Sad news today:
DWAYNE McDUFFIE passed away yesterday, due to "surgical complications".
McDuffie co-founded the
MILESTONE imprint of comics which included
STATIC SHOCK and (my personal favorite of the line)
HARDWARE and contributed to numerous pre-established Comic Books. Diehard Marvel fans will also recall he co-created
DAMAGE CONTROL!
Upon co-founding Milestone Media, McDuffie stated:
"If you do a black character or a female character or an Asian character, then they aren't just that character. They represent that race or that sex, and they can't be interesting because everything they do has to represent an entire block of people. You know, Superman isn't all white people and neither is Lex Luthor. We knew we had to present a range of characters within each ethnic group, which means that we couldn't do just one book. We had to do a series of books and we had to present a view of the world that's wider than the world we've seen before."
In addition to adapting his
Static Shock to an animated series, he was also a major driving force in [the awesome]
JUSTICE LEAGUE UNLIMITED (acting as writer, story editor & producer) and created
BEN 10: ALIEN FORCE & ULTIMATE ALIEN. He also wrote some of the recent, badass DC Direct-to-DVD Animated Movies;
'Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths' and
'All-Star Superman'.McDuffie was a fantastic storyteller and was a positive contributor to Comics & Animation. He pushed for breaking
Race Stereotyping and showed that in the end, its all about
GOOD Storytelling.
My condolences to his Friends & Family. Thank you for your contributions, Mr McDuffie, and the legacy you leave behind.
*Hardware: Vol 1 available now!
Dood, COBRA VIPERS are F-ing sweet, no bones about it. In fact, I'd rank them on my Top 10 Coolest GIJoe Characer List (ooh, future post!). Well Sideshow now has a sweet 12" VIPER. Check it out:
I really dig it, however I wish the front silver faceplate wasn't so obscured by the helmet. Its a personal preference - I just dig the original design more. But please do not let that small gripe stop you from buying me one.
Sad news today: DWAYNE McDUFFIE passed away yesterday, due to "surgical complications".
Check out this killer piece by ULISES FARINAS!
To mark today's National Holiday, I thought I'd give a shout-out to a lesser-known, often-forgotten Commander-in-Chief: "MADAME PRESIDENT" (unnamed) from the 90s 'X-Men: The Animated Series'!
Dig this ALIEN print by JONATHAN KOSHI! Entitled 'LV-426 SUGAR COLONY', its part of his limited 'Sugar Skull' series! Unfortunetly it's sold out with no current plans at reprinting. Which makes me incredibly sad because I would have loved to buy it. Hopefully Mr. Koshi will do another run.
via ComicsAlliance.com:
JimSmash Reader JEYL has found another PULSE RIFLE SIGHTING in the 'recent' GIJOE Figure DUKE - "Pursuit of Cobra" line. It has some lengthened barrels and an odd paintjob which "hides" the Pulse Rifle design abit. But there you go - another Aliens' Colonial Marines M-41A Pulse Rifle in plastic action-figure form!
The new GIjoe 'IRON GRENADIER' comes with a SMART GUN, as seen in ALIENS! I've always liked the Grenadiers... add in the smart gun and Hasbro just made a sale! (Although I'll have to paint the gun BLACK... maybe the figure, too).
Check out this LEGO Dropship by MacLane! 
Find the 3 Super-Awesome things in this picture!
Though an unsuccessful Punisher...
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