Motown Marvel
Crimson and Clover
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So if the Static one-shot doesnt sell well that somehow diminishes McDuffie's legacy? I have a hard time seeing this as anything other than a hasty cash grab by trying to galvanize support from people who are already well aware of McDuffie and Static. If this was pitched by creators that were friends and admirers of McDuffie and not just devised by the business/editorial wing then I would feel different. I seriously doubt they all got together and said, "Hey, lets use this to make Static a permanent mainstay so no one ever forgets Dwayne!" You think if a creative team really kick ass on Static, they wouldnt pluck them off to work on a flagship book and replace them with scrubs? And if its only a temporary boost in sales I dont see what it really does for McDuffie's memory.
And if boosting sales wasnt their aim, they could put a tribute to McDuffie in the comic without promoting it in the solicits. The entire aim of solicits is to move product. Maybe it wasnt intentional, but it was thoughtless. Its like promoting a special "Japanese Tsunami" issue then giving nothing to disaster relief. DC also had the opportunity to correct the faux pas and instead just went, "Nah, we're still keeping all the money."
if the book doesnt sell well, that it'd mean people dont care that much for the character. i think its immature to paint DC as one dimensional nefarious capitalists. dwayne may have been an employee of DC, but the comic book business is a small family. these people worked together and had mutual respect for each other. anyone who thinks that DC editors were sitting around scheming ways to make a quick buck off of Dwayne's dead carcass is just being ridiculous. they are doing this out of respect to honor a friend and colleague that they lost. he was a respected friend and colleague who was a part of their lives. so how anyone here who knows nothing about anyone involved can sit back behind the internet and criticize how DC responds to his passing is just stupid to me. god forbid they promote a tribute to a respected member of their world.