Dwayne McDuffie, comic and cartoon writer, has died
 

http://dcu.blog.dccomics.com/2011/02...ayne-mcduffie/

It's very sad to see this information. I greatly admired his work and had occasionally chatted with him on Facebook.

McDuffie had many well-known credits to his name, including starting Milestone Comics and creating the popular character of Static (the basis for the cartoon Static Shock), and was very prolific in writing episodes in the DC Animated Universe.

His last project to release was the recent All-Star Superman.

Just a couple of days ago I remember him proudly posting that Static was finally getting a proper action figure, to the tune of Future Static from Justice League Unlimited.
http://dwaynemcduffie.com.lamphost.n...php?f=2&t=2749

Holy cow, he was so young. I'm shocked. This man has played a huge role in so many of my favorite cartoons. Man...

It's a sad day for his fans, friends, and family.

Has the cause of death been made public?
EDIT:
Guess not.
EDITx2:
Oops, I missed that update in the italics.

I didn't know this man personally, but his passing hurts me.

The link you provided updated saying he died yesterday due to surgery complications.

Associated Press has a good writeup on McDuffie featuring some interviews on his legacy:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110223/..._obit_mcduffie

The comments make me want to punch babies though. Seriously, there is something wrong with those people.

For the sake of my soul, I try to refrain from reading any comments section on major internet sites. Seriously, I don't even know why they open those stories for anybody to attach their name to a story that hundreds of thousands of people will probably read. It's a lament of this internet age, I think.

EDIT:
Seems like there was one user account who had nothing better to do than keep making insensitive and obscene comments. I went ahead and hit that little "Report Abuse" button on him. Some people...

Rest in peace.

Wow. That sucks that he died even though I'm not much into comics. My condolences go out to his family and friends.