Was the last baww thread not good enough?

WHY WON'T THE MODS STICKY?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?

Goddammit. :(

this is terrible

Stick this mods

>unknown causes

Dude..just....dude....

>>23718975

Complications from surgery.

>>23718945
mods hate black people

They didn't sticky the other 300+ post thread. Don't expect them to sticky this one.

Hey mods, remember when Republicans took back the Senate so out of nowhere you had that clip of Lex Luthor killing Flash embedded on the page for the day?

Fucking make a sticky for the man responsible for that moment.

Shit. Now there's only like 3 black guys who read comics left.

>One of the most prominent black comics/animation writers and creator of Milestone comics has died.
>my face when I first heard the news.

Feels bad, man.

Goddammit.

I just started reading Static Shock last week.

This is really fucking depressing. Here's to you, Dwayne.

>mods
>sticky
>bawwwww
Mourn the man, /co/, but leave your personal issues out of this.

Has anybody even checked IRC to see if any mods are online right now?

>>23719150
I did, and so did another guy. nobody home.

oh god this is horrible ;_;

I can't even find out why he died. One article said "complications from a medical procedure."

His JLU stuff was always fantastic.

This completely blindsided me, Went to comicsalliance.com to see what was new and the first post was missing dwayne mcduffie and dwayne mcduffie RIP. I recently rewatched JL/JLU and of course just saw All Star Superman. The man was a great writer, this is just tragic news. R.I.P. Dwayne.

Still no mods home?

Oh well.

What was your favorite JLU episode guys?
Mine was the one where Amazo returned, not sure if McDuffie did that one.

Oh, Dwayne...

Goddamn it ;__;

>>23719539
That was done by JM DeMatteis. But McDuffie did The Once and Future Thing, y'know, the two-parter with Chronos and three Batmen.

>>23719539

Was looking at imdb to see what episodes he wrote, My favorites of his would have to be Wild Cards(Joker and bombs in vegas) and the last 5 episodes of season 1 of JLU, he did all around fantastic work.

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0568336/filmoseries#tt0275137

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0568336/filmoseries#tt0275137

>>23719661
>>23719662
These. Just... these so hard.
Cowboy Wonder Woman riding a robot dinosaur. Seriously if I was 8 when I watched those episodes I would have orgasmed from sheer awesome.

Alias, Dwayne McDuffie. I hardly knew ye until today.

So often we view comic people as mere cogs in a machine or as some deities to be worshiped, but not has human beings who are finite. It's quite depressing.

Oh- Oh no. I'd just joined his forums too. He actually read them and commented. He was so nice.

My heart goes out to his family.

Goddammit. Not even considering all the contributions he made to cartoons and comics, the man seemed like a genuinely nice guy who loved his work. I wish his family the best.

Why hasn't one of these threads been stickyed yet?

A toast to a great writer.

Keep a thread on the front page till it gets stickied.

R.I.P. Dwayne.

I feel kind of glad that he will be remembered for his work in animation and not comics because he made a lot of stinkers because of editorial influence.

Still can't get over how much of a dickish response Didio gave towards his passing. Don't get me started on that asshole that got him fired too.

>>23720349

What'd he say?

>>23720349
>I feel kind of glad that he will be remembered for his work in animation and not comics because he made a lot of stinkers because of editorial influence.

On the other hand, Damage Control and the Milestone Universe.

>>23720394
back to /b/ with you, young one.

On one hand, I am saddened

On the other, I'm glad he can't ruin Ben 10 anymore.

I'm a horrible person...

>>23720156
It would seem some of the mods from /new/ are now working on /co/.

>>23720394

RIP to one of the funniest creators working in comics.

>>23720438

Don't even respond to those fuckers, bro.

>>23720457
>/new/
>mods
Oh, if only...

>>23720188

>>23720370
> “Dwayne McDuffie left a lasting legacy on the world of comics that many writers can only aspire to. He will not only be remembered as the extremely gifted writer whose scripts have been realized as comic books, in television shows and on the silver screen, but as the creator or co-creator of so many of the much-loved Milestone characters, including Static Shock. The industry has lost a true talent.

>Our sincerest condolences go out to the family and many friends he leaves behind.”

- Dan DiDio, Co-Publisher, DC Comics


>Static Shock

WELL, LOOKS LIKE MY DAY IS FUCKING RUINED.

JESUS, WHAT IS WITH YOU FUCKING COMIC WRITERS AND DYING SO GODDAMN MUCH?

[/spoiler] ;_;

I wonder what surgery it was?

Trolling the RIP Dwayne McDuffie /co/ thread might be the single most deserved /new/ refugee ban warrant in the history of 4chan

If he's the one who wrote the last superman animated movie, the one where superman 'died' from overexposure to the sun...that was the worst piece of fiction I've seen in years.

The plot was all over the place, and no individual component was successfully introduced, performed, or resolved. Every single detail was horrible. I caught myself saying 'this is the worst writing I've ever seen,' out loud, about five different times.

It's fine to feel bad about a human being dying. No one wants to die, or think about dying. But don't betray the truth by saying his writing was anything other than terrible.

Minorities in DC dieing???? This isn't news

Farewell Dwayne
You will be missed

Jesus Christ i was just aching this on youtube last week and went out and bought some Milestone comics.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u16sKK-1oLQ

RIP from Femonymous

He wasn't even old, what happened to him?

Man, I heard he hadn't been doing that well health-wise, but this is horrible. All my prayers to his family and friends.

>>23720703
Stan Lee absorbed his life force.

>>23720729

What, did he absorb more life so he could make more hideous NHL superheroes?

>>23720703
"surgery complications"

working on JLU, writing a bunch of quarter bin goldmine comics, and being a totally nice and funny guy is pretty much comics creator sainthood status for me, I mean most comics personalities who have a big online presence are either annoying or at least a little batshit

>>23720588
He was a fatass so probably a gastric bypass. Someone mentioned on facebook he was sick a while ago.

Lackluster writer who had his moments. Who cares?

damm, he dead now!!

>>23720801

Most of JLU was not just "a moment"

>>23720801
Shut up, Kaziklu.

shiiiit i saw he was trending on twitter and didn't know what the fuck was going on. i always thought the phrase 'my heart skipped a beat' sounded retarded but it actually felt like it once i realized what happened.

>>23720860
No, no, Kaz has class. This one is Cybaiotron/Wyatt Creed.

Expect him to pop up with remarks like this when someone else dies.

>>23720842
You're right, it was several moments. His only moments.

>>23720801

He was a great man; a better man than you. Say his name!

>>23720922

And where are your moments?

The man deserved better.

>>23720924
Ben 10: Ultimate Alien.

>>23720917

>Kaziklu
>Class

Kaz is a racist pedophile. there is absolutely nothing classy about that.

>>23720922

And a ton of comics.

>>23720962
I don't have to be a chef to tell you I've been served shit.

>>23720618
And I won't betray the truth by calling anything else then a complete faggot

Fucking JLU got me through some rough fucking spots in my waning teenage years.

RIP

>Go to classes for three hours
>Come back
>None of these threads have been stickied
Fuck you, too, mods.

