“Solid ending, Kirkman is really good at those.
I think Robert Kirkman is a very underrated writer, which seems impossible because he’s gotten so much praise, but it’s sort of like how I feel Stephen King is an underrated writer.
Okay, Stephen King is popular as fuck, probably as famous as a novelist can be at this point in history. And he writes some wacky shit, but that’s the thing: he makes you believe it. That’s skill.
Robert Kirkman is best known for The Walking Dead, which is a really good series, read that this year, loved it. Invincible is probably his next-most-famous joint, which is also excellent, and I might give it a go to read that one before the year is over. My Year of Kirkman.
I think he’s got enough ideas, gives characters some interesting micro and macro things to do, and he’s not afraid to shake things up in big, unexpected ways mid-story, which is what makes comics really awesome and keeps them lively.
If I ever met Robert Kirkman, I would probably say absolutely nothing and leave the room as quickly as possible just in case he was a butthole and it ruined his books for me. I have no reason to think he is (and please nobody ruin it for me, I don’t want to hear it, yes, I’m sticking my head in the sand, as is my right, it’s my head and my sand, purchased fairly at Home Depot, mostly, and some of it taken from a beach, but they have like INFINITE sand, so it’s really not a big deal). “