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Robert Kirkman Draws ‘Youngblood’ No. 100 Cover

Robert Kirkman Draws ‘Youngblood’ No. 100 Cover

Robert Kirkman is known as the mind behind some of the most impactful comic book properties this century, from The Walking Dead to Invincible. But the prolific writer and comic book mogul has talents with the pencils as well. Kirkman is behind a variant cover for Youngblood No. 100, which The Hollywood Reporter can debut. The comic is a milestone issue for the Rob Liefeld-created title, one that comes 34 years after Liefeld launched the book. Liefeld asked a number of artists contribute covers, including a several of Liefeld’s Image Comics co-founders, with whom he launched the company in 1992. “I rarely ask anybody for anything. I hate getting turned down. I’m as sheepish as anyone else,” Liefeld tells THR of asking artists to contribute. But after learning Liefeld had asked his Image founders to participate, “Robert is like, ‘What about me?’” recalls Liefeld. Youngblood launched in 1992 from Image and was the first title outside of Marvel or DC to bow at No. 1 and sell more than 1 million copies. Liefeld returned to …

Robert Kirkman on What Makes a Good Comics-to-TV-to-Game Adaptation

Robert Kirkman on What Makes a Good Comics-to-TV-to-Game Adaptation

You’d better not play Invincible VS at a zombie’s pace, lest your playable Mark Grayson will become very vincible. Invincible VS is an action-packed fighting game from Robert Kirkman, the guy behind The Walking Dead, and his new game-development studio, Quarter Up, a subsidiary of his Skybound Entertainment. Kirkman’s latest comics-to-TV-to-games adaptation is available today on Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 5 and PC; the three-on-three fighter boasts a roster of 18 characters from the Invincible universe, including an all-new original fighter. I got my hands on the game a bit early, and — when my kids weren’t looking — beat the blood out of heroes and villains in its mixed-tag action. Hey, somebody’s got to protect Earth from Omni-Man. Read The Hollywood Reporter‘s Q&A with Kirkman and Invincible VS executive producer Mike Willette below. *** What comic makes for a good TV adaptation and in turn makes for a good game adaptation? KIRKMAN I think the only thing that, in my experience, really helps is a long-running comic. You know, Outcast was kind of happening …