Gee, fucking thanks universe. Now I have to go about the rest of my day knowing this information.

Stop talking about tripfags and arguing with trolls.

>>23720924
FATHER

oh wow... :(

Thank you, mod.

Better late than never. All is forgiven, mods, all is forgiven.

Ah, finally, a sticky. Right when the thread was going to hell.

god mods.

>>23720917
>Kaziklu has class
I don't even have a reaction image that could do justice to the stupid shit you just said.

FINALLY

MODS = DEMI GODS

holy shit, I thought this was a troll at first.

Fuck RIP

This is just a setup for a resurrection arc that will be cancelled due to executive meddling.

Finally stickied

Hell of a writer. Seemed like a nice guy too.

RIP

All tripfags are the same shit. Who cares?

>mfw op isn't a troll

a sad day

Finally a sticky.

>>23721109
He meant school you fucking idiot. Not that you would know since you dropped out. As to imply Klaz is a fucking child.

Much like how you're acting. OH MAN, THIS GUY DIED AND PEOPLE ARE SAD ABOUT IT, WOULDN'T IT JUST BE STRAIGHT-EDGED IF I WENT IN AND SAID WHO CARES?????

Show them all cyb, show them all.

he worked on the JLU cartoon and it was awesome

>>23721160

Hey that's pretty funny...oh right he's dead. :(

He kind of looked like Stringer Bell from The Wire

RIP ;_;

Mister McDuffie, you'll be missed, goddamn it... You'll be missed.

"Does Birdnose believe Grundy's soul is waiting for him?"

"Grundy, I don't... yes. It's waiting for you."

"Then Grundy gets his reward."

I am really sorry to hear this. He's really one the reasons why WB/DC animation was so great.

/r/equesting a big ass torrent of all his works.

>>23721259
And he will be missed. Who will miss YOU when you die, loner?

>>23721244
Counter-trolls are the strangest trolls.

Not to imply I'm trolling but still.

>>23721029

Oh god me too. My life sucked so much back then and that was like the only good fucking cartoon on TV.

My condolences go out to his family and friends.

Dwayne didn’t settle well with DC Comics. A promised extended run on Justice League Of America was cut short. Dwayne had written at length on the DC boards answering questions over the creative procedure of a franchise book and answering them honestly and self critically, still an insightful and wise guide to the process. When I collected them into a post on CBR’s Lying In The Gutters, Dwayne was summarily fired, an act I felt incredibly guilty about, something Dwayne refused to let me be. And that next month it would have been over the colour of Dwayne’s tie

>>23721328
>Not to imply I'm trolling but still.
No, we can pretty much all discern that for ourselves, we don't need your help.

Jepf Loeb's Son Dies
>1012 posts
Duane McDufflebag Dies
>100 posts

wat

Shut up and mourn

>>23721276
Obese Stringer Bell.

>>23721328
>Not to imply I'm trolling
That's exactly what you're implying

Marvel should publish the Skating Negro Squad comic in his honor

Even Bronies are saddened by this. Well, some of us are.

Aw, man.

My heart go to his friends and family. JLU and Static Shock were part of my childhood and wonderful fandoms for me. Thanks for all the joy. Mr. McDuffie. Rest in peace.

>>23721401

There was one big thread this morning, followed by a few scattered ones earlier this afternoon.

Lots of people care. It just took forever to get stickied. Pretty sure the first thread had at least 200 posts before I left for errands.

McDuffie no...

>>23721287
did he write this episode?
I'm kind of surprised how much shit DC hampered him with in comparison to what Dini had to deal with in comics.

Damn.

McDuffie wasn't only a great writer, he was a great steward of comics.

Finally this news gets stickied.

>>23721401

Not the 1sst post on the subject- there's already been one thread which reached bump limit and is on autosage and a couple of other threads as well

how the fuck is Greg Land still living but McDuffie is taken away from us, ITS NOT FAIR!! ;_;

RIP man, RIP.

>>23721423
Tender Bell

>>23721430
So I'm implying I'm trolling? Why would I, a troll, admit to trolling? Or am I implying I'm not trolling, which I am?

>>23721401
>June 17, 2005
Whahahahahat?

>>23721287
> why would you post that dammit sob

>>23721473

Yes, yes he did.

>>23721506
String Cheese Bell.

I don't mean to sound ungrateful, but do you think those poly-bagged releases of Static #1 are finally going to be worth something?

>>23721401
really well thats dumb considering his son while sick wrote some horrible comics and his death in a way contributed to Jeph Loeb being horrible now

>>23721545

Sorry bro, but it had to be done.

>>23721585
There is another reason it is really dumb but I will let you figure it out.

Also he was a good writer but it always seemed like his runs were cut short by editorial etc.

Does anybody else remember when they found out that he was black?

I was kinda surprised at first. Not like a bad surprise just like "oh well that's pretty cool"
Then I thought about it and could not figure out why I had never figured that out.

/co/ get on this.

>>23720974

Fucking DC.

FUCKING DC. FUCKING DC!

My condolences to everyone. I myself didn't know who he was but now I'll definitely look into his work. He sounded like a bro.

>>23721477
Exactly. He strove to make things more interesting, more vibrant. His work on Justice League will be the definition of those character for a whole generation, and it's a definition even old-timers can be glad to living on. He was a person who reminded you why you loved comics, and strove to make them even better than they have been.

>>23721391
Sounds like he was a total bro. Wish there were more like him.

It makes me a bit sad that all anyone seems to remember him for is the solid JLU, rather than the incredible, envelope pushing, work that completely changed the face of racial tokenism that was the entirety of Milestone publishing. It set a bar so high in terms of quality and TRUE diversity. DC and Marvel can't compete with it.

>>23721660
I was like "man, he truly is a credit to his race!"

>>23721678
Owns

>>23721391
Even in the face of the dead, Rich Johnston can't stop talking about himself for one fucking second.

R.I.P.

>>23721726
Saging a sticky marking the passing of someone who has contributed to much previous awesome.

Stay classy, oh watcher of cartoons for pre-teen girls

I suggest: every time a good writer dies, 5 bad ones die. E.g. McDuffie dies, we kill Loeb, Hudlin, Bendis, Millar, and Austen.

Hudlin's going after Priest next.

Rest in peace, sweet prince.
You are picking cotton in Heaven now.

>>23721726

>>23721739
Quite so.

Rest In Peace mang

I even liked his JLA comics. Even when he started writing the Icon guys

I feel bad for his family. Sad days for them. R.I.P.

Bruce Timm is incapable of expressing emotion, but rest assured, he's weeping on the inside.

>>23721907

>2048x3072

why

D: R.I.P.

Truly, he put a shock to all our systems :(

Fuck me, I'm depressed. RIP Duffie, hope your family can move on from this tragedy.

UGh and he had to die during Black History Month too.

T_T

Should have seen it coming when they wrote Static off Teen Titans.

>>23722093
Wait he had a kid?

>>23722118

No idea. But he obviously has a family.

>>23721949
So you can see just how little emotion Bruce Timm really has.

I never gave a shit about comics till I started watching Justice League.

