Mark Waid Interview
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 13 ต.ค. 2024
- Today I have the pleasure of talking to one of my favorite creators of all time: Mark Waid. We talk about his life in comics, his career from writer to publicist and what the future holds for him.
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His flash run is very special to me, and kingdom come is what got me into comics.
it's impossible not to love Mark Waid. Writes great comics and knows what it's like to be a fan.
Great interview. Glad these types of videos are coming back to the channel.
Finally got to watch this and I really enjoyed it 🤙. Haha he threw you off so much when he started talking about you & David and how he watches the channel, you lost your train of thought. You didn’t see that coming!
I didn’t see that coming lol.
Good interview, Omar! Thanks for posting, I love Mark Waid.
Awesome interview!!! Thank you so much Omar for setting this up and of course big thanks to Mr. Waid for coming on. Kingdom Come is the greatest DC story of all time. Fight me. Haha. I have never read a comic written by Mark Waid put it down and thought to myself, meh, didn't care for that. He is amazing at what he does. I wish had the time to read more of his work. I still haven't read his Flash run! He deserves all the respect he gets and then some. Thanks again guys. Take care and peace. P. S. Waid on Superman!
Also! DC NEEDS to reprint Kingdom Come The Deluxe Edition like yesterday!!!
Really excited to hear this interview! I've been reading his comics the entire time I've been reading comics.
He has a massive library of work under him.
Fabulous interview. Many thanks Mark and Omar. Now I’ve gone and ordered THE HISTORY OF SCIENCE FICTION: A GRAPHIC NOVEL ADVENTURE. lol
I have just finished History of the Marvel Universe and think it shows perfectly how knowledgeable Mark Waid is of the complete Marvel History! And how he can take a concept and make it work. I thought it was amazing, really helped me fill in the holes in my knowledge. Great interview Omar!
Couldn't agree more! I would love to host a trivia challenge between him and a few other creators.
@@NearMintCondition this would be amazing!!!!
Great interview! Mark Waid is my favorite writer, look at Omar over here living the dream, lol. Keep up the great work Near Mint team.
Loved the interview,thx Omar and Mark.
Waid’s Daredevil was a really profound experience for me when I read it. It was the right book at just the right time.
Would love to see him and Samnee collab again. Their chemistry is incredible
You’re not wrong! But man Samnee on Fire Power is next level. One of my favorite books. Just astonishing work
Waid daredevil is the worst thing I have ever read
His run is my favorite run on Daredevil
@@821lancevance writing was cringey but art was amazing start to finish
I’d love it Mark Waid had Superman for a year at least
Great interview,love Mark Waid. So awesome that he keeps up with what your doing Omar!!
His irredeemable run is spectacular and one of my favorite series. Thanks for this Omar I really enjoyed watching the interview.
36:30 I got chills cause right after he said that I looked up and saw Kingdom Come and Daredevil by Waid in my bookshelf lol.
My favorite flash run of all time! My favorite run of my favorite character! Mark Waid is the man! Thanx Omar!
What a legend! And now we know that mark waid is a man of taste. Had no idea of his involvement with humanoids, makes his decisions and his writing even more special
Mark is an amazing storyteller with great respect for what has preceded him. Ruse was great. His Flash run essential. Most everything I have read is amazing
Used to be an amazing storyteller
What a great interview and even greater man. I learned so much about what goes on behind comics from watching this. Hope you get to interview him again.
One of my favorite Waid runs was he and Andy Kubert's Ka-Zar run at Marvel back in the late 90's.
Mark Waid! Thank you for Secret Origins and a practically limitless scope of capturing the best of everything about superhero comics
That is a series that doesn't get enough praise.
1.5k views and 184 likes.....unacceptable!!! Use those fingers for more than picking buggers!!! HIT THAT LIKE BUTTON!!!!!
Great interview. Too short, but I get he’s a busy man. Great to hear he’s following the channel.
Love the talk Omar! Amazing men both of you. And man! you really knows about comics. Hell yeah! 👊🏻
Thank you, sir.
