How did a broke comic shop clerk build a billion dollar empire?
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 Published On Sep 23, 2023

Robert Kirkman was dead broke. Then he changed the entire entertainment industry.

Links and Reading Guide

The cheapest way to read Invincible and the Walking Dead is usually the compendiums. They are all linked here:

Invincible 1: https://amzn.to/461obnv
Invincible 2: https://amzn.to/44WfuJW
Invincible 3: https://amzn.to/3LsNXZt

Walking Dead 1: https://amzn.to/3talEsv
Walking Dead 2: https://amzn.to/44ZZzu3
Walking Dead 3: https://amzn.to/4516xPx
Walking Dead 4: https://amzn.to/3RN318D

If you prefer trades and hardcovers, here are the links for those as well.

Invincible TPB 1: https://amzn.to/48mCMvn
Walking Dead TPB 1: https://amzn.to/48oQNIP

Invincible HC 1: https://amzn.to/3PqhbcP
Walking Dead HC 1: https://amzn.to/3PtC1rB

If I did my job, you now also want to read Savage Dragon. They have been collected cheaply in Black and White

Savage Dragon 1: https://amzn.to/46fljmA
Savage Dragon 2: https://amzn.to/3ELqrDg
Savage Dragon 3: https://amzn.to/3EMibD5
(10 volumes in print so far, thru issue 250)

Also, Spawn: https://amzn.to/3LyWtGC

Other Image books (probably should be its own video):

Chew: https://amzn.to/3ZqjgtO
Deadly Class: https://amzn.to/3sUhHrR
East of West: https://amzn.to/3Pv4FJa
Monstress: https://amzn.to/3EOVVZg
Prophet: https://amzn.to/3RvjcqX
Saga: https://amzn.to/45Z12Ck
Stray Bullets: https://amzn.to/3t2NW8t
Nailbiter: https://amzn.to/3RqeL0t
Descender: https://amzn.to/3PzCjh0

(As an Amazon associate I earn from qualifying purchases)

Sources & Further Reading

Robert Kirkman Interviews:
http://www.wtfpod.com/podcast/tag/Rob...
   • The Walking Dead's Robert Kirkman Tel...  
https://podcast.robliefeldcreations.c...
https://id10t.com/podcast/episode-92-... (Trickery & Deceit)
   • The Robert Kirkman (Walking Dead) Sho...  
   • Robert Kirkman Discusses How He Becam...  
https://screenrant.com/comics-like-in...
https://www.polygon.com/features/2015...
https://web.archive.org/web/201108200...
   • Creating Invincible With Robert Kirkm...  

Tony Moore Interviews:
   • Welcome To Zombie Country, an intervi...  
   • Tony Moore (Cynthiana, KY) | Kentucky...  

Charlie Adlard Interviews (most of this got cut):
   • The Art of The Walking Dead: Charlie ...  
   • Charlie Adlard: The Walking Dead - NY...  

The Kirkman Manifesto:
https://www.cbr.com/baltimore-the-ben...
https://www.cbr.com/year-in-review-th...
http://wordballoon.blogspot.com/2019/... (the original manifesto video is gone, but the audio survives here)

Frank Darabont:
https://web.archive.org/web/201603031...

TWD TV Show:
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/bus...

Lawsuits:
https://www.vice.com/en/article/ppzgg...
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/bus...
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/bus...
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/bus...
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/bus...

Photos/Image Credits

Photos of Robert Kirkman & Todd McFarlane, including thumbnail photo, are copyright Gage Skidmore
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...
https://www.flickr.com/photos/gageski...
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...
https://www.flickr.com/photos/gageski...
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...


Photos of Robert Kirkman, Jim Valentino, Brian K Vaughn, Ryan Ottley & Gale Anne Hurd are copyright Luigi Novi
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:10...
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gale_An...

Photo of Cory Walker copyright Niccolò Caranti
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cory_Wa...

Spider-Man Sketch Credit: https://www.flickr.com/photos/diegopi...
Wolverine Sketch Credit: https://www.flickr.com/photos/marthou...

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