<-my face
When I get home I'm marathoning JLU.

Did he commit suicide?

can someone livestream Justice League, Static Shock and maybe Teen Titans? kinda as a tribute show maybe?

>>23722217
yes he gave himself surgery and later died from the purposeful complications he introduced by doing so

Looks like he'll be missing the next episode of Young Justice. He dun goofed.

/co/, drawfags... Get fucking on it.

http://www.tencentticker.com/projectrooftop/

Fuck

I actually thought this was the comic writer for Bomb Queen and I had rejoiced a little. Now I feel bad.

I still would have felt bad even if it was the writer for Bomb Queen.

This is a sign /co/.

Blaqualad is going to die first.

I never read any of his stuff, but I freaking loved Justice League. He sounded like a wonderful man and my heart goes out to his family.

Now there's like, what, four black people left who work in comics?

When I was like 12 or so, I really loved the Marvel comic Damage Inc. Which some of you might remember is about the people that have to clean up all of the damage and destruction in New York after the superheroes fight. I just recently learned that was one of his earlier Marvel comics. So I have been following his career to some degree almost the entire time I have been reading comics.

And quite recently a friend of mine who is trying to get into animation writing came across Dwayne McDuffie's e-mail address and wrote to him out of the blue asking for tips or pointers or anything, and the man wrote back almost immediately with some advice and attached a bunch of his JLA/U scripts and outlines as samples for my friend to look at. They don't come like that very often in the business.

>>23722362
And one of them write Bomb Queen :/

>>23722362
And one of them is Hudlin.

God, we really needed McDuffie.

>>23722414
why is she called bomb queen when she's wearing megaman's outfit?
she should be called mega queen or something like that instead.

For fuck's sake,

Couldn't it be Liefeld?

>>23722482
Liefeld, despite his awful art, is actually a pretty nice guy.

If we're thinking in terms of 'comic creators who are shit', I tend to think immediately of John Byrne. But we're getting off topic!

I'm really pissed that DC did that whole assimilation of Milestone and now... only use Static. Fucking a'.

>>23722527
Not true! There's actually a Xombi book coming out next month within an ace creative team behind it. Support the fuck out of that book, McDuffie would've wanted it that way.

RIP you awesome man. I saw him at two comic-con panels from the last two i attended. He looked so healthy, too. or healthy enough that i wouldnt notice anything strange. I asked him if we might see Static in Batman TBATB. Makes me wonder if we will at all.

Fuck this, I'm going to finish my novel if it kills me. If I can't repay the debt I owe him directly, I can at least try to follow the writing advice he gave me, and pass on the entertainment.

>>23722572
>mfw I now realize I can never meet him

>Decide to visit /co/ again today

>See this sticky.

Fuck man, I'm really upset by this.

;_____________________;

I loved Static Shock growing up.

This really sucks. I enjoyed his writing.

I wrote a blog post to basically sum up how I felt about hearing the news: http://crakkajamma.blogspot.com/2011/02/celebrating-life-and-work-of-dwayne.html

I highly doubt anyone will read that stupidly long post, but the tl:dr is I'm going to miss him and his contributions to animation a whole fucking lot.

good night sweet prince

oh man, this is terrible. Justice League Unlimited is one of my favorite cartoons of all time, and will always hold a special place in my heart. R.I.P. Dwayne McDuffie.

He died from complications from a surgical procedure.

Doctors fucked up and killed him...

http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=30969

I think everyone owes it to themselves to go check out his other non-JLU work. Do it for the Maestro.

>>23722753
Guess who's getting promotions Friday!

>>23722527
And they never let McDuffie really get any significant stories done with them.

Does Static appear in anything beyond his own book? I think he appeared in Teen Titans for a tiny-weeny bit.

Damn

>>23719079

Niggers love cape comics, true story.

>>23722796
He was on the team during Felicia Henderson's abortion of a run... which is why it was obviously a okay a new Static ongoing and let her write it.

>>23722626
>mfw this is exactly what I'm thinking.

Mcduffie died, I cried.

>>23720662
>Minorities in DC dieing???? This isn't news
You know what? I think Dwayne McDuffie would have laughed at this one.

It's too bad that his last years were spent taking it up the ass from the bigwigs at DC.

>>23722626
Well, technically you can, but let's not go to deeply into that.

> Static Shock guy died
> Bomb Queen guy still alive

>>23723090
That guy's black? That explains all the pro-Obama nuthugging then

>>23723090

That sucks. One of the most creative, interesting and funny guys out there. RIP

shit, this is real?

that sucks. thanks for the great stories dwayne.

>>23722753
Ughh this is why most Black people I know, especially the ones in my family don't like to go to Any Medical person OTHER then a Dentist.

Damn Tuskegee Experiments still ring in our collective memory. *shudders*

*Mental Note* Never have a Doctors Appointment before a major book signing, or special event. Universal Irony will strike.

I loved JLU. He will be missed. The world lost a man full of talent and fantasy.

>>23723130
What? Did you read the last Bomb Queen miniseries?

>>23723169
...Both of my parents are doctors. I've never had an issue with doctors.

Course, both of my parents are from the DRC originally. I'm kind of detached from black American culture.

I feel sad.

Because I goddamned loved Static and every moment of Justice League.

Thanks for the fun Dwayne.

What!? NO!

In an interview just two days before he passed away he was asked what character he'd like to write, he mentions how he's been lucky to been able to write every character he's ever wanted to but did mention he would like to write Doctor Who since he was a big fan. At least he got to write every character he ever wanted to and I don't think he would have ever written The Doctor anyway.

I definitely knew something was quality if Dwayne Mcduffies name was attached, so its a big loss for the comic and animation industry. The news also hit me more than normal since its eerie that I was watching interviews shot two days before his death not to mention I wiki'd static yesterday.

Rest in the cosmos my dear friend.

I think the saddest thing about this is the fact that he was never mentioned on /co/ before he died.

Why is there so much racism in /co/, especially after the loss of someone in comics and animation? The people badmouthing him need to take a long hard look in the mirror.

>>23723217 Course, both of my parents are from the DRC originally. I'm kind of detached from black American culture.

Yeah is a cultural Paranoia thing.


>>23723450In an interview just two days before he passed away he was asked what character he'd like to write, he mentions how he's been lucky to been able to write every character he's ever wanted to but did mention he would like to write Doctor Who since he was a big fan.

FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFUCK! Well that sure is a shitty one Universe.

>>23723510

We mentioned him all the time.

Granted, recently it was negativity about Ben 10: AF and UA, but seriously, come on.

Static Shock sucked.

>>23723578
>Doctor Who written by McDuffie

The JLU episode that never was.

>>23723510
Thats not true, he was Mentioned a few times, especially when he started Working on JLA for a bit, and when Static was sent to the Teen Titian (And the Prelude To Darkest Night gave us the Impression he'd take over as Leader, except eventually he and Miss Martian where written out of the book).

He just wasn't talked about as much because well alot of his work in recent years have been behind the scenes working on the cartoons, and not as much on the comics.

>>23723510

Its true that I don't recall ever seeing a Mcduffie thread but then again I don't recall one for Stan Lee or Bruce Timm or Greg Weismen etc. either.

