Today is a sad day as an influential and popular comic book writer has passed away. His name was Dwayne McDuffie and he was a writer for many companies including Marvel and DC, while also writing for many tv shows.
He was a smart guy with a undergrad in English and a graduates degree in physics from the University of Michigan. He then went to film school in New York and that is when he got a job as an assistant editor for Marvel Comics, he also become Bob Budiansky's assistant on special projects and scripted stories for Marvel. In the early 1990's he became a freelance writer doing stories for Marvel, DC, and Archie comics. In 1992 he co-founded Milestone Media, which was a comic book company owned by African-Americans, and published their comics through DC comics.
He also made a transition to writing, and producing tv shows where he has writing credits for Teen Titans, What's New? Scooby-Doo, Static Shock (a character that he first created in comics with Milestone Media), and one of my favorite old cartoons, Justice League Unlimited. He was also hired to help revamp the Ben 10 cartoon franchise where he wrote and produced many of the newest episodes.
After Justice League Unlimited ended, he made his return to writing comics with some great storylines in Firestorm, Fantastic Four, Justice League, and Beyond!. His last work was writing the script for DC's latest cartoon movie "All-Star Superman" which ironically is being release today.
Dwayne McDuffie passed away from complications due to a surgical procedure the day before.
He was a great writer and I will always remember him when I read his comics or watch any episodes of Justice League Unlimited.
RIP Dwayne, you will be missed.
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