Mark Waid's Blog

So I’m Asking For Your Help.

I’m putting out an urgent public call to readers and fans, especially those who support the new and the innovative. I’m getting behind something I believe in, and I’m asking you to join me–and Brian K. Vaughan and Scott Snyder and Matt Fraction and Brian Bendis and Gail Simone and many, many other comics creators, all of whom have volunteered to talk to you about what we do and how we do it. We’re making ourselves available to you in a new way, and here’s how:

For the last few months, a talent...

At the 2013 O’Reilly Tools of Change Publishing Conference

I was honored last week to be asked to be a Keynote Speaker at the O’Reilly Tools of Change Publishing Conference in New York (thank you, Kat Meyer, for lining it up!) Here I am, preaching Digital Comics Storytelling (as usual). I’d like to think what I lack in polish, I make up for in enthusiasm. Make a drinking game of trying to guess which way I’m going to weave nervously around on stage from moment to moment, right or left. (I’m sure the cameraman did.)

Insufferable Week 24!

You know, there’s a big, BIG clue hanging in the air about who’s behind all this villainy…it’s been hanging for months now…and NO ONE has picked up on it. I’m hesitant to say more because it may give the whole thing away, but something Nocturnus did very early on should have raised at least ONE eyebrow. Is this this week we reveal what that clue is?

Actually, no, but keep your other eyebrow ready to cock at @FAILahad.

Anyway, new week’s up here! Thanks to everyone for your kind reception at the...

Insufferable Week 23!

Up and running–please to leave any comments, thoughts or observations below. Pete and Nolan both knocked themselves out this week especially. Me, I’m leaving for the New York Comicon in 15 minutes and will be in Artist’s Alley at booth H-18 — stop by and say hello if you’re there, and be among the first to hear news about the NEW Thrillbent series we’ll be launching next week!

Insufferable Week 21!

Almost have the Thrillbent site back up as promised. We were hacked HARD, says Lori–tons of images deleted, it’s just a mess, and everyone (including our new hosting service) is doing Herculean work to get it all put back together, but in the meantime, we’re not gonna leave you hanging for your weekly fix: you can right-click download this week’s INSUFFERABLE at either the CBZ or PDF links, your choice! Thanks again for your patience. And feel free to share these links far and wide with all y...

Insufferable Week 20!

Okay! New Thrillbent server locked in, construction almost complete, loading it up with one or two NEW free weekly series in ADDITION to Insufferable–plan to launch next week, will keep you all posted. Thanks for your boundless patience! In the meantime, so you can get your fix, here are direct download links for this week’s installment: CBZ or PDF! Thanks for reading! All will be back to normal soon!

INSUFFERABLE Week 19!

We appreciate your patience. The Thrillbent site is being moved to a different, far more secure server this week now that we’ve been Hacker Bait three times, so there’s no on-line reading until it’s up again–but in the meantime, you can still get your direct-download fix of this week’s installment by right-clicking either link: PDF or, if you prefer, CBZ format. Thanks!

INSUFFERABLE Week 18!

Up now and free to read at Thrillbent. Thanks to writer Tom Peyer for suggesting this week’s one sweet moment of father/son bonding. It’s a nice sentiment.

It doesn’t last.

Also, publicist Meg is quickly becoming my favorite character in the strip. Yours?

INSUFFERABLE Week 17!

Up and available to read right now at Thrillbent! Various threads are beginning to weave into a giant tapestry of crime and danger, and by the end of this installment, you may be able to suss out some of the Master Plan. We’re thick into Act Two.

If you like what you read, we implore you–recommend the link to your friends. Use the “share” buttons, download the files and share them however you like, wherever you like–just spread the word. It’s much appreciated!

Best, MW

Wait, INSUFFERABLE WEEK 16 is WHERE…?

Thrillbent got hacked, so we’re down for a bit while we do maintenance. However, lest we deny you your weekly fix, here are direct-download links to this week’s Insufferable installment: PDF, CBZ

Enjoy!