Read Ebook {PDF EPUB} Marvel Zombies by Robert Kirkman Robert Kirkman. Robert Kirkman is an American comic book writer who created and writes for Die!Die!Die!. He is best known for creating the zombie apocalypse comic book series The Walking Dead . Contents. Biography [ edit | edit source ] Robert Kirkman's first comic book work was Battle Pope (2000), a superhero parody co-created with artist Tony Moore and self-published under the Funk-O-Tron label. [citation needed] Later, while pitching a new series, Science Dog , Kirkman and artist Cory Walker were hired to do a SuperPatriot miniseries for Image Comics. [citation needed] While working on that book, Kirkman and E.J. Su created the 2002 Image series Tech Jacket , which ran six issues. [citation needed] In 2003, Kirkman and Walker created Invincible for Image's new superhero line. The story surrounded the adolescent son of the world's most powerful superhero, who develops powers and starts his own superhero career. Walker later failed to meet the monthly title's deadlines and was replaced by Ryan Ottley. [1] In 2005, Paramount Pictures announced it had bought the rights to produce an Invincible feature film, and hired Kirkman to write the screenplay. [2] Shortly after the launch of Invincible , Kirkman and Moore began The Walking Dead (2003), a series set in a world inspired by George A. Romero's zombie movies. Moore, himself struggling to keep deadlines, was replaced by Charlie Adlard, beginning with Issue #7. [3] Moore continued to draw covers until Issue 24 as well as the first four volumes of the trade paperbacks for the series. Kirkman's work for Marvel Comics has included a revival of the 1990s Sleepwalker series; it was canceled before being published, [citation needed] with the first issue eventually included in Epic Anthology #1 (2004). He soon became a mainstay at Marvel, writing, among other titles, Captain America vol. 4, #29-32 (2004), Marvel Knights 2099 (2004), Jubilee #1-6 (2004), Marvel Team-Up vol. 3, #1-25 (2005), Fantastic Four: Foes #1-6 (2005), Marvel Zombies #1-5 (2005–2006), Ultimate X-Men (starting with issue #66), and Irredeemable Ant-Man #1-12. Kirkman and artist Jason Howard created the Image series The Astounding Wolf-Man , launching it on May 5, 2007, as part of Free Comic Book Day. Kirkman edited the monthly series Brit , based on the character he created for the series of one-shots, illustrated by Moore and Cliff Rathburn. It ran 12 issues. Kirkman announced in 2007 that he and artist Rob Liefeld would team on a revival of Killraven for Marvel Comics. [4] Kirkman that year also said he and Todd McFarlane would collaborate on Haunt for Image Comics. [5] In late July 2008, Kirkman was made a partner at Image Comics, and would no longer write for Marvel. [6] [7] In 2009, however, he and Walker produced the five-issue miniseries The Destroyer vol. 4 [8] for Marvel's MAX imprint. In 2009, Kirkman and Marc Silvestri took over the 2009/2010 Pilot Season for Top Cow Comics. The 2009/2010 Pilot Season contains a series of five one-shot pilot comics that readers will be able to vote on which becomes an ongoing series. Each series is co-created by Silvestri who also provides cover art. [9] On February 9th, 2012, Robert Kirkman was sued by Tony Moore. Moore says he was duped into assigning his interest in the material over to Kirkman, who has since gone on to fame and fortune. Moore, on the other hand, has received very little compensation and has not be able to access profit statements from properties including Walking Dead, he says. [10] On August 7th, 2012, Moore filed a new lawsuit against Kirkman in order to seek a declaratory judgment that he is a joint author of "The Walking Dead" and other works. Kirkman then filed a countersuit against Moore, claiming that he had actually overpaid Moore for his work and was entitled to his money back. [11] Trivia [ edit | edit source ] There is a small easter egg that relates to Kirkman in GTA V . Police officers in the Blaine county