![]() ![]() ![]() It’s a collection of stand-alone docs, overseen by Kirkman, about salient tales from the industry’s past. The historical injustice done to comics writers and artists is one of the main focuses of Robert Kirkman’s Secret History of Comics, a documentary series that debuts Monday night on AMC. It proved to be a turning point in the recent history of sequential art, inspiring other creators to also take control in an industry that has long sucked up ideas generated through cheap labor. ![]() In a video entitled “Mission Statement by Robert Kirkman,” the writer and creator of Image Comics’ The Walking Dead - at the time just a comic book - spoke about why he would no longer work for the so-called “Big Two” publishers, Marvel and DC.* His plan was to only make comics that would allow him to own the underlying intellectual property, rather than let his destiny be controlled by corporate behemoths. Nearly ten years ago, Robert Kirkman recorded a manifesto. ![]()
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