Joseph Illidge Archives

I attribute that frictionless reading experience to co-writer Joseph Illidge's 20 or 30 years of experience editing comics Page 87 has "The crowd could use some comedy relief." when I'm pretty sure it's "comedic relief." But then again, that's nitpicking, and comedy relief could be the way folks said the phrase 30 or 40 years[...]

A store owner, an editor and a journalist have come together to publish the first of a series of guidebooks that introduces people to the world of comics which is rich in storytelling, ideas, and creators of color. "Access Guide to the Black Comic Book Community 2020-2021" graphic, from comicbookaccess.org The Access Guide to the Black Comic[...]

What a perfect time for former DC Comics editor, former Lion Forge senior editor, former Valiant senior editor Joseph Illidge to put together a line of titles for those wondering where they are going to get their future Vertigo-esque titles from? As Editorial Director of A Wave Blue World alongside Lisa Y Wu, VP of Sales[...]

By Nikolai Fomich As CW's Arrow pushes forward and enters into the third act of season three, I sat down again with Joseph Illidge – author, columnist, public speaker, and former Batman and Birds of Prey editor at DC Comics – to chat about Green Arrow, Black Canary, the Outsiders and the Demon's Head himself[...]

By Nikolai Fomich Joseph Illidge, author, columnist, and public speaker, knows Dinah Laurel Lance well – after all, he edited the character during the early days of Chuck Dixon's Birds of Prey run Joe and I sat down to chat about the character's Arrow-incarnation, the show's growing cast of characters, and what we hope to see.  [Black Canary] Nikolai Fomich: Arrow follows the[...]

By Nikolai Fomich [Joe Illidge at Midtown Comics in NYC, Photo Credit Milo Stone] Joseph Illidge has been many things – editor, writer, businessman, and columnist – but throughout his wide-ranging career one thing has always remained the same – his love for comics With over twenty years of experience working in the industry – at Milestone,[...]