silentsmack:iamdavidbrothers:I want you to keep this...

silentsmack:

iamdavidbrothers:

I want you to keep this two-page story by Matt Wayne, John Paul Leon, Noelle Giddings, and Dave Sharpe in mind this month. I want you to think of this every time someone — anyone, myself included — invokes Dwayne McDuffie’s name.

I want you to think about what they have to gain when they say the man’s name.

Always reblog this when I see it pop up on here. 

There are a LOT of latecomers to the McDuffie train, pro and fan alike. A lot of readers who never bought his books talk about what a big influence he was routinely.

He was a real human being. He was a great friend. He’s a big part of why I have a writing career at all. He’s the reason I have animation credits. He was my hero and my adviser and my inspiration.

I’m glad he’s a legend now that he’s gone, but he was pretty ****ing legendary to a lot of us when he was ALIVE, too.