Robert Kirkman

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.

Works

The Walking Dead

Sheriff's deputy Rick Grimes awakens from a coma to find a post-apocalyptic world dominated by flesh-eating zombies. He sets out to find his family and encounters many other survivors along the way.

Release Date2010-10-31

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Charactersd Walker (uncredited)

Episode Count7

Vote Count17006

Robert Kirkman's Secret History of Comics

A six-part documentary series that takes a deeper look into the stories, people and events that have transformed the world of comic books.

Release Date2017-11-12

DepartmentProduction

JobExecutive Producer

Charactersd Self - Host

Episode Count6

Vote Count18

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

Seth Green and Matthew Senreich serve up hilarious Walking Dead-inspired satire in this special featuring the zany stop-motion animation of Adult Swim’s “Robot Chicken.”

Release Date2017-10-08

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Charactersd Robert Kirkman (voice)

Vote Count40

Good Mythical Morning

Two "Internetainers" (Rhett & Link) go far out and do the weirdest things, giving you a daily dose of casual comedy every Monday-Friday.

Release Date2012-01-09

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Episode Count1

Vote Count78

Comedy Bang! Bang!

Based on Scott Aukerman’s popular podcast of the same name, COMEDY BANG! BANG! cleverly riffs on the well-known format of the late night talk show, infusing celebrity appearances and comedy sketches with a tinge of the surreal. In each episode, Aukerman engages his guests with unfiltered and improvisational lines of questioning, punctuated by banter and beats provided by bandleader, one-man musical mastermind Reggie Watts, to reinvent the traditional celebrity interview. Packed with character cameos, filmic shorts, sketches and games set amongst an off-beat world, COMEDY BANG! BANG! delivers thirty minutes of absurd laugh-loaded fun featuring some of the biggest names in comedy.

Release Date2012-06-08

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Episode Count1

Vote Count39

@midnight with Chris Hardwick

Chris Hardwick will lead three celebrity contestants down the ultimate internet wormhole. Culling from the darkest recesses of social media, they will compete to determine who has the funniest take on the day's pop culture.

Release Date2013-10-21

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Episode Count2

Vote Count19

Talking Dead

Host Chris Hardwick discusses episodes of the AMC television series The Walking Dead with guests, including celebrity fans, cast members, and crew from the series.

Release Date2011-10-16

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Episode Count2

Vote Count55

Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

Some of this year's most talked about talent open up about the challenges and triumphs of creating critically acclaimed series and performances.

Release Date2015-08-02

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Episode Count1

Vote Count17

StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson

Host Neil deGrasse Tyson brings together celebrities, scientists and comedians to explore a variety of cosmic topics and collide pop culture with science in a way that late-night television has never seen before. Weekly topics range from popular science fiction, space travel, extraterrestrial life, the Big Bang, to the future of Earth and the environment. Tyson is an astrophysicist with a gifted ability to connect with everyone, inspiring us all to to "keep looking up."

Release Date2015-04-20

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Episode Count1

Vote Count21

James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction

Explore the evolution of sci-fi from its origins as a small genre with a cult following to the blockbuster pop-cultural phenomenon we know today. In each episode, James Cameron introduces one of the “Big Questions” that humankind has contemplated throughout the ages and reaches back into sci-fi’s past to better understand how our favorite films, TV shows, books, and video games were born.

Release Date2018-04-29

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Episode Count1

Vote Count46

Geeking Out

A 30-minute talk show that takes a timely look at pop culture through a fanboy lens and features celebrity interviews, discussion and out-of-the-studio segments.

Release Date2016-07-24

Charactersd Self

Episode Count1

Vote Count10

So Much Damage: How Image Comics Changed the World

This five-part docu-series chronicles the rise, fall and rebirth of Image Comics, which transformed the industry for creator-owned work. Features the seven Image founders plus Robert Kirkman, Brian Michael Bendis, Kelly Sue DeConnick, and many more.

Release Date2017-11-20

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Episode Count5

Vote Count1

The Making of The Walking Dead

The Making of the TV Series The Walking Dead.

Release Date2010-07-31

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Vote Count153

Attack of the Doc!

Before the rise of big tech, social media and Marvel movies, Attack of the Show! chronicled the rise of nerd culture. G4TV's flagship show launched the careers of hosts Olivia Munn and Kevin Pereira and was beloved by fans! But what really happened?

Release Date2023-04-21

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Vote Count6

Doc of the Dead

The definitive zombie culture documentary, brought to the screen by the makers of THE PEOPLE vs. GEORGE LUCAS.

Release Date2014-03-10

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Vote Count49

The Walking Dead: A Decade of Dead

A short documentary celebrating the tenth year of The Walking Dead. Features the creators of the comics and tv show discussing the cultural phenomenon The Walking Dead.

Release Date2013-10-11

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Vote Count13

Nightmare Factory

The story of how one Pittsburgh boy’s fascination with monsters drove him to the very top of the Hollywood food chain. In 1989, Greg Nicotero, much to his parents’ chagrin, quit medical school and headed for Hollywood to pursue a dream of making monsters. Together with gore masters Howard Berger and Robert Kurtzman, Nicotero went on to create KNB EFX Group, one of the most prolific makeup effects studios in the world. After twenty years as the “go to guy” for the world’s most successful horror/sci-fi films, Greg Nicotero is the first one directors like Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez call.

