Walking Dead & Invincible Creator Admits the Writing Trick Used for Both
Warning! Contains minor Walking Dead and Invincible spoilers!
Robert Kirkman, the creative mind behind The Walking Dead and Invincible has a writing trick that he relies on so much, he wound up using it in both series.
Both The Walking Dead andInvincible are known for their engaging plots, rich characters and dramatic, long-form storytelling. They're also infamous for their shocking and heartbreaking moments. The Walking Dead tells the story of a zombie apocalypse and the struggles of a survivor group trying to stay alive while Invincible follows a teenager who discovers the bloody reality of heroism after following in his father's footsteps. When writing Invincible and The Walking Dead, Robert Kirkman made sure to find the right balance of slower, more personal moments and notable, high-stakes reveals.
Related: Walking Dead's Carol Originally Had One of Its Darkest Deaths
Kirkman even admitted to a trick he routinely uses to help him get the biggest payoffs in his writing. In The Walking Dead Deluxe #42 by Robert Kirkman and Charlie Adlard, Kirkman writes in the commentary “Oh, it’s just another one of those quiet aftermath issues where we check in on all the characters and see what’s going on in their lives, an AAAAAHHHHH look on that last page. Oh, dear… is this my one gag? This is basically the same structure of the INVINCIBLE series pilot I wrote and almost every other thing I’ve done at some point.". The issue does feature a dramatic last-page reveal where the sinister Governor has prepared an attack to kill Rick Grimes and his associates. The pilot Kirkman acknowledges to seems to reference the final scene in which Omni-Man graphically murders the Guardians of the Globe, a scene that served as the shocking final
Read more on screenrant.com
