Post by Beacon on Feb 22, 2011 23:51:14 GMT -5
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Not only has he had a hand in some of my favorite cartoons and animated movies but McDuffie has been one of my favorite comic writers since I discovered Damage Control back issues years ago. It takes a special kind of brilliance to be the first to come up with an idea that appears so obvious in hindsight.
As much as being on the internet has opened me up to comics I never would have heard of otherwise; giving fans and writers an easy opportunity to interact with one another isn’t always a good idea. I’ve lost respect for creators whose work I liked because of their behavior online and I’ve seen people I already thought were hacks turn out to be awful people on top of that. McDuffie wasn’t one of those guys. I’ve only ever interacted with him once (he politely corrected me on something I was misinformed about) but I’ve seen enough posts by him to know he was tactful when dealing with even the staunchest of his detractors.
In addition he was one of the rare creators that had the integrity to call things as he saw them even if it might come back to bite him later. I guess we’ll never find out what his JLA would have looked like if he’d been left to his own devices.
This is a HUGE loss to comics in both terms of quality of creation and quality of creator. He’ll be missed.
Not only has he had a hand in some of my favorite cartoons and animated movies but McDuffie has been one of my favorite comic writers since I discovered Damage Control back issues years ago. It takes a special kind of brilliance to be the first to come up with an idea that appears so obvious in hindsight.
As much as being on the internet has opened me up to comics I never would have heard of otherwise; giving fans and writers an easy opportunity to interact with one another isn’t always a good idea. I’ve lost respect for creators whose work I liked because of their behavior online and I’ve seen people I already thought were hacks turn out to be awful people on top of that. McDuffie wasn’t one of those guys. I’ve only ever interacted with him once (he politely corrected me on something I was misinformed about) but I’ve seen enough posts by him to know he was tactful when dealing with even the staunchest of his detractors.
In addition he was one of the rare creators that had the integrity to call things as he saw them even if it might come back to bite him later. I guess we’ll never find out what his JLA would have looked like if he’d been left to his own devices.
This is a HUGE loss to comics in both terms of quality of creation and quality of creator. He’ll be missed.
