Robert Kirkman (born November 30, 1978 in Lexington, Kentucky) is an American comic book writer
He is best known for co-creating The Walking Dead (which was adapted into a successful TV franchise), Invincible, Tech Jacket, Outcast and Oblivion Song for Image Comics, in addition to writing Ultimate X-Men (2001), 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, where he has his own imprint, Skybound, and the only one of the five who was not one of its co-founders.
His works include:
- The Astounding Wolfman
- Battle Pope
- Brit
- Capes
- Crossover (2020) (co-wrote issue #12)
- Destroyer (Marvel Comics)
- Die!Die!Die!
- Fire Power
- Guarding The Globe
- Haunt
- Image United
- The Infinite
- Invincible
- The Irredeemable Ant-Man
- Marvel Zombies
- Oblivion Song
- Outcast
- Renfield (2023) (story and producer)
- Science Dog
- Super Dinosaur
- Tech Jacket
- Thief Of Thieves
- Void Rivals
- The Walking Dead