Quotes by Robert Kirkman

About Robert Kirkman:

Robert Kirkman is an American comic book writer best known for creating The Walking Dead and Invincible for Image Comics, in addition to 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 its co-founders.
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I like good stories above all else... and kickin' art really goes the final stretch to ensure a comic is good.

Robert Kirkman

June 2005 is the five year anniversary of the debut of Battle Pope.

Robert Kirkman

But honestly... I just don't know what anyone's thinking. To me, that's scarier than any half-rotten ghoul trying to eat my flesh.

Robert Kirkman

Someone is going to tell you to get use to this. That feeling of being scared and sad. They're going to say it'll be better when you learn to ignore it. Don't listen to them. Hold on to it, remember it... Don't let yourself forget it. It's too easy t...

Robert Kirkman

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 stat...

Robert Kirkman

Okay, it's pretty obvious what we're doing here, people. If it's dead - fucking KILL IT

Robert Kirkman

Mother Fuckers. They're going to feel pretty stupid when they find out. They're fucking with the people.

Robert Kirkman

I remember when my aunt died, the thing that pissed me off the most was going to get groceries the next day and seeing all those people who didn't care... didn't understand why I was so upset when I saw her brand of cigarettes behind the counter.

Robert Kirkman

I'm only 24 so I like to think I'm still close enough to 17 to still remember what it was like. Besides, I could just fake it and get away with it... it's not like there are any teenagers that still read comics.

Robert Kirkman

Tech Jacket shares the same tone as Invincible, but the subject matter is very different. Where Invincible is about perfection, Tech Jacket is about flaws.

Robert Kirkman

I'm all for selling books, but when guys are burning my house down, that's where I draw the line.

Robert Kirkman

I have trouble writing if I can't picture how things are going to look.

Robert Kirkman

The important information you need at the beginning of an issue. Like way they did the old Frank Miller Daredevil issues in the first five pages he always had to state his origins and how he got his powers.

Robert Kirkman

Last year I think I made more from my Image books than anywhere else.

Robert Kirkman

I make a lot more off the trades and Image than Marvel.

Robert Kirkman

If I'm grumpy I sure do enjoy writing The Walking Dead.

Robert Kirkman

I think Walking Dead is more of a stretch for me because I'm a light hearted superhero kind of guy.

Robert Kirkman

I will say that Rick will probably die before the end of the book. I'll go ahead and put that in print. Nobody's safe. I've almost killed him three times already.

Robert Kirkman

I definitely have character arcs in mind for each character unless I kill them.

Robert Kirkman

I have things planned for every character like what they're doing down the road and coming to different realizations but I don't have how they overlap.

Robert Kirkman

Author Bio

  • NameRobert Kirkman
  • DescriptionComic writer
  • BornNovember 30, 1978
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionComics Artist; Writer
  • WorksOutcast