With Great Power Comes Great Robert Kirkman-Ability!

Alex Azor· Host0:00

Hello, everybody. Welcome back to the Escape Pod. Thank you so much for escaping with us. That's Andrew and I'm Alex.

Andrew Parker· Host0:06

And as always, with great power comes great Robert Kirkman ability.

Alex Azor· Host0:09

[clapping] Ladies and gentlemen, we are joined by the creator of Invincible, both head producer on the TV series and obviously the critically acclaimed and amazing, amazing masterpiece of a comic book, along with The Walking Dead. I know our audience isn't the biggest fan of The Walking Dead, they're a little bit younger, but their- [laughs] ... parents might be.

Robert Kirkman· Guest0:35

This is how we, this is how we're starting? [laughs] [laughs] [laughs] All right.

Andrew Parker· Host0:39

We're old, is what we're starting with.

Alex Azor· Host0:40

As well- Let's go.

Robert Kirkman· Guest0:41

Let's go ...

Alex Azor· Host0:41

as well as, as, as the, the, the, the author, the, the, the, the brilliant, the genius behind none other than Battle Pope, ladies and gentlemen.

Robert Kirkman· Guest0:50

Oh, yeah.

Alex Azor· Host0:51

That's the biggest thing- Battle Pope ... we're gonna be talking about the most here.

Robert Kirkman· Guest0:53

I was here just to talk about Battle Pope.

Alex Azor· Host0:55

Exactly.

Robert Kirkman· Guest0:55

That's exciting for me.

Alex Azor· Host0:56

Exactly.

Robert Kirkman· Guest0:57

That's exciting.

Alex Azor· Host0:57

And many, many other things. Our audience knows exactly who you are. You know, we can't thank you enough for coming on.

Andrew Parker· Host1:02

Thank you for coming.

Robert Kirkman· Guest1:02

Oh, no. Thanks for having me. I just, I just want to be here to talk to the youth.

Andrew Parker· Host1:05

[laughs] We can help with that a little bit, I think. Hopefully. Um- I don't give a crap about the youth.

Robert Kirkman· Guest1:12

Go ahead, sorry.

Andrew Parker· Host1:13

[laughs] We are, um, known online and to our, uh, community as being huge fans of Invincible- Yes ... so we're, we're unbelievably excited.

Robert Kirkman· Guest1:20

Yes.

Alex Azor· Host1:20

Awesome.

Andrew Parker· Host1:21

Um, we normally start with hot seat. We put five so minutes on the clock, and we rapid fire questions at you.

Robert Kirkman· Guest1:26

Okay.

Andrew Parker· Host1:27

You can take it.

Robert Kirkman· Guest1:27

Well, let me put you guys in the hot seat first.

Andrew Parker· Host1:29

Okay.

Alex Azor· Host1:29

Oh, sure. Go for it.

Robert Kirkman· Guest1:29

So on a