Great interview Omar, Mark is one of the greatest comic book writer of our time.
Man I love coming back to this interview and giving it a read. Probably one of my favourites (next to the Thorne and Perch interview). Cant wait to back his Irredeemable book and give his Flash book a read.
This man's work was my childhood. Great interview, hermano. Bring him back for more.
I hear that!
Planning on buying mark waid's daredevil next month, this interview made me a fan of his already, we NEED another interview omar!
Excellent interview/conversation!
Great one Omar. Waid is a legend. These creators have given us all so much joy and for me maybe no one more than Waid.
Nice. Just now getting the chance to go back and watch this. Mark Waid's runs on Captain America and Fantastic Four were my introductions to both series outside of appearances from random crossover events.
Thanks Mr Waid for doing this! Long time fan of your work. I love kingdom come the most of all of your work. Thanks uncanny guy for setting this up!
Mark Waid has an AMAZING story regarding his time at Fantagraphics. Apparently, he would throw temper tantrums every day at his desk because he knew the boss wouldn't come in until 10am. This story can be found on google and is in a published book.
Good thing we only talked about comics and publishing. Otherwise I would had to have share my stories on making my coworkers snap by 9AM. I was that guy, but hey that would be a different type of show and youtube channel.
Yeah, a LOT of stuff can be "found on google," including explanations of how we never actually landed on the moon. As far as the book goes, a lot of those claims about me were unfounded or highly exaggerated--that's what happens with thirty-year-old stories--and if I recall correctly, not even the book claims I "threw temper tantrums every day." But your claiming that is exactly why that kind of misinformation can be "found on Google."
@@mwaid How about that 911 call from the comic book shop? High exaggerated?
@@mwaid I typed out the story word for word from the book. Hope you enjoy reading it again.
@@TheTenCentStory Show the receipts.
Oh wow! Thank you for the interview Mark. One thing I've always wanted to say, out of all the comic writers I've read going back to the silver age, I don't know of a single one who is so well-versed in the medium and characters that they can pop into literally ANY book for a dozen issues, write an incredibly significant story arc, and pop out while always leaving their mark in a positive way on the title. Only other writer I can think of that comes remotely close is Jeff Lemire.
He is a massive knowledge base.
Great, great interview - I love Waid! His/Rodriguez History of the Marvel Universe is one of my favs! Do you ever think they’ll reprint his/Wieringo’s FF Omni?!
Nice surprise
One of the all-time greats, let's hope to god that DC does the right thing and eventually release his Flash run in omnibus format.
100% could not agree more. I've held off on the trades because I want it collected in the omnibus format so much. Really would like to see a Superman: Birthright deluxe edition too.
God yes. How has this not happened. But in fairness PAD's Hulk was just released and M publishes more than DC. But the sales of a big run like that and the pub of Grell's GA books give me hope!
@@bloh8388 Yeah, Marvel admittedly seems to have more faith in their backlog than DC. Grell's GA run getting a second omni volume to finish off the run is super promising going forward.
Yes
Great creator and great get. Classic talent in the modern and despite having to deal with the lesser elements of the comic industry like Comicsgate and their ilk always a class act.
I love many Waid books but Daredevil is top and it’s my favourite Waid book and my favourite DD book…needless to say I’m looking forward to sitting back and watching this. Thanks Omar!
So hard to choose what my favorite would be.
Probably won’t watch this until later but I’m so pumped! Thanks Omar and Mr. Waid for taking the time to do this. :D Algorithm gang!
Hope you enjoy it!
his stories make you feel good
Man, those Flash stories and his Cap and the ending of Kingdom Come. Every time.
Wait Waid did Star Wars, I never knew that I'll have to pick that up.
He did the Leia series.
@@NearMintCondition I never knew that. Star Wars is what got everything started for me in diving into the medium.
NO WAY!!!
I cannot wait to check this out!
Love Mark Waid and the Uncanny Omar 💪
He talked about Daredevil and your relationship with David Gabriel! 😱😱😱
What a great interview and an awesome surprise today!
