On a recent conference call, DC Entertainment copublishers Dan Didio and Jim Lee (who is also one of DC’s most popular artists) outlined a selection of the DC events that will take place during New York Comic Con and NYCC Presents.
One of the most anticipated events will be the relaunch of Milestone Media, the pioneering African-American–owned superhero comics publisher originally founded in the early 1990s by Denys Cowan, Michael Davis, Derek Dingle, and the late Dwayne McDuffie, which shut down operations in 1997. Lee says the line will be “unveiled” at NYCC this year as part of a panel that will include Walking Dead creator Robert Kirkman. Kirkman is featuring Milestone’s pioneering line of minority superhero series—among them Static Shock, Icon, Hardware, and Blood Syndicate—in a segment of The Secret History of Comics, a documentary on comics history he has produced for AMC that will debut in November. The episode will be previewed during the panel. And look for appearances by Cowan, Reggie Hudlin, Kirkman, and Greg Pak. publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/trade-shows-events/article/74791-dc-entertainment-at-new-york-comic-con.html
Nicholas Davis
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Lincoln Richardson
I feel bad for this thread already.
Leo Gray
>Reggie Hudlin >Greg Pak David Walker's a given. Already mediocre to bad...
Nicholas Edwards
Who is writing?
Colton Lee
Presumably we'll know from the panel
Andrew Smith
I just started reading Icon and it's really good. I hope his new book gets a good writer .
Nolan Hughes
This.
Charles Reed
I know Christopher Priest doesn't want to write black characters any more but I hope he writes for Milestone 2.0 cause he's a good writer .
Hunter Sanders
Is the lawsuit with McDuffie's widow done then?
Elijah Clark
he said he was meeting with Didio about milestone a few months ago, but who knows if he will have time with everything he is working on now.
Oliver Miller
>Icon Can I just say I've always found it hilarious a character in near permanent C Lister status calls himself Icon?
Caleb Young
Milestone 2.0 looks dead on arrival so I don't wish that upon Priest.
Juan Evans
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Logan Davis
I'm worried Static might not be written good with out Dwayne McDuffie and his other co creator. They did a good job writing him.
Samuel Rivera
He's on both bi-monthly JL and and Deathstroke now, i'm unsure if he'll want to pick up more projects.
Adrian Ortiz
Isn't he gonna be writing Inhumans too?
Luis Brooks
Where the fuck are their pupils?
God damn Static's first costume sucked.
Robert Wood
It's just a mini.
Camden Murphy
Yeah, but that's a mini series.
Zachary Carter
I think he also has a Lion Forge book
Brayden Smith
What artists do you want to work on Milestone 2.0 ?
Ian Davis
Ron Wimberley
Carter Harris
Are Icon, Static and Hardware the Trinity of Milestone ? They seem to be the only Milestone characters people care about along with Rocket.
Adrian Garcia
Who should write Icon's book ?
Connor Reyes
Fucking rad, finally!
>Robert Kirkman Fucking why?!
Ian Richardson
He would be good as like a creative lead or advising editor on it. Larry Hama basically took Priest completely under his wing when Priest was starting out; maybe Priest could do that for some newbloods on something like this.
Cameron Mitchell
More importantly, will Iota be back?
Eli Cooper
I hope they bring back Dusk.
Evan Nguyen
>One of the most anticipated events will be the relaunch of Milestone Media
Yeah...no
Brayden Cruz
I'll believe it when I have a copy of a comic in my hand. Every few years they do this shit.
Owen Hernandez
This
Milestone will get buried below things people are more excited about and if it's still OGNs Static will be the best selling one at a giant whopping 5k.
John Carter
Spencer
Grayson Cox
>Hudlin NOOOOOO!
Have him write for some asian characters then.
Colton Garcia
There's a lot of people who are excited about Milestone returning. Old Milestone fans and people who only Static.
Michael Long
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Ian Wilson
Put your mask back on Gwenpool, they'll figure out who you are!
Bentley Brown
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Bentley Ramirez
There were some okay books. But nobody cared then and fewer still will care now
Andrew Nguyen
I hope they reprint their old comics in trades. I would love to own Static's original run and Icon's.
