Robert Kirkman Professions : Comic Book Writer Born : November 30, 1978 Browse All Authors Top 42 quotes by 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 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 zombie character world We are bringing in another threat, which is nature itself. I don't really want to get into specifics too much, but I will say that there is a third uncontrollable, almost undefeatable threat that is going to come in when the characters of the show are at their most vulnerable. It's really going to be something that they have a hard time dealing with. Robert Kirkman hard-times want character 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 safety writing book When you write comic books and when you are writing for television, you're not writing the end product, you are writing notes for someone else to make the end product essentially. My scripts are just directions for the artist to draw pages and the pages are what is seen. I kind of feel like it's a safety net, you're able to hide behind the art to a certain extent, and in television you're able to hide behind the actors and the production, but with novels, your words are it Robert Kirkman writing book art This is Rick Grimes being pushed to his absolute limit. And if you think you’ve seen that before, you haven’t. And the Rick Grimes that comes out of this is really going to shock people. Robert Kirkman limits people thinking In a world ruled by the dead, we are forced to finally start living. Robert Kirkman world 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 teenager fake-people thinking I think that comics and television, as mediums, go hand in hand. Both tell long-form, continuing stories that are parsed out into little chapters and, if are successful, continue for years and years. What that means to me, as a writer, is it tells stories of transformation and evolution as characters. Robert Kirkman successful character mean I like good stories above all else... and kickin' art really goes the final stretch to ensure a comic is good. Robert Kirkman finals stories art I definitely have character arcs in mind for each character unless I kill them. Robert Kirkman arcs mind character I don't presume to think I'm great at anything. Robert Kirkman thinking We're always exploring new ideas in the writers room, and those kinds of ideas snowball from season to season and drive the show in a different direction. Robert Kirkman snowball different kind I think Walking Dead is one of the friendliest new reader type books in that every time a new trade is shipped out, a new issue is shipped out at the same time. Robert Kirkman issues book thinking It's no secret that I love the Ultimate line. Robert Kirkman secret-love lines secret If I'm grumpy I sure do enjoy writing The Walking Dead. Robert Kirkman walking-dead grumpy writing 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 technology different perfection Nick looks into Brians hollow gaze. That's what's going on here brian. The devil's figured out a way to keep peoples souls trapped here on earth. Robert Kirkman devil soul looks I will work on Invincible until I am made to quit. Robert Kirkman invincible quitting made Well see, I'm a good enough writer that not everybody in my books talks exactly like I do. Robert Kirkman good-enough writing book Fights in real life between real people only last so long before someone gets seriously hurt. Robert Kirkman fighting real hurt Similar Authors Brian Michael Bendis comic-book-writer Dave Gibbons comic-book-writer Darwyn Cooke comic-book-writer Chris Claremont comic-book-writer Greg Rucka comic-book-writer Grant Morrison comic-book-writer All Authors
