Probably because it makes me proud too as well as inspires me to keep doing what I’m doing.
A League of One: The Dwayne McDuffie Story does that to me every time.
Every. Time.
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Lots of us don’t watch Ultimate Spider-Man, mostly because it’s on a channel we don’t have.
Way too many people are still a little pissy that “they replaced” Spectacular Spider-Man for this pretty diverse series (Peter Parker teamed up with Iron Fist, Power Man, Nova, and White Tiger).
I don’t watch it mostly because I don’t have Disney XD, but the fact the series not only brought in Damage Control and made it a part of the plot of the series, but they actually designed DC’s founder Mac Porter after Dwayne McDuffie, the creator of the original comic series (which was his first major comic title).
And that’s … pretty damned awesome.
Here’s a clip courtesy of Marvel.
That’s pretty cool.
Though I’m gonna have to defend the “pissy” people on this one because Ultimate Spider-Man doesn’t come close to spectacular. I like the fact that it is more diverse and the animation quality is top notch but they sacrificed quality writing and story telling for it. I’m just never as invested in anything in Ultimate, every time they have the chance to do something compelling or serious they always cop out for a cheap joke.
Not trying to crap on this show or anything, but where as I loved Spectacular, with Ultimate I’m just like “this is alright”. Basically the way I was with Brave and the Bold, I wasn’t a fan of the goofy and campiness but I watched it because it had nice animation.
Understandable, but it seems like a good majority of people who just hate this show (and I mean hate as in they want everybody involved to just die) mostly because it’s not Spectacular Spider-Man. I LOVED that series, and I still think the cast and crew got a raw deal on that series, and the fact that Ultimate Spider-Man came barely a year after Disney scrapped the series does hurt a lot.
Bur people need to let go a bit and stop hating everything about a show that’s not Spectacular Spider-Man. It’s almost as bad as everybody nitpicking every Batman production that isn’t Batman: The Animated series. Like Batman, Spider-Man has had many animated incarnations before their really great series and will likely have many more animated incarnations decades after those shows end. Characters change, and things evolve. You go forward and don’t completely knock everything that’s new otherwise, we can’t evolve.
Bat-Mite from Brave and the Bold said it best, and I’m paraphrasing what he said here:
“Spider-Man’s rich history allows him to be interpreted in a multitude of ways. To be sure, this is a lighter incarnation, but it’s certainly no less valid and true to the character’s roots than the sarcastic yet tortured avenger crying out for his uncle.”
Just realized that two-page tribute to Dwayne McDuffie in the back of the Static Shock Special was drawn by John Paul Leon, who is also illustrating next week’s Animal Man #6!
Wise men indeed.
Still love this tribute.
Static Shock #6
Cover by Khary Randolph
Static. Hardware. Technique.
What’s the vernacular the kids say about a collective of heroes this intense combined with a stellar artist doing the cover? Oh, yeah.
BAMF!
roidyraw reblogged your photoset: I stand corrected. It wasn’t Icon on Young Justice…
I have never heard of these heroes…
Icon and Rocket were the lead characters of one of Milestone Media’s first comics, Icon. You have an alien found by slaves living as his ancestors for centuries and now makes a living as an wealthy conservative lawyer using his abilities covertly. A young teenage girl named Raquel convinces him to become a hero and both learn a lot about life and humanity through each other’s experiences.
Created by the late, great, and woefully-missed Dwayne McDuffie and M.D. Bright, it tackled a lot of subjects without knocking you upside the head with moral lessons. It’s also the first time teenage pregnancy was tackled in a mainstream comic title (and one of the few times the teen actually kept her baby). Great title.
Great characters. Which is why I was pleasantly surprised to see them tonight.
But if you want a deeper look, look for Icon: A Hero’s Welcome and Icon: The Mothership Connection at a bookstore near you. They didn’t pull these off the shelves. And if they don’t have ‘em. special order them.
This story always had a very profound affect on me. It was a short story Dwayne McDuffie and Denys Cowan did for the 9/11 anthology DC put together, and it had Static trying to stop a group of angered youths who tried to kill an Arab-American man who ran an arcade Virgil and his friends frequented.
It really spoke to me and managed to convey a real issue (misplaced violence against Muslims and Arab-Americans) without managing to seem exploitative or cheesey.
God, I miss Dwayne.
Me too. Every day, I miss that guy. Comics is a poorer place without him, his perspective, his views, his creative voice.
(via wonderwomanv2)
Have I mentioned how much I miss this man? Every day I breathe, Mr. McDuffie remains relevant to me and on-point about a lot of things, many of which I feel. In a week that saw Miles Morales become the Ultimate Marvel Universe’s Spider-Man and the bigoted, moronic, asinine statements that came from people justifying their own racist mentality, there’s no doubt in my mind the Maestro would have the same opinion presented in this video.
And he’d do it with the same calm demeanor presented here.
Comic Critics - The Sad Strange Tale of Dwayne McDuffie
Shame I’ve never read this strip when it was fresh, but I’ve heard Mr. McDuffie talk about it on many occasions. Loved that dude, and I’m still pissed DC (and Marvel and the comics industry as a whole) did that man wrong all these years and that he had to be in the ground before many of his peers and publishers acted like they gave a damn about him.
