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They were great guests.

It's a great time to be creating your own stories. Self publishing is getting easier and more accessible. Are you creating your own comics?

@@ComicBookSchool I couldn’t agree more. And yes, I’m working on a 98 page graphic novel for a new universe of characters. I currently have 65 pages of pencils and inks done. My colorist is currently busy but I’m hoping he can start on colors soon.

LOL. Your work is preserved for eternity!

Let's hope that nobody is trying to rip off Jack Kirby.

I just added the novel to my To Read list. Thanks for the tip.

@@ComicBookSchool You won't be sorry, you don't see the punches coming, and for me, Gutter, in particular was completely unpreditictable. No one does a descent into hell like Zahler!

Thank you for watching our celebration of Mark's career and life.

Goodbye, Mark Waid. I hope you find inner peace.

Sorry to hear that. Real question: Did you find him to be a bully or loving power in this interview? Or is it in other interviews?

Yes, indeed. Thanks so much for joining us in celebrating his life and career.

All of them.

It's always nice to hear when you hear people have good experiences meeting creators. From what I have heard, Mark Bright was talented and friendly.

It's always great to hear of people like you meeting Mark. He was truly a humble genius, and yes, we miss both him and Dwayne. Thanks for joining us!

Thank you. We were lucky to get Joe Illidge on the show to talk about MD Bright.

Agreed. I think we all learned a lot and were enriched by Joe Illidge and his knowledge of MD Bright.

Thank you! Mark's career is quite the legacy. Glad you gained insights from our discussion!

Thank you for joining us. We're glad we were able to get Joe Illidge to lead the discussion.

Thanks so much for being a part of the celebration of Mark's career with us!

Thanks for joining us for the show. We're glad that Joe Illidge was able to join us to talk about MD Bright.

@@ComicBookSchool He was great! Looking forward to him coming back with other Milestone people.

@@leesadean Will do my best to make the sequel happen, Leesa! Thanks so much for being here with us!

@@josephillidge-creator202 Thanks, Joe! Sound good. And thanks again for this--it really was great.

The free version is limited. The paid version gives you unlimited space. I am using paid. It's pretty impressive.

Thanks but how do you save them, does it support hardrive or cloud storage, no point in all that if your gonna loose em right?

@@Rebecca-qg8pb You can download local versions that you can save. It's really flexible.

We do too!

What minute does he talk about?

The best competition is 'me, myself, I' . . . trying to do 'a bit better' with the NEXT cartoon assignment. This 'hard look' is possible because of the teaching of the Joe Kubert School of Cartoon and Graphic Art. Yes, of course, it was helpful to see 'the competition' and their skills... but do not judge oneself by the others. As Joe and other illustrators advised: it what you create can be sold to someone...YOU SUCCEEDED! Effective storytelling is as effective if one uses 'stick figures' to draw the story. If there is someone who likes stick figures... you sold your story. What I'm saying is it is good to know the competition and one's own abilities ... but if one can't draw AS GOOD as those students in the class ... does not mean you have to give up the idea of being a cartoon illustrator. You may not be meant for multi panel comic book work, but perhaps you fit in fine with newspaper comic strips (syndicated or local publications) OR maybe one panel 'gag' cartoons for magazines (tough area to break into) or one panel humor or editorial type cartooning, which works well for greeting card art, of ... creating a one panel cartoon for a brochure, flier... or website design firm, or in my time a print shop, where one can offer a cartoon to the flier, brochure, etc. DON'T BE PUT OFF BY THE BETTER COMPETITION surrounding you at any school... find 'your niche' and then COMPETE with your own self in doing the job as best you can, then improving on the NEXT JOB, and next, next, next. (The Kubert School advice was also...don't dawdle over commercial art ... meet the deadline given... it is commercial art, and not meant to hang in a museum. GET THE MESSAGE ACROSS with the illustration and you will have succeeded...THEN do better NEXT TIME... don't dawdle)

Excellent advice! Were you really part of the first class at the Kubert School? That's amazing. Tell me more.

Yes, Mr. Buddy Scalera, I was one of the 13 graduates of the first class of the Joe Kubert School of Cartoon and Graphic Art. (in Sept. 1976, the original class orientation day had about 22 students, then just a few months into the course 3 went elsewhere, one was injured in some kind of accident and had to drop out and then there was 19. after the first year some went back home to their home state: one to Wisconsin, one back home (Jersey) leaving 17. Before the official graduation, 3 more left (for reasons only known to Joe and them) That left 14...but there must be one I'm missing but at the final graduation ceremony of a local diner... there was 13 graduates. I like to 'kid' that I graduated 13th in my class (haha) meaning I was not of same style as those looking to do comic book realistic illustrating. My style falls in the category, as spoken by instructor Hy Eisman, ghost comic strip artist for so many comic strips; Smokey Stover, Lil Iodine, recently Popeye the sailor man, Archie...my cartoon style was BIGFOOT ... as in Mort Walker. I was 18 years of age, just out of high school, did take a correspondence course while in high school for 'fun' . . . BUT knowledge of cartoon illustration was 'little.' At the first class orientation, I asked what a blue pencil was for. (haha) With graduation in 1978, which in school time is 18 months... I surely did improve lettering, inking, idea creation, and drawing (simple drawing as I did). 18 months didn't make me too comfortable out in the graphic art world and I was permitted to take the 2nd year again 1979 to May 1980. Then, In Sept. 1980, I was hired as paste up production to a composing firm affiliated with 7 community newspapers, had Thursday off so I sold a comic strip to a diet club, club paper and to another specialty local paper. So, as it is said, the KUBERT SCHOOL is work, one does improve, and one learns where to go to show the work. Not everyone can work in comic books but there's a place if one seeks. NO REGRETS about the Kubert School.

Let's get in touch. Maybe you can join us on the show to talk about that with us.

Thanks for watching!

I'm so happy you liked it. :)

That's a cool story! Thank you for taking the time to reach out. It's great to meet comic fans all over the world.

That's not in the video at all.

​However, that's who Mark Waid is. He is someone who goes out of his way to interfere with other people, and demeans people for holding views that Mark Waid deems inappropriate or wrong.

Thanks for watching.

Marvel give us paper. So I'm usual inking on that paper boards. Smooth 11x17. When i don't have those boards I use Fabriano Tecnico 6 A3 240g these are really great!

It was a good adventure involving comic books.

Hi, I don't know the people who filmed those clips. If we find out where it is published, we will try to let everyone know. As of this moment, we don't have any video, except what we did on these livestreams.

You too! Thanks for taking a picture with me.

Yes. I am surprised at how much I use Milanote for taking notes. I prefer the desktop because it has more features. But the mobile is ideal for quick notes related to my stories. I also use OneNote, but that requires two steps: 1. Take the note in One Note and then 2. Make the note in Milanote.

They were wonderful guests. I am looking forward to having them return soon.

@@ComicBookSchool I included it in the official ElfQuest newsletter.

@@thornbrake Oh wow, thank you for that. I appreciate it.

Yes, he is doing some great work.