Greg Weisman
Greg Weisman (born September 28, 1963 in Los Angeles, California) is an American comic book and animation writer and producer, best known as the creator of Gargoyles and as the Supervising Producer of The Spectacular Spider-Man. Weisman is currently a producer on the Young Justice animated series. In addition, Weisman wrote the script for DC Showcase: Green Arrow, an animated short feature that is included on the DVD for the film, Superman/Batman: Apocalypse.
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[edit] Career
Weisman is a former English composition and writing teacher and received degrees at Stanford University and USC. During an interview done during Comic-Con International 2010, Weisman revealed that while 22 years old, he wrote a four issue mini-series for DC Comics starring the superheroine Black Canary. The first issue of the series was pencilled, but the project was ultimately shelved due to the character being used in writer/artist Mike Grell's high profile Green Arrow: The Longbow Hunters series. Elements from the ill-fated project were used for his upcoming DC Showcase: Green Arrow short film.[1][2]
In addition to developing and showrunning the popular series Gargoyles, the second season of W.I.T.C.H. and The Spectacular Spider-Man, Weisman has written for numerous animated series, including Men in Black: The Series, Roughnecks: Starship Troopers Chronicles, and Kim Possible. Weisman wrote the series bible for Max Steel and produced the show's first season. Weisman voice directs and voice acts on occasion; he played the role of Donald Menken on The Spectacular Spider-Man.
Weisman is notable for the question and answer forum he participates in with Gargoyles fans online, often revealing his intended plans for the show.
Weisman has also written for comics, including Gargoyles, a continuation of the storyline from the television series. Weisman was not new to comics, having spent time at DC as an editor and co-writing Captain Atom with Cary Bates. A parody of Gargoyles later appeared in a Weisman-penned story in JLA Showcase #1.
In addition to his work on Young Justice, Greg Weisman, along with Kevin Hopps, will be full-time writers of the tie-in comic as of issue #7 (as well as issue #0).[3]
[edit] Influences and style
Mr. Weisman has been a great lover of the works of William Shakespeare. Many of his works has been influenced by Shakespeare by not only using Shakespeare character names but often similar storytelling. This includes:
Demona --- a character with a similar name to the character Desdemona from Shakespeare's play Othello.
Macbeth --- a character from Gargoyles (TV series) based loosely on the titluar character from Shakespeare's work.
There has also been an afinity for casting actors involved with the Star Trek franchise in his series. Some have included Nichelle Nichols, Marina Sirtis, and even Bruce Greenwood from the latest Star Trek film.
[edit] Other work
Weisman has written episodes for the following TV shows:
- Jem
- "Video Wars"
- Buzz Lightyear of Star Command
- "Star Crossed"
- "The Clone Rangers"
- The Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot
- "Out of Whack"
- Max Steel
- "Shadows"
- Roughnecks: Starship Troopers Chronicles
- "Funeral for a Friend"
- "Liquid Dreams"
- Atlantis: Milo's Return
- "The Last" (He also voice directed Atlantis 2)
- Kim Possible
- "Queen Bebe"
- "Big Bother"
- Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go!
- "The Circus of Ooze"
- "The Hunt for The Citadel of Bone"
- The Batman
- "The Big Chill"
- "The Rubber Face of Comedy Part 1"
- "The Clayface of Tragedy Part 2"
- "Meltdown"
- "Strange Minds"
- "The Everywhere Man"
- "Artifacts"
- Men in Black: The Series
- "The Elle of My Dreams Syndrome" (A.K.A. The Big Sleep Syndrome)
- "The Black Guard Syndrome" (co-written with his brother, Jon Weisman)
- "The Big Bad Bug Syndrome"
- "The Star System Syndrome"
- Ben 10
- "Ben 10,000"
- "Under Wraps"
- "Ken 10"
- Legion of Super Heroes
- "Man From the Edge of Tomorrow, Part 2"
- Batman: The Brave and the Bold
- "Death Race to Oblivion!"
- "Requiem for a Scarlet Speedster!"
- "Powerless!" (story idea only)[4]
- Young Justice
- "Independence Day"
- "Fireworks"
- "Terrors"
- "Humanity"
[edit] Recurring collaborators
[edit] References
- ^ DC Animated Showcase: Greg Weisman Interview, Part 1 - YouTube
- ^ Wells, John "Failure to Launch: The Black Canary Miniseries That Never Took Flight" Back Issue #46 (February 2011) TwoMorrows Publishing p.45-52
- ^ Search Ask Greg : Gargoyles : Station Eight
- ^ http://www.s8.org/gargoyles/askgreg/search.php?qid=12502
