DC Universe expands to include more diverse roster of writers and illustrators
Subject
DC Universe; Milestone Media; Morgan Hampton; Dorado Quick
Description
Ever since he was 6 years old, Morgan Hampton has dreamed of seeing his name in the pages of a comic book. He admits he wasn’t much of a reader back then, but comics proved to be his passport into a whole new world.
“Comics kind of got me into reading in general,” he explained, “which broadened just my whole scope of wanting to like get into storytelling and stuff. But everything started with comics for me.”
What You Need To Know
DC POWER: A Celebration is an anthology created for Black History Month
The issues feature Black superheroes like Kid Flash, Aquaman and Cyborg
Writers Morgan Hampton and Dorado Quick make their debuts in the anthology
They were part of the Milestone Initiative, a partnership between DC Comics and Milestone Media to train and mentor new and diverse talent
The medium plays a similar role in the origin story of Dorado Quick.
“I’m a young man from Inglewood, California, back when Inglewood was always up to no good,” Quick said, “so comics were always an escape for me.”
The two went from losing themselves in the colorful paneled pages of comics to now having their own names appear in those same pages on stories they wrote. They also recently had their first signing at Golden Apple Comics where their names were advertised on the door.
“Surreal!” Hampton said, pointing at the sign. “It doesn’t feel real. Pinch me. I’m dreaming.”
More like experiencing a dream come true. The writers are part of the first class of the Milestone Initiative, a partnership between DC Comics and Milestone Media — a company founded by Black comic book professionals in the 1990s. Twelve artists and 12 writers were trained and mentored through the program and now Hampton and Quick are being published for the first time in DC’s Black History Month anthology called “DC POWER: A Celebration.”
“First thing I like to do when I pick up a comic is smell it,” Quick said before the two held the newly published pages up to their faces and breathed it all in.
Creator
BY TARA LYNN WAGNER LOS ANGELES
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