area will sometimes have a name badge with the name 'Kirkman' or 'Grimes'. He has numerous mentions in other games/movies/TV shows that deal with the zombie genre. Kirkman said he named his son 'Peter Parker Kirkman', after Spider-Man's civilian identity, Peter Parker. [12][13] Bibliography [ edit | edit source ] Image Comics [ edit | edit source ] The Astounding Wolf-Man (2007-2010) Brit (2003-2004, 2007-2008) Capes (miniseries) Haunt (2009-2012) Image United (2009-2010) Invincible (2003-2018) Pilot Season for Top Cow Comics a partner studio of Image (2009/2010) [14] Murderer #1 (W) Robert Kirkman (A) Nelson Blake II (Cov) Marc Silvestri Demonic #1 (W) Robert Kirkman (A) Joe Benitez (Cov) Marc Silvestri Stealth #1 (W) Robert Kirkman (A) Sheldon Mitchell (Cov) Marc Silvestri Stellar #1 (W) Robert Kirkman (A) Bernard Chang (Cov) Marc Silvestri Hardcore #1 (W) Robert Kirkman (A) Brian Stelfreeze (Cov) Marc Silvestri. Marvel Comics [ edit | edit source ] Captain America (2004) Destroyer Epic Anthology Fantastic Four: Foes (2005) The Irredeemable Ant-Man (2006-2007) Jubilee (2004) Marvel Knights 2099 Marvel Team-Up (2005-2007) Marvel Zombies (2005-2007) Marvel Zombies (2005-2006) Marvel Zombies: Dead Days (2006) Marvel Zombies 2 (2007) Novels [ edit | edit source ] The Walking Dead: Rise of the Governor The Walking Dead: The Road to Woodbury Just Another Day at the Office The Walking Dead: The Fall of the Governor The Walking Dead: Descent The Walking Dead: Invasion The Walking Dead: Search and Destroy The Walking Dead: Return to Woodbury. Other [ edit | edit source ] Battle Pope (2000) Filmography [ edit | edit source ] Kirkman is creator, writer and/or producer of several television shows based on his comic books such as: Robert Kirkman. Robert Kirkman ( / ˈ k ɜr k m ən / ; born November 30, 1978) [2] is an American comic book writer best known for co-creating The Walking Dead , Invincible , Tech Jacket , Outcast and Oblivion Song 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 . [3] He is one of the five partners of Image Comics, and the only one of the five who was not one of its co-founders. [4] Contents. Early life [ edit | edit source ] Robert Kirkman was born November 30, 1978, [2] in Lexington, Kentucky, and was raised in Cynthiana, Kentucky. [5] Career [ edit | edit source ] Robert Kirkman's first comic book work was the 2000 superhero parody Battle Pope , [3] which he co-created with artist Tony Moore, self- published under the Funk-O-Tron label, and was adapted into a season of 8 animated webisodes that appeared on Spike TV's website in 2008. [6] Later, while pitching a new series, Science Dog , Kirkman and artist Cory Walker were hired to do a SuperPatriot miniseries for Image Comics. While working on that book, Kirkman and E. J. Su created the 2002 Image series Tech Jacket , which ran six issues, and the one-shot title, Cloudfall . In 2003, Kirkman and Walker created Invincible for Image's new superhero line. The story surrounded the adolescent son of the world's most powerful superhero, who develops powers and starts his own superhero career. Walker later failed to meet the monthly title's deadlines and was replaced by Ryan Ottley. [7] In 2005, Paramount Pictures announced it had bought the rights to produce an Invincible feature film, and hired Kirkman to write the screenplay. [8] Shortly after the launch of Invincible , Kirkman and Moore began The Walking Dead (2003). Kirkman said in 2012 that Image had balked at publishing a comics series featuring what it felt was simply another zombie story, prompting him to say the zombies were part of an alien plot—a notion he had no intention of using except as a means of selling the project. [9] Artist Charlie Adlard replaced Tony Moore with issue #7. [10] Moore continued to draw covers until issue 24 as well as the first four volumes of the trade paperbacks for the series. Kirkman at the 2011 New York Comic Con. Kirkman was first hired by Marvel Comics to pen a revival of the 1990s