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Hello Gang,
This thread will be devoted to posting vintage magazine interviews with the creators of the DCAU (Alan Burnett, Paul Dini, Bruce Timm, etc.). As you will notice, all but two of the interviews are more than 20 years old. All are from magazines that ceased publication long ago and are no longer easy to find. For the benefit of researchers and fans, I have transcribed 22 articles and will upload one a week in this thread.
This post will serve as an index to the series. Links will be added to the article titles after each week's post. If you know of a valuable interview that I've missed, send me a message and I'll try to locate and add it. Here is the line-up:
01. "Animated Knights: Grim & Avenging, Batman Returns to the Cartoon Night" (Interview with Alan Burnett, Comics Scene V.2 #29, Oct. 1992)
02. "The Joker's Keeper: When Batman gets Animated, Paul Dini Tickles the Funnybone of the Clown Prince of Crime" (Comics Scene V.2 #31, Feb. 1993)
03. "Cartoon Noir: The Architect of Gotham City, Bruce Timm Designs & Produces the Adventures of Batman" (Comics Scene V.2 #32, April 1993)
04. "The Dark Knight Returns...Again!!!" (Interviews with Timm; Hero Magazine, Special Edition: Batman, V.1 #1, Oct. 1993)
05. "The Sounds of a Bat" (Interviews with Kevin Conroy, Loren Lester, Paul Williams, Richard Moll, and Bob Hastings; see above)
06. "Batman Reanimated" (Interviews with Timm and Radomski, Wild Cartoon Kingdom #1, June 1993)
07. "Batman Returns…Again! The Dark Knight is back on the silver screen, Bigger and Better in Mask of the Phantasm" (Interviews with Timm, Dini, and Radomski; Wild Cartoon Kingdom #2, Dec. 1993)
08. "Grimmer Gotham: It's a Dark Knight for the Silver Screen" (Interview with Dini on Mask of the Phantasm, Comics Scene V.2 #40, Feb. 1994)
09. "The Noble Voice: In an Animated Gotham City, Kevin Conroy Speaks Up" (see above)
10. "Knight Vision: That Master of Dark Deco, Eric Radomski, Looks Behind the Mask of the Animated Batman" (Comics Scene V.2 #43, June 1994)
11. "The Man Who Laughs: Dealing Mayhem as the Joker, Mark Hamill is All Smiles" (Comics Scene V.2 #44, July 1994)
12. "Gotham Nocturna: Too Dark for the Dark Knight, She Didn't Get to Put the Bite on an Animated Batman" (Comics Scene V.2 #46, Sept. 1994)
13. "Animated Steel: The Men Behind the Dark Knight File the Flight Plan for Superman" (Comics Scene V.2 #54, Jan. 1996)
14. "Men of Steel: 'Batman' Team of Paul Dini and Bruce Timm Hope to Weave Their Animated Magic on Superman" (Wizard Magazine #59, July 1996)
15. "The Dark Knight Returns: Now on Kids' WB! the Animated 'Batman' is Back with a Gritty New Look, Despite Bubbly Sidekicks" (Wizard Magazine #72, Aug. 1997)
16. "The Wizard Q&A: ‘Batman’ and ‘Superman’ cartoon producer Paul Dini looks to the future with ‘Batman Beyond’" (Wizard Magazine #88, Dec. 1998)
17. "Eternal Knight: The Future Turns Dark in Batman Beyond" (AnimeFantastique #4, Winter 1999)
18. "Batman Beyond "First Season Episode Guide" with commentary (see above)
19. "Designing Batman Beyond" (see above)
20. "Batman Beyond: Influences & Evil" (see above)
21. "Last Laughs: Dealing in Dark Knights of Yesterday & Tomorrow, Animated Ace Bruce Timm Faces the Return of the Joker" (Starlog #282, Jan. 2001)
22. "Justice League: Superman, Batman & Their Super Friends Get Animated for the 21st Century" (Starlog #294, Jan. 2002)
23. "The Wizard Q & A: Bruce Timm (on JLU season three)"; Wizard Magazine #173, March 2006)
24. "Animated Sidekick: Loren Lester is by his hero’s side voicing the animated Robin" ; Comics Scene Presents #1: Batman and Other Dark Heroes (January 1995)
25. "Quin-tessential: Arleen Sorkin gets a kick out of being Harley Quinn, the Joker’s “Hench Wench.”"; Comics Scene Presents #1: Batman and Other Dark Heroes (January 1995)
26. "Mad Loves: Writer/Producer Paul Dini helped add animated evil to Catwoman, Poison Ivy & Harley Quinn"; Comics Scene Presents #1: Batman and Other Dark Heroes (January 1995)
27. "Serious Heavy [Excerpted from the longer article “Animated Antagonist”]"; Starlog #188 (March 1993)
28. "Metropolis Daze and Gotham Knights"; Starlog Presents: Batman & Other Comics Heroes #1 (1997)
29. "Tomorrow's Knight", Starlog #259, (February 1999)
I would like to offer these transcriptions to the World's Finest website, should it be interested.
If you enjoyed this series, please take a look at my post on Cinefantastique's coverage of Batman: The Animated Series.
