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THE CREATORS 

 

DWAYNE MCDUFFIE 

 DWAYNE McDUFFIE IS ONE OF THE CREATORS OF THE BLOOD SYNDICATE AS WELL AS ONE OF THE CO-FOUNDERS OF MILESTONE MEDIA. DWAYNE CO-WROTE THE FIRST FOUR ISSUES OF BLOOD SYNDICATE WITH IVAN VELEZ JR., BUT WAS AN EDITOR FOR THE ENTIRE 35 ISSUE RUN. FOLLOWING THE END OF THE BLOOD SYNDICATE SERIES, DWAYNE WOULD CREATE A NEW BLOOD SYNDICATE LEAD BY HOLOCAUST IN THE PAGES OF ICON. HE WOULD ALSO FEATURE MEMBERS FROM THE SYNDICATE IN STATIC SHOCK": REBIRTH OF THE COOL MINI SERIES AND THE STATIC SHOCK CARTOON SERIES. DWAYNE IS THE LAST WRITER TO FEATURE THE BLOOD SYNDICATE IN A PUBLISHED COMIC BOOK (MILESTONE FOREVER # 1), WHERE HE HAD WISE SON FIGHT AND DEFEAT HOLOCAUST FOR LEADERSHIP OF THE BLOOD SYNDICATE.

DENYS COWAN

 DENYS COWAN IS A CO- CREATORS OF THE BLOOD SYNDICATE CHARACTERS. HE IS ALSO A CO-FOUNDER OF MILESTONE MEDIA. DENYS DESIGNED THE ORIGINAL IMAGES FOR THE BLOOD SYNDICATE MEMBERS. HE ILLUSTRATED THE  FIRST ISSUE COVERS OF BLOOD SYNDICATE AND THE COVER TO  ISSUE # 5 WHICH FEATURED THE FUNERAL OF TECH-9. DENYS ALSO CO-ILLUSTRATED ISSUE # 32.

IVAN VELEZ JR. 

 

IVAN VELEZ JR WAS THE WRITER AND THE MAN BEHIND THE STORIES FEATURED IN THE BLOOD SYNDICATE'S 35 ISSUE RUN. WHAT IVAN VELEZ DID ON THIS SERIES WILL FOREVER BE UNDERRATED, BUT LET ME TELL YOU GUYS THIS, HE NOT ONLY WROTE STORIES RELATED TO THOSE GROWING UP IN AN URBAN COMMUNITY, HE WENT OUT THE BOX, AND MADE STORIES NO OTHER WRITER WOULD DARE TOUCH. DURING VELEZ'S RUN, WE WERE INTRODUCED TO A COOL AS LEADER WHO WOULD DIE ONLY 4 ISSUES IN, A IN CLOSET HOMO SEXUAL WHO MANY VIEWED AS A LADIES MAN, A CRACK ADDICTED SUPER HEROINE, A RATS VS. ROACHES WAR, A SHAPE SHIFTING TRANSGENDER, ASIAN MYSTICALLY BEINGS, AND MUCH MUCH  MORE. IVAN VELEZ'S IMPACT ON THIS SERIES, TO ME, IS ALMOST SIMILAR TO THAT OF CHRIS CLAREMONTS RUN ON THE X-MEN OR/AND PETER DAVIDS ON THE HULK SERIES. HE HAD NO FEAR.  THE WORK HE AND ARTIST CHRIS CROSS DID TOGETHER WAS MAGIC. IVAN VELEZ JR IS ALSO CREDITED AS CO- CREATOR OF THE BLOOD SYNDICATE  AFTER ADDING A LITTLE LATIN FLAVOR TO  DENYS COWANS ORIGINAL DESIGNS FOR THE BLOOD SYNDICATE CHARACTERS. HE IS THE REASON TECH-9, FADE, FLASHBACK, AND BRICKHOUSE ARE SPANISH.  HE ALSO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CREATION OF KWAI, AQUA MARIA, DEMON FOX, AND MISTRESS MURDER.

CHRIS CROSS

 
ChrisCross

CHRIS WILLIAMS AKA CHRIS CROSS WAS THE MAIN ARTIST DURING THE BLOOD SYNDICATE'S 35 ISSUE RUN.  CHRIS BEGAN WITH ISSUE # 3 FEATURING THE FIRST FULL LENGTH ISSUE WITH BOOGIE MAN. HE WOULD EVENTUALLY BECOME THE SERIES ILLUSTRATOR WITH ISSUE # 5. THRUGHTOUT HIS 23 ISSUES CHRIS STYLE DEVELOPED AND HE GAVE SIGNATURE APPEARANCES TO THESE CHARACTERS THAT ALL ARTIST DRAWING THESE CHARACTERS WOULD HAVE TO IMPLEMENT IN SOME DEGREE. CHRIS WAS THE 1ST ARTIST TO ILLUSTRATE KWAI, THE DEMON FOX, THE FUNERAL OF TECH-9, AND OF COURSE THE SUPER-MAN VS. BLOOD SYNDICATE STORYLINE. CHRIS WAS VERY INFLUENTIAL TO ME GROWING UP.  HE DREW THE CHARACTERS THE WAY IVAN VELEZ WOULD WRITE THEM AS PRODUCT OF AN URBAN COMMUNITY WITH REALL ISSUES AND CONFLICTING MORALS. WHAT CHRIS DID ON THIS SERIES IS UNDERRATED, CHRIS'S IMPACT ON THIS SERIES, TO ME, IS ALMOST SIMILAR TO THAT OF JOHN BYRNE OR JOHN ROMITA JR WITH CHRIS CLAREMONT'S ON THE X-MEN.  BASICALLY WHAT I'M SAYING IS:  THE WORK HE & IVAN VELEZ DID TOGETHER WAS MAGIC. I'D LOVE FOR THEM TO GET TOGETHER AND DO A BLOOD SYNDICATE ORIGINAL GRAPHIC NOVEL FEATURING THE SYNDICATE FOLLOWING IN THE NEW DCU GOING AT IT WITH AN ALL NEW AN POWERFUL DEMON FOX.

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