Invincible’s creator previews season 2: ‘We know what you want, and we’re going to give it to you’
Season 1 of the animated adaptation of Invincible — the superhero comic written by The Walking Dead creator Robert Kirkman and illustrated by Cory Walker and Ryan Ottley — made a big splash when it landed on Prime Video in March 2021. The show’s big twists, unexpected depth, and shockingly graphic violence caught the attention of jaded superhero fans, who mined its big emotional moments for memes and buzzed about where the show might go next. (At least, if they hadn’t read the comic, which the show adapts faithfully in many respects.)
Amazon quickly renewed the series for seasons 2 and 3, and the first half of season 2 will arrive on the service in November. An initial trailer for the season teases new plot arcs around super-strong, super-fast alien hybrid teenager Mark Grayson, aka Invincible (voiced by Nope’s Steven Yeun), and his alien father Nolan, aka Omni-Man (J.K. Simmons), and the huge cast of returning characters, including superheroes Atom Eve (Gillian Jacobs), Rex Splode (Jason Mantzoukas), and Robot (Zachary Quinto). But it also promises new characters voiced by an entire library of familiar names: Peter Cullen (the longtime voice of Optimus Prime, representing a huge personal moment for Kirkman), Paul F. Tompkins, Ben Schwartz, Phil LaMarr, Tatiana Maslany, Sterling K. Brown, Daveed Diggs, Jay Pharoah, and many more.
Understanding that Kirkman wouldn’t be able to talk specifics about who these people play or what they’re up to on the show, Polygon sat down with the Invincible creator for a broad, spoiler-free conversation about what season 2 will look like, the challenge of assembling the voice cast, and what it was like getting I Think You Should Leave star Tim Robinson into the voice studio.
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