Talk:Robert Kirkman

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)

Fantastic Four Foes

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

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)

Birthdate

Just so you know, there's strong circumstantial evidence that the Comic Vine date November 30, 1978 is correct. In the Wiki article about his collaborator Tony Moore it says, "Moore was born in Lexington, Kentucky, and was raised in the small town of Cynthiana" & "In 7th grade History class, Moore met Robert Kirkman..." - since we have zero info in this article about Robert's early life, we can infer from these statements that he lived out at least a portion of his younger days in Kentucky and is approx. the same age as Tony Moore (born December 20, 1978). Guess what? The Walking Dead Wiki confirms the Kentucky connection (under "Robert Kirkman's home town") and if you look up Robert Kirkman on USA People Search and enter State: Kentucky, you get a "Robert F. Kirkman", Age 32, with past residences in Cynthiana, Lexington, etc. I understand Nightscream's concerns but this kind of circumstantial evidence is strong enough to give the above "user-generated" birthdate the benefit of the doubt. Wikkitywack (talk) 08:51, 18 March 2011 (UTC)

I'm afraid we can't use wikia as references. Without having seen Comic Vine, but assuming it's WP:RS, it sounds as if we can at least say "Kirkman spent at least part of his childhood in Kentucky." We can't say he was raised in Cynthiana since in rural areas there may be many small or even unincorporated towns that send their children to a central district school. Also, we can't infer the year form this since students have been known to be double-promoted, to start kindergarten a year late or a year early, etc. --Tenebrae (talk) 13:26, 18 March 2011 (UTC)

In the first place, Wikkitywack, you're starting off citing another Wikipedia article. This vioaltes WP:CIRCULAR, as you can't cite one Wikipedia article as a source in another. Now if that material in the Tony Moore article was sourced, that would be fine, but it's not. All of the information in the early life section, as well as Moore's birth info, is unsourced. I've moved that material to that article's talk page until it can be sourced.

In the second placed, your assertion about Kirkman's age is based on an assumption. Just because he went to school with Moore doesn't mean that Kirkman was born in the same year, let alone that we know the specific time of year he was born. Two people in the same class can be born at different times of year, so that one of them could've been born in 78, and the other in 77 or 79, for all we know, so merely knowing that usa-people says he's 32 doesn't confirm when he was born. As WP:SELFPUB still applies, there's no basis for concluding that the Comic Vine info is correct. Nightscream (talk) 16:19, 18 March 2011 (UTC)

Except for the fact that Kirkman himself says "I'm from Cynthiana, that's where I grew up" (under "Robert Kirkman's home town", a real live quote from Issue 37 of The Walking Dead - which, btw, makes it more than just a wiki reference, yes?) As to his age, that's why I said "and is approx. the same age as Tony Moore." With very limited fine tuning on my part, USA People Search led me to a match. As I said above, from Robert Kirkman, enter State: Kentucky - and there you have it: "Robert F. Kirkman, Age 32 [consistent with the Nov. '78 birthdate] with past residences in Cynthiana, etc." Wikkitywack (talk) 19:49, 18 March 2011 (UTC)

UPDATE Okay, I bit the bullet and bought the $.95 "free" 3-day trial on USA People Search... it appears the Comic Vine date was off by 15 days. According to USA People Search, he was born 11/15/1978. Wikkitywack (talk) 20:10, 18 March 2011 (UTC)

Let's please keep our messages in chronological order. If USA People Search is only available to subscribers, can you use WebCite to archive the page with the relevant info, so that others can verify it without membership? Nightscream (talk) 20:37, 18 March 2011 (UTC)

Off my 15 days in which direction? If we can plug the People Search date into Google, it might also turn up a free confirming reference.

It would have been good to mention The Walking Dead #37 in the first place. OK, now: Find the page #, and there's your cite. --Tenebrae (talk) 14:04, 19 March 2011 (UTC)

Category:Works by Robert Kirkman?

I wonder if the Category:Works by Robert Kirkman is justified? ---Another Believer _(Talk) 20:02, 17 February 2015 (UTC)

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