As for the racism in /co/ this is mostly a newish thing thats popped up in the past year or two, at least when I first got on /co/ when some idiot made a racist remark he was bashed by everyone but I guess as 4chan has grown in popularity so have stupid useers that think every board is /b/ or that its acceptable to say stupid shit in all of 4chan not just /b/. Thats also why /co/ has made a turn for the worse over time.

A sad story, so it goes.
Still, he has made his mark and it will not soon fade.

Sad news for the world of comics.

Damn. What an awesome guy, most of his work is some of my favourite stuff in comics AND cartoons. He was taken too soon.

>>23721434
Fellow brony here. This is indeed tragic. I'm ashamed that I didn't know the man better but I loved JLU. This man seems like not only a great writer but a great human being. He will be missed.

>>23723663

Most of the racism is just underage trolls who think they're funny for shouting slurs.

sad in a sticky

This makes me sad.

And then I watch All-Star Superman.
And I get even sadder because one of the worst things he did was also his last thing.

Bought his JLA books hoping for JLU: The Comic Book. I was saddened to see this was not the case. But I doubt anyone would have been able to pull anything worthwhile with the characters he was given with the trinity absent.

That being said, goddamn JLU was an amazing cartoon unlike any action series I'd ever seen before. He'll be missed.

;_;

I have no words.

I still can't believe he's gone... So much potential...

May his death act as a signal fire alerting people to his work and how the craft can be better improved

And fuck Dan Didio for not even having the common curiosity of getting his star creation's name right

>>23724024
It's also the story of a heroic figure dying before his time.

someone post that comic on how he was fired from JLA

>>23724190
this one?

>>23720974

Man...was just talking about JLU with a friend too.

Good bye sweet Prince

>>23724190

Fucking hell, man. Today sucks.

>>23724260
>>23724260
>>23724260

I'd be very interested in reading McDuffie's original response to that forum question...

R.I.P.

is it bad i don't give a shit? because i don't give a shit.

Heaven becomes more awesome.

RIP

>>23724360

>hurrrr look at me I'm so edgy

Kill yourself.

>>23723217
How was kwanzaa lol

I was hoping that this was a troll thread, but I Googled his name and there are several reputable news sources saying that he's really dead.

I feel like re-watching JLU now.

>>23724336
it was something like we the readers don't understand the amount of editorial BS that the writers have to deal with then he posted a lot of the editorial mandates he had to deal with as well as his original storyline ideas which DC responded with him going off the reservation and pulling him from JLA

>>23722114
reported, dickbag

Thanks mods.

>>23724551 it was something like we the readers don't understand the amount of editorial BS that the writers have to deal with then he posted a lot of the editorial mandates he had to deal with as well as his original storyline ideas which DC responded with him going off the reservation and pulling him from JLA

He'd been doing that for over a year with no problems.

It wasn't until /co/ (yes, THIS /co/) went through all his forum posts and compiled all the "this is how DC is fucking McDuffie over" posts, putting them all together that things went wrong. Some idiot /co/mrade took that list of things and started posting it on message boards, then it made its way to blogs, then to that moron Rich Johnson.

Originally McDuffie said one or two bad things every once in a blue moon, and sprinkled those comments with a lot of "but I understand why" and "that's just how the industry works". When you read all of them in one sitting, and without the nice comments, it painted a very different picture. A "fire my ass" picture.

/co/ got him fired, in other words. Or at least played a major role in him being fired.

>>23724678

Seriously?

Go back to GAIA

You Welsh bastard

The fuck is wrong with you people? Enough crying, I'll always remember this guy for how fucking awesome he was!

Cant say I liked ALL his works but JLU was great, RIP Duff.

Nicholas Courtney, The Brigadier from Doctor Who also died today. Feels sad man....

>>23719079

>mfw I am one of the three

Yeah, turns out his surgeon was a Silver Surfer fan.

>>23724976
That was REGINALD HUDLIN YOU STUPID FUCK

>>23725000
Nah, it was McDuffie. This happened in Fantastic Four under Tom Brevoort. It was an artist's mistake, but McDuffie took responsibility for it.

>>23724976
issue plz

SUPERHERO STATIC SHOCK!
SUPERHERO STATIC SHOCK!
SUPERHERO STATIC SHOCK!

Really, though, I think his greatest achievement was the Epilogue episode of JLU that was really a Batman Beyond episode. TO DWAYNE!

ahahaha oh wow

<3 mcduffie

>He also wrote some Teen Titans episodes.

>>23725238
Wait, he seriously parodied himself like that? What a chill dude.

>>23724880
Christ. OP got me in a bad mood, now I'm flat out crying.

He wrote "Fear, Itself" which is the episode of Teen Titans where Raven's boobs are biggest and she wears no underwear. Coincidence? I think not.

Found out about this while I was out today, feels terrible man. If it weren't for him (and Timm and Dini), I wouldn't be such the big DC fanboy that I am today.

All-Star Superman was waiting for me when I got home, so I'm gonna be over here watching that and then starting a JL/JLU marathon.

Would it be out of the question for somebody to Stream JLU or Static Shock in his memory?

>>23724880

The Brig will never get to team up with Matt Smith.

Jesus... rest in peace, man.

Damnit. I don't know what to say. RIP.

Godspeed

>>23724913

I know how you feel, man. I know how you feel.

>>23724880
>>23725546

Aw man, I just saw that time travel JLU arc yesterday.
And my favorite of his was the one where Mr. Miracle and Big Barda team up with the Flash. I'm sure that one was his.

God... Damn it...

I just got online for the usual lurking and then I see this...

Rest in peace a good man...

I think we all know who is to blame.

>>23726175
Ghosts?

>>23726199

>saging a sticky

Fuck man. I always wanted to take over Teen Titans and turn Static back into the Milestone borderline racist character and bro-fist Dwayne.
Feels bad, man

Guy never got the credit he deserved.

/a/ here. Sorry for your loss, /co/.

awww man. RIP.

static sucked
all star superman movie sucked

Aww I'm sad now.
I loved Static Shock and JLU.

Rest in Peace Dwane. You've earned it.

sage i loved justice league
sage sage sage

>>23726583

Shit sucks, man.

Well damn. He was part of some of the few things I liked about DC.

I can feel the manly tears building up.

This is a sad day. May his art live on and enrich lives and the multiverse each day more so than the last.

>>23722626
>>23722949

I feel bad because I did meet him... long before I had any idea who he was. Just some cool guy doing a tiny panel at an Ohio convention, who apparently had something to do with that Teen Titans show I'd seen a couple episodes of.

This really sucks. I'm way too casual a fan of most things nerdy, but I'm paranoid because everybody I actually recognize seems to die.

He was selected to be the new green lantern cause a certain someone is running for some election.

RIP Dwayne

You were freaking awesom! DCAU, Damage Control at Marvel, an underrated Fantastic Four run, the Justice League video game, All-Star Superman movie.

All amazing!

What a loss, he will be missed.

>>23719079
But, there's more than that in my family alone.

