Nilah Magruder’s M.F.K. Wins Inaugural Dwayne McDuffie Award
Super-Publicist David Hyde sent out a press release yesterday evening that the first-ever Dwayne McDuffie Award for Diversity went to Nilah Magruder's web effort M.F.K.. The award was presented at the Long Beach Comics Expo to Magruder by Dwayne McDuffie's widow Charlotte McDuffie. A speech was given earlier by Reginald Hudlin.
Dwayne McDuffie was an admired and influential comics-maker, writer and producer who had an equally successful career in animation as he did in comic books. The award was designed to honor his commitment to diversity, displayed in part via the creation of diverse casts of characters in his writing and producing projects.
Magruder is a native of Maryland now working in LA as a storyboard artist and concept-art maker, who has worked in a variety of arts-related field. M.F.K. is self-published on-line. She launched the comic in 2012.
The four other nominees for this year's award were:
