During a panel discussion at Image Expo on Thursday, The Walking Dead creator Robert Kirkman answered a fan question about his relationship with Marvel Comics–a publisher for whom he wrote Marvel Zombies and The Irredeemable Ant-Man, among others–with a blistering critique of his former employer.Asked whether there was any bad blood between Kirkman and Marvel, the Image Comics partner answered, “I don’t have bad blood with Marvel per se, aside from the fact that I think they’re a poorly run company that is partially destroying the comic book industry.”Kirkman added that he thinks there are a lot of good people working at Marvel, and that they publish some good material. Nevertheless, he said, upper management is “extremely short-sighted,” leading to negative effects on the industry as a whole.
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