MLP writer Charlotte Fullerton is his wife. :(

/sp/artan to give my condolences to Dwanye and love Static Shock till the end. Made my Saturday mornings look awesome. God Bless You Dwayne!

>>23727234
Now I'm triple sad.

I hate this so fucking much.

There are seriously no words to express my sadness over this. He will be missed. The world is worse for his passing.

What the fuck?

Dwayne was a guy who stood up for what he believed even when it cost him work. He got fired from several jobs in the industry for speaking his mind. But in the end, he gave us the underrated greatness of the Milestone universe, and some of the best superhero cartoons of all time.

He was one of the true ass-kickers of American comics. He will be missed.

OH NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

There are tears in my eyes, goddamn it

fuuuck another black comic writer/artist we couldn't afford to lose :((((((((

I'm so bummed about this. Not only was he amazingly talented and driven, he was still fairly young, too. He was around the same age range Satoshi Kon was when he died. It's so fucking unfair.

RIP Dwayne McDuffie. Thank you for all of your hard work and effort. You will be missed.

>>23727579
Who gives a fuck what color he was you shallow dipshit.

Good night sweet prince.

I must be the only one of you fuckers who likes his work on Ben 10 Alien Force. Fuck you haters

He'll be missed. I loved what he did with Gravity, what with killing him off, making him a herald of Galactus and having the Watcher mindwipe the whole planet to forget his secret identity.

And the Brown Bomber.

>>23727234

Wow. I'd read a couple of posts where he mentioned working with her, and had no idea. I guess he wanted her work to be judged on her own merits.

>>23727783
oh my god this is the best charecter ever.

no you fuck off, you fuck off and die.

>>23727907
You know people tried to do this before. Hide the image in other threads.

But somehow they always get it back

Nice try though.

Also way to go >>23727936
One post and you're already samefagging

>>23727907
Reported.

>>23718908
He was a tue bro, I FUCKING LOVED STATIC!

>>23720450
Ruining Ben 10? What?

and damn this would be pretty sad if I was still capable of feeling sadness, he was awesome

>>23727907
stop doing that troll,you'll be reported and banned for this,

He shouldn't have died so soon

>>23727762
I like it too, though I feel Ultimate Alien improved fucktons over it.

???

>>23727907 exploiting a memorial sticky so you can troll

I don't like ponies, but you can go fuck yourself.

Just when the New Static series are about to start...

Why?

>>23727907
Goddamn it, give them their damn image back so we don't drown in fucking pony threads.
Way to shit up a memorial sticky.

>>23727907
That's really rotten, man.

Rest in peace brother.
And mods, better late than never.

>>23727907
just when I starting to accept ponies as fellow /co/mrades they do this???

in tribute, I'm gonna Marathon JLA

>>23728401
>Posting general image in thread with no keywords that won't archive and acting like it's the ponyfags fault
>Implying you're not samefagging

R.I.P

He helped bring Static out of complete obscurity and made JLU one of the most awesome superhero shows of all time.

>>23728401

He who smelt it dealt it. /co/mrade hunter's been trolling the pony threads for weeks. It's probably him that's fucking with the general image.

Does anyone know where I'd be able to find a copy of "Starcrossed, part III" with his commentary?

>>23728401

Yeah cause we're all like heartless creatures just because we've got some weird viewing habits. No, its a troll, they did this last night, but that's pretty fucking low they'd fuck up a memorial thread.

RIP Dwayne, the good ones always die young.

A fan of Static Shock as the EMT trying to revive him would yell whoot whoot between shock paddling.
Super hero.. bzzt bzzt WHOOT WHOOT!

>>23727907
If you report a post for Illegal content it gets deleted after a certain number of reports

>>23728401
will you stream? I'm so sad right now...
>pic related unknown cause is the laser, balloons are Dwayne, bear face is me...

i really dont care if he made Batman takes all the towns hookers for a ride.

I really dont.

>>23728401
Don't blame the ponyfans for this one. It's a troll who's trying to derail their threads.

He's been at it all day, with no success.

>>23728401
>just when I starting to accept ponies as fellow /co/mrades they do this???

I can't see why they'd want to have their threads really hard to find and then not archive whatever ones end up being the general image. The trolls doing this earlier today were doing it with the express purpose of pissing of ponyfags.

They've now ended up pissing off all of /co/. This has nothing to do with ponyfags. And using a really awful tragedy memorial thread to do it is the lowest of the low.

bullshit bullshit bullshit.

He wrote one of my favorite arcs of FF and if it wasn't for JLU, I would never have gotten into Batman or Green Lantern.

God this sucks.

We'll miss you Mr. McDuffie.

Anyone else marathoning DCAU this weekend?

Well, this fucked up my day.
We'll miss you, Dwayne

Now they will bring Static back to Teen Titans as a tribute, and "urbanize" the character til we puke.

This blows, man. Came completely outta the blue. Poor guy. Condolences to his family.

>Complications from surgery.

Thank you Obamacare. Soon this will be the norm

>>23728750
FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK!
I can totally see that happen. Not good, not good at all...
And Dwayne Mcduffie would fucking hate that

>>23727983
I'm confused, how was I same fagging? I just didn't want the MLP image the only thing you see on the front page for this thread? I mean I posted before in the thread with the picture of Trickster but other then that I'm kinda confused.

>mfw he's dead, but the hilarious trolling going on

I can't think of any other influential black comic book writers/artists

I can only hope that people will take from McDuffie's example

>>23728830

they were joking

>no you fuck off
>you fuck off and die.

sounds like two people talking

>>23728926

There's always Hudlin~

Static Shock was my favorite cartoon growing up. I grew up as the only black kid in a fairly rich neighborhood that was otherwise all-white, and I always felt kind of isolated. I was never really part of the group, I was always "the black kid." But the friendship between Virgil and Richie was so genuine on that show, and neither of them cared that they were different colors.

It was awesome, and it made me feel less alone. Maybe that's kind of silly, but fuck it. Dwayne McDuffie was a hero.

Oh, and by the way, I'm also a brony. A lot of us loved his work, as we're all comic and cartoon fans when you get down to it.

If you only read his comics then chances are you won't care about any of his Marvel work since it was shit. His DC stuff was still great though

/v/irgin here.

;_;

THIS IS BULL SHIT GUYS, IT ALL A LIE... I .... I ... FUCK YOU OP FUCK YOU HE'S OK YOU'LL SEE HE'S... JUST RESTING THAT'S ALL

Man how bad, yesterday I saw that Secret origin DC story documentary and he seemed a nice dude, RIP.

WHY COULDN'T IT HAVE BEEN REGGIE HUDLIN

Any idea what the surgery was?

>>23718908

Don't worry. They brought Supes and Batman back, they'll bring Dwayne back.

-whisper whisper-

Whaddya mean, "real life"?

Oh. Oh fuck.

RIP, you magnificent bastard, you beautiful motherfucker.

RIP you magnificent beast, you.

ITT
we act devastated over the loss of this mediocre talent so we can show how totally not racist we are

>>23729656

>implying you're not just being racist

>>23729656
This has nothing to do with race. Whenever someone dies he's praised, because it's kind of a dick move to badmouth someone while their family is grieving.

