RIP Dwayne McDuffie

Comic writer, animation producer and respected industry veteran Dwayne McDuffie passed away on Tuesday from complications due to a surgical procedure performed Monday evening.

Although he has been in the comics game since the '80s, he's best known as a strong voice for diversity in comics, both on and off the page, and the co-founder of Milestone Media. He co-created Milestone characters like Static, Icon Hardware and Xombi. 
In addition to his ground-breaking work at Milestone, he has also written mainstream books like  Fantastic Four and Justice League of America. He was story editor on the wildly popular cartoon show Justice League Unlimited, and was the writer of several of DC's direct to DVD features, including All-Star Superman, which went on sale today.
DC co-publisher Dan DiDio said of McDuffie "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."
We, along with his many fans, offer our condolences to his wife and family, and all his friends.
Nuff Respect...

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PREVIEW: STEEL One-Shot

 Anyone else think it's funny that I did my first ever Steel fan art almost exactly one month before DC drops a new Steel one-shot by Steve Lyons (Dead Men Walking) and Ed Benes (Justice League of America: The Second Coming)? Somebody pass my info to the bosses over at DC, 'cause I don't believe in coincidences... plus, I got bills. So anyways, here's some preview pages...

I'm thinking Doomsday taps both their jaws on the next page...  I mean, let's face it, Doomsday beat Superman down to the white meat, so ole Steel here is gonna hafta go cerebral if he's gonna get out of this one without brain damage. One of those 'use it or lose it' deals...

yeah, so you can thank my man Wallruss for this. I had no idea at all about this book until I saw it on his blog. I may pick this up next time I'm at the comic shop. It's out now, so if you've read it, feel free to chime in... (if you missed my Steel drawing, peep it here)

holla!

samax.

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the Ultimate Gift for a true Comics geek

 If you've got a hardcore comics nerd in your life and want to get him a gift that'll make him slap his mama,  but don't quite wanna mortgage your house to do it, you could drop a couple Benjamins on 75 Years Of DC Comics: The Art Of Modern Mythmaking, 720 pages of pure comics history... from the arrival of that kid from Krypton, to the peak of the Hollywood Superhero boom (yeah, they got Ryan Reynolds as Hal Jordan in here), this joint covers it all. I snagged a massive dump of review pages off'a CBR below, so go nuts
Here's the Sales Pitch:
In 1935, DC Comics founder Major Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson published New Fun No. 1, the first comic book with all-new, original material—at a time when comic books were mere repositories for the castoffs of the newspaper strips. What was initially considered to be disposable media for children was well on its way to becoming the mythology of our time—the 20th century’s answer to Atlas or Zorro. More than 40,000 comic books later, in honor of the publisher’s 75th anniversary, TASCHEN has produced the single most comprehensive book on DC Comics, in an XL edition even Superman might have trouble lifting. More than 2,000 images—covers and interiors, original illustrations, photographs, film stills, and collectibles—are reproduced using the latest technology to bring the story lines, the characters, and their creators to vibrant life as they’ve never been seen before. Telling the tales behind the tomes is 38-year DC veteran Paul Levitz, whose in-depth essays trace the company’s history, from its pulp origins through to the future of digital publishing.

Year-by-year timelines that fold out to nearly four feet and biographies of the legends who built DC make this an invaluable reference for any comic book fan.

*whew!* So yeah, that's the tip of the 700 page iceberg... If your comicshop or bookstore has it, they'll be happy to sell 75 Years of DC Comics to you for a cool $200. You can save a grip by clicking here to order in on Amazon (it was around $125 when I checked, but I don't know how long that's gonna last...).
holla!

samax.

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don't miss the "Young Justice" double-sized debut this Friday on Cartoon Network!

I'm Mad busy today, but I had to take a break to post this...


Maybe you already knew about this... but just in case, I had to remind you guys that the Young Justice hour long joint premiers Friday November 26th on Cartoon Network. Now, I gotta get back to work.

holla!

-samax.

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