Sleepwalker series, [11] but it was canceled before being published; the contents of its first issue were included in Epic Anthology No. 1 (2004). He soon became a mainstay at Marvel, writing the "Avengers Disassembled" issues of Captain America vol. 4, 2004's Marvel Knights 2099 one-shots event, Jubilee #1–6 and Fantastic Four: Foes #1–6, a two-year run on Ultimate X-Men and the entire Marvel Team-Up vol. 3 and the Irredeemable Ant-Man miniseries. At Image, Kirkman and artist Jason Howard created the ongoing series The Astounding Wolf-Man , launching it on May 5, 2007, as part of Free Comic Book Day. Kirkman edited the monthly series Brit , based on the character he created for the series of one-shots, illustrated by Moore and Cliff Rathburn. It ran 12 issues. Kirkman announced in 2007 that he and artist Rob Liefeld would team on a revival of Killraven for Marvel Comics. [12] Kirkman that year also said he and Todd McFarlane would collaborate on Haunt for Image Comics. [13] In late July 2008, Kirkman was made a partner at Image Comics, thereby ending his freelance association with Marvel. [14] [15] Nonetheless, later in 2009, he and Walker produced the five-issue miniseries The Destroyer vol. 4 [16] for Marvel's MAX imprint. In 2009, Kirkman and Marc Silvestri took over the 2009–2010 Pilot Season for Top Cow Comics. The 2009/2010 Pilot Season contains a series of five one-shot pilot comics that readers will be able to vote on which becomes an ongoing series. Each series is co-created by Silvestri who also provides cover art. [17] In 2010, he also began producing the television adaption of his comic book series The Walking Dead , [18] the pilot of which was directed by Frank Darabont. [19] Kirkman has written or co-written seven episodes of the series. Kirkman also created and serves as an executive producer on the show's companion series, Fear the Walking Dead . [20] In July 2010, Kirkman announced he would launch and run a new Image Comics imprint called Skybound Entertainment. [21] On February 9, 2012, Tony Moore filed a lawsuit alleging that Kirkman, in 2005, had deceitfully engineered him into surrendering his rights to The Walking Dead comic book and eventual TV series in exchange for payments that never materialized. Kirkman said in a statement the following day that he and Moore "each had legal representation seven years ago and now he is violating the same contract he initiated and approved and he wants to misrepresent the fees he was paid and continues to be paid for the work he was hired to do." [22] Kirkman in turn sued Moore. On September 24, 2012, the two released a joint statement saying they had reached a settlement "to everyone's mutual satisfaction." [23] Kirkman made an appearance in a 2012 episode of Adult Swim's Robot Chicken as himself where he tries to tell The Nerd and Daniel a hint, but gets eaten by the zombies. In November 2013, Cinemax purchased a TV pilot based on Kirkman and artist Paul Azaceta's then-upcoming six-issue exorcism comics miniseries, Outcast . [24] The first issue of the comic was released in June 2014 to positive reviews. [25] Kirkman was a producer of the science fiction thriller Air , which starred The Walking Dead ' s Norman Reedus, and Djimon Hounsou. The movie was released in 2015. It was the first feature film to be produced by Skybound Entertainment. [26] [27] Kirkman's latest [ when? ] television project known as Five Year will be a joint venture between Skybound and Viki.com. It will be filmed for TV in Korea and available everywhere on Viki.com. The pre-apocalyptic story centres on a family dealing with an impending meteor strike. It was picked up for an initial 1 season run of 16 episodes with a plan for 5 seasons. Filming begins in late 2016. [28] As of November 7, 2016, Kirkman's production company Skybound Entertainment was set to produce a remake of the film An American Werewolf in London . The remake will be written and directed by Max Landis, son of the original director John Landis. Kirkman