We sat on this post longer than any of our previous obit posts. It’s as if by not posting Dwayne McDuffie’s death we’d somehow keep it from being true. That was a silly thought and a mistake. All we’ve done is think about it in the weeks since.
McDuffie is the man responsible for igniting a new found love of the DCU. His stories on the animated series JUSTICE LEAGUE and JUSTICE LEAGUE UNLIMITED mixed Marvel’s soul and attention to real world mechanics with DC’s sentiment and inherent iconic nature.
McDuffie was about creating characters. The color of a person’s skin is a part of their life but it is not the end all and be all of said person. That’s the feeling we got from all of McDuffie’s characters.
McDuffie was a talented storyteller, well loved amongst his fans and peers and uncompromising. That is an almost impossible mix. In Dwayne McDuffie it became possible.
We shared a small correspondence with McDuffie many years ago. It’s doubtful he would have remembered it. Even then, years ago, he was a pretty big deal in comics. The fact that he took the time to respond to a “nobody” from Alabama spoke volumes to us about his character and made us realize one doesn’t have to give up being a nice guy to do well in writing.
Below is all the remembrance links we ran across in February.
Below the cut are a few choice moments that highlight his career in our eyes.
Because of Ethan Tweedie we learned there is such a thing as moonbows.
A moonbow (also known as a lunar rainbow, lunar bow or white rainbow) is a rainbow produced by light reflected off the surface of the moon rather than from direct sunlight.
Moonbows are relatively faint, due to the smaller amount of light reflected from the surface of the moon. They are always in the opposite part of the sky from the moon.
It is difficult for the human eye to discern colors in a moonbow because the light is usually too faint to excite the cone color receptors in human eyes. As a result, they often appear to be white. However, the colors in a moonbow do appear in long exposure photographs.
Over the last week or so two trailers were released into the Internets. These trailers were meant to stir rabid interest inside Whovians old and new for the oncoming Series 6.
In this tactic they have more than succeeded.
Prequel to Episode 1 of Series 6 “The Impossible Astronaut”
When a little girl rings up to warn you of trouble, you should heed her warnings Mr President.
Full Length trailer for all of Series 6
And who exactly are you River Song?
Professional illustrator, Alica Policia, designed then devoured this frosty cake for her 30th birthday. It’s a pity she didn’t share her mother’s recipe.
This print was a limited edition painting from Rocom. We discovered it thanks to Ian Brooks(seen here licking his copy). Sadly, this piece is long sold out. Rocom does have other buyables on his Etsy.
This is my scratchbuild TARDIS. It is approximately 142 cm wide (56″) and 215 cm (7ft) high. Taking almost a month, on and off, with supplies from the local hardware store, this huge construction used mostly: 6″ x 4″, 6″ x 2″ and 2″ x 1″ wood, with the plastic and creative thinking for the windows. The roof has a slight lean, to allow water to drip away. The whole shed is covered in 2 coats for protective fence paint, the roof having 2 coats of extra varnish as well. The light also works at the top, but only a night; it was a garden solar light that has been screwed to the roof. As the photos show, it really is bigger in the inside (due to the dropped base).
We also love it when Mofffat asks the questions that all hard-core geeks undoubtedly get into fights over at 3 in the morning on Friday nights. He is truly One Of Us.
