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Joseph Illidge

@josephpillidge.bsky.social
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IP Coach/Consultant BATMAN franchise veteran Writer for DC's Superhero Universe

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Joseph Illidge @josephpillidge.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
3 publishers control 90% of the DM pie. I think about this every day, and how to get around it.
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Joseph Illidge @josephpillidge.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Guilty, and not proud of it.
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Joseph Illidge @josephpillidge.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Day 2 of @baltimorecomiccon.bsky.social begins tomorrow!!
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Joseph Illidge @josephpillidge.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
It was a great first day of my comic book convention tabling debut at @baltimorecomiccon.bsky.social Thanks to all the people of all ages who bought books, brought my old writing and editorial gems and made the day amazing!
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AHOY Comics @ahoycomicmags.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Today's #ThrowbackThursday is PROJECT CRYPTID, the fanciful anthology series about all things cryptid featuring stories by your favorite creators—including @manruss.bsky.social, @lianakangas.com, @josephpillidge.bsky.social, @mattielubchansky.com, @zandercannon.bsky.social, and so many more!
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Joseph Illidge @josephpillidge.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
This weekend at @baltimorecomiccon.bsky.social and courtesy of @tkittrell.bsky.social the EPIPHANY ENGINE Graphic Novel will make its street debut at BOOTH 1710! The ultimate Black Comics Crossover Saga with many creators, characters, and publishers is 224 PAGES of collaboration across three years!
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Patch Zircher @patrickzircher.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
George Tuska's Buck Rogers strip. Newspaper strips are a special education for comic book artists because they couldn't rely on page layout, oversize panels, or extra panels to spark the art. The compositions within routine panels had to be especially good.
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Joseph Illidge @josephpillidge.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
On my pull list at @anyonecomics.bsky.social !!
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Joseph Illidge @josephpillidge.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
A number of people I respect a great deal, and some of whom I am blessed to have as friends, work here. This is bad news for comics news and journalism. If you know any of the people affected, please give them your support.
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Joseph Illidge @josephpillidge.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
YES.
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Joseph Illidge @josephpillidge.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Yep! See you there!
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Joseph Illidge @josephpillidge.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Bravo, @zeteo.com
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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 13/09/2026
Hey, @mayor.nyc.gov @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social, thank you for the PARTIAL ban on "A.i." in the public schools! But let's please CLOSE these big LOOPHOLES in the policy that still allow "A.i." to be inflicted on kids! cc @aimoratoriumnyc.bsky.social
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Joseph Illidge @josephpillidge.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
One of the best graphic novels Marvel ever produced.
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Joseph Illidge @josephpillidge.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
PRE-ORDER NEW HISTORY OF THE DC UNIVERSE: THE DAKOTA INCIDENT BY SEPTEMBER 21ST! ⚡️⚡️⚡️
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Joseph Illidge @josephpillidge.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
PRE-ORDER NEW HISTORY OF THE DC UNIVERSE: THE DAKOTA INCIDENT BY SEPTEMBER 21ST! ⚡️⚡️⚡️
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Marcelo Soares @msoares.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
A volta do Super-Choque
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Reginald Hudlin @reghud.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
STATIC is BACK!
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Watcher Tigersen @titaniumtea.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
#MilestoneMedia
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Joseph Illidge @josephpillidge.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
FINAL ORDER CUTOFF DATE IS SEPTEMBER 21ST! THE DAKOTA INCIDENT #1 3RD PRINTING NEW TITANS #38 2ND PRINTING We got our PRE-ORDER game on?
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Derek Faraci @whwoolhat.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Gee, it seems like the Milestone characters are popular and should probably have a few titles of their own!
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Joseph Illidge @josephpillidge.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
I know, right?!?
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Joseph Illidge @josephpillidge.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
NEW TITANS #38 is going back to print for a SECOND PRINTING!! With a cover by The Gawd @chrissamnee.bsky.social featuring our favorite college student STATIC!! Milestone Media, DC Comics, and The Fans KEEP GETTING FED WELL! Details here at @aiptcomics.com aiptcomics.com/2026/09/10/s...
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Joseph Illidge @josephpillidge.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
NEW HISTORY OF THE DC UNIVERSE: THE DAKOTA INCIDENT goes back to print FOR A THIRD PRINTING! The one-shot from Milestone and DC Comics by Yours Truly and the best team of co-writers and creators returns! Cover by Edwin Galmon and @adalhouse.bsky.social aiptcomics.com/2026/09/10/s... OCTOBER 14TH!
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Project Salt Box @projectsaltbox.com · 10/09/2026
Today, we filed a FOIA request with DHS concerning an AI-generated image the @DHSgov X account posted this morning. The image depicts a Transformer facing a South Asian man, over a caption telling "Mr. Singh" to self-deport and get off American roads. We want the prompt.
