It’s hard to imagine a television series like “Invincible” existing at any time other than now.
For the uninitiated, that might seem like a bold claim. Amazon Prime Video’s hour-long animated adaptation of Robert Kirkman’s popular superhero comic book series is the latest entrant in the seemingly bottomless pool of superhero television series that have premiered over the last few years. On a superficial level, “Invincible” looks similar to superhero cartoons of past and present and the show’s trailer leans on several genre tropes — at least until Omni-Man (J.K. Simmons) foreshadows that not everything is as it seems. It’s a fair warning; as the original comic book series’ legions of fans know, there’s much more to “Invincible” than meets the eye.
Kirkman, who co-created the original comic book and heads the new television adaptation, recently spoke to IndieWire about his comic’s place in the superhero genre,...
For the uninitiated, that might seem like a bold claim. Amazon Prime Video’s hour-long animated adaptation of Robert Kirkman’s popular superhero comic book series is the latest entrant in the seemingly bottomless pool of superhero television series that have premiered over the last few years. On a superficial level, “Invincible” looks similar to superhero cartoons of past and present and the show’s trailer leans on several genre tropes — at least until Omni-Man (J.K. Simmons) foreshadows that not everything is as it seems. It’s a fair warning; as the original comic book series’ legions of fans know, there’s much more to “Invincible” than meets the eye.
Kirkman, who co-created the original comic book and heads the new television adaptation, recently spoke to IndieWire about his comic’s place in the superhero genre,...
- 3/29/2021
- by Tyler Hersko
- Indiewire
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