Dwayne McDuffie
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| Dwayne McDuffie | |
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| Birth name | Dwayne McDuffie |
| Born |  Detroit, MI, US
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| Official site | http://www.dwaynemcduffie.com |
| Awards | Humanitas |
| Emmy Awards | 1 |
Dwayne McDuffie is a comic books and animation writer. He has worked for Marvel Comics, Harvey Comics, Archie Comics and is currently working with DC Comics, but some of his best known work include stories, characters and settings he created for Milestone Media, a subsidiary of DC Comics he co-founded with other African-American writers in an effort to portray and represent minorities better in comic books. He has also worked for Warner Bros. Animation, where among many works, he created Static Shock, a series in which he merged several Milestone Media characters into Bruce Timm and Paul Dini's DC animated universe, to which he made further contributions to the point of writing several pivotal stories including the final episode of Justice League Unlimited, the last series included in that continuity.
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[edit] Early life
As revealed in the autoboigraphy from his homepage, Dwayne was born and raised in Detroit, Michigan and attended The Roeper School. After that, he conitinues his education attending undergraduate and graduate programs at The University of Michigan, and then film school at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts.
The site also reveals that before being known as a writer in the comic books media, he co-hosted a radio comedy program, while moonlighting pseudonymously as a freelance writer for stand-up comedians and late-night television comedy programs.
[edit] Marvel Comics
He started his career in the 9th. art by pitching a sitcom flavored story for Marvel Comics about Damage Control, a construction company that repairs property damage caused by metahuman riots. It was published in Marvel Comics Presents #19 (may 1989) and among several stories Dwayne wrote for Marvel, he did three miniseries following their misadventures: Damage Control Volume 1, Damage Control Volume 2 and Damage Control Volume 3.
After two and a half years writing for Marvel he wrote the first four issues of the Monsters in My Pocket comics for Harvey Comics as a paralell work. Some characters of the franchise like Warlock and Vampire in McDuffie's stories show some similitudes with Marvel characters like Magneto and Professor X. In general the conflict of the story is very similar to the X-men's.
[edit] Millestone Media
After a couple of works for DC Comics, he co-created Millestone Media award wining line of comic books within DC. There, in mid-1993 he started working as editor in chief and writing several stories for a period of two and half a year until the subsidiary company reduced it's publishing business. In Millestone, before any titles were published he participated largely in the writing of a "guide" that provides the background of the characters and settings of Dakotaverse, the in-universe where most of the published stories take place. McDuffie created a great deal of characters for the company, including Static and the characters that would later appear in Statick Shock, an animated series about the character.
[edit] Animation
From 2000 to 2006 McDuffie's fame as a writer continues to grow, only now mainly in animated series. One of his most well known work is Static Shock, in which he worked as storywriter and story editor and reintroduced Static to a different audience for Kids' WB!. With guest stars like Batman and The Joker, the series was placed within the DC animated universe, the continuity of some series created by Paul Dini and Bruce Timm including Batman: The Animated Series, Superman: The Animated Series and Batman Beyond.
In 2001 McDuffie also wrote some episodes for Justice League, yet another series placed in the same continuity. Towards the end of the second season he becomes the most recurring writer of the series. Several of his stories are characterized by setting story arcs, the relationship development between the main characters and concreting the continuity ties of all the series of DC animated universe. For the third season of Static Shock, he co-wrote a two part episode featuring the characters of the Justice League and later, for the third season of Justice League, he wrote a story in which a 60 years old Static made a cameo in another two part episode set in the Batman Beyond era. He pushed further continuity ties in the last six episodes of the third season. In Epilogue, the last of those episodes, he established bonds among Amanda Waller, a major villain in the season three storyline, Bruce Wayne and Terry McGinnis form Batman Beyond.
In 2003, McDuffie and co-writer Alan Burnett were awarded the Humanitas Prize in Children's Animation for Static Shock's episode Jimmy, which deals with bullies and gun violence in highschools. In 2003 and 2004 the series Dwayne and other creators of the series were nominated to daytime Emmy awards. In 2005, he was nominated for the Writers Guild of America award in animation, with Rich Fogel and John Ridley for the Starcrossed episode of Justice League.
[edit] Return to comics
2006 marks McDuffie's big return to comics. In 2006 he returned with Marvel Comics' miniseries Beyond!, and, following a Special issue, as the regular writer of Fantastic Four, which he will write through issue 553. In 2007 McDuffie took up the reigns as writer of Justice League of America (vol. 2) from #13, after Brad Meltzer, which he is scheduled to write for as long as he wants.