>>23729656

>hasn't seen Justice League

>>23729656
>ruining a memorial thread for trolling since you have nothing else to do at the start of the week at 11:53

classy

>>23729656
>implying all /co/mrades are white
>implying all white /co/mrades are as retarded as you are.

>>23729656
De mortuis nil nisi bonum

>>23729656
If it were Reginald Hudlin, I'd think the standard "Wow, that's too bad, I feel bad for his friends and family", etc.

This is different. McDuffie was actually really good, and his death genuinely saddens and annoys me

Someone give me some recommendations for comics he wrote!

I've never read any Static Shock, but years ago I some part of the cartoon and remember next to nothing about it.

>>23730061

I honestly did not know that Dwayne McDuffie was black until I started visiting 4chan and someone posted a picture of him. I liked his stories and it didn't matter to me what he looked like.

oh noooooo...

Why are you babies bawwing?
They'll just write him back in with three months from now with some bullshit.

>>23730285 Someone give me some recommendations for comics he wrote!

Honestly? While his Static run was good, I think his Icon run was better. Hardware was another solid Milestone book. And while someone else handled the duties for writing Shadow Cabinet, it was his creation, and a damn good one too. So yeah, the Milestone books were fucking good for the most part.

His best work was Damage Control though, IMHO. Very very very fun book. "Who cleans up the mess after the superpeople fight?"

Damn I'm going to miss that man.

Totally suicide.

>>23730721
>Totally suicide
Yeah, because surgery accidents are usually done intentionally by patients. C'mon, man.

RIP man. I loved Static Shock and the Justice League as a kid.

>>23730769
His plastic surgery went wrong, he couldn't deal with it.

I used to lurk in his forums, he was such a cool guy.
You will be missed
RIP

RIP legend.

What kind of medical procedure was he having done?

>Used to love Static Shock
>Only watched the series because it was there.
>He's dead

Oh god why.

They'll just bring him back in some crossover event in a few months

>>23731141
old joke is old, bro

Man I'm so bummed out over this. I woke up to watch Static Shock all the time.

My condolences to his family and friends =(

>ctrl+f
>"shocking"
what
really?

fuck you guys for being tasteful

>>23731262
uh... don't try looking for nigger then.

/m/an here.

You are not alone in this, /co/mrades.

>>23731414
>nigger
2 instances, that's including your comment. We're sorry that this isn't /b/ and we're tolerant to all peoples, race, creed or religion. Except dirty fucking muties.

He's dead!?

NO!

There was a scene in the old Damage Control series where someone from Damage Control went up to Dr. Doom at his embassy or something, because Doom hadn't filled out all the correct paperwork.

The guy's coworker freaks out and starts going "dude, that's DR. DOOM. JUST LET IT GO."

And Doom basically goes "No! Your comrade is right! Doom will do the necessary paperwork. THERE MUST BE ORDER!"

I paraphrase heavily, it's been years, but that's the scene that solidified my love for Dwayne McDuffie.

herp

Just as we lost MLK and Malcom X instead of Al Sharpton and Elijah Muhammed, we lose Mcduffee instead of Hudlin.

>>23731511
Ah, the photo id scene. Classic.

Fuck fuck FUCK. FUCK.

Fucking cried when Michael Turner died, because he really got me to push to become a better artist. I never got to meet him, and now this?! FUCK. Fantastic, young, creators are dying now.. What the hell is this?

Words cannot describe how fucking sad I am right now.

Hopefully DC decides to do something vaguely classy and use this as a means to reprint/collect the Milestone stuff for a new generation of readers.

>>23731973

I believe they already have

I always heard about him a lot but not here in /co/.

Which makes sense, since mentioning black people here induces LOL NIGGERS STEELIN YUR BIKES jokes and the like.

>>23732036
You get 3+ people talking about the racism for every 1 person that actually says anything racist.

Why even make that post at all?

The JLA posts that /co/ "helpfully" compiled from his looooooooooooong Q&A thread on DC's forums. /co putting these threads together all at once, minus the nice things he said, minus the long stretches of time in between them got Dwayne fired.

Originally Posted by Dwayne McDuffie
Yes, Anansi is supposed to be me, and the story arc is about my not having control of the stories in my book. Ironically, both [the Anansi/Vixen] story and the parallel Red Tornado arc were supposed to be smaller B and C plots in a much larger arc (involving Luthor's plan from my first arc, Starro, and Despero) that I wasn't able to do because of other plans in the DCU.

Originally Posted by Dwayne McDuffie
Originally, Luthor's plan involved Starro, Red Tornado, Despero and Per Degaton, but I had to drop that storyline at the same time I had to stop the Injustice League arc in the middle to allow for Salvation Run. When I was able to get back to it, Per Degaton, Despero and Starro weren't available to me for various reasons. I've come up with something else Luthor could have been doing instead, but events in other books will delay this stuff for an indefinite amount of time. I'll get back to it when I can.


Originally Posted by Dwayne McDuffie
(regarding the Injustice League) I'd originally intended for that story to run 8 issues, but it had to be cut short for Suicide Run, so I made up a new secret Luthor plot that tied into the dangling Per Degaton plot from Brad's run, but it turned out that Geoff already had plans to wrap that up, so I've come up with a third Luthor plot, but I'm not sure when I'll get back to it, as I'm fairly tightly plotted for the next couple of years. I will get to it though, promise.

>>23732235
Originally Posted by Dwayne McDuffie
Actually, my intention was to keep Red Tornado in the computer for quite a while (both to keep him off stage for a bit, and to set up another storyline I had notions of exploring), but DC needed him back in his body immediately for a mini-series. So, I planned the Amazo rematch as a B-plot in another story, unfortunately, that story had to be dropped because of something else that was planned in another title. So I pushed up the Vixen arc to take that place, but as I was writing it, I found out certain things about Final Crisis that forced me to cut the Vixen Arc short. Things happen. Whether I find a particular character interesting is entirely, and unsurprisingly, a function of what I find interesting, Some characters work better for me in a solo setting than a team setting, for instance, some characters aren't as interesting with this line-up than they would be with a slightly different one. That said, my tendency is to work with the characters I'm less interested in (Red Tornado, Hawkgirl, Red Arrow) more, in order to give them some face time. Batman and Superman don't need a showcase, they're in 6 other books a month, and I've written cool bits for them myself dozens of times, so they'll step to the background, except for a couple of times a year.

Originally Posted by Dwayne McDuffie
I did want to use the quite different version of the CSA I made up for the Justice League Unlimited show, but at the time, I wasn't allowed to do any alternate Earths. ...
I still think the multiverse is off-limits to me, along with time travel and a couple more areas that other DCU titles are focusing on. If that changes, I'll definitely pitch a road trip through some of the 52.

>>23732255
Originally Posted by Dwayne McDuffie
DC is giving the fans what they want, and that's big event books that have affect the entire line, and promotable events in the main solo titles. When that stuff stops selling better than regular comics, DC will stop doing them. Until and unless, JLA's going to have to adapt to the times. When this version of JLA launched, it was in a continuity bubble that left it free and clear of the continuity in other titles. As soon as it synched back up with the rest of the universe, we had to pay the tab for that freedom.

