Today’s guest is making his sixth appearance on the show, making him our most returned non-Multiversity Comics-related guest. In previous episodes we’ve talked about various aspects of his career in comics, from intern to editor at such places as Heavy Metal, A Wave Blue World, Valiant, Humanoids, and of course, DC Comics.
But Joseph Illidge is here now as the writer of that company’s Milestone Universe: The Shadow Cabinet, a four-issue limited series bringing him back to Milestone Comics, where his professional journey began. Issue #1 debuts on November 20th with art by Darryl Banks and Artigun Ilhan. This is, of course, talking about Joseph Phillip Illidge, who we are delighted to have back on the show once again.
[This is episode 814 in a series.]
CHAPTERS
00:00 – Intro
02:10 – The Shadow Cabinet Pitch
02:57 – The Shadow Cabinet Working on Shadow Cabinet
05:52 – What brought you back in the Milestone fold?
08:38 – What was it like being back?
13:27 – What kind of script / art collaboration do you prefer?
16:51 – How was working with editor Marquis Draper, aka your generational echo?
23:48 – For writing Rocket, how do you dial into her and speak for her?
28:27 – Anything you want to tease about the rest of the mini?
30:33 – Outro