AI-generated image posted by the DHS account on X, styled as a movie poster. A blue and red robot with the Department of Homeland Security seal on its chest faces a bearded South Asian man in a blue bandana and a monogrammed shirt. A city skyline sits between them at sunset. Text between the two faces reads "SELF-DEPORT OR FIND OUT." Below, in the Transformers logo and typeface, "TRANSFORMERS: AMERICA FOR AMERICANS," and beneath that, "GET OFF OUR ROADS, YOU DON'T KNOW HOW TO DRIVE MR. SINGH." A garbled credit block runs along the bottom.First page of a Project Salt Box FOIA request to the DHS Privacy Office, dated September 9, 2026, addressed to the Office of Public Affairs. It seeks records about the use of generative AI to produce public-facing imagery published by DHS, and describes the image posted to the @DHSgov account that morning.
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Joseph Illidge @josephpillidge.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Congratulations!! May the wind be at your back.
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Joseph Illidge @josephpillidge.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
THAT is the truth.
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Charlie Stickney/ White Ash Comics @charliestickney.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Still a pretty realistic breakdown of what people are getting paid.
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Joseph Illidge @josephpillidge.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
At the time I wrote this, I was told the same by two colorists I know a week later. The rabbit hole goes deep into the abyss, and it sucks.
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Joseph Illidge @josephpillidge.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Thank you, Leonard! Doing my part.
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Leonard Sultana (An Englishman In San Diego) @englishmansdcc.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Joseph Illidge: one of the best out there, on the front lines. Heed the man's words.
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Joseph Illidge @josephpillidge.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
True, true!! God, how many notebooks did the man buy in his career? Soon as he pulled it out, he knew you were the guilty party and it was a psychological dance from there! Also, when Falk and McGoohan went against one another, it was pure joy.
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Joseph Illidge @josephpillidge.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
I don't have the words... You and Lysa changed the game. Full stop.
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Joseph Illidge @josephpillidge.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
One of the greatest television series ever created.
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Joseph Illidge @josephpillidge.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
It's Labor Day, and 3 years ago, @popversesays.bsky.social published my column on being a comic book freelancer amidst the industry's pay rates. Until the system significantly improves, your hustle needs to be superior. www.thepopverse.com/comic-book-c...
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Joseph Illidge @josephpillidge.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Thanks to @chriscross.bsky.social and Sebastian Cheng for doing such a cool career portrait of me, @newsweek.com used it to highlight our interview! www.newsweek.com/entertainmen...
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 05/09/2026
Got my American statutory database up and running with multiple layers. It has vector embedding for semantic search, 8gram shingles for statutory diffusion, and FTS5 for exact searches. 20k+ volumes over 400 years of state and local statutes. This is one of the coolest things I've ever done.
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Joseph Illidge @josephpillidge.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
I am Very. Interested. Thank you for what you're doing.
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Joseph Illidge @josephpillidge.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Their Marketing Team may be AI. I'm not kidding.
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Joseph Illidge @josephpillidge.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
She'll always be Electrowoman to me.
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Joseph Illidge @josephpillidge.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Profit and desperation.
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Citizen.Coping @propcazhpm.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Steinem didn’t do it in a vacuum. She stood beside countless Black women fighting for women and for civil rights. A 1971 photo has Steinem and Dorothy Pitman Hughes with fists in the air. Hughes CO-FOUNDED Ms. Magazine with Steinem. Steinem credited Hughes with coaching her to speak in public.
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Gloria Steinem, Feminist Icon Who Changed American Culture, Dead at 92
She was a pioneer in the modern feminist movement. Now, G...
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Joseph Illidge @josephpillidge.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Thanks, Sam, and thank YOU for taking the time! I know interviews aren't easy!
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Joseph Illidge @josephpillidge.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Brilliant!
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Joseph Illidge @josephpillidge.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
"I'm the Firestorm of comics." A special FLASHBACK FRIDAY to one year ago and the very first detailed interview about my company ILLUMINOUS and its services for entrepreneurs and creatives, courtesy of @theverbalthing.com ! Featured at @comicsbeat.bsky.social www.comicsbeat.com/exclusive-jo...
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Khalid thee Cartoonist @khalid-comicartist.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Major Taylor: The Fastest Man Alive by Frederick Noland was a phenomenal read. I'm really honored to have gotten a chance to review it. www.comicsbeat.com/graphic-nove...
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Graphic Novel Review: With MAJOR TAYLOR, an important Black historical figure gets an overdue spotlight
With his new graphic novel MAJOR TAYLOR, writer/artist Frederick Noland tells the story of an underappreciated, important figure.
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Alex Segura @alexsegura.com · 03/09/2026
Cover Reveal! Here’s a look at the cover to my next crime novel, Thin Dead Line, plus an exclusive excerpt, over at @crimereads.bsky.social! Out in May from Thomas & Mercer! crimereads.com/thin-dead-li...
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Thin Dead Line: Excerpt and Cover Reveal
1984 “Aqui viene el Leon.”  Here comes the Lion.  The words seemed to hang over the tiny Miami storefront. Oscar, Pepe’s boss, spoke to them almost nonchalantly. Because, on any other day, this wou…
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Joseph Illidge @josephpillidge.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
A long life. A long fight. May she rest in peace. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/03/u...
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Gloria Steinem, Personification of the Women’s Movement, Dies at 92
She challenged sexist assumptions, helping women develop a sense of self-worth and gain a measure of equality at work, at home and in society at large.
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Joseph Illidge @josephpillidge.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Thank you, George!!
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Joseph Illidge @josephpillidge.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Thanks, Doug!!
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