JOE ILLIDGE Talks Milestone, Lessons from Dwayne McDuffie, and EPIPHANY ENGINE (Full Interview)

Joe Illidge joins the show to talk about his career, the importance of supporting Independent Black Comics, and his involvement in the crowdfunded project Epiphany Engine -- arguably the biggest Black Comics crossover of all time. Back the campaign at comicsaredope.com/epiphany
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[@russellsmith1605]

Awesome interview!

[@barijones7556]

Great interview…watch out…lots of gems dropped in this interview.👍🏾

[@4thwallpros]

Been Looking forward to this one. It's over half way funded now!

[@MrCmbonney]

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[@CayoHern]

I read all those old comics and didn't even know the creators' racial backgrounds.

[@FlashByKnight]

I love the question about blackness (or the amount) being perceived as a barrier. I was thinking about that earlier, how some people hear "black", but receive "black only."

[@carlshinyama3885]

I hope that handbook of all of the characters gets published one day!

[@comicsaredope]

Yeah that would be dope even as an add-on

[@kokowrld7312]

bro where’d you get the hoodie??

[@cliffwoodbury5319]

COMICS ARE DOPE - I just heard of Ania Comics while watching this video and I can't find any videos on it..... Am I looking in all the wrong places or do they not exist.

[@comicsaredope]

@@cliffwoodbury5319 there’s not a lot of current info about them. All indications are that they fizzled out after publishing just a handful of issues. But because they were a coalition made up of a few publishers, you’ll find that some of their creators are still active today. If I can lock down one or two for an interview, I’ll publish a deep dive video about them.

[@cliffwoodbury5319]

@@comicsaredope It would be cool to see some of their creators in interview