How did a broke comic shop clerk build a billion dollar empire?

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Robert Kirkman was dead broke. Then he changed the entire entertainment industry. *Links and Reading Guide* The cheapest way to read Invincible and the Walking Dead is usually the compendiums. They are all linked here: Invincible 1: https://amzn.to/461obnv Invincible 2: https://amzn.to/44WfuJW Invincible 3: https://amzn.to/3LsNXZt Walking Dead 1: https://amzn.to/3talEsv Walking Dead 2: https://amzn.to/44ZZzu3 Walking Dead 3: https://amzn.to/4516xPx Walking Dead 4: https://amzn.to/3RN318D If you prefer trades and hardcovers, here are the links for those as well. Invincible TPB 1: https://amzn.to/48mCMvn Walking Dead TPB 1: https://amzn.to/48oQNIP Invincible HC 1: https://amzn.to/3PqhbcP Walking Dead HC 1: https://amzn.to/3PtC1rB If I did my job, you now also want to read Savage Dragon. They have been collected cheaply in Black and White Savage Dragon 1: https://amzn.to/46fljmA Savage Dragon 2: https://amzn.to/3ELqrDg Savage Dragon 3: https://amzn.to/3EMibD5 (10 volumes in print so far, thru issue 250) Also, Spawn: https://amzn.to/3LyWtGC Other Image books (probably should be its own video): Chew: https://amzn.to/3ZqjgtO Deadly Class: https://amzn.to/3sUhHrR East of West: https://amzn.to/3Pv4FJa Monstress: https://amzn.to/3EOVVZg Prophet: https://amzn.to/3RvjcqX Saga: https://amzn.to/45Z12Ck Stray Bullets: https://amzn.to/3t2NW8t Nailbiter: https://amzn.to/3RqeL0t Descender: https://amzn.to/3PzCjh0 (As an Amazon associate I earn from qualifying purchases) Sources & Further Reading Robert Kirkman Interviews: http://www.wtfpod.com/podcast/tag/Robert+Kirkman https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZW7v6SCAy1k https://podcast.robliefeldcreations.com/robert-kirkman/ https://id10t.com/podcast/episode-92-robert-kirkman/ (Trickery & Deceit) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_h42ND4c9g https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIW1luVJbWs&list=PLmpvkV8epZLxwN-Z_IHomA5c2LuIFimmQ&index=5 https://screenrant.com/comics-like-invincible-robert-kirkman-savage-dragon/ https://www.polygon.com/features/2015/3/30/8311735/the-walking-dead-invincible-outcast-fear-the-walking-dead-interview-robert-kirkman https://web.archive.org/web/20110820061442/http://www.padsandpanels.com/?p=10235 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uubsUgShma4&pp=ygUXcm9iZXJ0IGtpcmttYW4gc2t5Ym91bmQ%3D Tony Moore Interviews: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMKBzZ4PXRo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gV15mpx18AA Charlie Adlard Interviews (most of this got cut): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tn4yoUv4808 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUyPsGMqbJI The Kirkman Manifesto: https://www.cbr.com/baltimore-the-bendiskirkman-debate/ https://www.cbr.com/year-in-review-the-kirkman-manifesto/ http://wordballoon.blogspot.com/2019/06/comic-books-robert-kirkman-manifesto.html (the original manifesto video is gone, but the audio survives here) Frank Darabont: https://web.archive.org/web/20160303194704/http://www.hitfix.com/blogs/whats-alan-watching/posts/comic-con-interview-frank-darabont-on-amc-s-the-walking-dead TWD TV Show: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/walking-dead-lawsuit-spills-obscene-emails-tales-greed-tvs-billion-dollar-hit-1020061/ Lawsuits: https://www.vice.com/en/article/ppzgg9/robert-kirkman-tony-moore-653-v17n12 https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/walking-dead-robert-kirkman-michael-anthony-moore-lawsuit-359916/ https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/walking-dead-creator-robert-kirkman-289308/ https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/walking-dead-robert-kirkman-lawsuit-373667/ https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/walking-dead-lawsuit-spills-obscene-emails-tales-greed-tvs-billion-dollar-hit-1020061/ Photos/Image Credits Photos of Robert Kirkman, Todd McFarlane, and Gale Anne Hurd including thumbnail photo, are copyright Gage Skidmore https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gale_Anne_Hurd#/media/File:Gale_Anne_Hurd_by_Gage_Skidmore_3.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Robert_Kirkman_2013_SDCC.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Robert_Kirkman_%2848410314906%29.jpg https://www.flickr.com/photos/gageskidmore/3756223947 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Todd_McFarlane_by_Gage_Skidmore_2.jpg https://www.flickr.com/photos/gageskidmore/14773743772 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Robert_Kirkman_%2835306512644%29.jpg Photos of Robert Kirkman, Jim Valentino, Brian K Vaughn, & Ryan Ottley are copyright Luigi Novi https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Kirkman#/media/File:10.14.11RobertKirkmanByLuigiNovi1.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:10.9.10JimValentinoByLuigiNovi1.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:8.1.19BrianKVaughanByLuigiNovi1.jpg Photo of Cory Walker copyright Niccolò Caranti https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cory_Walker#/media/File:Cory_Walker_-_Lucca_Comics_&_Games_2018_02.jpg Spider-Man Sketch Credit: https://www.flickr.com/photos/diegopig/49797977838 Wolverine Sketch Credit: https://www.flickr.com/photos/marthouli/4644309553