Comments on: The sad, strange tale of Dwayne McDuffie

By: SpideyTerry

SpideyTerry — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 16:53:10 +0000

Frankly, it wouldn’t surprise me that this is the way DC conducts business. If it is indeed true, Dwayne McDuffie was well-within his rights to mouth off. There’s supervision and then there’s brain dead idiocy.

“Do not expect to get your jones of on charaters you DID NOT CREATE OR OWN.”

Not a bad attitude. Too bad there are those far more guilty of such behavior, such as the aforementioned Dan or a certain fat man at Marvel. Eesh.

And for the record, the very idea that most – if not all – of the Big 7 not being available for a JL book has and always will be one of the dumbest maneuvers on record. I can understand a writer not wanting to use them, but the executive meddling preventing them being used? This was obviously the same mentality that went into the Flashpoint reboot.

By: Alex T

Alex T — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 08:27:11 +0000

I really miss Dwayne McDuffie. A great guy and one of my heroes.

By: Keith Bowden

Keith Bowden — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 22:48:13 +0000

So sad that he died on 21 February 2011.

By: thatoneguy

thatoneguy — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 06:12:02 +0000

this now makes me very sad. I actually haven’t read any of his run on JLA. I guess I’ll be trade-hunting soon. the guy really was under-appreciated.

By: NefariousDrO

NefariousDrO — Fri, 04 Feb 2011 18:26:05 +0000

I never really followed the JLA comics, but got absolutely hooked on the series on Cartoon Network, after getting pulled in by their Teen Titans show. He did some absolutely fantastic writing, and when you hire somebody of such obvious ability you should be prepared to give them the latitude to do the job. If you don’t want to lose that control, don’t hire somebody like that. It’s a shame he went through that, but he’s still producing solid work, and DC’s loss is Cartoon Network’s gain.

By: Victor

Victor — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 05:32:03 +0000

Its definitely brutal but come on…This is the GIG. You are writing half century old characters owned by multinational coperate interests and managed by middle aged fan-boys. WHAT DID YOU EXPECT? Dude seriously if you want to express yourself creatively write your own novel on the side with your own characters or hell…self publish a creator owned ashcan. Do not expect to get your jones of on charaters you DID NOT CREATE OR OWN. You complain about getting paid A LOT of money to write comic scripts because you are being heavily supervised? Are you kidding me? Enjoy the fact that all you have to do is connect the dots others have made for you and revel in the things you are allowed to create. If you are only allowed to freely script one fight scene make it the coolest damn fight scene ever. Publically “exposing” your colleagues is not cool. He should have just took it in stride with some humor and humility got paid had fun and kept it moving. Instead he got sad bitter and fired.

By: lunchcountersitin

lunchcountersitin — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 02:08:36 +0000

FYI, J. Michael Straczynski has quit the Thor book over disagreements concerning creative control.

Apparently, Marvel wanted to tie Thor into the rest of the Marvel Univ (Dark Reign?), and Straczynski felt he wasn’t flexible enough to handle that demand.

So it’s not just a DC thing.

By: DDSmitty

DDSmitty — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 03:15:26 +0000

Damn shame I can’t read JLA anymore. Ah well, I guess I can go watch my JLU DVDs again and dream of what could have been.

By: Jason

Jason — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 21:26:37 +0000

I was very disappointed by the news, I was really enjoying McDuffie’s JLA Dissembled series. I’m done with this book. McDuffie obviously cared a lot about the series and he was no more critical than other writers have been.

By: Faceman

Faceman — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 14:38:47 +0000

McDuffie is a fine writer who wrote many great stories on Justice League cartoon. He should not have been fired for expressing his opinions. The editorial reigns at DC are not communicating and not giving the fans what they want. I, for one, do not like ongoing series like JLA being interfered with other company events. Something needs to be done at DC because Marvel is beating them with some really bad storylines. I have always liked Dan Didio’s energy and enthusiasm but it seems he can be pretty bullheaded on what he wants and not what the fan wants. I have been a life long Justice League fan and I want to see a consistant creative team and a good mix a “A and B” characters, preferably not named Batman abd Superman who already have way too much exposure.