“It’s that kind of experience that I’m always trying to provide to the people who read and watch my work. “I feel like I’ve always been looking for that charge in storytelling ever since then,” he added.
He was making the point with humour, but he meant it. I think that kind of informed what I wanted out of entertainment for the rest of my life.” And Optimus Prime, my favourite character, dies 15 minutes into that movie. “As a very young boy, I went to the movies and I watched ‘Transformers: The Movie’ in 1985 - I saw it in the theatres. “The thing that I look for in all stories, regardless of what kind of story it is, is something that surprises me,” he declared. 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. This is indeed a man who works a lot.Īnd it’s when the subject switches to work that Kirkman really comes alive.
Season 2 lands on Prime Video later this year. Now Kirkman, who’s 44, is working on the animated version of “Invincible,” which ran to 144 issues of comics. His comics resumé is even longer, listing dozens of titles and characters, from “Ultimate X-Men” to contemporary alien horror “Outcast,” which also became a TV show. He’s best known for co-creating “The Walking Dead” with artist Tony Moore, writing all 193 issues thanks to creator-friendly policies at publisher Image Comics, they retained creators’ rights for the move into TV, where zombie fever gave us 11 seasons and umpteen spinoffs. This is Robert Kirkman, one of the most prolific and successful writers in comics. He was laughing - jokingly chastising his interviewer for showing “glee” at his distress - but he had a point.
“First and foremost, I’m boring,” he said, uncomfortable with the question. Robert Kirkman says he’s boring, but he’s not.Īsked 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.
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