Robert Kirkman





Robert Kirkman

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November 30, 1978

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Robert Kirkman is an American comic book writer best known for his work on The Walking Dead, Invincible for Image Comics, as well as Ultimate X-Men 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, and the only one of the five who was not one of the original co-founders of that publisher.

Robert Kirkman's first comic books were self-published under his own Funk-o-Tron label. Along with childhood friend Tony Moore, Kirkman created Battle Pope which was published in late 2001. Battle Pope ran for over 2 years along with other Funk-o-Tron published books such as InkPunks and Double Take.

In July of 2002, Robert's first w...more


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“The thing about smart mother fuckers is that sometimes, they sound like crazy mother fuckers to stupid mother fuckers...”
Robert Kirkman, The Walking Dead, Vol. 9: Here We Remain

“The second we put a bullet in the head of one of those undead monsters -- the moment one of us drove a hammer into one of their faces -- or cut a head off. We became what we are! And that's just it. THAT's what it comes down to. You people don't know what we are.

We're surrounded by the DEAD. We're among them -- and when we finally give up we become them! We're living on borrowed time here. Every minute of our life is a minute we steal from them! You see them out there. You KNOW that when we die -- we become them. You think we hide behind walls to protect us from the walking dead?

Don't you get it? We ARE the walking dead! WE are the walking dead.”
Robert Kirkman, The Walking Dead, Vol. 5: The Best Defense

“To me, the best zombie movies aren’t the splatter fests of gore and violence with goofy characters and tongue in cheek antics. Good zombie movies show us how messed up we are, they make us question our station in society… and our society’s station in the world. They show us gore and violence and all that cool stuff too… but there’s always an undercurrent of social commentary and thoughtfulness.”
Robert Kirkman, The Walking Dead, Vol. 1: Days Gone Bye

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Who is your favorite character from the Walking Dead? (1-48)Robert Kirkman]The Walking Dead, Vol. 1: Days Gone Bye

Michonne
 
  72 votes, 23.7%

Rick
 
  59 votes, 19.4%

Glenn
 
  58 votes, 19.1%

Andrea
 
  25 votes, 8.2%

Other
 
  20 votes, 6.6%

Tyreese
 
  18 votes, 5.9%

Carl
 
  18 votes, 5.9%

Dale
 
  12 votes, 3.9%

The Governor
 
  7 votes, 2.3%

Hershel
 
  5 votes, 1.6%

Shane
 
  3 votes, 1.0%

Lori
 
  3 votes, 1.0%

Maggie
 
  3 votes, 1.0%

Donna
 
  1 vote, 0.3%

Allen
 
  0 votes, 0.0%

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