Thanks Omar 🎉💪
Yes sir. :)
What a great interview. Such a friendly and down to earth person for having done so much. I’m so new to collecting and my collection is so small, I actually don’t have anything written by Mark Waid… 😂I guess I’ll have to start somewhere!
Going to watch this tonight. Looking forward to it.
Waid Flash, baby!
My man!
This was great to listen to. I followed his work for so many years and got to meet him a few times at cons. Always treated me and mine with respect and time. I have to disagree Omar, I think his best work was Captain America with Garney.
Thank you, brother. It was great to sit down and talk to one of the greats.
Captain America run with Garney is the best Cap run. I’m waiting for an Omnibus reprint of that run
@@chazkhaira4690 its in my top 3.
waid is the man, loved his daredevil and fantastic four
He really changed that character up some.
I love Mark waids writing. This was a great idea Omar!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Great interview! I see Waid is creeping back into DC recently. I hope we get a Superman run from him at some point. (Hey Omar, please twist Marks arm to get us those coffee table Incal books back in print. Theres a movie coming after all!)
His Superman with Bryan Hitch has already been announced 👍
@@marcelo-ramos yeah, i mean like an actual run on Superman or Action, though. Not just a mini or maxi series, which he’s done before.
NOOOO! Can't believe I missed this live! My favorite writer of all time. I hope he comes back for a second interview. 😭 I just finished his run on The Flash a few weeks ago. My absolute favorite run in comics.
It was prerecorded but he is doing a interview with Kurtis from the epic marvel podcast either today or tomorrow I am not sure if that's live or not
@@tom3151 thank you for putting me at ease 😌
@@Malachi_Risinger Prerecorded brother.
somewhere Maddog comics is screaming Mark Fucking Waid!
I really wish dc would reprint book 6 of his Flash...
Uncanny Omar channeling all of our inner nerd on this interview. Right there with ya, buddy, Mark Waid is an all-time favorite, top 5 creator for sure. Wally West Forever! Can't wait for his upcoming Superman book with Bryan Hitch.
Yes, I'm glad he is still working on the big two.
Oh my God, this is so freaking cool!! :)
Thank you my brother.
Awesome interview! What a wonderful human-being! I love him more now! :) Thank you, Omar!
Great interview with, as Marcus aka Maddogg calls him, "Mark Fucking Waid".
That's a good title.
Wow! 😲🔥
28:59 sounds like his Flash #0
and that issue alone set up so many future stories for other story tellers.
@@NearMintCondition Ooh! Cool, going through everything in the Flash reading order now (on Geoff Johns Book 5) so I can't wait to see what you mean. btw is The Flash: The Wild Wests super important? Just asking cause it's OOP and very hard to find. 😀
Great interview, mark waid is one of the best writers off all time.
Thank you.
This was really cool. He seems like a genuinely good guy.
He was great to talk to.
We need to hunt 17 thumbs downs and feed them to galactus
What about writing The Shadow?
He's done so much its hard to condense what he has written to less than an hour.
What?! Waid wrote the Shadow? How did I not know this?
yo mista waid (big fan) please re-release the super size incal again! shrunken down european lettering be hard to read mayne
I would love this.
Hey Mark, your boi Zach says what's up.
Can not stand that kid's videos. Making things political and then not having done any homework to make up his crap statistics. But hey, if you enjoy that type of entertainment, good on you.
@@mattthompson3371 Zack is an ex army who served his country. did you? Since you call him a "kid"
@@Mako2401 Two tours in Kuwait, was sent in as an entomologist though ,so not sure if you still define a Marine that deals with bugs as someone that served his country. We had plenty of "kids" both tours. Have good evening.
@@davidc1664 Yes sir. Knuckleheads everywhere in life. 15 years here, things are a little slower than they use to be, like my body. I like coming to channels like Omar's, I just want to talk and hear comics.
@@mattthompson3371 Nobody cares what you consider as serving your country.
Mark Waid seems like one of the nicest guys
I've met him at cons a few times and always was a good guy to me.