Looking ahead, the line-wide continuity is going to eventually line up for a more traditional JLA, but we're not there yet. At the moment, none of the big seven are available. Beyond that, The Hawks, Green Arrow, both Atoms, Captain Marvel and almost everyone I think of as either a big gun, or a traditional JLA favorite are likewise not available. So as we wait for things to settle down in the other titles, I'm doing "Cap's Kooky Quartet." Of course, in this case Captain America isn't available, either.
Originally Posted by Dwayne McDuffie
Final Crisis and other events left me without access to any of the characters that I want on the team. I couldn't just have everyone disappear mid-arc, so I had it happen on camera. Losing the big guns was a problem for me, so I decided to make it a problem for Black Canary. Fortunately, it also let me pull the trigger on the Hal Jordan League, which I've been either writing around, or spinning my wheels to synch up with, since my first issue on the book.

>>23732274
Originally Posted by Dwayne McDuffie
there are three current members of the League I wish weren't on it.

Originally Posted by Dwayne McDuffie
I think Arsenal is more interesting than Red Arrow, but that's not my call.


Originally Posted by Dwayne McDuffie
Out of the current team, Red Arrow and Kendra are the least interesting for me, mainly because once I figured out what to do with them, circumstances kept me from ever doing it.

Originally Posted by Dwayne McDuffie
None of this is operative anymore, so it's probably okay to answer:

My plan was for Kendra to break up rather painfully with Roy, in time for that to be the reason Roy left the JLA (to go to the other title he was supposed to be going to back when I planned this). Kendra would have stayed with the team, but been without a romantic partner for a while. Most of the League, friends with Roy since he was a teen, would resent Kendra for staying on when she was the one who hurt their friend. She was going to be pretty much a loner except for her relationship with Wonder Woman (which would eventually be good, although Kendra would misread her for a while, causing friction until Diana helped her through some tough times), and Black Lightning, who would treat her like a surrogate daughter (I'd also planned to have her go to Jeff's for Thanksgiving, and meet the rest of his family). Kendra was going to come out of all this with a new focus, and a slightly adjusted status quo that would keep her front and center in JLA. Roy and Kendra would reconcile in about two years, but never be a couple again, except for one night that they'd both be sorry for, and never mention again.

But continuity changed in other books (i was informed that Kendra would die in Final Crisis), so I had to toss it all. Actually twice, because my back up plan was derailed by Kendra's recent undeath.

>>23732284
Originally Posted by Dwayne McDuffie
Actually, Firestorm got me on JLA, not the other way around. Dan always intended to put Firestorm on the team, the editors told me so back when I was writing fill-ins on the last three issues of Firestorm. That work made them take a look at me for JLA. By the time they were ready to put him on JLA, I was writing the book, so I did as I was told.

>>23732312
Originally Posted by Dwayne McDuffie
I've had virtually no input into the composition of JLA. It's DC Comics' flagship book. They tell me who to put on the team, based on their needs elsewhere in the universe, and I do it. I believe I had influence in getting rid of Red Tornado, but even there I was forced to put him back in his body about two years before I had planned to.

So the team was set before I got the gig, when I came on, I was told to add John Stewart to the rotation (in preparation for Hal leaving to get his own JLA title - which still hasn't quite happened, leaving several of my subplots idling for almost two years). Likewise Firestorm was set up to be added to the team months before I had the job (coincidentally, I wrote the last three issues of Firestorm's monthly comic. I was told to demonstrate his power-levels, as he was about to join the JLA, this was months before I was even being considered for the JLA job). Eddie Berganza told me that Ed Benes wanted Zatanna on the team and I heard about Dr. Light joining from a fan who heard it from Dan Didio before Dan or Eddie had mentioned it to me.

These are the only changes to the roster since issue 12.

>>23732328
There are a large number of changes coming up, mostly due to members leaving in the aftermath of Final Crisis. Again, I had little to no influence on how the team is shaking out. Dan and Eddie are allowing me to frequently guest star several characters who by rights should be written out of the book because of what's going on in their titles. They also acquiesced to my request for a member rejoining the team (as soon as another project is done with him in about eight months). That character will be my first addition to the team, roughly two years after taking over the book.

If it were up to me, JLA would be made up of roughly the six most popular DC characters plus a rotating seventh spot that would be used to balance the personalities, create new story opportunities and/or pump up an interesting, but so far less commercially successful character.

Originally Posted by Dwayne McDuffie
I was able to eliminate one member by choice (although circumstances seem to have forced him back in), all of the additions were mandated.

>>23732353

Originally Posted by Dwayne McDuffie
If it were my pick, it would be Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Hal Jordan, either Flash, plus any one of Green Arrow, Aquaman, Martian Manhunter, or either Hawk, plus two guys that people know but who can't quite hold a book (Firestorm, Black Canary, Vixen, Zatanna, Dr. Light, Atom, Red Tornado - like that), and finally a wild card, a character who I totally have control of their continuity, so I can really do things to them that matter (someone new I made up, or a Milestone character, or an MLJ character, doesn't matter which).

To that I would add a guest member on a per-arc basis, (although I'd rotate out one or two of my regulars most issues as "busy on another case," just to make room).

So ideally I'd have 9 or 10 members total, but I'd usually only use 7 or 8, plus frequent, story-dependent guest stars.

And I'd also get to use cream of the crop villains, as long as I'm fantasizing.

But instead I've got who I've got, so I'm choosing to tell a story about the organization for a few months, until some of the guys I want are available again.

>>23732370
Originally Posted by Dwayne McDuffie
I do get frustrated, but it comes with the job. The nature of monthly comics has changed drastically over the past 20 years. JLA used to be THE place to go to see the big guns together, dealing with the gravest threats in the DCU. Now there are several big event crossovers a year, and those titles are where the huge stories happen. So I have to tell stories that feed into and come out of those events. I'd prefer if, as on Justice League Unlimited, I could tell stories that were at the center of the characters lives, but that was a very different circumstance. JLA the comic is part of a larger patchwork, and my mandate is to support the bigger story of the DCU.

I think we could do a much better job of making the comic feel more self-contained while still serving the needs of the DCU, and I'm working on ways to do that, but the truth of the matter is, every three or four months, I have to sort of drop everything and deal with a crossover or other event. In my next arc of 6 issues, there are three of these events (four if you count the Milestone guest shot). That makes JLA integral to the DCU, but it also makes us lurch around more than a bit.

Feels bad man. I loved his work, he will be missed.

God damn it's frustrating for me to read those entries.

>>23732274
>DC is giving the fans what they want, and that's big event books that have affect the entire line, and promotable events in the main solo titles. When that stuff stops selling better than regular comics, DC will stop doing them.
I'm never buying an event comic again..this makes complete sense to my simple mind

>>23732235
>>23732255
>>23732274
>>23732284
>>23732312
>>23732328
>>23732353
>>23732370
>>23732397
...Jesus Christ.

I can't wait for the stream of "Fuck you DC!" posts, with people conveniently forgetting that it was /co/ in junction with Rich Johnston that got McDuffie canned.

