Dwayne McDuffie

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Dwayne McDuffie (born February 20, 1962 in Detroit, Michigan - February 21, 2011 in Burbank, California) was an American writer of comics and television.

History

• McDuffie was an artist at Marvel Comics and Harvey Comics before setting up Milestone Media. With Denys Cowan and several others, he created the Dakotaverse — Static, Icon, Hardware and many others. Milestone went under due to bad sales, and its properties were taken over by DC Comics.

• McDuffie was the co-creater of Static Shock, and later became a story editor on Season 2 of Justice League and a producer on Justice League Unlimited.

• After Justice League Unlimited came to a conclusion, McDuffie and Glen Murakami became producers for Ben 10: Alien Force and later Ben 10: Ultimate Alien. McDuffie also wrote several DC Universe Animated Original Movies.

• On February 21, 2011, McDuffie passed away from complications due to a surgical procedure performed the preceding evening.

DCAU Filmography

Static Shock "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) Justice League "The Brave and the Bold" (teleplay) "Fury" (teleplay) "Metamorphosis, Part II" (teleplay) "Maid of Honor" (writer) "The Terror Beyond" (writer) "Hereafter" (writer) "Wild Cards" (writer) "Starcrossed" (writer) Justice League Unlimited "Ultimatum" (story) "Wake the Dead" (writer) "The Once and Future Thing Part One: Weird Western Tales" (writer) "The Once and Future Thing Part Two: Time, Warped" (writer) "The Doomsday Sanction" (story) "Task Force X" (story) "The Balance" (writer) "Clash" (story) "Hunter's Moon" (writer) "Question Authority" (writer) "Flashpoint" (writer) "Panic in the Sky" (writer) "Divided We Fall" (writer) "Epilogue" (writer) "I Am Legion" (writer) "Shadow of the Hawk (story) "To Another Shore" (writer) "Dead Reckoning" (writer) "The Great Brain Robbery" (story) "Far From Home" (story) "Destroyer" (writer)

Awards

• 2003 Humanitas Prize in Children's Animation for "Jimmy" (shared with Alan Burnett).

External links

• Dwayne McDuffie at Wikipedia
• Dwayne McDuffie at the DC Database
• Dwayne McDuffie at IMDb