I haven't read any Mark Waid as I've only just started collecting this year, but I definitely want to after this interview
Start with Kingdom Come. Wait and Alex Ross team up to write a masterclass story.
@@gabrielcarrasco8414 Will do, I've heard nothing but fantastic things about Kingdom Come
You won't go back after Kingdom Come. You'll be chasing that dragon.
Try his Daredevil run.
Luisa then and now is that meeting yourself in the future book Waid speaks about. Adapted by Tamaki. It’s a great premise but poor execution.
I’m still going to check it out.
I'm a ComicsGate guy but enjoyed this video & thought Mr Waid had a lot of good info for inspiring comics writers, artists, & editors. Great interview!
If you're a CG guy then you know what this man has done and how he speaks to fans online. Waid is everything that's broken the western comic book market.
@@rickymcn1 You are right. He didn't do those things in this interview tho. He offered helpful advise for those looking to become involved in comics which to me is good for Comicsgaters & everyone else. He even talked about hard work & continually plugging away with your ideas which I can't think of as anything but a Comicsgate type ideal.
He did say he wasn't a "short order cook for the fans" but went on to say he was for the industry tho with amount of pages & size format of books for retailers & publishers. That is telling about the type of person he is.
Marks “Politics” are being against Comicsgate. That’s it lmao.
why does waid think we hate him? twitter loves him
No one can deny that Waid was an amazing writer and was a cornerstone of comics for many of us over the years however he is also everything wrong with the western comic book industry today. Writers who behave like this man, the way he speaks to long standing fans, the constant virtue signalling and (alleged) interference with creators trying to get independent comics off the ground are just a taste of how far this man has fallen. I will never open another one of his books. You are free to enjoy his work, I would never dream of telling another human being how to behave (unlike Waid) but just know that the reason manga absolutely smashes western comics in sales and has taken over all the floor space in book shops is because of people like Waid. Remember, his court case was settled with a non-disclosure agreement. That was Waid's stipulation. Meyer would want to shout the result from the rooftops. He sits alongside Dan Slott as one of the most pretenious and fan hating white knights in the comic book industry. Omar, I love your channel dude, it's obvious you have a great love for what comics used to be so you know exactly what I'm talking about.
I'm going to say one thing about all this without going into a debate. MANGA has been dominating book sales since 2000. The year of Tokyopop. I'm not sure if there have been youtubers reporting this like its something new, but I do find it interesting that some of my viewers have been bringing this up more and more lately. It's a double edge sword though, manga sales are phenomenal in the book market, but in the direct market it's another story. Not that the book market is nothing to write home about, since they are the reasons companies like Dark Horse stay afloat if you look at the numbers of sales DH did in the direct market.
Anyway as a guy that worked at a comic shop and was there at the beginning of the manga boom, it does aggravate me sometimes when people act like this is the beginning of the end for western comics. The grass is always greener too, I don't hardly hear anyone bring up the counter argument when talking manga sales. People in the western world can make a good living writing and drawing comics without killing themselves unlike some mangaka. Or the editorial mandate from Young Animal or Shonen Jump...no way would any creator in the west put up with that. Or the overhead for that license and how much the profit is for companies like Vertical. There is a reason companies like CMP, Iron Cat and One Comics went under. Damn, this would have made a fun episode instead of writing down my thoughts. :)
@@NearMintCondition Apologies for bringing the mood down. I know manga has been doing a lot better for a lot longer than most people realise. I think why it's so top of mind for everyone is due to demon slayer outselling the whole industry combined just by itself and the top 20 graphic novels being all manga for most of this year so the levels of embarrassment are at critical levels at the moment. That isn't my focus here though. It's Waid's treatment of customers and his peers. From calling fan's white supremacists (including black ones) to having people banned from cons for trivial questions, he's just a nasty piece of work. Again, apologies, I genuinely wish none of this needed to be said but as Waid likes to point out from his ivory tower, actions have consequences. Anyhoo, looking forward to your future vids and hopefully we'll get that New Warriors Classic omnibus Vol 3 announcment that my OCD has patiently been waiting for 😁
Not a fan of how he dealt with some things honestly.
