Dwayne McDuffie, RIP

Static creator, Justice League story editor, and one of the key contributors to the DCAU, Dwayne McDuffie, passed away earlier today.  The CBR story is here; Dan DiDio, co-publisher of DC Entertainment, gives the company’s thoughts here.  Given the breadth and scope of his work and influence on both comics and animation, I expect you’ll see more tributes go up throughout the day.

What makes it even worse is what I imagine will be Dwayne’s final project, All-Star Superman, hits stores today.

I’ll probably have more thoughts when I can come up with something more articulate.