Release Date2011-10-27

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Vote Count22

The Image Revolution

Twenty years ago, seven superstar artists left Marvel Comics to create their own company, Image Comics, a company that continues to influence mainstream comics and pop culture to this day. Image began as more than just a publisher - it was a response to years of creator mistreatment, and changed comics forever. The Image Revolution tells the story of Image Comics, from its founders' work at Marvel, through Image's early success, company difficulties during the comics market implosion, and ultimately the publisher's new generation of properties like The Walking Dead. Filled with colorful characters, the film is a clarion call to artists to take control of their destiny.

Release Date2013-11-21

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Vote Count15

Fear the Walking Dead

What did the world look like as it was transforming into the horrifying apocalypse depicted in "The Walking Dead"? This spin-off set in Los Angeles, following new characters as they face the beginning of the end of the world, will answer that question.

Release Date2015-08-23

DepartmentProduction

JobExecutive Producer

Episode Count6

Vote Count5015

INVINCIBLE

Mark Grayson is a normal teenager except for the fact that his father is the most powerful superhero on the planet. Shortly after his seventeenth birthday, Mark begins to develop powers of his own and enters into his father’s tutelage.

Release Date2021-03-25

DepartmentProduction

JobExecutive Producer

Episode Count24

Vote Count5000

The Walking Dead: Dead City

Maggie and Negan travel to post-apocalyptic Manhattan - long ago cut off from the mainland. The crumbling city is filled with the dead and denizens who have made it a world full of anarchy, danger, beauty, and terror.

Release Date2023-06-18

DepartmentProduction

JobExecutive Producer

Episode Count6

Vote Count609

What If...?

Taking inspiration from the comic books of the same name, each episode of this animated anthology series questions, revisits and twists classic Marvel Cinematic moments.

Release Date2021-08-11

DepartmentCrew

JobThanks

Episode Count1

Vote Count4378

The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon

Daryl washes ashore in France and struggles to piece together how he got there and why. The series tracks his journey across a broken but resilient France as he hopes to find a way back home. As he makes the journey, though, the connections he forms along the way complicate his ultimate plan.

Release Date2023-09-10

DepartmentWriting

JobGraphic Novel

Episode Count12

Vote Count698

The Walking Dead: World Beyond

A heroic group of teens sheltered from the dangers of the post-apocalyptic world receive a message that inspires them to leave the safety of the only home they have ever known and embark on a cross-country journey to find the one man who can possibly save the world.

Release Date2020-10-04

DepartmentProduction

JobExecutive Producer

Episode Count20

Vote Count1165

The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live

The love story of Rick Grimes and Michonne is changed by a changed world. Kept apart by distance. By an unstoppable power. Can they find each other and who they were in a situation unlike any they've ever known?

Release Date2024-02-25

DepartmentProduction

JobExecutive Producer

Episode Count6

Vote Count543

Outcast

Kyle Barnes has been plagued by possession since he was a child. Now an adult, he embarks on a spiritual journey to find answers, but what he uncovers could mean the end of life on Earth as we know it.

Release Date2016-06-03

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count2

Vote Count461

Tales of the Walking Dead

An episodic anthology series focused on both new and established characters set in the world of "The Walking Dead."

Release Date2022-08-14

DepartmentProduction

JobExecutive Producer

Episode Count6

Vote Count177

Ant-Man

Armed with the astonishing ability to shrink in scale but increase in strength, master thief Scott Lang must embrace his inner-hero and help his mentor, Doctor Hank Pym, protect the secret behind his spectacular Ant-Man suit from a new generation of towering threats. Against seemingly insurmountable obstacles, Pym and Lang must plan and pull off a heist that will save the world.

Release Date2015-07-14

DepartmentCrew

JobThanks

Vote Count20116

Classified

Suddenly forced to leave her mother in the US to join her father's stepfamily in South Africa, Ella is swept up in a whole new reality as an expat.

Release Date2023-11-30

DepartmentProduction

JobExecutive Producer

Episode Count8

Vote Count11

Renfield

Having grown sick and tired of his centuries as Dracula's lackey, Renfield finds a new lease on life — and maybe even redemption — when he falls for feisty, perennially angry traffic cop Rebecca Quincy.

Release Date2023-04-07

DepartmentWriting

JobScreenstory

Vote Count1889

Psi Cops

Coworker friends forever (CFFs) Kydd and Felixx are top detectives at the paranormal spooky investigation agency Psi Cops, where they solve mysteries and supernatural crimes using their overly competent incompetence.

Release Date2023-06-04

DepartmentProduction

JobExecutive Producer

Episode Count24

Vote Count2

Stillwater

When ex-con Daniel West receives a mysterious letter promising answers about his past and a substantial inheritance in the small town of Stillwater, he discovers a community where nothing ever ages, no one ever dies, and nobody ever gets out.

DepartmentProduction

JobExecutive Producer

Air

In the near future, breathable air is nonexistent. Virtually all of humanity has disappeared, and those chosen to reestablish society reside in a controlled state of suspended animation. Two engineers tasked with guarding the last hope for mankind struggle to preserve their own sanity and lives while administering to the vital task at hand.

Release Date2015-08-14

DepartmentProduction

JobProducer

Vote Count439

An American Werewolf in London

As she travels through the UK with her boyfriend, Alex is bitten by a werewolf in this remake of the 1981 classic.

DepartmentProduction

JobProducer

The Comeback

Two agents who work for a time-traveling company that rescues people just before they die, embarks on a dangerous mission where one of them meets an alternate version of himself.

Release Date2022-01-20

DepartmentProduction

JobProducer

The Mole People

A woman travels to a town veiled in a conspiracy, to rescue her grandchildren from their father. To do this, she must fight through hell in the underground tunnels where the Mole People reside.

DepartmentProduction

JobProducer

Hardcore

DepartmentWriting

JobScreenplay