@Ryan Wilson im left wing as it gets , and i think as much as i disagree with richard in some things, hes in no way, shape or form a bigot. At worst at times he can seem a bit ignorant but never hateful.
No idea what this is about. Lol I thought you were talking about a character at first that he didn’t handle well. I was about to debate on which character.
@@NearMintCondition oh sorry lol not that, hes a great writer and legend in those terms. Do you think you would ever get Peter David ?
I interviewed Peter David in 2019. I would love to sit down with him like this. Oh an awesome show would be trivia between these guys and Busiek and Brevoort.
@@NearMintCondition Not only is Peter incredible with marvel, he did some fantastic work with IDW and made Spike vs Dracula an incredible title from what was or could have been a one note joke! JDS is another favourite. Btw did you ever read Mutant X? Such an underrated series
This dude isn't a nice person. He's done some pretty awful stuff. Receipts are everywhere for it if you care to look.
I admit I’ve done shady stuff in my past. But I did my time and I’ve grown up since then.
@@NearMintCondition I was referring to Mark Waid. I don't believe for a second you could do anything shady Omar. You're too adorable :)
is mark waid looking for another company to threaten
Mark Waid.... heard of that name from Comic'sgate. Dude is a bonified SJW.
You’ve never read any work by Mark Waid? Dooood you are missing out on one of the best writers ever!
Guilty of trying to ruin small comic creators.
Keep telling yourself that. The only person guilty of ruining their career is Meyer.
@@lazuruswolf6668 Meyer? You mean someone else was victimized by Waid?
@@LooBiggerthanyoo oh please that dumbass Meyer got himself cancelled.
Waid daredevil is the worst run I have ever read. Just watched him turn a dark noir character into hipster tripe
You need to read more Daredevil, you are in for some downs if you thought Waid's run was the worst.
@@NearMintCondition It was the worst. I read the omnibus of frank Miller, bendis and Brubaker. All of those are infinitely better then mark waids pimp suit wearing daredevil with cringe humor like "I am not daredevil"
I think you’ll have issues with Nocenti’s and Chichester’s run too.
@@NearMintCondition only read soule in terms of newer stuff. I do hear great stuff about chip though
@@NearMintCondition did you just said more downs than ups? LMAO! DD have barely a bad run dude. He's one of the characters that gets amazing writer after writer. Run after run. Waids DD is not the best by any means. It's probably my least favorite though. His writing was cringey but the art was great start to finish.
More comics less politics Mark Waid. Politics never brought anything good to anyone except for corrupt politicans.
We never once talked about politics. Just comics and publishing responsibilities.
@@NearMintCondition Good to hear will watch the video. Thank you
@@NearMintCondition politics and comics are inseparable to someone like Mark Waid.
I think there should always be room for this kind of criticism even on this channel. Creators like Waid take actions and have criticized a lot of other subjects through their work in comics and social media. There is no action without consequence so it’s more than likely they will get called out for it. Which in a respectful manner should always be possible.
@@Jack_Ss I heard the same about Billy Tucci and Shane Davis, but when I had them on the channel, much like Mark all we talked was comics. Maybe its the hosts that aren't guiding the conversation properly.
SINCE GRADESCHOOL DAYS, I'M ALREADY ACQUAINTED WITH MARK WAID. HE IS USUAL IN COMIC BOOKS STUFF. I'M HONEST ♥️ IN TERMS OF "ADULT STUFF". LOUIE LLUSTRISSIMO IS SINCERE. I'M HONEST ❤️ DATE: APRIL 22, 2022 TIME: 8:41AM 🧁🧁🧁 I FELL-IN-LOVE WITH LOUIE LLUSTRISSIMO ONLY. FROM THE BEGINNING, IT'S THE SMILE OF LOUIE LLUSTRISSIMO THAT I LOVE. I'M HONEST ♥️ TIME: 8:42AM