This thread will be devoted to posting vintage magazine interviews with the creators of the DCAU (Alan Burnett, Paul Dini, Bruce Timm, etc.). As you will notice, all but two of the interviews are more than 20 years old. All are from magazines that ceased publication long ago and are no longer easy to find. For the benefit of researchers and fans, I have transcribed 22 articles and will upload one a week in this thread.
This post will serve as an index to the series. Links will be added to the article titles after each week's post. If you know of a valuable interview that I've missed, send me a message and I'll try to locate and add it. Here is the line-up:
01. "Animated Knights: Grim & Avenging, Batman Returns to the Cartoon Night" (Interview with Alan Burnett, Comics Scene V.2 #29, Oct. 1992)
02. "The Joker's Keeper: When Batman gets Animated, Paul Dini Tickles the Funnybone of the Clown Prince of Crime" (Comics Scene V.2 #31, Feb. 1993)
03. "Cartoon Noir: The Architect of Gotham City, Bruce Timm Designs & Produces the Adventures of Batman" (Comics Scene V.2 #32, April 1993)
04. "The Dark Knight Returns...Again!!!" (Interviews with Timm; Hero Magazine, Special Edition: Batman, V.1 #1, Oct. 1993)
05. "The Sounds of a Bat" (Interviews with Kevin Conroy, Loren Lester, Paul Williams, Richard Moll, and Bob Hastings; see above)
06. "Batman Reanimated" (Interviews with Timm and Radomski, Wild Cartoon Kingdom #1, June 1993)
07. "Batman Returns…Again! The Dark Knight is back on the silver screen, Bigger and Better in Mask of the Phantasm" (Interviews with Timm, Dini, and Radomski; Wild Cartoon Kingdom #2, Dec. 1993)
08. "Grimmer Gotham: It's a Dark Knight for the Silver Screen" (Interview with Dini on Mask of the Phantasm, Comics Scene V.2 #40, Feb. 1994)
09. "The Noble Voice: In an Animated Gotham City, Kevin Conroy Speaks Up" (see above)
10. "Knight Vision: That Master of Dark Deco, Eric Radomski, Looks Behind the Mask of the Animated Batman" (Comics Scene V.2 #43, June 1994)
11. "The Man Who Laughs: Dealing Mayhem as the Joker, Mark Hamill is All Smiles" (Comics Scene V.2 #44, July 1994)
12. "Gotham Nocturna: Too Dark for the Dark Knight, She Didn't Get to Put the Bite on an Animated Batman" (Comics Scene V.2 #46, Sept. 1994)
13. "Animated Steel: The Men Behind the Dark Knight File the Flight Plan for Superman" (Comics Scene V.2 #54, Jan. 1996)
14. "Men of Steel: 'Batman' Team of Paul Dini and Bruce Timm Hope to Weave Their Animated Magic on Superman" (Wizard Magazine #59, July 1996)
15. "The Dark Knight Returns: Now on Kids' WB! the Animated 'Batman' is Back with a Gritty New Look, Despite Bubbly Sidekicks" (Wizard Magazine #72, Aug. 1997)
16. "The Wizard Q&A: ‘Batman’ and ‘Superman’ cartoon producer Paul Dini looks to the future with ‘Batman Beyond’" (Wizard Magazine #88, Dec. 1998)
17. "Eternal Knight: The Future Turns Dark in Batman Beyond" (AnimeFantastique #4, Winter 1999)
18. "Batman Beyond "First Season Episode Guide" with commentary (see above)
19. "Designing Batman Beyond" (see above)
20. "Batman Beyond: Influences & Evil" (see above)
21. "Last Laughs: Dealing in Dark Knights of Yesterday & Tomorrow, Animated Ace Bruce Timm Faces the Return of the Joker" (Starlog #282, Jan. 2001)
22. "Justice League: Superman, Batman & Their Super Friends Get Animated for the 21st Century" (Starlog #294, Jan. 2002)
23. "The Wizard Q & A: Bruce Timm (on JLU season three)"; Wizard Magazine #173, March 2006)
24. "Animated Sidekick: Loren Lester is by his hero’s side voicing the animated Robin" ; Comics Scene Presents #1: Batman and Other Dark Heroes (January 1995)
25. "Quin-tessential: Arleen Sorkin gets a kick out of being Harley Quinn, the Joker’s “Hench Wench.”"; Comics Scene Presents #1: Batman and Other Dark Heroes (January 1995)
26. "Mad Loves: Writer/Producer Paul Dini helped add animated evil to Catwoman, Poison Ivy & Harley Quinn"; Comics Scene Presents #1: Batman and Other Dark Heroes (January 1995)
27. "Serious Heavy [Excerpted from the longer article “Animated Antagonist”]"; Starlog #188 (March 1993)
28. "Metropolis Daze and Gotham Knights"; Starlog Presents: Batman & Other Comics Heroes #1 (1997)
29. "Tomorrow's Knight", Starlog #259, (February 1999)
I would like to offer these transcriptions to the World's Finest website, should it be interested.
If you enjoyed this series, please take a look at my post on Cinefantastique's coverage of Batman: The Animated Series.
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