Robert Kirkman (Invincible, The Walking Dead) and Jason Howard (Transformers, Super Dinosaur) unveil the origins of the most unlikely superhero in the Invincible Universe. AN UNLIKELY SUPERHERO RISES IN THE INVINCIBLE UNIVERSE! After Gary Hampton is brutally attacked and left for dead, he awakens to a terrifying new reality: he's faster, stronger, and cursed to become a werewolf every full moon! As the Astounding Wolf-Man, Gary’s determined to use his newfound power for good, but the line between man and beast is thin. Hunted and haunted by his own actions, Gary must fight to reclaim his humanity and embrace his monstrous nature to become an unexpected force for good. Witness the rise of The Astounding Wolf-Man in a complete softcover compendium from superstar team Robert Kirkman (Invincible, The Walking Dead) and Jason Howard (Transformers, Super Dinosaur). Collects THE ASTOUNDING WOLF-MAN #1-25 & INVINCIBLE #57.
First and foremost a comic creator, Kirkman has seen groundbreaking success in the adaptation of his comic book titles into major franchises in all forms of content. In 2010, his Eisner award winning series, The Walking Dead, was developed into an AMC television series. It has become a worldwide phenomenon as the highest-rated basic cable drama of all time. The property has also been extended into a blockbuster game franchise, licensing business and ongoing publishing success.
Additional Kirkman comics include Oblivion Song, Die!Die!Die!, Invincible, Outcast, Super Dinosaur, Battle Pope, Astounding Wolf-Man, and Thief of Thieves.
Kirkman also serves as consulting producer of The Talking Dead, the popular talk show hosted by Chris Hardwick that deep dives into each week's episode of both The Walking Dead and its companion series Fear the Walking Dead. Kirkman is co-creator, writer and producer of The Walking Dead's companion series, Fear the Walking Dead.
He is also executive producer of the AMC series Robert Kirkman's Secret History of Comics, and the Korean pre-apocalyptic drama, Five Year. Kirkman's popular demonic-exorcism comic, Outcast, was adapted and produced for Cinemax. His second longest running coming book series Invincible is currently being adapted for a live action movie for Universal and an animated series for Amazon. Kirkman will serve as Executive Producer on both adaptations.
Robert is also the Chairman of Skybound Entertainment. Robert, an advocate for creator rights, co-founded Skybound alongside his longtime business and producing partner David Alpert in an effort to ensure creators are able to maintain their intellectual property rights and creative control.
Jason Howard is an artist who has worked on titles like SUPER DINOSAUR, ASTOUNDING WOLF-MAN, and TREES.
Ryan Ottley is a Utah based artist currently working on Invincible for Image Comics. He was the Artist and co-creator of the webcomic strip Ted Noodleman: Bicycle Delivery Boy, and it was through this webstrip that Robert Kirkman first encountered Ottley's work and then offered him the job of penciling Invincible. He has done work for Digital Webbing, Alias Entertainment, Devil's Due, DC, Image And Ape Entertainment.
FCO Plascencia is a comic book colorist known for his work on DC's
Batman.
