its intellectual property.
Kirkman is also known for creating and producing the television series' Outcast and Invincible, both adaptations of his own comic book series. He has also written a number of episodes for The Walking Dead and Fear the Walking Dead. He is executive producer of the AMC series Robert Kirkman's Secret History of Comics, and the Korean pre-apocalyptic drama, Five Year.
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Known For
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- 2023 Attack of the Doc! as Self
- 2013 The Image Revolution as Self
- 2014 Doc of the Dead as Self
- 2011 Nightmare Factory as Self
- 2013 The Walking Dead: A Decade of Dead as Self
- 2017 The Robot Chicken Walking Dead Special: Look Who's Walking as Robert Kirkman (voice)
- 2010 The Making of The Walking Dead as Self
- 2015 StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2012 Good Mythical Morning ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2011 Talking Dead ( 2 episodes ) as Self
- 2015 Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2010 The Walking Dead ( 1 episode ) as Walker (uncredited)
- 2017 So Much Damage: How Image Comics Changed the World ( 5 episodes ) as Self
- 2018 James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2017 Robert Kirkman's Secret History of Comics ( 6 episodes ) as Self - Host
- 2012 Comedy Bang! Bang! ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2016 Geeking Out ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2013 @midnight with Chris Hardwick ( 2 episodes ) as Self
- 2004 The Soup ( 1 episode ) as Self
