Horrible news today. Dwayne McDuffie, one of the co-founder (and editor-in-chief) of Milestone comics passed away Monday. With Milestone he co-created and wrote the comics Icon, Hardware and Blood Syndicate. He also helped out with others on a creative and editorial capacity. His voice was an important voice for minorities in comics and I’d hate to think how few minorities would be in comics without his help.

McDuffie also created the hilarious Damage Control comic book series. For those not familiar with it, Damage Control showed the cleanup crew that fixed up the city after the superhero battles destroyed it.

Dwayne McDuffie will be missed by all.