[edit] Bibliography
[edit] Regular writer
| Title | Issues | Publication date | Type of title | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overture. Marvel Comics Presents (1st Damage Control appearance) | 19 | May 1989 | Ongoing series | Marvel Comics |
| "Fall Guy." Solo Avengers (Wonder Man story; co-writer) | 13 | December 1988 | Ongoing series | Marvel Comics |
| Clive Barker's Hellraiser | 2 | 1989 | Ongoing series | Marvel Comics |
| Damage Control | 1-4 | May 1989-August 1989 | limited series | Marvel Comics |
| St. George | 8 | August 1989 | Ongoing series | Marvel Comics |
| The Sensational She-Hulk in Ceremony | 1-2 | 1989 | limited series | Marvel Comics |
| Captain Marvel (vol. 3) | 1 | November 1989 | one-shot | Marvel Comics |
| Avengers Spotlight | 26-29 | December 1989-February 1990 | Ongoing series Acts of Vengeance story | Marvel Comics |
| Damage Control (vol. 2) | 1-4 | December 1989-February 1990 | Limited series | Marvel Comics |
| Iron Man | 251-252 | December 1989-January 1990 | Ongoing series | Marvel Comics |
| The Amazing Spider-Man: Children Special | 1-3 | 1990 | Ongoing series | Marvel Comics Canada |
| Avengers Annual | 19 | 1990 | Ongoing series | Marvel Comics |
| Avengers West Coast Annual | 5 | 1990 | Ongoing series | Marvel Comics |
| Iron Man Annual | 11 | 1990 | Ongoing series | Marvel Comics |
| Power Pack | 55 | April 1990 | Ongoing series | Marvel Comics |
| Deathlok | 1-4 | July 1990-October 1990 | Limited series | Marvel Comics |
| Monster in My Pocket | 1-4 | May 1991-September 1991 | Miniseries script | Harvey Comics |
| Damage Control (vol. 3) | 1-4 | June 1991-September 1991 | Limited series | Marvel Comics |
| "Test Run." Marvel Comics Presents (Deathlok story; co-writer) | 62 | November 1990 | Ongoing series | Marvel Comics |
| "Shadow of a Doubt." Marvel Super-Heroes (vol. 3) (Black Knight story; co-writer) | 4 | December 1990 | Ongoing series | Marvel Comics |
| Clive Barker's Hellraiser | 7-10 | 1991 | Ongoing series | Marvel Comics |
| Prince: Alter Ego | One-shot | 1991 | One-shot | DC Comics/Piranha Music |
| Deathlok (vol. 2) | 1-5 | July 1991-November 1991 | Ongoing series | Marvel Comics |
| Double Dragon | 1-4 | July 1991-October 1991 | Miniseries | Marvel Comics |
| Clive Barker's Hellraiser | 15 | 1992 | Ongoing series | Marvel Comics |
| Deathlok (vol. 2) | 11-16 | May 1992-October 1992 | Ongoing series | Marvel Comics |
| Deathlok Annual | 1 | 1992 | Marvel Comics | |
| "Rest and Sweet Glory." Marvel Comics Presents | 113-118 | 1992 | Ongoing series Giant-Man II story | Marvel Comics |
| "Cupid's Arrow." Marvel Super-Heroes (vol. 3) (Avengers West Coast/Hercules story) | 9 | April 1992 | Ongoing series | Marvel Comics |
| The Demon | 26-29 | August 1992-November 1992 | Ongoing series | DC Comics |
| "Not to Touch the Earth." Marvel Super-Heroes (vol. 3) (Giant-Man II story; co-writer) | 11 | October 1992 | Ongoing series | Marvel Comics |
| Back to the Future: Forward to the Future | 1-3 | October 1992-January 1993 | Miniseries | Harvey Comics |
| "Cupid's Error." Marvel Super-Heroes (vol. 3) (Falcon story; co-writer) | 12 | January 1993 | Ongoing series | Marvel Comics |
| "Communications Error." JLA Showcase 80-Page Giant | 1 | February 1993 | Ongoing series | DCComics |
| Blood Syndicate | 1-4 | April 1993-July 1993 | Milestone Media (DC Comics) | |
| Hardware | 1-8 | April 1993-October 1993 | Ongoing series | Milestone Media (DC Comics) |
| Hardware | 10-19 | December 1993-September 1994 | Ongoing series | Milestone Media (DC Comics) |
| Icon | 1-10 | May 1993-February 1994 | Ongoing series | Milestone Media (DC Comics) |
| Icon | 13 | May 1994 | Milestone Media (DC Comics) | |
| Static | 14 | August 1994 | Ongoing series | Milestone Media (DC Comics) |
| Icon | 15-17 | July 1994-September 1994 | Ongoing series | Milestone Media (DC Comics) |
