The Art of Invincible:
Season Two
review by Bobby Blakey
Before Robert Kirkman hit the world with the undead hit The Walking Dead, he took on the superhero world with Invincible. The series ran for 144 issues along with numerous spin-off series. In 2021 the comic came to life in the animated series of the same name on Prime Video. The series has gone on to three seasons and a special with more on the way, but you can take a closer look at the creation of the next chapter of the series with the second art book of the series Art of Invincible Season Two.
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Invincible follows the son of Earth's most powerful superhero who is about to become something greater than himself: something bold, something universal, something - Invincible. From the comics to the screen, Invincible follows Mark Grayson's journey of becoming Earth's next great defender after his father, Nolan Grayson also known as Omni-Man.
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Season two, taking place a month after the events of the previous season, follows Mark Grayson who is attempting to regain his life after being betrayed by Omni-Man, while simultaneously withstanding the repercussions of the aftermath and attempting not to end up like his father. But Mark has to deal with a new supervillain in the person of Angstrom Levy, who can create portals to other dimensions and gets even with Invincible after a botched mission.
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The Art of Invincible Season 2 features exclusive character, background, and vehicle design along with key art and more! This volume takes fans behind the scenes and includes interviews with key creatives, including Invincible comic co-creators Robert Kirkman and Cory Walker. The book is written by Marc Sumerak, with a foreword by Robert Kirkman, and features a stunning cover by Cory Walker and colorist Dave McCaig.
Much like the first volume, this book is the perfect companion piece and beautifully put together.
Throughout the book you can not only get a peek into the designs of the various characters but also the world they inhabit. Seeing the details put into the series throughout this book makes it altogether more impressive at the level of detail and focus put into bringing it to life. I love the mixture of character sheets, screen grabs and bloody images that give you a full sense to the world of these characters.
This book takes you on a deep dive into this world of not only creating the series, but more in-depth knowledge of the world they have developed. Whether you have ever read the comics or not, this pulls you even deeper into the already perfect adaptation of the source material in a unique way. Even if you have read all the series and spin-offs, it still brings more enlightenment to what goes into this vast world and the violent fun that comes with it.
I have never been much into art books, but after reading through the first book and my love of the property I knew I had to see this one as well and was not disappointed. Much like the beautiful first book, I loved this one as well and hope that it finds the love it deserves as the perfect coffee table book to get people talking about the character or for the hardcore fan of Kirkman’s world.
This universe keeps expanding in all sorts of ways with more seasons of the series to come, numerous releases of the original series and their spin-offs and great new expanded universe series like the fantastic Battle Beast and upcoming Capes. Like Invincible himself it seems unstoppable and I am here for it.
Grab your copy of The Art of Invincible Season Two when it hits stores on November 25th as well as the first volume available now from Skybound and Image Comics.
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For more information head over to https://www.skybound.com/
