Talk:Robert Kirkman

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[edit] Fair statement?

• Often takes ideas from other works and inserts a "WHAT IF" storyline. (WHAT IF Superman had a son, for Invincible is a good example of this).
• Frequently instructs artists to copy and paste existing panels for creative effect.

I don't find either item to be a fair statement. The copy/paste thing is hardly unique to Kirkman (it's the comics equivalent of a double-take), it's something that he's poked fun at himself (in an early Invincible issue), and it's not as prevalent in his work as the article implies. And the "What If" item is extremely reductionist. Maybe if you'd only read Invincible and Marvel Zombies you could get that impression, but even Invincible is much more than that, and he's written plenty of other stuff too. WP:NOR. -leigh (φθόγγος) 04:41, 25 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Fantastic Four Foes

the mini series is six issues instead of four, so i fixed it. Covar1 23:58, 24 Aug 2006 (EST)

[edit] I have no idea how citations work...

But the source for that bit at the end about naming his kid Peter Parker Kirkman was from the letters page of Invincible #35. At least that's where I first read it. --Bsteger 09:08, 16 October 2007 (UTC)

I gather from comics-db.com that #35 was published in August. There's a "Buy My Books" column from June about P.P.K. I'll add it to the article. --Sloop Jon (talk) 05:26, 15 March 2008 (UTC)