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I just heard that Dwayne McDuffie died yesterday, completely unexpectedly, at only 49. He was the creator of Static Shock, one of the main writers on JLU, and the head writer behind the Ben 10 cartoons I've been nattering on about for the past few months.
It's a strange thing, to lose a creator you admired; even if you never met them, it yet feels like a personal loss. I kind of feel punched in the gut - he had a website with an active forum, on which he did Q&As on occasion, and I always meant to leave a message, a quick question or whatever, and tell him how I really enjoyed the hell out of his shows, for all I'm supposed to be way too old for those. Never read his comics but I've wanted to, because I loved the way he wrote superheroes in his cartoons - with personality and depth, but genuine heroes all the same. Not to mention he brought some much-needed color to an overwhelmingly white field. And he made his chars fun and funny, and cartoons are going to be poorer for his loss. (...And I guiltily can't help but wonder how many Ben 10 scripts he left...not enough, I know.)
RIP, Mr. McDuffie. My heart goes out to his family and friends, and superhero fans everywhere.
It's a strange thing, to lose a creator you admired; even if you never met them, it yet feels like a personal loss. I kind of feel punched in the gut - he had a website with an active forum, on which he did Q&As on occasion, and I always meant to leave a message, a quick question or whatever, and tell him how I really enjoyed the hell out of his shows, for all I'm supposed to be way too old for those. Never read his comics but I've wanted to, because I loved the way he wrote superheroes in his cartoons - with personality and depth, but genuine heroes all the same. Not to mention he brought some much-needed color to an overwhelmingly white field. And he made his chars fun and funny, and cartoons are going to be poorer for his loss. (...And I guiltily can't help but wonder how many Ben 10 scripts he left...not enough, I know.)
RIP, Mr. McDuffie. My heart goes out to his family and friends, and superhero fans everywhere.
