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Robert Kirkman

Writing

Born November 30, 1978 · 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Robert Kirkman, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Awards & recognition

  • Fauve d'honneur · 2020
  • Inkpot Award · 2012
  • Best foreign work published in Spain · 2011
  • Harvey AwardBest Writer · 2010

Filmography27 titles

INVINCIBLE

2021Comic Book, Creator, Executive Producer, Writer

What If...?

2021Thanks

The Walking Dead

2010as Walker (uncredited)

The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live

2024Executive Producer, Graphic Novel

The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon

2023Executive Producer, Graphic Novel

The Walking Dead: Dead City

2023Executive Producer, Graphic Novel

Fear the Walking Dead

2015Creator, Executive Producer, Graphic Novel, Teleplay, Writer

Secret History of Comics

2017as Self - Host

The Walking Dead: World Beyond

2020Executive Producer, Graphic Novel

Talking Dead

2011as Self

The Robot Chicken Walking Dead Special: Look Who's Walking

2017as Robert Kirkman (voice)

Outcast

2016Creator, Executive Producer, Writer

Ant-Man

2015Thanks

Psi Cops

2023Executive Producer

Tales of the Walking Dead

2022Executive Producer, Graphic Novel

The Image Revolution

2014as Self

Classified

2023Executive Producer

Good Mythical Morning

2012as Self

James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction

2018as Self

StarTalk

2015as Self

Renfield

2023Producer, Screenstory

Comedy Bang! Bang!

2012as Self

Attack of the Doc!

2023as Self

Geeking Out

as Self

@midnight with Chris Hardwick

2013as Self

Dime tu nombre

2025Executive Producer

Air

2015Producer