While there were rumblings of a live-action adaptation of some sort, The Walking Dead creator Robert Kirkman's other comic books series, Invincible, is now coming to Amazon Prime as an animated TV show. We've been promised some sort of first look for a while now, and that's come our way in Image Comics' "Free Comic Book Day" issue.
As you can see below, the animation style is sticking closely to the source material, with characters like Mark Grayson, Atom Eve, and Robot all looking like they've just come straight out of the pages of Kirkman's long-running series. There is, however, one major (and well-handled) change.
With Deadpool 2 and Joker star Zazie Beetz voicing Amber Bennett, Mark's first girlfriend, the character is now portrayed as African-American rather than white. That adds some diversity to the show, and this is a sign that the two meet a little sooner on the small screen than they do in the comic books.
An eight-episode order for Invincible was made by Amazon in 2018, and Simon Racioppa has signed up to serve as showrunner and executive producer alongside Kirkman and David Alpert.
Invincible is expected to be released at some point this year, and that first look can be seen below:
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