So, apparently, MTV is doing a sort of animated Invincible series…

There’s a trailer for it over at Comic Book Resources.  You can view it by clicking this link. The New York Times reported on this yesterday and this is going to be available on iTunes and another of other outlets.

An excerpt of pertinent information from the article:

…the first 36 issues would be completed by mid-September. The first six installments will be previewed at the San Diego Comic-Con next week and will be more widely available beginning Aug. 22. They will be available for downloading on iTunes, Xbox Live and MTV Mobile, and televised on MTV2.

Comic-con, eh?

It looks like a few of our robots have a new assignment…

Personally, I’ll need to see more than just that trailer before I can make a judgment call on this  one.  On the surface, it seems pretty cool.  On the other hand, I’ve read all of these issues at least a dozen times and Mark doesn’t sound like that, if you know what I mean.  I mean, if this were a straight cartoon, I’d be able to separate my affection for the comics and my love of animated features.  But this is the comic book with nothing more than “pulse-pounding” music, “zippy” sound effects and voice actors who probably couldn’t make their rent until they got this gig.

Having said that, congratulations to Kirkman, Walker and Ottley for being able to pull this coup in the new media.  Let’s hope it sticks around and gets more people into comics.