Joseph Illidge
@josephpillidge.bsky.social
Writer/DC COMICS, IMAGE COMICS, HARRIET TUBMAN - Harper Collins; THE WINTERFIELDS - FairSquare Graphics; CEO - ILLUMINOUS; Veteran BATMAN Franchise Editor
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Introducing my production company ILLUMINOUS and the company's new division, Illuminous Creative Services.
Dedicated to working for creators, clients, and companies looking to develop their IP into comic books and graphic novels!
Your original ideas.
Without limits.
www.illuminousideas.com/contact
Dedicated to working for creators, clients, and companies looking to develop their IP into comic books and graphic novels!
Your original ideas.
Without limits.
www.illuminousideas.com/contact
It's serendipity when your Milestone Media STATIC figure from McFarlane Toys arrives exactly 6 weeks from the debut of your @dcoffical.bsky.social NEW HISTORY OF THE DC UNIVERSE: THE DAKOTA INCIDENT chapter in comic book shops!!
January 14, 2026 at 11:37 PM
It's serendipity when your Milestone Media STATIC figure from McFarlane Toys arrives exactly 6 weeks from the debut of your @dcoffical.bsky.social NEW HISTORY OF THE DC UNIVERSE: THE DAKOTA INCIDENT chapter in comic book shops!!
Claudette Colvin, Who Refused to Give Her Bus Seat to a White Woman, Dies at 86
www.nytimes.com
January 14, 2026 at 12:06 AM
FACT.
Dave Cockrum was with no hyperbole whatsoever one of the best character designers to ever work in superhero comics. His sense of style holds up today with many designs like Phoenix, Nightcrawler and Storm being all-time classics.
January 13, 2026 at 11:26 PM
FACT.
Happy Friday in Comics, gang!
January 9, 2026 at 9:47 PM
Happy Friday in Comics, gang!
Good night to a fighter for good things, and respect.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/u...
Lynda Blackmon Lowery, One of the Youngest Selma Marchers, Dies at 75
www.nytimes.com
January 9, 2026 at 5:26 PM
Good night to a fighter for good things, and respect.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/u...
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AOC: This has now become what we feared most about ICE for a long time—that it would be used as an anti-civilian force with no accountability. At the end of the day, what we saw today was a murder, and murders in cold blood need to be prosecuted.
January 8, 2026 at 12:05 AM
AOC: This has now become what we feared most about ICE for a long time—that it would be used as an anti-civilian force with no accountability. At the end of the day, what we saw today was a murder, and murders in cold blood need to be prosecuted.
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There are people who still don't understand that you can do everything right--you can do everything they tell you--and you will still be shot in the face.
January 8, 2026 at 1:40 AM
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Inform certain politicians about what 2025 and 2026 will be, so they can sabotage the ascensions of Fascist demons, starting with figuring out who can blackmail Roy Marcus Cohn.
January 8, 2026 at 1:30 AM
Inform certain politicians about what 2025 and 2026 will be, so they can sabotage the ascensions of Fascist demons, starting with figuring out who can blackmail Roy Marcus Cohn.
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It's a great start to 2026 when you're listed in @comicsbeat.bsky.social as one of 2025's influential people in the comics biz!
Many thanks to @comixace.bsky.social and everyone responsible for this honor! Congratulations to all the amazing people listed here!!
www.comicsbeat.com/announcing-t...
Many thanks to @comixace.bsky.social and everyone responsible for this honor! Congratulations to all the amazing people listed here!!
www.comicsbeat.com/announcing-t...
January 5, 2026 at 5:43 PM
It's a great start to 2026 when you're listed in @comicsbeat.bsky.social as one of 2025's influential people in the comics biz!
Many thanks to @comixace.bsky.social and everyone responsible for this honor! Congratulations to all the amazing people listed here!!
www.comicsbeat.com/announcing-t...
