Dwayne McDuffie, R.I.P.

[yendi]

I'm stunned.

According to CBR, Dwayne McDuffie has died. If you enjoyed Static Shock or Justice League at all, you likely owe that enjoyment to him (if you're a comics fan, I'm assuming you're already familiar with his work). He's long been one of a handful of creators whose name guarantees my interest in a project, and he'd always been very accessible to fans. Like many of my favorite comics writers, I was a fan of his work (on Damage Control) long before I'd really learned to pay attention to the writing credits on a book, and I've actively followed his career for nearly two decades (even since the debut of Milestone Media).

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[juliansinger.livejournal.com]

Fut the whuck.

Shit, that's not good at all. I'm sorry to hear it.

Milestone was freakin' great stuff, and he even salvaged that recent Justice League run. (Apparently, I really need to watch JLU; I didn't know he was involved in it.)

[unwilly.livejournal.com]

Damn it!

[yendi]

Not only was he involved, but but you can see his influence in the Young Justice, Batman: Brave and the Bold, and Super Hero Squad Show cartoons (and you can see the utter failure, creatively, of the current Avengers toon as an example of a show whose creators should have watched and learned from him). I'd say he's every bit as important to the animated DCU as Timm or Dini at this point.