and David Alpert would be executive producers on the film. [29] Personal life [ edit | edit source ] Kirkman and his wife live in Kentucky. [30] [31] Their son Peter Parker Kirkman was born April 25, 2006. [32] Accolades [ edit | edit source ] In 2011, The Walking Dead TV series was nominated for A Writers Guide of America Award for Best New Series. [citation needed] In 2013 he was nominated for the OTFA Television Award for Best Writing in a Drama Series. [citation needed] Bibliography [ edit | edit source ] Funk-O-Tron [ edit | edit source ] Battle Pope , one in collaboration with Tony Moore, Matt Roberts, Jonboy Meyers, Cory Walker and E. J. Su, (2000–2002) Battle Pope (2000) #1–4 Battle Pope: Shorts (2001) #1–3 Battle Pope: Mayhem (2001) #1, 2 Battle Pope: Christmas Pope-Tacular (2001) Battle Pope Presents: Saint Michael #1–3 (with Terry Stevens, 2001) Battle Pope: Wrath of God (2002) #1–3. Image Comics [ edit | edit source ] SuperPatriot: SuperPatriot: America's Fighting Force #1–4 (with Cory Walker, 2002) SuperPatriot: War on Terror #1–4 (with E. J. Su, 2004– 2007) Marvel Comics [ edit | edit source ] Epic Anthology : "Sleepwalker: New Beginnings" (with Khary Randolph, Epic, 2004) X-Men Unlimited #2: "All the Rage" (with Takeshi Miyazawa, 2004) Spider-Man Unlimited #4: "Love Withdrawal" (with Cory Walker, 2004) Captain America #29–32: "Super Patriot" (with Scot Eaton, 2004) Jubilee #1–6 (with Derec Donovan, 2004) Marvel Team-Up (with Scott Kolins, Jeff Johnson, Paco Medina, Cory Walker, Andy Kuhn and Roger Cruz, 2005–2007) Fantastic Four: Foes #1–6 (with Cliff Rathburn, 2005) Amazing Fantasy #15: "Monstro" (with Khary Randolph, 2006) What If. featuring Thor (with Michael Avon Oeming, one-shot, 2006) Marvel Zombies : Ultimate X-Men #66–93, Annual No. 2 New Avengers: America Supports You : "Time Trouble" (with Alex Chung and Scott Hepburn, one-shot, 2006) The Irredeemable Ant-Man (with Phil Hester and Cory Walker, 2006–2007) Destroyer #1–5 (with Cory Walker, 2009) X-Force Annual No. 1 (with Jason Pearson, 2010) Inhumans 2099 (with Cliff Rathburn, 2004) Other publishers [ edit | edit source ] 9-11 vol.1: "Untitled" (with Tony Moore, anthologygraphic novel, TPB, 196 pages, Dark Horse, 2002, ISBN 1-56389-881-0) : Hardcore (2012, ongoing) Tales of Army of Darkness : "Weekend Off" (with Ryan Ottley, Dynamite, one-shot, 2006) Masters of the Universe Icons of Evil – Tri-Klops #1 Masters of the Universe Icons of Evil – Mer-Man #1 Masters of the Universe Icons of Evil – Trap Jaw #1 Tales of the Realm #1– 5 (with Matt Tyree, MVCreations, 2003–2004) Novels [ edit | edit source ] Kirkman has also written a series of non-graphic The Walking Dead novels: The Walking Dead: Rise of the Governor , with Jay Bonansinga, Thomas Dunne Books, October 2011 The Walking Dead: The Road to Woodbury , with Jay Bonansinga, Thomas Dunne Books, October 2012 The Walking Dead: The Fall of the Governor – Part I , with Jay Bonansinga, Thomas Dunne Books, October 2013 The Walking Dead: The Fall of the Governor – Part II , with Jay Bonansinga, Thomas Dunne Books, March 2014 Robert Kirkman's The Walking Dead: Descent , with Jay Bonansinga, Thomas Dunne Books, October 2014. Robert Kirkman's The Walking Dead: Invasion , with Jay Bonansinga, Thomas Dunne Books, October 2015. Robert Kirkman's The Walking Dead: Search and Destroy , with Jay Bonansinga, Thomas Dunne Books, October 2016 Robert Kirkman's The Walking Dead: Return To Woodbury with Jay Bonansinga, Thomas Dunne Books, October 2017. The Walking Dead (TV series) [ edit | edit source ] Kirkman has written a number of The Walking Dead TV episodes. 