AMC's: Thief of Thieves (Robert Kirkman/Walking Dead) (movies, tv show, film)
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If the title sounds filmiliar, you probably hang out in comic shops. That's right, other Comic book based TV show. AMC has confirmed they will be converting another comic book by writer Robert Kirkman into a TV show, Rick Kirkman is the co-creator of The Walking Dead. The book is on it's third issue ( just came out today) and so far so good. Anyhow, I just figured I would run this by people in case we had any Robert Kirkman or Comic fans.
"AMC has put in development Thief of Thieves, a new project from The Walking Dead executive producer/writer Robert Kirkman and Chic Eglee based upon Kirkman’s new comic of the same name. “Much like The Walking Dead brought horror to television in a unique and groundbreaking way, I feel Thief of Thieves can do the same thing for heist stories, showing the humanity of all the characters, including the criminals,” said Kirkman, on whose 2003 Walking Dead comic the hit AMC zombie series is based. Thief of Thieves, which Kirkman based on his experience in the writer’s room of The Walking Dead, centers on master thief Conrad Paulson who, while attempting to reconcile with his estranged wife and son, vows to walk the straight and narrow, only to discover he’s completely addicted to the thrill of stealing."
"Conrad is the star of Robert Kirkman‘s new book, Thief of Thieves. He’s a master thief who wants to quit to return to his family and ends up being forced to steal from other thieves. It’s an immensely fun book, witty, sharp, funny and paced and structured like nothing I’ve seen in years. If this was a movie, I’d expect it to be directed by Stephen Soderbergh, star George Clooney and have a David Holmes soundtrack.
According to The Wrap, it’s all set for a small screen pilot on AMC, the same network that’s home to writer Robert Kirkman’s The Walking Dead. It’s a smart, logical move, if nothing else because Thief of Thieves is much, much more instantly accessible as a concept than The Walking Dead.
That being said, this has the early look of a series very much from The Walking Dead family (Albeit, of course, without Uncle Frank who no one talks about anymore). The show is being produced by Chic Eglee and Robert Alpert, one former Walking Dead producer and one current one and both clearly on good working terms with Kirkman. Eglee’s also an executive producer on FX’s TV adaptation of Powers and I’m sure the speculation about how well that production’s going will only be made worse by him being attached to such a high end project elsewhere."
Should we make a dash to the comic book store and buy up all the #1 issues?
I remember the walking dead comic book sold for 1000 dollars after the tv show came out. I think it was the issue where the introduce mhkonne
Im going to try to see if i can buy a few of them just in case after work
You could get lucky but it was a some what popular title when it first hit the shelves. It's worth looking but don't get your hopes up. One thing to look for above all else is the Comix Pro or Retailer Ice 1st issue covers. These are rare and have already sold for 75.00-200.00 on eBay. They cooled off on eBay for a while until news hit of a TV show. So I suspect these covers will get really wild if the show comes anything close to TWD. I was actually lucky and ran across one for $9.99 before everything got hot....but I sold it for $100 lol Anyhow, if you can't find either copies including a regular cover, pick a few up on eBay now while their only $10-15 each.
I was looking on the internet and it said there are only 2 issues so far so i figured that the first issue might still be available to comic book stores. Either way Im going tomorrow during lunch to see what they have.
And what do you mean comix pro or retailer ice? Are those different version of the thief of thieves comic book?
I was looking on the internet and it said there are only 2 issues so far so i figured that the first issue might still be available to comic book stores. Either way Im going tomorrow during lunch to see what they have.
And what do you mean comix pro or retailer ice? Are those different version of the thief of thieves comic book?
There is 3 variant first print covers for the 1st issue of Thief of Thieves. This is only counting first prints and not 2nd or 3rds etc.
The Comix Pro cover was given out to people who attended Expo Comic Convention put on by Image Comics.
The RRA or Ice cover was given out to retailers (Comic Shop Owners) who attended a Comic Retailer Meeting.
I can't recall for sure but these are limited to 500...I think the Comic Pro is actually limited around 250 copies. The regular store or news stand is something like 15,000-25,000 copies. So the Retailer incentive and Convention covers will be worth more in the long run.
Kirkman's comic work is very hit and miss. The Walking Dead actually had a very weak start, but then got very, very good. Invincible is probably my all-time favorite comic book.
But Kirkman also did a Wolfman comic that I can't remember the name of, and he did Battle Pope, both of which were horridly awful.
I haven't yet read Thief of Thieves. Premise sounds great. How is it?
I haven't yet read Thief of Thieves. Premise sounds great. How is it?
Honestly, it's too early. I mean I like what I've read so far but I want to see what happens in the next 3-4 issues. It's deffently better than some of the other new stuff I've read recently.
Honestly, it's too early. I mean I like what I've read so far but I want to see what happens in the next 3-4 issues. It's deffently better than some of the other new stuff I've read recently.
Cool, someone else has been reading ToT
Anyhow, samething, I generally give new titles 5-10 issues provided I find the first issue interesting...which I did. So I'm going to see what happens.
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