In this four-minute video, Dwayne McDuffie describes what it’s like being a Black comic book writer:
Related, see Hennessey Youngman on being a black artist.
Via Racialicious.
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Gomi — March 16, 2011
The late Dwayne McDuffie, unfortunately.
Thaddeus — March 16, 2011
Yeah, he passed away just recently. He was a very solid writer of comic books and cartoons. "The Rule of Three" sounds like a fairly astute observation. I'm a comic fan myself and I heard some of those complaints about McDuffie "black-washing" the JLA.
mordicai — March 16, 2011
Dwayne McDuffie, RIP, telling it like it is.
Sandra — March 16, 2011
I am very sorry to hear that he passed away recently. Much of what he said rang very true to me as it applies to female characters in video games as well. (Video games don't have black characters. *sigh*)
MJS — March 16, 2011
All good points he makes, and I think they ring true far beyond comic books as well.
Greg — March 18, 2011
I didn't know he had died :(. I was a big fan of the Justice League animated series.
Some of his points reminded me of listening to DVD commentary for Homicide: Life on the Street. The gist was that sometimes the network would complain if they had "too many black characters" in a scene. It was set in Baltimore!
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