1.04 – "Vatos" 2.01 – "What Lies Ahead" (co-written with Ardeth Bey) 2.13 – "Beside the Dying Fire" (co-written with Glen Mazzara) 3.08 – "Made to Suffer" 4.03 – "Isolation" 4.09 – "After" 5.02 – "Strangers" Fear the Walking Dead [ edit | edit source ] Fear the Walking Dead is a companion series to The Walking Dead , set in Los Angeles, California and starting prior to the apocalypse. Robert Kirkman is co-creator of the series alongside Dave Erickson. He is also an executive producer and has co-written episodes of the series. Marvel Zombies: Every Major Storyline In The Series (In Chronological Order) While Marvel Zombies was rebooted, it remains a benchmark in Marvel horror entertainment. In 2020, Philip Kennedy Johnson and Leonard Kirk rebooted the Marvel Zombies series with a new story, completely separate from the original series (Spider-Man lived through this). It proved there was still life in the original series that Robert Kirkman and Sean Phillips created that centered on Marvel superheroes turning into zombies and eating the world. Since the first series hit in 2006, there have been sequels and prequels and tie-ins that show what the world is like when all the superheroes get a taste for brains. While Marvel Zombies was rebooted, it remains a benchmark in Marvel horror entertainment. 13 Marvel Zombies: Dead Days. Marvel Zombies: Dead Days was the third series in the franchise following the original miniseries and the crossover with Army of Darkness . This took place during the events of the second issue of the Army of Darkness crossover, but it shows what happened when the zombie plague first started changing the heroes. This one-shot by Robert Kirkman and Sean Phillips shows Spider-Man turning into a zombie and attacking Aunt May while Magneto is on Asteroid M and returns to Earth to help. 12 Marvel Zombies Vs. The Army Of Darkness. Marvel Zombies vs. Army of Darkness started before the events in Marvel Zombies: Dead Days because the series started with Ashley Williams in his time period. He accidentally ends up in the world of Marvel Zombies after going to Heaven following the events in The Death of Ash , and the zombie outbreak had already started when he showed up and joined the fight. Dead Days was a one-shot, explaining what was happening before Ash showed up. This was a five-issue series by John Layman, Fabiano Neves, Fernando Blanco, and Sean Phillips. 11 Marvel Zombies. The original Marvel Zombies series by Robert Kirkman and Sean Phillips in 2005 is where this scary story began, but it was the third in the zombie franchise's chronological order. There was an event in Ultimate Fantastic Four that started it all, but this was the first in the official Marvel Zombies franchise and led to the forming of the Galactus Hive. This led to the zombies heading to other worlds, starting the end of everything. 10 Marvel Zombies 2. Marvel Zombies 2 came next in 2007 from Robert Kirkman and Sean Phillips. In this storyline, the superhero zombies had left Earth for 40 years and ate pretty much everything in the entire universe as the Galacti and infected all the beings in the galaxy, from Thanos to Gladiator. By this time, the real threat, as with most zombie fiction, is humanity, this time the son of Fabian Cortez, while the zombies begin to return to normal. 9 Marvel Zombies Return. Released in 2009, Marvel Zombies Return was released after the third and fourth chapters in the series, but the story took place after Marvel Zombies 2 . This series had five issues, each with different writers and heroes, including Spider-Man, Iron Man, Wolverine, Hulk, and Avengers. The creative teams include Fred Van Lente and Nick Dragotta, David Wellington and Andrea Mutti, Jonathan Maberry and Jason Shawn Alexander, Seth Grahame-Smith and Richard Elson, and Fred Van Lente and Wellington Alves. Each hero is sent to an alternate dimension, and each issue tells that hero's story. 8 Marvel Zombies 3. Machine Man takes center stage in 2008's Marvel Zombies 3 by Fred Van Lente and Kev Walker. In this series, the Marvel zombies attack Earth-616 by entering the world through the Nexus of Realities. This took place during the aftermath of the Civil War, and the Fifty-State Initiative and Machine Man traveled to the zombie homeworld to find a cure. 7 Marvel Zombies 4. At the end of Marvel Zombies 3 , Morbius and the Midnight Sons set out to track a zombie who escaped. This story continued in Marvel Zombies 4 by Fred Van Lente and Kev Walker. The villains this time around are the Hood and Dormammu, both of whom wanted to control the zombie virus to conquer humanity. By the end, the Midnight Sons have decided since the zombies are gone, they should hunt other monsters. 