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An American comic book writer.
Robert Kirkman
Robert Kirkman (; born November 30, 1978) 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. 
walking dead episode carl gets shot in the eye UNANSWERABLE is it a series or a film? Television series. which network was it initially aired? Through AMC in the United States and internationally through the Fox Networks Group. what is the storyline of this episode? This episode revolves around Carl who has been shot . His mother, father along with others try to save him. is the series based on a book? Yes, on a comic book series of the same name. who is the writer? Robert Kirkman, Tony Moore, and Charlie Adlard.
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Robert Kirkman [SEP] Introduction
Robert Kirkman (; born November 30, 1978) 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". 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.