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🗓️ 30 January 2025
⏱️ 123 minutes
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Our conversation with Robert Kirkman (Invincible, Walking Dead) turns towards Marvel and DC Comics, the vanishing industry sales charts and the risks and rewards of creator owned work. We wrap up our in depth interview getting Robert’s thoughts on his legendary Image Partners! Get ready for some great comic shop talk!
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0:00.0 | Today we invite you to join us for part two of our incredible conversation with comic book industry, Titan Robert Kirkman. |
0:24.7 | We talk Invincible, Walking Dead, Battle Beast, all of his huge achievements. |
0:30.9 | Our in-depth discussion covers a wide variety of topics as we look back at Roberts 25 years in the comic book business. |
0:39.1 | The changes that he has witnessed. |
0:41.9 | We talk the mystery of the vanishing sales charts. |
0:46.1 | We talk Marvel Comics. |
0:47.2 | We talk DC Comics. |
0:48.6 | We talk distribution. |
0:51.1 | And my personal part of today's show is we talk about each of his partners and what they mean to him and his experiences with Mark Silvestri, with Jim Valentino, with Eric Stevenson, with Eric Larson, and Bud, bud! We talk about the man known as Todd. All of this and so much more on an all new |
1:14.8 | episode of Rob'servations. |
1:20.8 | Hey everybody and welcome to another edition of Robeservations. I am your host, Rob Leifeld, making the comic books for 40 years, |
1:31.7 | consuming comic books for 50 years. Comic books is my passion. Comic books has just been such a |
1:38.1 | great ride for me, both as a fan and as a professional. And it is always such a great treat a great joy a great honor to |
1:46.4 | interview somebody in the comic book business especially someone as accomplished and now really |
1:54.6 | experienced as one mr robert kirkman if you listen to part one which man i hope If you listen to part one, which, man, I hope that you listen to part one. |
2:04.1 | Part one is a great discussion with Robert about the success of his skybound label, |
2:10.8 | which has really left their mark. |
2:14.0 | These licenses, Transformers, G.I. Joe, they've traded hands over many years. They've never |
2:21.0 | experienced the excitement that has been generating from the skybound iterations of Optimus Prime |
2:29.8 | and of G.I. Joe and all of these different incredible characters that have been with us for so long. |
2:37.1 | Robert, his team, his approach, they've just given this fresh, very original take on the material. |
2:46.2 | He surrounded himself with great talent. |
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