6 Marvel Zombies 5. Marvel Zombies 5 hit in 2010 as a direct sequel to Marvel Zombies 4, with Fred Van Lente back again, this time with artist Jose Angel Cano Lopez. Since the Werewolf by Night was infected in the last series, Morbius sends Machine Man and Howard the Duck to five different realities to retrieve samples so he can find a cure. The fun part here is that each reality has a different form of zombies based on different zombie movie worlds. 5 Marvel Zombies Supreme. In 2011, Marvel Zombies: Supreme hit by the creative team of Frank Marraffino and Fernando Bianco. As the title indicates, this series's zombies were the former superteam known as the Squadron Supreme. Considering this was Marvel's version of the Justice League, it was bad news for the world. The team sent to try to bring down the zombie Squadron was called Project Pegasus and included the former Avenger Jack of Hearts. 4 Marvel Zombies Destroy! In 2012, Frank Marraffino and Mirco Pierfederici took the idea of the zombies to World War II when Howard the Duck convinced Dum Dum Duggan to come with him to Earth-12591, where the Nazis won the war by becoming zombies and have taken over the world. They now want to expand and take over other realities, so Howard and Dugan have to team up with Golden Age heroes to stop them. 3 Marvel Zombies (2015) Marvel Zombies Vol. 2 arrived in 2015 as part of the Secret Wars multiverse storyline. Simon Spurrier and Kevin Walker created this series where Commander Elsa Bloodstone (Earth-15513) was tasked with keeping the zombie hordes from destroying Battleworld. While the zombies were there, the series drifted into Elsa, finding an alternate universe version of her father, Ulysses Bloodstone. She realized that the power of the Bloodstone providers protection against the virus. 2 Age Of Ultron Vs. Marvel Zombies. Following the 2015 Battleworlds story, a second story came from that world later in 2015 from James Robinson, Steve Pugh, and Ron Garney. Age of Ultron vs. Marvel Zombies took place in the same world, Earth-15513, and while the zombies eat anyone banished for crimes, Ultrons also destroy anything human. When an alternate version of Hank Pym is forced over the wall, he becomes the one man who could use his brain to change everything. 1 Marvel Zombies: Resurrection. Finally, 2019 saw a rebooting of the entire Marvel Zombies franchise with Marvel Zombies: Resurrection . The first volume by Phillip Kennedy Johnson and Leonard Kirk was one issue that showed the new zombie infection on Earth-19121. This then led to the 2020 miniseries by the same team where Spider-Man, remaining human this time, intends to protect Franklin and Valeria Richards while the Marvel Zombies have plans of their own after conquering Galactus. Shawn S. Lealos is a freelance writer who received his Bachelor's degree in Journalism from the University of Oklahoma with a minor in Film Studies. He has worked as a journalist for 25 years, starting in newspapers and magazines before moving to online media as the world changed. Shawn is a former member of the Society of Professional Journalists and a current voting member of the Oklahoma Film Critics Circle. He has work published on websites like The Huffington Post, Time Warner Cable, Yahoo Movies, The Movie Network, Chud, Renegade Cinema, 411mania, and Monsters & Critics. Shawn is also a published author, with a non-fiction book about the Stephen King Dollar Baby Filmmakers and has begun work on a new fiction series as well. Visit Shawn Lealos' website to learn more about his novel writing and follow him on Twitter @sslealos. The Real Reason Walking Dead's Creator Left Marvel Comics. Walking Dead