Michael Davis is an artist, writer, mentor, entertainment executive and co-founder of Milestone. You can read previous columns here. He writes, A long time ago. My wife and I were finishing dinner at a Tribeca restaurant. Tribeca is a trendy part of New York located between Chinatown and the Financial District (Wall Street) as was […]
Michael Davis is an artist, writer, mentor, entertainment executive and co-founder of Milestone. He writes, I've said countless times there is or was nobody more Milestone than Dwayne McDuffie. Dwayne was the heart and soul behind our universe deserves every accolade every honor bestowed upon him; he was one of the best writers and editors to […]
Michael Davis is an artist, writer, mentor, entertainment executive and co-founder of Milestone. He writes, The granddaddy of all comic book Oscar nominations up to now is The Black Panther for Best Picture and Heath Ledger's win for best supporting actor in 2009. Movies from the superhero genre are the ugly stepchild of the entertainment industry. […]
Michael Davis is an artist, writer, mentor, entertainment executive and co-founder of Milestone. He writes, This series started because I received a pretty angry email from the mother of a talented Black writer. Please read part 1 of this series for additional background. Comic books for me and every person I know in the industry […]
Michael Davis is an artist, writer, mentor, entertainment executive and co-founder of Milestone. He writes, Recently I was taken to task by a young African American writer's…mom. Did I mention the writer was an adult? Her mother objected to my decision not to use her work on a high-profile project. She's an excellent writer, but […]
In August 2017, it was announced that Charlotte McDuffie was suing the founders of Milestone Media 2.0 over rights held by original co-founder of Milestone, her late husband Dwayne McDuffie. Milestone 2.0 was announced back in 2015, a revival of the original multi-racial focused Milestone Media superhero comics line published by DC Comics in the nineties, […]
Michael Davis, co-founder of Milestone Comics, writer, producer, artist and mentor writes: Martin Scorsese is doing a superhero movie, and I'm the lucky bastard chosen to do the movie poster! Man, this will piss off my haters, big time! Good. It's been far too long since I put them who will be named in their […]
Tomorrow at San Diego Comic-Con, the very-much-alive and occasional Bleeding Cool contributor Michael Davis will be hosting his long-running Black Panel in its regular slot at San Diego Comic-Con. Guests this year cross the comics industry, and include Diamond Comic Distributor CEO and owner Steve Geppi, the original Black Panther ongoing writer, Don McGregor, comedian […]
Michael Davis is an artist, writer, mentor, entertainment executive, co-founder of Milestone and very much alive. You can read his previous columns for Bleeding Cool here. He writes, I have a long running tradition of giving my readers a gift on my birthday. That gift was usually a piece about an amazing person. Two days […]
Yesterday was a very strange day for me. It was even weirder for Michael Davis. Welcome to the mostly-daily Lying In The Gutters. You can sign up to receive it as an e-mail here. Top five stories read yesterday: Michael Davis is Not Dead, He is Alive and Well – But Hacked Michael Davis, Founder […]
Comic book creator and publisher, Michael Davis is alive and well and speaking from his home. His e-mail, phone and social media have all hacked and used by persons unknown to impersonate his caring family, stating that Davis had taken his own life, and then sharing his personal photos and videos. Michael Davis was able […]
There is a desire from some to see their own obituaries, to wonder how they will be remembered in life after they have passed on. Today Michael Davis woke up to just that. Comic book writer, artist, editor, publisher, mentor, archivist, curator as well as media executive, co-founder or Milestone, co-creator of Static Shock, CEO […]
UPDATE: This morning it was announced that Michael Davis had died. This is not true. The original article runs below, you can read what happened over here. Just know this, Michael Davis is alive and well and I could not be happier. Will great sadness, we have to inform you that Michael Davis, co-founder of […]
This is The Other History Of The DC Universe by John Ridley. Announced earlier in the year, out from DC Comics in January and on the front of Diamond Previews. This is how it is solicited, THER HISTORY OF THE DC UNIVERSE #1 (OF 5) (MR) (W) John Ridley (A/CA) Alex Dos Diaz Academy Award-winning […]
Michael Finn writes, Hi, I'm Michael Finn and I want to tell you about my Kickstarter in which the super-heroes of the 1940s return in a brand-new, 100+ page WW II graphic novel. I'm a first-time writer but I've brought along some good friends to assist me — Mark Waid is the Editor and he […]
Michael Davis is the Keynote speaker at Afro ComicCon tomorrow at SAE Expression College located in Emeryville, California. His speech is reportedly entitled NOW YOU CAN'T LEAVE: Level Next & The War For Static Shock. Level Next is the media-and-comics company he formed with Wayne Brady. Static Shock refers to the Static character he co-created for Milestone, that […]
Michael Davis writes: Back in the day 434 Beach 58st apt 8B Far Rockaway: My mother lay on the floor bleeding from a gash in her head. My sister Sharon all of 12 years old tears streaming from her eyes hands covering her mouth trying to mute the sobs she couldn't help making was bent […]
Michael Davis, co-founder of Milestone Comics, writer, producer, artist and mentor writes: Prologue: The Golden Age Myth My views of the industry are my personal opinion; however, any event I share regarding treatment of me is 100% true, and I can provide documentation for any person or company disputing my accounts. They won't. There was […]
I've been lucky enough to have seen Len Wein on many panels over the years, the last one will always be the one I remember most. It was last year, at SDCC 2017, and it was the tribute panel for Bernie Wrightson. Len was clearly not doing well, and he had a hard time even […]
At least year's Black Panel at San Diego Comic-Con, Wayne Brady and Michael Davis announced a new planned comic book and multi-media line, Level Next. With a stated aim to create stories by – and for – people of colour. Comics, books, TV shows, movies, games, whatever is out there. And the foundation is there to help people […]
