JQ: Yes, we’re always addressing the problem of lateness, it is a never-ending battle in the world of comics, but I have to admit that this is really beginning to be one of those played out topics on the ‘net as if this is the first time in the history of comics that comics have been late.

Look, I’m not trying to excuse lateness, but the ‘net acts like this is something new. We can go back to the days of Image when those books shipped irregularly, or when you had to wait months and months between issues of Watchmen and even worse, the issues of The Dark Knight Returns (most people don’t remember anymore).

Or how back in the day - yes the glory days as some people like to remember them - if a title was going to be late, rather than miss a month Marvel would insert a reprint story. Late comics will always be something that we will have to deal with. Some months will be better than others, you just do what you have to do to try to keep the plates spinning.
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While I have immense respect for what Queseda's done for Marvel, I think he forgets that the latenesses of Watchmen, The Dark Knight Returns did not affect other books. Ozydamius did not appear as the villain in a JLA story, spoiling his role in Watchmen #10.

One lingering question I have is why "Frank Quitely" uses a pen name on his
comic work, and how Vincent Deighan came up with the name.

Quite Frankly, I have no idea.

I was looking forward to that Captain Marvel project...

...until I began to realize that I may never actually see it.

Now, I couldn't care less.

It would be difficult to make my statement "ironic" under the best of circumstances. Since I spoke to the general state of the industry, and not Quitely in specific -- he seems more a symptom than a cause -- there is no "irony" at all.

Not going to name names here, so don't bother guessing, since I will neither confirm nor deny -- but not long after I started work at Marvel I pitched a series using some existing characters and a specific title. I was told I could not use that title as another artist had a project "in the works" that was already using it. It's now about 30 years later, and that other artist's project has yet to appear.

You know what, plenty of kids get out of school w/o learning any skills so I  am not sure that is the best example. By me, absent molesting or hitting a kid, they can't get fired once they have tenure.

We had several teachers even when I was in school who were clearly coasting. One math teacher they had to move up next to the office on the 2nd floor-all other math teachers were on the 1st. he taught there at least 5 years next to the office, with no control over the kids.  They all got good grades, but were not prepared for the next level.

And I don;t know how many days in english class were spent watching movies.

Most teachers are very dedicated of course, but it is hard to get the non-performing ones out!

We watched it in 6th grade.  Of course even then some kids were too "old" for Willy Wonka.

Just like at 11, I was too "old" to have a Spider-man t-shirt and read the comics.

According to the kids at school. Heck, I was just starting to read them!