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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''. Provided by Wikipedia