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I don’t want to believe the news on Newsarama, CBR, Comics Alliance and The Beat, but it is being reported that Dwayne McDuffie has passed away. A cause of death has not been reported.
Mr McDuffie has the distinction of writing for the Justice League in more formats than just about anybody else I can think of. He wrote for the animated TV series (Justice League, Justice League Unlimited), a direct-to-DVD movie (Justice League: Crisis on Two Earth), a video game (Justice League Heroes), and the regular JLA comic book. More recently he wrote the screen play for the DVD adaptation of Grant Morrison and Frank Quietly’s All-Star Superman and was the producer on the current incarnation of Ben Ten.
Mr McDuffie may be most influential for co-creating and guiding the Milestone Comics characters during the 1990s – a genuine attempt to create a comic book universe that encapsulated all of America’s children. The break out character of that group was Virgil Hawkins (Static). A spin-off cartoon series, Static Shock, was launched in 2000. McDuffie became involved with the writing of the cartoon and from there he was recruited into the creative team behind Justice League and Justice League Unlimited.
Through all his work there was an openness that let the best character, who ever that might be, come to the fore. You knew if Dwayne McDuffie has written the script because it just sounded better – the characters were richer, the jokes funnier, the emotions deeper.
My condolences to his friends and family.
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