Dwayne McDuffie

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Dwayne McDuffie
General Information
Date of Birth	February 20, 1962
Date of Death	February 21, 2011
Status	Deceased
Residence	Burbank, California
Affiliations	Cartoon Network Ben 10: Alien Force Ben 10: Ultimate Alien Ben 10: Omniverse Warner Brothers
Occupation(s)	Writer Story Editor Showrunner
Relationships
Relatives	Charlotte McDuffie (widow) Keegan-Michael Key (half-brother)
Alias	The Maestro

Dwayne Glenn McDuffie (February 20, 1962 – February 21, 2011) was an American writer of comic books and television, perhaps best known for co-founding the comic book company Milestone Media, known for characters such as Icon, Static, Hardware, and the Blood Syndicate. His other notable works include creating the animated series adaptation of Static, Static Shock, as well as serving as a writer and producer for the animated series Justice League Unlimited.

McDuffie was one of the writers of Ben 10: Alien Force, and during the run of the series he wrote and/or story-edited all 46 episodes. He worked on the sequel of Alien Force, Ben 10: Ultimate Alien.

Dwayne McDuffie also owned a website with a board where he answered the fans' questions about the show. The Dwayne McDuffie Fund/Dwayne McDuffie Award For Diversity are decided by a community of judges for the purpose of recognizing outstanding work to promote diversity in the comic book industry.

Episodes Written

McDuffie was hired to help revamp and story-edit Cartoon Network's popular animated Ben 10 franchise with Ben 10: Alien Force, continuing the adventures of the ten-year-old title character into his mid and late teenage years. During the run of the series, McDuffie story-edited all forty-six episodes. McDuffie also produced and story edited a second sequel series, which premiered April 23, 2010. He was also involved in the creation of the fourth Ben 10 series.

Alien Force

• Ben 10 Returns: Part 1
• Ben 10 Returns: Part 2
• Everybody Talks About the Weather
• Darkstar Rising
• War of the Worlds: Part 1
• War of the Worlds: Part 2
• Vengeance of Vilgax: Part 1
• Vengeance of Vilgax: Part 2
• The Final Battle: Part 1
• The Final Battle: Part 2

Ultimate Alien

• Fame
• Ultimate Aggregor
• Map of Infinity
• The Forge of Creation
• Absolute Power: Part 2
• Ben 10,000 Returns
• Prisoner Number 775 is Missing (with Peter David)
• The Ultimate Sacrifice (with J.M. DeMatteis)
• The Ultimate Enemy: Part 2

Omniverse

• The More Things Change: Part 1 (with Charlotte McDuffie)
• The More Things Change: Part 2 (with Matt Wayne)

Death

Tragically, Dwayne died on February 21, 2011 due to complications from an emergency heart surgery to repair a ruptured aortal aneurysm. He is survived by his wife and mother. His death took place at Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center.

Dedications

• Ben 10: Galactic Racing was dedicated to Dwayne in the credits.
• The crew of Ben 10: Ultimate Alien dedicated The Ultimate Enemy: Part 2 to Dwayne.
• Man of Action dedicated the Ultimate Spider-Man episode Damage in memory of Dwayne. The character Mac Porter is modeled after Dwayne.
• Duncan Rouleau and Mark Hamill have praised McDuffie's contributions, and Phil LaMarr announces the winner of the McDuffie Award for Diversity.

Gallery

Trivia

• By the time of Dwayne's death, all the writing and recording was finished on Ultimate Alien. All that was left was some animation and post-production on the last few episodes.
• Dwayne wrote future episodes of the Ben 10 series before his death.
• When asked if he would give Ben's aliens Ben's clothing, he replied "Likely never".
• Dwayne's favorite Omnitrix alien was Echo Echo.
• Dwayne went to film school with Alex Winter, who directed Race Against Time and Alien Swarm.
• Matt Wayne went to college with Dwayne and was his best friend. Derrick J. Wyatt met Dwayne through Glen Murakami before they worked on Teen Titans, and his office was close to Wyatt's cubicle when he was working on the aforementioned show and Dwayne was working on Static Shock, hanging out with him on breaks.
• A Galvan character was named after him.

External links

• Official website
• Dwayne McDuffie forums (Dead Link)