CBR: New Issue of "Invincible" to be Super Popular and Beloved for Vague, Cryptic Rea

[CBR News]

Something might be happening in Robert Kirkman and Ryan Ottley's "Invincible" #63 and Image Comics says whatever it is will quite possibly be rather amazing.


Full article here.

[Gavin Higginbotham, BotF]

Hands down one of the funniest things that I've ever read. Kirkman's a comedy genius.

[angelofdeath69]

This is my first post so i don't want to sound like a Marvel loyalist or something, but this kinda turns me off any book Kirkman does, it's not funny and doesn't help really to make me buy any image book over marvel's, sure, the "Cap" strategy was really bad and misleading, but seeing other publisher triying to sell his book the way Kirkman does is childish, just like Quesada sometimes does to DC with his inside jokes, it doesn't help to any side.

[Squashua]

I'll wait for the trade.

[GRANT!]

Hey he's already got my 2.99. I'm hoping it doesn't sell out. I don't know if I'll survive the frenzy of comic fans lining up around the stores.

[Toygeek]

Genius.

I'm personally sick to death of the Marvel marketing machine. The DC one too, for that matter. "It's an event!!" No kidding? So what are all the rest of your books?

You shouldn't need to do the "drastic" bullcrap that both companies are becoming more and more known for just to get people to read your books. If you're doing it right, people should want to read your books because of the merit of the book, not the sweeping change it brings for their universe.

However, having said all that, this could easily be a very sly way of Kirkman telling people that they really may want to check this particular one out. He's been talking about killing Atom Eve off for a couple months now, and based on the preview released yesterday, she's going to be running off into the middle of this fight with the guy currently kicking Mark's ass. Kirkman's never been afraid of killing characters, even beloved ones...hell, he's even got a backup Invincible, just in case he ever decides to kill off Mark (his brother, Oliver). And for the most part, his characters seem to stay dead when they die. It's not like I'm looking for the "Return of Rex Splode" next summer.

[escapegoat]

Kirkman's like the little kid in the family who's always trying to get everyone's attention by saying "Hello! Look at me! I'm hanging from a tree!!!"

[Dave H]

I've already sold my first born for this issue.

[The Valeyard]

Awesome stuff! I'm in.

[JaybirdPN]

This makes me so happy.

You know, I get the whole "he's acting childish" side of it. I really do. But even so, I don't know why, but I just really enjoyed it.

[Mick]

It made me laugh.

[Big Boss]

Great satire.

Marvel's hype machine surrounding Captain America #600 was just plain ridiculous. They should be ashamed of themselves, although considering the big numbers the issue is sure to get, I'm sure they'll try to pull this trick again.

[malephoenix]

This is my first post so i don't want to sound like a Marvel loyalist or something, but this kinda turns me off any book Kirkman does, it's not funny and doesn't help really to make me buy any image book over marvel's, sure, the "Cap" strategy was really bad and misleading, but seeing other publisher triying to sell his book the way Kirkman does is childish, just like Quesada sometimes does to DC with his inside jokes, it doesn't help to any side.

I kinda get this. I don't see how Kirkman (or any writer that would do this) would be surprised at some responses like this. On the other hand, though, I'm a big fan of Invincible and The Walking Dead, so for me, this is kind of a tip of the hat to fans. Just some good fun.

However, I also wonder if this was the most...professional...move to make, considering his criticism of Marvel in the last year.

Kirkman's like the little kid in the family who's always trying to get everyone's attention by saying "Hello! Look at me! I'm hanging from a tree!!!"

Sadly, I can also see how this is true.

[GRANT!]

Great satire.

Marvel's hype machine surrounding Captain America #600 was just plain ridiculous. They should be ashamed of themselves, although considering the big numbers the issue is sure to get, I'm sure they'll try to pull this trick again.

I don't see why they should be ashamed. They are trying to sell comic books and at least the Brubaker run on Cap is good so it's not like they are trying to sell bad comic books. Ditto Invincible.

I mean who's it hurting really?

[Beacon]

Was this kinda childish? Maybe a little.

It still doesn’t change that Invincible is better than the vast majority of Marvel and DC’s recent “event” books.