Robert Kirkman just admitted that Amazon's Invincible series is doing something better than his original comics. Back in the early 2000s when he was creating the Image Comics series, Kirkman made some choices that didn't quite land. And he's being honest about it.
The thing is, Invincible is still one of the most ambitious superhero comics ever made. The characters are solid, the villains are absolutely unhinged, and the story pulls you in. But like any long-running series, there were stumbles along the way.
Here's where it gets interesting. Kirkman recently opened up about one of those mistakes, and he says the Amazon Prime Video adaptation is actually correcting it. He didn't hold back about what the original comics got wrong. That's pretty rare for a creator to admit, especially when you're talking about your own work that defined a whole generation of readers.
The Invincible show has already proven it can stand on its own. Season one dropped in 2021 and fans immediately felt the difference between the show and the source material. It's got better pacing in some places, smarter character decisions, and it actually makes room for the emotional beats that the comics sometimes rushed through.
Kirkman has always been open about his creative process, whether he's talking about The Walking Dead or his other projects. But this admission about Invincible shows a creator willing to grow and accept that adaptation can sometimes improve on the original. That's maturity.
The show's second season is coming, and if Kirkman's already praising how they're handling things, fans should be excited. It means the team at Amazon actually gets what makes Invincible work. They're not just copying panels and calling it a day. They're thinking about what the story needs and fixing what didn't quite work the first time around.