| Icon | 19-31 | November 1994-November 1995 | Ongoing series | Milestone Media (DC Comics) |
| Icon | 34-36 | February 1994-April 1996 | Ongoing series | Milestone Media (DC Comics) |
| Icon | 38-42 | October 1996-February 1997 | Ongoing series | Milestone Media (DC Comics) |
| Static | 1-4 | June 1993-September 1993 | Ongoing series | Milestone Media (DC Comics) |
| Shadow Cabinet (co-writer) | 0 | January 1994 | Milestone Media (DC Comics) | |
| Captain Marvel (vol. 2) | 2 | February 1994 | One-shot | Milestone Media (DC Comics) |
| Worlds Collide | 1 | July 1994 | One-shot | Milestone Media (DC Comics) |
| Hardware | 25 | March 1995 | Ongoing series | Milestone Media (DC Comics) |
| Hardware | 29-32 | July 1995-October 1995 | Ongoing series | Milestone Media (DC Comics) |
| Blood Syndicate | 35 | February 1996 | Ongoing series | Milestone Media (DC Comics) |
| X-O Manowar | 17 | February 1998 | Ongoing series | Acclaim Comics |
| X-O Manowar | 19-21 | April 1998-June 1998 | Ongoing series | Acclaim Comics |
| Impulse | 60 | May 2000 | Ongoing series | DC Comics |
| Static Shock! Rebirth of the Cool | 1-4 | January 2001-September 2001 | Milestone Media (DC Comics) | |
| "Never Say Die." Batman: Gotham Knights | 27 | May 2002 | Ongoing series | DC Comics |
| Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight | 156-158 | August 2002-October 2002 | Ongoing series | DC Comics |
| Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight | 164-167 | April 2003-July 2003 | Ongoing series | DC Comics |
| Fantastic Four Special | 1 | February 2006 | One-shot | Marvel Comics |
| Beyond! | 1-6 | July 2006-December 2006 | Limited series | Marvel Comics |
| Fantastic Four | 542- | 2007-present | Ongoing series | Marvel Comics |
| Justice League of America | 13- | 2007-Current | Ongoing series | DC Comics |
[edit] Editor
| Title | Issues | Publication date | Type | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Freddy Kreuger's A Nightmare on Elm Street | 1-2 | October 1989-November 1989 | Ongoing series | Marvel Comics |
| Blood Syndicate | 1-30 | April 1993-September 1995 | Ongoing series | Milestone Media (DC Comics) |
| Hardware | 1-10 | April 1993-December 1993 | Ongoing series | Milestone Media (DC Comics) |
| Icon | 1-8 | May 1993-December 1993 | Ongoing series | Milestone Media (DC Comics) |
| Static | 1-28 | June 1993-October 1995 | Ongoing series | Milestone Media (DC Comics) |
| Static | 30 | December 1995 | Ongoing series | Milestone Media (DC Comics) |
| Shadow Cabinet | 0 | January 1994 | Milestone Media (DC Comics) | |
| Xombi | 0 | January 1994 | Ongoing series | Milestone Media (DC Comics) |
| Frank | 1-2 | March 1994-May 1994 | Mini-series | Harvey Comics |
| "The Call." Superman: The Man of Steel | 34 | June 1994 | Kobalt preview | DC Comics |
| Kobalt | 1-10 | June 1994-March 1995 | Ongoing series | Milestone Media (DC Comics) |
| Shadow Cabinet | 1-17 | June 1994-October 1995 | Milestone Media (DC Comics) | |
| Xombi | 1-16 | June 1994-September 1995 | Ongoing series | Milestone Media (DC Comics) |
| Worlds Collide | 1 | July 1994 | one-shot | Milestone Media (DC Comics) |
| Deathwish | 1-4 | December 1994-March 1995) - | Mini-series | Milestone Media (DC Comics) |
| My Name is Holocaust | 1 | May 1995) - | Mini-series | Milestone Media (DC Comics) |
| Kobalt | 14 | August 1995 | Ongoing series | Milestone Media (DC Comics) |
| Static Shock! Rebirth of the Cool | 1-4 | 1 | Mini-series | Milestone Media (DC Comics) |
[edit] Filmography
[edit] Writer
[edit] Producer
| Series | Credit | Colaborators | Aired |
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| Justice League Unlimited | Producer | Bruce Timm and James Tucker | 2001-2005 |
[edit] External links
- www.dwaynemcduffie.com Dwayne's site including an autobiography and links to his forum.
- Dwayne McDuffie at www.imdb.com Dwayne's IMDC's filmography.
