Dive into the insanity of DIE!DIE!DIE! with powerhouse creators Robert Kirkman, Scott M. Gimple, Chris Burnham, and Nathan Fairbairn in this killer deluxe hardcover. FROM THE MIND OF INVINCIBLE AND THE WALKING DEAD MASTERMIND ROBERT KIRKMAN This is an evil world where evil people do evil stuff all the time. Thankfully, there is a secret cabal with the United States government that works outside our normal system to influence world matters through targeted assassination. The world around us is manipulated right under our noses, mostly for the better... sometimes for individual gain. The powerhouse team of ROBERT KIRKMAN, SCOTT M. GIMPLE, CHRIS BURNHAM, and NATHAN FAIRBAIRN hope you're not standing in the way of something good happening...because someone could right now be giving the order for you to... DIE!DIE!DIE! Collects DIE!DIE!DIE! #1-14.
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.
Scott M. Gimple is an American writer for both comics and television. He is known for his work as a writer and producer for
Fillmore!,
Life,
FlashForward,
Chase, and
The Walking Dead, and served as show-runner for
The Walking Dead from seasons 4 through 8 and for the spin-off
The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live.Chris Burnham is the #1 New York Times Bestselling artist of
Batman Incorporated and the co-creator of OFFICER DOWNE, recently adapted into a major motion picture!
Other career high points include co-creating NIXON'S PALS, drawing such comics as
The X-Men,
The Amory Wars, ELEPHANTMEN, FEAR AGENT, and
Marvel Mystery, and working with such esteemed creators as Joe Casey, David Hine, Peter David, Richard Starkings, and Grant Morrison.
Nathan Fairbairn is a Joe Shuster Award-winning creator whose work has frequently topped the New York Times Best Sellers list. Past credits include
Nameless,
Scott Pilgrim, Batman Incorporated, and
Wonder Woman: Earth One. Primarily a colorist,
Lake of Fire represents Fairbairn's first creator-owned work as a writer.