Many thanks to @comixace.bsky.social and everyone responsible for this honor! Congratulations to all the amazing people listed here!!
www.comicsbeat.com/announcing-t...
It's a great start to 2026 when you're listed in @comicsbeat.bsky.social as one of 2025's influential people in the comics biz!
Many thanks to @comixace.bsky.social and everyone responsible for this honor! Congratulations to all the amazing people listed here!!
www.comicsbeat.com/announcing-t...
Many thanks to @comixace.bsky.social and everyone responsible for this honor! Congratulations to all the amazing people listed here!!
www.comicsbeat.com/announcing-t...
January 5, 2026 at 5:43 PM
It's a great start to 2026 when you're listed in @comicsbeat.bsky.social as one of 2025's influential people in the comics biz!
Many thanks to @comixace.bsky.social and everyone responsible for this honor! Congratulations to all the amazing people listed here!!
www.comicsbeat.com/announcing-t...
Many thanks to @comixace.bsky.social and everyone responsible for this honor! Congratulations to all the amazing people listed here!!
www.comicsbeat.com/announcing-t...
First Monday Morning Business Soundtrack of 2026.
January 5, 2026 at 3:45 PM
First Monday Morning Business Soundtrack of 2026.
Excellent summation in the form of a question.
Swalwell: He couldn't run a casino, and now he's going to run a country in South America while he fails to run a country in North America?
January 4, 2026 at 2:44 PM
Excellent summation in the form of a question.
GREATNESS and required reading.
Reading goal for this week: finally read DC: The New Frontier for the first time
January 4, 2026 at 2:44 PM
GREATNESS and required reading.
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The kidnapping of Maduro inaugurates a highly dangerous era of U.S. empire that for perhaps the first time in an era of mass media is not pretending to be anything other than a violent, extractive enterprise of domination.
A Criminal Empire
The United States launches a conquest and occupation of Venezuela to extract its oil wealth. The neocon dream is the America First dream
www.forever-wars.com
January 3, 2026 at 7:50 PM
The kidnapping of Maduro inaugurates a highly dangerous era of U.S. empire that for perhaps the first time in an era of mass media is not pretending to be anything other than a violent, extractive enterprise of domination.
Trump's Venezuela Attack: It’s All About the Oil, Stupid!
open.substack.com/pub/zeteo/p/...
open.substack.com/pub/zeteo/p/...
Trump's Venezuela Attack: It’s All About the Oil, Stupid!
Here are five times Donald Trump himself admitted that illegally attacking Venezuela and toppling Nicolás Maduro was aimed at seizing the country’s massive oil reserves.
open.substack.com
January 3, 2026 at 2:06 PM
Trump's Venezuela Attack: It’s All About the Oil, Stupid!
open.substack.com/pub/zeteo/p/...
open.substack.com/pub/zeteo/p/...
First day of the year reading and relaxing.
January 1, 2026 at 8:32 PM
First day of the year reading and relaxing.
A good end to 2025 receiving JASON PEARSON'S BODY BAGS ARTIST'S EDITION courtesy of @act4publishing.bsky.social and Scott Dunbier, Keven Gardner and all the people who put this mammoth collection together to commemorate a unique vision in comics by an amazing creative force gone too soon.
RIP.
RIP.
December 31, 2025 at 9:21 PM
A good end to 2025 receiving JASON PEARSON'S BODY BAGS ARTIST'S EDITION courtesy of @act4publishing.bsky.social and Scott Dunbier, Keven Gardner and all the people who put this mammoth collection together to commemorate a unique vision in comics by an amazing creative force gone too soon.
RIP.
RIP.
December 30, 2025 at 11:02 PM
The actor who played the iconic Senator Clay Davis on THE WIRE has left the building.
RESPECT, Mr. Whitlock, and rest in peace.
deadline.com/2025/12/isia...
RESPECT, Mr. Whitlock, and rest in peace.
deadline.com/2025/12/isia...
