Out Next Week

The Milestone Compendium Four, a nearly 1300 page collection of material published by Milestone Media in the 1990s, and roughly a third of that was written by me, including the second half of my original run of Xombi (the first half is contained in Milestone Compendium One) as well as the remaining issues of Kobalt, and the arc of Hardware that I did with Eric Battle. With the exception of a couple more issues of material, this Compendium concludes the work I did for Milestone back during its original incarnation. This volume hits stores on June 17, 2025. 

Here's some additional information pulled from Amazon: 

Static, Hardware, Blood Syndicate, and more. Read the original stories of the characters that became Milestone icons in this massive compendium.

The iconic Milestone line that helped define the 90’s are now collected in a beautiful compendium. These brilliant and daring writers and artists brought their own experiences into comics that changed the game forever. Milestone ushered in a culturally diverse mix of superheroes, set in the fictional setting of Dakota, and ushered in the comics that inspired the hit TV series Static Shock. Read the original stories from the Milestone Universe today.

Collects: Blood Syndicate #28-32; Hardware #29-38; Icon #28-37; Static #26-31; Xombi #12-21; Shadow Cabinet #14-17; My Name is Holocaust #1-5; The Long, Hot Summer #1-3.

Milestone Compendium Volume Four

 

The Milestone Compendium Volume Four will be released on June 17, 2025, rather than in February as the previous volumes had been. This issue contains the remaining ten issues of Xombi that I wrote,  with art by J.J. Birch and color by Noelle Giddings and lettering by Agnes Pinaha. It also includes my short run of Hardware with art by Eric Battle and Angel Gabriele, color by Julia Laquement, and lettering by Steve Dutro. 

You can preorder it through your local comic book retailer or independent bookstore.

There's also a link below*: 

https://www.amazon.com/Milestone-Compendium-Four-Dwayne-McDuffie/dp/1799500268

*A portion of sales via this link will go back to me. 

The Milestone Compendium - Volume 3 Now Available

The third huge volume collecting all of the Milestone Media comics from the 1990s is now available. Among the varied chronological contents are issues 1-14 of Kobalt,a series I created and wrote, with art by Arvell Jones, Eric Battle, Jamal Igle,and others. You can order the Milestone Compendium Book 3 through Amazon, and a percentage of that sale will come back to me, by clicking here: Milestone Compendium Book 3 .

Milestone Compendium Book 1 which contains Xombi 0-11, also written by me and drawn by Denys Cowan and J..J. Birch is also available here: 

Milestone Compendium Book 1

From the Archives 17

I haven't done one of these in nine years, so I figured it may be time for another run. Having recently moved, hads given me reason to tuck into some boxes that have been stored away and inaccessible. I came across this house ad for the original run of Xombi from Milestone Media that ran in the other titles back in 1994.

Bloody Disgusting Names Xombi In Their Must Read List

The horror media culture site Bloody Disgusting has included Xombi on their binge-worthy reading list of dark titles published by DC Comics. You can see what other titles are on the list, and find links to begin reading them here.

Milestone on AMC

I haven't had the opportunity to watch it yet, but the fifth episode of Robert Kirkman's Secret History of Comic Books focuses on Milestone Media, the publisher behind Xombi, Kobalt, Hardware, and Static, characters that I've written. I have nothing but fond memories of my days at Milestone and the people that are all, still, members of the Milestone family.

You can view the episode here.

Milestone Update

I'm a little behind here, but for those of you who have been asking me about Milestone Media and when it will be returning, here's an update (of sorts) from San Diego Comic Con 2017. Read it here.

Milestone 2.0

A number of people have emailed me asking about the new, forthcoming incarnation of Milestone Media. The fact that among the announcements was that there would be a new Xombi series has led to the question of whether, or not, I'll be writing it.

I sure hope so. To be honest though, I don['t really know more than you do at this point. Everyone involved with the new Milestone is well aware that I want to keep writing Zombi, and Denys Cowan assures me I'll be a part of the new company, but right now it's still wait and see. I'm not sure how far along in the planning process everything is, and I imagine they'll want to relaunch other characters first.

To read more about the announcement and the plans so far take a look at this article by Hannibal Tabu at Comic Book Resources