RIP Dwayne McDuffie
I just found out from 
tripoli that Dwayne McDuffie has passed away. Tripoli's right: what a loss. The news reports he died suddenly yesterday from complications during a surgery.
Comic Book Resources:
CBR News has learned that comic writer, animation producer and respected industry veteran Dwayne McDuffie passed away. [...]
[McDuffie] soon left the [Marvel] staff to become a full time freelance writer, becoming a voice in the industry for diversity, particularly fighting against stereotypical portrayals of people of color on the comic book page.
In 1993, McDuffie co-founded Milestone Media along with creators Denys Cowan, Michael Davis and Derek T. Dingle. The company's mission statement involved expanding the role of minorities in comics both on the page and off, and they launched (through DC Comics) a line of superheroes that included "Static," "Icon" and Xombi" - all of which McDuffie had a hand in creating.
I knew McDuffie best from his work on Justice League, Static Shock, and Teen Titans. He was a fantastic writer and a strong advocate for diversity in comics--an industry that BADLY needs more characters of colour, and better treatment of them. I'd always believed (though I don't have any sources to confirm) that Dwayne must have been influential in bringing John Stewart to the forefront of the Justice League ensemble, giving Green Lantern plenty of character development, making him the male lead in the show's romantic pairing (and later, love triangle).
scans_daily has a tag for creator: dwayne mcduffie and the latest posts have been lovely tributes to a great man.
Racialicious has two posts remembering McDuffie: Voices: Remembering Dwayne McDuffie and One More Voice: On My Conversation with Dwayne McDuffie.
Ta-Nehisi Coates praises McDuffie's work on Justice League in his post Dwayne McDuffie, the Icon.
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tripoli that Dwayne McDuffie has passed away. Tripoli's right: what a loss. The news reports he died suddenly yesterday from complications during a surgery.
Comic Book Resources:
CBR News has learned that comic writer, animation producer and respected industry veteran Dwayne McDuffie passed away. [...]
[McDuffie] soon left the [Marvel] staff to become a full time freelance writer, becoming a voice in the industry for diversity, particularly fighting against stereotypical portrayals of people of color on the comic book page.
In 1993, McDuffie co-founded Milestone Media along with creators Denys Cowan, Michael Davis and Derek T. Dingle. The company's mission statement involved expanding the role of minorities in comics both on the page and off, and they launched (through DC Comics) a line of superheroes that included "Static," "Icon" and Xombi" - all of which McDuffie had a hand in creating.
I knew McDuffie best from his work on Justice League, Static Shock, and Teen Titans. He was a fantastic writer and a strong advocate for diversity in comics--an industry that BADLY needs more characters of colour, and better treatment of them. I'd always believed (though I don't have any sources to confirm) that Dwayne must have been influential in bringing John Stewart to the forefront of the Justice League ensemble, giving Green Lantern plenty of character development, making him the male lead in the show's romantic pairing (and later, love triangle).
scans_daily has a tag for creator: dwayne mcduffie and the latest posts have been lovely tributes to a great man.
Racialicious has two posts remembering McDuffie: Voices: Remembering Dwayne McDuffie and One More Voice: On My Conversation with Dwayne McDuffie.
Ta-Nehisi Coates praises McDuffie's work on Justice League in his post Dwayne McDuffie, the Icon.
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