Darryl ‘DMC’ McDaniels is doing something “way way cooler”
By Eric Renner Brown – All too often, the cycle in which washed-up celebrities cash in with pulpy memoirs and as guests on reality TV series repeats itself. But hip-hop legend Darryl McDaniels, a founder of Run-D.M.C., is doing something way, way cooler. McDaniels has loved comics since he read them as a kid in […]
Darryl “DMC” McDaniels Explains Why He Got Into The Comic Book Business
By Andrew Steinbeiser Before one of the world’s most iconic hip-hop artists even knew how to throw down a beat, he was something else entirely: A comic book geek. Speaking with Bloomberg TV, Darryl “DMC” McDaniels of Run-DMC explained how comic book superheroes were the first passion in his life. A self-described “geeky, nerdy kid,” […]
Superheros are DMC’s New Rap
Run-DMC’s Darryl McDaniels launches comic book line with Latino characters, artists
BY CINDY Y. RODRIGUEZ Photo Credit: JULIA XANTHOS/NEW YORK DAILY NEWS Long before rapper Darryl McDaniels of Run-DMC became a hip hop star, he was just a little kid living in Hollis, Queens, whose life revolved around comic books. Now, at 50 years old, he’s living out his dream by launching his own independent publishing […]
‘DARRYL MAKES COMICS’ MAKES HEROIC DEBUT WITH 1980S NYC-BASED “DMC”
Kiel Phegley, Staff Writer While comics has seen its share of “famous fanboys” arrive from movies and TV in recent years, few media personas have been kicking around the convention scene as long as Darryl “DMC” McDaniels. The legendary hip hop MC has been preaching his love of comics since his days as part of […]
Run-DMC’s rapper Darryl McDaniels launches
The newly minted comic company, Darryl Makes Comics, is ready to debut its first novel, ‘DMC’ at New York Comic Con in October. Darryl McDaniels portrays himself as a superhero instead of a rapper in the graphic novels. BY ETHAN SACKS Darryl McDaniels of Run-DMC is going back to his childhood passion – comic books […]
Review: DMC #1
Chris Salce Legendary hip-hop pioneer Darryl “DMC” McDaniels has an all-new project coming out, but this time, it’s a comic! DMC has started a publishing company called Darryl Makes Comics, and has also launched the first graphic novel called “DMC.” DMC has been a fan of comics since he was a young kid in New […]