>>23732761
That's guilt that we'll take with us to the grave though, Rich Johnston on the other hand will probably imagine he takes glory to the grave.

>>23732761

>an act I felt incredibly guilty about, something Dwayne refused to let me be.

>>23721391

It sounds like Dwayne knew full well that actually answering fan's questions and showing them glimpses of what's really like to work in the comic industry was always a bit risky. He was the kind of guy that didn't care anyway and felt that speaking his mind was more important.

>>23732858
Yeah, and he was right. Here's the problem though, when you take a bunch of answers completely out of context in an attempt to cast a negative light on a selective group of people, you get what we call a bias. McDuffie wasn't smack talking DC, he was just being honest. And like any place of employment, he had nice things to say and bad things to say.

When DC saw Johnston's bias piece, they only saw that McDuffie was talking shit on their own forums. This is not tolerated by anyone. McDuffie didn't blame Johnston for getting fired, but he should have.

I heard about this earlier.

Man, I'm just sad now...

>Make it through an unbelievably shitty and frustrating day
>Finally get home and decide to relax and browse /co/
>See this
Goddammit...this isn't fucking fair. The cause of his death just makes it sting even more.

>>23732967

If D.C. actually cared about Dwayne and the truth, they could have and would have done a little more research into the matter and saw exactly what you just said.

But they didn't. The read the piece at face value, wrote Dwayne off as just some disgruntled ass badmouthing them in some long rant, and fired him.

If D.C. wanted to, it would have been a completely simple and easy matter to go and find all this information in its context. And if they still wanted him gone after, well then it would have been no one's fault but Dwayne's as they would have been reading his exact words in the proper context and setting, which is something Dwayne had to consider long and hard every time he posted something.

LOL

someone put up a JLU live stream already

How is any of that worth being fired over?

>>23732967
So who's DC in this?
Cause Grant Morrison and Gail Simone are DC, and I'm fairly sure they didn't have a hand in firing him.

So you know about the situation, drop some names.

Really? Shit.

Nice to finally see a /co/ thread where people are disapproving of racism again, though. Makes me nostalgic for the /co/ of a few years back, when we didn't let edgy 13-year-old refugees from /b/ fuck everything up.

holy shit. I saw this on DC's Source blog just now and almost didn't believe it.

RIP.
I don't know how much watching the cartoons he was behind effected me, and how I grew up- But I know that it did affect me.
Man....

>>23732761

huh. what?

>>23733311
Eddie Berganza. At the time he was a major editor in charge of many books, including JLA.

Now he's got Didio's old job, more or less. He's the executive editor.

He Failed upwards.

static shock and ben 10 sucked balls, im not gonna lie. but JLU was some of the greatest cartoons put out by anyone....

so long good sir

We need an JLU stream right now to honor the man

I am consoled by the idea that he and Hilary Bader are probably co-writing the best episodes the hereafter will ever see.

im just going to copy/paste my thoughts I had from my twitter:

you know... Celebrity and industry death's don't really get to me, but Mr. McDuffie's Death was one that hit me hard. I missed the boat when it came to Milestone comics, but I understand the importance of the print. I was more of a fan of his for his TV work, he worked on alot of the DC adaptations like JLU, Static Shock, his more Recently some of the DTV DC animated movies and his name is practically all over Ben 10, a show I really liked and still do suprisngly despite changes over the years.

I've crossed paths with him many times at comic-con and he's one of the most friendly and most personable people in the industry, he's living proof that you can be your own man in your own and still make time to take a minute to give thanks and talk to someone that got you where you are in the world. If you ever got a moment: Go watch one of his shows, buy a Milestone trade, just do something to support. he's a man that deserves all the respect and love from this world. And reflecting upon things now: an inspiration of mine. not just in his writing, but in the way to present yourself and to give back to the community that enjoys your work.

Haven't heard about him until today. So I don't care.

>>23733940

That was Phil Lamarr, dude.

For a g-rated Saturday Morning cartoon, I found Static Shock surprisingly enjoyable. The crazy cameos and team-ups (cheesy celebrities included) made me enjoy it. It was a goofy but decent enough vehicle to get me familiar with the McD writing and sense of humor.

Of course, JLU would then turn out to be everything I liked magnified tenfold, but SS still holds a place in my heart as a sort of gateway drug.

NO
NO
NO

Dwayne McDuffie of Earth, rise. Please.

RIP

>>23733732
THIS

>>23734135
This too.

>>23733150
McDuffie had already caused a shitstorm on the net prior to him saying how DC was screwing him over, in terms of calling anyone who criticized Jon Stewart being on the book as racists.

McDuffie didn't help his cause since he has always seen John Stewart as his personal Mary Sue and flat-out condemned ANYONE of not loving the character like he did of being racists. Not to mention his own failures as a writer to work that into the plot (IE God forbid he give John Stewart the arc of being the unwanted GL and ACKNOWLEDGE how the rest of the team would have preferred John being exiled into space and Kyle or Guy returned to the team as Hal's replacement, what with the fact that John caused billions to die in the Cosmic Odessy debacle).

The leaking of the notes was just their excuse to get rid of a writer who was giving the book the WRONG type of publicity and who didn't know how to deal with fans who were rightfully pissed off that Hal was being removed from the team like he was. McDuffie thought he could play the race card and one and it blew up in his face BIG TIME.......

Feels sad man

>>23734392
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Sue
Read it until you get it right.

>>23734392

I was just focusing on the point that someone compiling the things Dwayne willing posted publicly can't be blamed for his firing. You can blame D.C. for not checking the context, you can blame Dwayne for putting such writings out there to being with, but you can't blame Rich and or /co/. That's the only point I was trying to make.

Whether anything you just said or not is true I have no knowledge of.

>>23734392
The Cosmic Odyssey thing had been dealt with already. That was the point of Mosaic

>>23734576
Mosaic was, in large, retconned out of existence by Zero Hour. Plenty of ground for exploration as far as the JLA holding the events of CO against John.

>>23734506

And my point: McDuffie had basically created a nightmare of bad publicity for the book, to the point that DC forced him to bring back Hal Jordan when the shit hit the fan like it did about 4-5 issues into his run. And he refused to back down upon the issue, as far as continuing to call his critics racist.

The debacle with McDuffie spilling the beans on the executive meddling probably wouldn't have cost him his job, if McDuffie hadn't pissed off half of the comic's readership with his "John Stewart" crap and created a toxic tone around the book. The Johnston debacle was just an easy out DC used to get rid of a problematic writer who was more trouble than he was worth and who had a history of playing the race card.

>>23734392
Jesse, shut the fuck up.

>>23735175

The name is Trevor, not Jesse. Who is Jesse anyway?

RIP

WHAT.


WHAAAAAAAAT.

>>23735750

Not very up on your news scoops, are you Snapper?

>>23734392

It's always interesting to me when people like yourself project their own standards onto shows, characters, creators, etc. There are people out there who will be stubborn and see only what they want to see. And then there are people like you, who build a box of bullshit from scratch and climb upon it to loudly proclaim their baseless opinion as fact. It really is fascinating.