Comments on: Dwayne McDuffie fired off JLA

by: greg bailey

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 20:34:23 +0000

just want to know if dwayne would be interested in doing a different kind of league maybe on that does allow his comic genius to thrive. He can reach me at the e=mail address posted above, thanx

by: Comics Should Be Good! @ Comic Book Resources » DC Comics and Milestone

Wed, 23 Sep 2009 03:13:17 +0000

[…] OR these plans were changed to “punish”Dwayne McDuffie for comments made on his message board regarding his work writing Justice League of America. Here’s a quote from McDuffie on the JLA firing, via his message board via the Beat: Nope, it was my own doing. I was fired when “Lying in the Gutters” ran a compilation of two years or so of my answers to fans’ questions on the DC Comics discussion boards. I’m told my removal had nothing to with either the quality of my work or the level of sales, rather with my revelation of behind-the-scenes creative discussions. […]

by: Ladies First At DC « comicbookjesus

Fri, 26 Jun 2009 14:43:26 +0000

[…] Ladies First At DC I’m looking at my hefty haul of new comics this week, including the cheaper edition of the 2007 DC Comics Covergirls, which is a very pretty coffee table book focused on DC’s female stars from the last 7 decades. I’m also looking at three issues with strong female leads. Justice League of America #34 is the last ish written by Dwayne McDuffie, which is kind of a shame, especially since he’s just starting to introduce his Milestone characters into the DCU. However it’s no surprise, as he was getting rather vocal about the magic being created behind the curtain. However, at least there’s some strong female superheroes in the series now, with Dr. Light, Vixen, Zatanna, and half of Firestorm as regular cast members. […]

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Wed, 24 Jun 2009 06:24:59 +0000

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by: Sphinx Magoo

Mon, 01 Jun 2009 03:15:51 +0000

I was thinking about it over the weekend, and I think that the crossover storylines almost necessitate that books like JLA adopt more of a done-in-one approach where each issue is a standalone adventure.

(It’s funny how a book like JLA feels the limitations of crossovers, while a book like JSA manages to skip along on its merry way.)

I hope Len Wein remembers how to craft some exciting done-in-one adventures. Maybe he’ll have more fun writing Red Tornado since he introduced most of the material Brad Meltzer use in his run. Maybe it’s time to introduce a new JLA member much in the way Red Tornado was brought into the team more than 30 years ago?

Or perhaps a new story with the Phantom Stranger?

by: 360e

Sun, 31 May 2009 03:37:42 +0000

Intersting that Rich Johnston never actually bothered crediting the actual people who went through McDuffie’s Q&A thread on the dcboards and who actually compiled the various posts detailing his problems with DC.

by: Ken Raining

Sat, 30 May 2009 23:22:40 +0000

What I think is really sad is that McDuffie didn’t get nearly the amount of freedom that Meltzer did. Hell, he basically had to work with the team that Meltzer assembled– a group of characters that very few other people find interesting. Why should he say “I’m excited to write Red Tornado!” when he’s not excited at all? No wonder the book wasn’t very good.

by: JW

Sat, 30 May 2009 19:22:57 +0000

This is just another example of what is making the Internet such a detriment to the comics industry these days - making news out of no news. This is the classic case of a good writer not getting the job done (let’s face it - his run was not that great) and a publisher expecting his big book to continue to stay big (and probably applying too much input). It didn’t work out. Big deal. Move the hell on to something else, which is what both parties are now doing.

by: Paul O'Brien

Sat, 30 May 2009 09:40:47 +0000

Well, isn’t that what McDuffie was saying?

by: Alan Coil

Fri, 29 May 2009 20:31:09 +0000

When you are working on corporate comics, you have to expect editorial direction. Part of the job. Don’t want to bow to corporate masters? Don’t work for them.

by: Sphinx Magoo

Fri, 29 May 2009 19:27:49 +0000

What McDuffie says is not new. I remember Mark Waid voicing similar concerns when he was working on the X-Men books. It’s tough to build up a good storyline when “Worlds die! Heroes are tested! Nothing will be the same!” every 6 months or so.