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Green Lantern Producer’s Comic Explains Why Animation Focus Groups Suck

How useful are animation focus groups when deciding whether to re-tool a cartoon series? According to this behind-the-scenes comic by Green Lantern: The Animated Series showrunner Giancarlo Volpe, the answer is: not very. Volpe shares this look at the development of the Green Lantern cartoon, with a bit of wisdom from his fellow Green Lantern:…

Television Lauren Davis Apr 14

Watch The New Batman Short By The Animated Series Creator Bruce Timm

Batman: The Animated Series co-creator Bruce Timm delivers a brand new Batman short in honor of the hero’s 75th anniversary. Styled as a 1930s pulp, it follows Batman to the lair of Hugo Strange. Since Batman first appeared in 1939, Timm decided to play tribute to that era with a sepia-toned adventure, and Hugo Strange,…

io9 Lauren Davis Apr 10

Bruce Timm is back, and teaming up with Zack Snyder for more Superman

It’s A Bird… It’s A Plane… It’s Bruce Timm! Legendary animation legend and executive producer to many of DC’s cartoons and animated movies is teaming up with Man of Steel director Zack Snyder to bring you a Superman short. Guess he’s not leaving after all, thank goodnes. https://gizmodo.com/oh-bruce-timm-is-leaving-dc-animation-463103579 THR broke the news about the Snyder…

Books & Comics Meredith Woerner May 30

Oh @#$%, Bruce Timm is leaving DC animation?!

Bruce Timm has been more or less in charge of DC’s cartoons and animated movies since 1992, when Batman: The Animation Series first debuted, and it’s no coincidence that DC cartoons have generally been uniformly awesome since then. But now Bruce Timm is stepping down from his role as supervising producer of DC animation to…

Books & Comics Rob Bricken Mar 29

The Dark Knight Rises trailer, recut entirely with scenes from Batman: The Animated Series

Inarguably one of the finest Batman narratives of all times, Batman: The Animated Series has been recut to fit Chris Nolan’s The Dark Knight Rises trailer. And lo! The whole thing fits like a glove. [Via The Mary Sue]

io9 Meredith Woerner Jan 16

What if Batman: The Animated Series was produced by Lucasfilm?

In an alternate reality 1992, the creators of Batman: The Animated Series were approached by Lucasfilm to rejigger their cartoon such that the show would A.) make a thrillion dollars; and B.) not make a lick of sense whatsoever. Dean Fraser’s Star Wars : Empire of the Bat character designs are seemingly artifacts from that parallel…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Nov 27

The Animated Green Lantern: A Non-Stop Joy Ride

This is a pretty great time to be into super heroes on television — if you like animated kid-friendly shows, that is. All of the live-action superhero shows have fizzled, but meanwhile we’re getting a huge wave of new DC Comics shows. https://gizmodo.com/cartoon-networks-next-batman-series-could-be-the-weirde-5846770 And judging by the one-hour premiere of Green Lantern: The Animated Series,…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders Nov 10

Green Lantern takes flight with buddy cop space opera from the makers of Batman and Last Airbender

The new Green Lantern show is a CGI space opera teaming Hal Jordan and Kilowog as intergalactic buddy cops, from the people behind Batman: The Animated Series and Avatar: The Last Airbender. There is nothing about this that’s not awesome. This show, a collaboration between DC animated universe maestro Bruce Timm and Avatar: The Last…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins Oct 10

Green Lantern: First Flight Screening Was Site Of Record Breaking Oath

To warm up the crowd before Thursday night’s screening of Green Lantern: First Flight, executive producer Bruce Timm led the entire audience in a recitation of the Green Lantern oath. And that moment of uber-nerdiness apparently set a superheroic record. Guinness World Records is currently double-checking before they provide official certification of the record, but…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins Jul 26

Green Lantern: First Flight Is Space Opera Meets Cop Drama

Green Lantern: First Flight, DC’s latest animated movie, finally provides a cartoon showcase for Hal Jordan, and it doesn’t disappoint. Featuring everything from intergalactic corruption to giant baseball-bat constructions, this is Green Lantern like you’ve never seen him before. Considering the sheer volume of animation Bruce Timm and company have put out featuring the DC…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins Jul 24

President Lex Luthor Is Naked Under His Battlesuit!

Our enduring nostalgia for the Lex Luthor presidency will finally be assuaged when Superman/Batman: Public Enemies comes out on DVD this fall. Animation God Bruce Timm tackles a crazy-caped Jeph Loeb storyline, and judging from this first trailer, it’s going to be like Batman: Brave And The Bold on steroids.

Books & Comics Charlie Jane Anders May 21

Captain Mal And Violence Make Wonder Woman Triumphant

The latest DC animated movie is something I never thought I’d see in any format – the definitive Wonder Woman story. It’s also got some seriously bloody violence and a deliciously raunchy sense of humor. Wonder Woman traces a fairly familiar version of the character’s origin story. When fighter pilot Steve Trevor (Nathan Fillion) crash…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins Feb 8

The Dark Knight Walks Through Fire

Batman doesn’t even need this new-fangled 3-D technology to punch through your screen. He just needs the awesome power of his Bat-fist, judging from this new promo still from the upcoming Batman: Gotham Knight animated DVD, coming this summer. Click through for two more awesome images, including one that shows Batman walking through fire and…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Feb 27

Doctor Who Raids Its Back Catalog On Speed

Who’s coming back for season four of Doctor Who? Everybody! Seriously, just about every monster and supporting character that ever appeared on the old or new series is making an appearance, according to these probably partly fake spoilers that are making the rounds of fan sites. Click through to read which comebacks are definite, and…

Television Charliejane Dec 10

Green Lantern Producer’s Comic Explains Why Animation Focus Groups Suck

Watch The New Batman Short By The Animated Series Creator Bruce Timm

Bruce Timm is back, and teaming up with Zack Snyder for more Superman

Oh @#$%, Bruce Timm is leaving DC animation?!

The Dark Knight Rises trailer, recut entirely with scenes from Batman: The Animated Series

What if Batman: The Animated Series was produced by Lucasfilm?

The Animated Green Lantern: A Non-Stop Joy Ride

Green Lantern takes flight with buddy cop space opera from the makers of Batman and Last Airbender

Green Lantern: First Flight Screening Was Site Of Record Breaking Oath

Green Lantern: First Flight Is Space Opera Meets Cop Drama

President Lex Luthor Is Naked Under His Battlesuit!

Captain Mal And Violence Make Wonder Woman Triumphant

The Dark Knight Walks Through Fire

Doctor Who Raids Its Back Catalog On Speed

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