creator Robert Kirkman opened up about his time at Marvel and the disputes he had with Joe Quesada that soured his experience. The Walking Dead creator Robert Kirkman opened up about his time at Marvel Comics and admitted that things weren't always rosy. In a recent interview, Kirkman said that he felt like he was "treated like crap" at the House of Ideas while revealing most of the problems were centered around editor Joe Quesada. As Kirkman was experiencing breakthrough success with his Image Comics titles Invincible and The Walking Dead in the early-to-mid 2000s, the talented writer was working at Marvel as well. Most famously he was known for penning Marvel Zombies, as well as Ultimate X-Men and The Irredeemable Ant-Man. However, he left the company after becoming a partner at Image in 2008. This week, Kirkman spoke about his time at Marvel in an interview with the ComicTropes YouTube channel, where he revealed that he grew frustrated with the comic publisher. In the interview, Kirkman said that he had a good relationship with executive editor Tom Brevoort, but didn't get along with Quesada. Kirkman said Quesada blamed him for things that didn't happen while expressing frustrating over a word balloon showing up on a cover of The Irredeemable Ant-Man without his prior notice as well as Marvel's hesitance at him promoting his own work when they didn't. He said Marvel saw him as arrogant when he tried to sell his own books - which culminated in a "big fight" with Quesada, about over the hardcover collections of the Ultimate books. Kirkman said Quesada messaged him about his concerns suggesting that he was worrying about royalties over stories and told him to focus on writing. That didn't sit well with Kirkman. Kirkman said he was doing really well with his sales at Image Comics and was making much less from his work at Marvel. He said that he thought the issue boiled down to Marvel resenting the fact that he didn't need them to succeed in comics. And my response, I don't think I said this, but my response was like, 'I'm making nickel and dime from you a—holes,'" Kirkman said. "I'm making crazy money, at the time, from Invincible and Walking Dead , my collections are doing great. I'm working for nickels over here at Marvel and I get treated like crap and I get yelled at all the time for just trying to put an extra level of care in the books. So that's really what it got down to: I think they resented the fact that I didn't need them, and it was a constant problem. It's no surprise if Kirkman felt like he was being mistreated that he decided to eventually stop working with Marvel. Working on a project that he felt was getting the right marketing and promotional push was understandably a big deal. With Image, he could put the time and effort in. However, at Marvel, he was getting paid less and allegedly getting treated like crap all for caring about his books on more than just a story level. Robert Kirkman decided to leave and it's safe to assume based on his success at Image Comics, that it was absolutely the right decision. Marvel Zombies (Hardcover) Torn from the pages of ULTIMATE FANTASTIC FOUR! On an Earth shockingly similar to the Marvel Universe's, an alien virus has mutated all of the world's greatest super heroes into flesh-eating monsters! It took them only hours to destroy life as we know it - but what happens when they run out of humans to eat?! Follow their search for more food, and witness the arrival of the Silver Surfer! Collects MARVEL ZOMBIES #1-5. 136 PGS./Parental Advisory . $19.99. Torn from the pages of ULTIMATE FANTASTIC FOUR! On an Earth shockingly similar to the Marvel Universe's, an alien virus has mutated all of the world's greatest super heroes into flesh-eating monsters! It took them only hours to destroy life as we know it - but what happens when they run out of humans to eat?! Follow their search for more food, and witness the arrival of the Silver Surfer! Collects MARVEL ZOMBIES #1-5. 136 PGS./Parental Advisory . $19.99.