Stuff Said 036: Mark Waid

SHOW NOTES Mark Waid’s website and twitter Mark’s digital comics platform, Thrillbent! Mark’s comic shop in Muncie, Indiana: Alter Ego Comics. Comic Book City Con & Acme Comics The unsent letter I read to Mark in all of its unsent/incomplete splendor, AND the sample pages I also never finished or sent, featuring the Rainbow Raider (click to enlarge): Who knows what would have happened had I taken to my word processor and finished those pages… Here’s the double page spread Mark mentioned that he scripted as two pages – which, in its original form, was bisected right down the page gutter (click to enlarge): Captain America #14, the issue from which Waid had his (interior) credit removed… A 19-year-old Mark Waid and Robby Reed from Dial H for Hero: Here’s another tale of the Assistant Editor Classes run by Mark & Chris Claremont during my time as an assistant at Marvel. Robert Kirkman’s Mission Statement The chapter of INSUFFERABLE (on Thrillbent.com) with the piranha sequence Mark described is here. BONUS AUDIO: Recording started before the show began, just as Mark told this story about Alex Ross: http://stuffsaidshow.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/MarkWaid_Extras_Alex-Ross-Story.mp3 BONUS AUDIO: Prior to recording we took questions from the audience and here’s the audio of that: http://stuffsaidshow.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/MarkWaid_Extras_QA.mp3 BONUS AUDIO: Stephen Mayer, one of the organizers of Comic Book City Con, gave this very nice introduction to the panel (the first 10-15 second or so are very quiet as Stephen’s mic wasn’t yet recording) http://stuffsaidshow.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/MarkWaid_Extras_Stephens-Intro.mp3 Thanks again to Stephen Mayer, Jermaine Exum, the staff & volunteers at Comic Book City Con, and Griffin Kale for working the soundboard and managing the recording. “Stuff Said Theme” by Craig Chin (also on Soundcloud) Other music: “She is Staggering (instrumental)” by Polaris, “Letters” by Marching Band, “Hand Clapping Song” by The Meters