Overview
Dwayne Glenn McDuffie was an African-American writer of comic books and television. He co-founded the minority-owned-and-operated comic book company Milestone Media, which focused on underrepresented minorities in American comics. He then went on to become a writer on several animated series, including Static Shock and Justice League. After his work on the latter, Dwayne was promoted to story editor and producer of Justice League Unlimited.
Personal History[]
Career[]
Static Shock Filmography[]
- "They're Playing My Song" (writer)
- "Bent Out of Shape" (writer)
- "Junior" (writer)
- "Power Play" (writer)
- "Bad Stretch" (writer)
- "Jimmy" (story)
- "Gear" (teleplay)
- "Static in Africa" (writer)
- "A League of Their Own, Part II" (writer)
- "Out of Africa" (writer)
- "Now You See Him..." (writer)
Trivia[]
Tributes[]
- The 2012 film Justice League: Doom was dedicated to the memory of Dwayne McDuffie, and the Blu-ray and 2-Disc DVD editions of the film included the documentary, A Legion of One: The Dwayne McDuffie Story. That same year, a diner named "McDuffie's" was depicted in the Green Lantern: The Animated Series episode "The New Guy".
- In 2012, the Ultimate Spider-Man episode "Damage" was dedicated in memory of Dwayne McDuffie. In the episode, a new character named "Mac" was introduced as the CEO of the Damage Control, the fictional company created by McDuffie.
- Also in 2012, the Ben 10: Ultimate Alien final episode "The Ultimate Enemy: Part 2", the crew of the series dedicated the episode in his memory in the credits. The same tribute appeared in the racing video game based on the series, Ben 10: Galactic Racing.
- In the 2011 Static Shock comics series, Virgil Hawkins' new high school is named after McDuffie.
- In 2015, the Long Beach Comic Expo gave out the first Dwayne McDuffie Award for Diversity in Comics. It has since become an annual event for the expo.
- The Dwayne McDuffie Award for Kids' Comics is given out each year at the Ann Arbor Comic Arts Festival.
- In 2019, the DC Comics character Naomi’s last name was revealed to be McDuffie
Awards & Nominations[]
- In 1995, McDuffie received three Eisner Award nominations for his work on comics: Best Writer (for Icon), Best Editor (for Worlds Collide, Xombi, and Shadow Cabinet), and Best Continuing Series (with M.D. Bright, for Icon).
- He (along with Alan Burnett) won the 2003 Humanitas Prize in Children's Animation for his work on the episode "Jimmy".
External Links[]
- Dwayne McDuffie on Wikipedia
- Dwayne McDuffie on DC Database
- Dwayne McDuffie on DC Animated Universe
- Dwayne McDuffie on Marvel Database
- Dwayne McDuffie at IMDb