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[edit] Racial make-up

The contention about Milestone's racial make-up reflects a common misunderstanding about the company. It was (and presumably still is) 100% African-American-owned. But it was not an all-black operation at any time during their publishing history. I don't know the race of very many of the people who worked on their first books (so I may be missing some key examples), but I do know that Mike Gustovich (who inked Icon #1) is white (I've met him), Jimmy Palmiotti (inked Hardware #1) is white (I've seen photos), and - while the two aren't necessarily mutually exclusive - that Ivan Velez (cowrote Blood Syndicate #1) is latino. Milestone included more non-black people on their creative roster as time passed and people came and went, but they ceased to be all-African-American well before their first comic went to press. Tverbeek 11:50, 6 Apr 2005 (UTC)

  • Fair enough. --Strannik 13:26, 6 Apr 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Milestone Bible

My name's Dwayne McDuffie and I'm one of the founders of Milestone Media. I've been directed here by several e-mails from fans. Christopher Priest, who was quite involved in many of the organizing and early creative meetings for Milestone, was not a founding member. He chose not to join the group. While his contributions were significant, he did NOT write the 400 page Milestone Bible. I did, minus about thirty pages. Priest wrote the subsection of the "City of Dakota" section dealing with the history of the city. Robert Washington wrote a section about sports teams, local department stores and the like, Ivan Velez, Jr. wrote a section called "The Gangs of Paris Island." All of this material added up to less than 30 pages. I'd already written the rest myself in a hospital in Florida. Priest gave notes on this document in his capacity as DC Comics Editor and liaison to Milestone, as did DC's Paul Levitz, Dick Giordano and particularly Jenette Kahn. Freelancers Matt Wayne, Ivan Velez, Jr., Robert Washington and Mark Bright were also all given a look at early draafts and gave notes. We took some of all these suggestions and incorporated them in the third draft. For the record, I also wrote the thirty or forty page pitch bible that pre-dated the Milestone Bible but contained most of the major elements of the later version. Derek Dingle edited this draft, and Priest created the Milestone "M" logo when he designed the package for this document.

Keep in mind that the Milestone Bible was a living document that grew with the company. The latest version I have is over 700 pages long with significant contributions from Matt Wayne, John Rozum, Robert L. Washington and others.

If you have any questions, I can be reached at dwayne@dwaynemcduffie.com .

McDuffie elaborates further on Milestone's status here, in case anyone wants to work this info into the article. -leigh (φθόγγος) 15:49, 16 August 2006 (UTC)

  • Nothing really new here. The fact that Milestone owns the copyrights to all Dakodaverse characters is self-evident to anyone who ever bothered to look at the fine print of any Milestone comic. Trademarks, on the other hand... well, once again, looking at the fine print, it seems that those belong to DC. I could be wrong, though. --Strannik 18:54, 17 August 2006 (UTC)