Isiah Whitlock Jr. Dies: ‘The Wire’ Actor & Frequent Spike Lee Collaborator Was 71
Actor Isiah Whitlock Jr., known for his roles in The Wire, Veep, Your Honor and The Residence and a number of Spike Lee movies, passed away Dec. 30.
deadline.com
December 30, 2025 at 10:52 PM
The actor who played the iconic Senator Clay Davis on THE WIRE has left the building.
RESPECT, Mr. Whitlock, and rest in peace.
deadline.com/2025/12/isia...
RESPECT, Mr. Whitlock, and rest in peace.
deadline.com/2025/12/isia...
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@josephpillidge.bsky.social showed us that not only can he build into the Spawn Universe with a new character who finds herself driven by revenge to end Spawn….meet Tasha Thornwall in Bloodletter a favorite for 2025
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Episode 171: Facing your Revenge w/ Joseph Illidge discussing Spawn Universe's Bloodletter
Podcast Episode · The Faqs Project · 06/12/2025 · 1h 7m
podcasts.apple.com
December 30, 2025 at 5:21 AM
@josephpillidge.bsky.social showed us that not only can he build into the Spawn Universe with a new character who finds herself driven by revenge to end Spawn….meet Tasha Thornwall in Bloodletter a favorite for 2025
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I just backed 1/6: The Graphic Novel - Issue #4 on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/one...
1/6: The Graphic Novel - Issue #4
And Still We Rise!
www.kickstarter.com
December 29, 2025 at 5:40 PM
I just backed 1/6: The Graphic Novel - Issue #4 on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/one...
The before and after of being a homeowner and landlord during a snowstorm weekend, with some help from a friend.
Arctic G.I. JOE mode.
Photos by @lulufriesdat.bsky.social
Arctic G.I. JOE mode.
Photos by @lulufriesdat.bsky.social
December 28, 2025 at 4:03 AM
The before and after of being a homeowner and landlord during a snowstorm weekend, with some help from a friend.
Arctic G.I. JOE mode.
Photos by @lulufriesdat.bsky.social
Arctic G.I. JOE mode.
Photos by @lulufriesdat.bsky.social
Christmas Eve purchase at @anyonecomics.bsky.social Looking forward to diving into these books from so many creators including Ken Lashley, Adam Glass, Stephanie Williams, Jordan Clark, Atagün İlhan, Christopher Priest, and Kieron Gillen.🔥
December 25, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Christmas Eve purchase at @anyonecomics.bsky.social Looking forward to diving into these books from so many creators including Ken Lashley, Adam Glass, Stephanie Williams, Jordan Clark, Atagün İlhan, Christopher Priest, and Kieron Gillen.🔥
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"The administration’s goal, he said, was to deport immigrants as efficiently as Amazon moves packages: “Like Prime, but with human beings.”"
ICE documents reveal plan to hold 80,000 immigrants in warehouses
The Trump administration wants to build seven large-scale deportation hubs to speed up deportations, internal ICE documents show.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 24, 2025 at 8:40 PM
"The administration’s goal, he said, was to deport immigrants as efficiently as Amazon moves packages: “Like Prime, but with human beings.”"
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2025 was a great year for my company ILLUMINOUS and our clients, as we look forward to a New Year of working with YOU to debut your Original Ideas into the world in the form of comic books and graphic novels!
BATMAN-Level Creative Management.
YOUR IP.
WITHOUT LIMITS.
BATMAN-Level Creative Management.
YOUR IP.
WITHOUT LIMITS.
December 22, 2025 at 3:15 PM
2025 was a great year for my company ILLUMINOUS and our clients, as we look forward to a New Year of working with YOU to debut your Original Ideas into the world in the form of comic books and graphic novels!
BATMAN-Level Creative Management.
YOUR IP.
WITHOUT LIMITS.
BATMAN-Level Creative Management.
YOUR IP.
WITHOUT LIMITS.