Sebastian Hill
I doubt it'll be successful but if they do get this off I hope they don't get too preachy about BLM,cops or the plight of the black man. Although maybe that's the only way for them to get people to buy it or get attention.
Kevin Fisher
Can't wait to read more Static.
Easton Nelson
Old Milestone was very political, user.
Brandon Roberts
I hope more good black writers work on new Milestone .
Justin Hill
I hope they use this costume for Static again. It's probably his most recognizable costume cause of the cartoon.
Dylan Price
I never read much more than Blood Syndicate. I miss CrissCross' art.
I tried Hardware way back when and needless to say the Deathwish arc was NOT the story to read first.
Mason Clark
Yeah plus I feel like that one few superhero costumes that you really don't need to change, and could be in different forms of media without too many differences, kinda like Spider-Man's suit
Dominic Kelly
>Walker I doubt it, he's now Marvel premiere black guy writer next to Coates. You're right about Hudlin though, IDK about Pak. I liked Paktion Comics and Incredible Herc.
Parker Martinez
I feel like Milestone is one of those properties that gets updated/rebooted/whatever every few years and always falls flat on its face. Just like Wildstorm, New Universe and every single golden age character.
Isaiah Thomas
>Entire line is about diversity >Niggers only
Jason Turner
It's about time they relaunch Milestone.
Christopher Parker
I hope we get another Worlds Collide crossover with DC.
Jackson Diaz
I hope Static gets his old design back, I think baseball caps in cape designs are cool.
Tyler Bell
Static's original design is awful. Most people don't like it . This is his best costume.
James Sanders
Cartoonfags go
Jaxon Taylor
>I hope Static gets his old design back, I think baseball caps in cape designs are cool.
Until N52 fucked it up.
Noah Walker
>Cartoonfags go So most the Static fanbase then?
Jayden Thomas
Hope they do another competition looking for new talent with this
Lucas Ross
No
Christopher Davis
are you forgetting Rose is hmong?
Jonathan Brown
Wait did you say Rose is hmong?
Carson Reyes
I can't get excited because I know it won't work. DC isn't going to be satisfied with the sales this gets. They're giving it a push now but nobody involved is kidding themselves, they all know none of these books are going to run longer than a year. It would have been smarter for Milestone to go independent or sign a deal with Dark Horse or IDW if they wanted to have a chance.
Henry Nguyen
I would have seen Milestone better off with Valiant since Static and Icon would be easier to blend with their books like Shadowman and Faith
Ayden Carter
So will it die in 2 years just like the last time? [of course it will]
Julian Rogers
Yep, cartoonfags never read comics anyways, so it's really not an actual loss of any kind.
Are you sure that Rose is hmong? Priest "forcing" diversity by making it an injoke is pretty brilliant
Landon Lewis
What about a fusion of the two, I do always like the jacket over the onsie (Animal Man, Zenith) but we keep the cap?
Charles Nguyen
I think a fusion of them wouldn't look that good. He should stick with dreads instead of a hat. His new Young Justice Outsiders design looks good.
Lincoln Gonzalez
As much as I love Milestone I think they had terrible designs. Icon and Rocket's are the only designs I like.
Jose Ross
As long as they don't plan to incorporate them into the main DC universe I am okay with it (and won't care at all) Also: >most anticipated by whom?
Ian Brown
Alright, what's the goof here?
Isaac Brown
I wanted to get into Milestone some time back but then I found out they had something like 3 company wide crossovers and that put me off. I'm interested in a few titles but not all of them and the crossover not only forces me tor read the others but it also forces me to read them in a specific order. Fuck that shit.
Oliver Ross
What, you didn't like PM/IF?
They were the big solo books Milestone had. Xombie was great but didn't run for very long. Kobalt was trash. And the characters in Blood Syndicate and Shadow Cabinet weren't as well developed.
Charles Moore
When Priest was doing research for Deathstroke he found out Rose was Hmong. He'd though she was white because she'd been whitewashed in Johns' Titans and every run after, so he made it a point to point out that she's Hmong in every issue of the current run. It's great.