Holy Hangover, Batman

I’m devastated. I thought the world of Dwayne and never did enough to remind him of that. Back in the early ’90s, long after I’d been an editor and had established myself in the industry, I still sent him a long, gushy fan letter one day about how great his work was, and I regret not doing that at least once a year every year since. God, he was a good writer and, more importantly, a good person. Last time I saw him was at Free Comic Book Day at 4 Color Fantasies in Rancho Cucamonga. We made another of our long-standing pledges to “get dinner soon,” and of course we never did because we always assumed there’d be more time later. Let that be your takeaway from today, as it is mine: if there’s someone you admire or respect, someone whose laugh you’d miss if it were suddenly gone, someone who inspires you, pick up the phone right now and let them know. Don’t wait. Time is the enemy of all living things. Use yours well, as Dwayne did his.

Mark Waid, remembering Dwayne McDuffie. Sorry if I’m getting overly-sentimental with this, but this is a great quote standing on its own.

Source: comicbookresources.com