In case anyone want to hear and listen to this fascinating story, it premieres TONIGHT at 10pm Eastern/9pm Central. Part one of the six part miniseries on AMC will focus on the history of Milestone Comics


Article and Sneak peek of episode tonight:

https://www.cbr.com/secret-history-of-comics-milestone/


Robert Kirkman’s AMC documentary series, aptly titled Robert Kirkman’s Secret History of Comics, looks to peel back the curtain on certain periods in comic book history and give firsthand accounts from some of the creators involved.

Tonight’s episode, “The Color of Comics,” puts the spotlight on Milestone Media, and features co-founder Denys Cowan talking about his childhood friendship with fellow Milestone co-founder Derek T. Dingle, and CBR has the exclusive first look at the clip.

The video begins with Cowan recapping his childhood growing up in Springfield Gardens, Queens, and being raised by his grandparents. It’s there where he met a young Dingle. It was this friendship where Dingle introduced Cowan to the wonderful world of comics, which helped Cowan cope with an awkward stage of Coke bottle glasses and a unique haircut. Comic writer Arvell Jones, television personality Wayne Brady, rapper Method Man also shared their tales of reading comic books.

The six-part documentary series AMC Visionaries: Robert Kirkman’s Secret History of Comics airs Mondays at 10 p.m. on AMC, and is executive produced by The Walking Dead franchise creator Robert Kirkman, along with his Skybound partner David Alpert, Bryan and Sean Furst, Daniel Junge and Rory Karpf.

Wouldn’t have Justice League animated without him

and fuck DC for firing him from JLA knowing full well he was gonna black it up to begin with.

I mean he blacked it up plenty just with this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z3r8KN17wP0

More would have been dope, but I was blown when I first saw that scene

They kicked him off of it as he was about to basically start a new JLA era that was supposed to have Icon and a few others as JL members, but they fired him from the book for no real tangible reason. Everybody knew what it was, though. Pretty much the same thing they did with Gail Simone, but she had her 'brightness' on her side.

he was a mega fan of the brand so it diversity in comics always felt "normal" to me as a kid.

and dwayne mcduffie was always the guy's name i saw in the credits lot of my favorite cartoons. never put 2 and 2 together until he died.

Static needs to be pushed to the fucking moon. Everybody liked that show (really covered some touchy subjects too btw) and it'd be so popular as a movie i bet.

also damn I feel old AF. lol your dad had those comics!!?

Great Ep. Was wondering if they were going to throw McDuffie under the bus......sort of did....but in case you are wondering how that revival of Milestone is going....well, they have a little business in dealing with his widow,,,,


Estate of Comic Pioneer Sues Over Milestone Media Revival


Link:
http://variety.com/2017/biz/news/dwayne-mcduffie-reginald-hudlin-milestone-media-1202512743/

August 1, 2017


Dwayne McDuffie, a pioneer of comic books with African-American heroes, died in 2011. Following his death, veteran producer Reginald Hudlin teamed with McDuffie’s former business partners to relaunch his company, Milestone Media, in tribute to the trailblazing artist.

But in a lawsuit filed Monday in L.A. Superior Court, the artist’s widow alleges that his estate was excluded from the revived company.

McDuffie wrote for Marvel and DC before launching Milestone Media in 1992 in an effort to bring greater representation of black heroes to comics. Milestone had a publishing agreement with DC Comics. McDuffie developed the characters Icon and Static, and produced a TV show, “Static Shock,” which aired on the WB network.

McDuffie died of complications from heart surgery at the age of 49. In 2015, Hudlin announced that he and McDuffie’s original partners would revive Milestone Media for a new generation of comics fans. Hudlin, who produced “Django Unchained” and directed the forthcoming Thurgood Marshall biopic “Marshall,” told the Washington Post that he and partners Derek Dingle and Denys Cowan hatched the idea to relaunch Milestone while gathered at McDuffie’s wake.


McDuffie’s widow, Charlotte McDuffie, alleges that his estate was excluded from the revived venture. At the time of his death, McDuffie owned 50% of Milestone Media, with Dingle owning the other half, the suit contends.

The three partners did not buy out McDuffie’s share of the company. Instead, they formed a new company called Milestone Media Company LLC, also referred to as “Milestone 2.0,” which took control of Milestone’s intellectual property, the suit alleges.

Charlotte McDuffie alleges that her inquiries about the new company have been met with “stalling and stonewalling tactics.” According to the suit, the new company is seeking to expand Milestone’s relationship with DC Comics, and is talking to other publishers about new projects, “all the while utilizing the intellectual property rightfully owned by Milestone, without compensation to Milestone or McDuffie’s estate, and without the consent of the Plaintiff or McDuffie’s heirs.”

The parties entered into a tolling agreement in April as they sought to settle the dispute. However, those talks appear to have broken down with the filing of the suit. In the agreement, Milestone’s partners issued a denial of the estate’s allegations.

Milestone’s attorney did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

I stopped with comics as the 90's hit right after Image popped.