MarkWaid

Mark Waid is a comic book writer whose reputation writing superheroes precedes him. But the current BOOM! Studios EIC wasn't always Mr. "Kingdom Come" or Sir "Irredeemable," though. Once upon a time, a younger Waid was simply a fan with a pen for poetry and a love of super-heroic pets...

Over at CBR's new "Cup O' Joe" series with Marvel Editor-in-Chief Joe Quesada, "Kingdom Come" author Mark Waid shows up to tell a completely insane story about the time a comic book store in Vermont flew him out for a signing. When he arrived, however, and was out in the middle of nowhere with the people who had picked him up, he made a terrible discovery: There was no store...

Comics book writer Mark Waid is perhaps best known as the writer of DC's 'Kingdom Come' and The Flash,' but now that's he's the Editor-In-Chief of Boom! Studios, Waid no longer has to hold his tongue about other comic book companies. And in an often scathing 9000-word interview at Ain't It Cool News, he really, really doesn't, taking aim at DC Editor-In-Chief Dan DiDio and CrossGen owner Mark Ales

I was as surprised as anyone to learn of Mike Wieringo's untimely death at the age of 44 last month due to a sudden heart attack brought on by a congenital, hereditary problem with his aorta. Having never had the pleasure of meeting the artist, whose work I've long admired, it seemed a no-brainer to attend the tribute being held in his honor at the Baltimore Comic-Con today by some of his closest

Press Release Jimmy Palmiotti (Painkiller Jane, Countdown, Jonah Hex) and Amanda Conner (Green Arrow Black Canary Wedding Special, Power Girl), along with an impressive slate of additional writers and artists have joined the roster for the September 8-9, 2007 Baltimore Comic-Con ...

Press Release In a surprise announcement that rocked the comic-book world, BOOM! Studios revealed that fan-favorite scribe Mark Waid will become BOOM!'s Editor-in-Chief effective August 1st, 2007. Waid will fill a key position in the company previously held informally by Publisher and co-owner, Ross Richie ...