Greg Weisman

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Weisman at San Diego Comic-Con International in 2007.

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. Most recently, Weisman worked as producer on 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. His first novel, Rain of the Ghosts was announced and is to be released on December 3, 2013.

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Career [edit]

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 penciled, 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 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 and Lucas Snapper Carr on Young Justice.

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, became full-time writers of the tie-in comic as of issue #7 (as well as issue #0).[3]

He also directed the 2001 English dub localization of the 1991–1996 Japanese anime OVA series 3x3 Eyes. He used voice talents who previously worked with him on Gargoyles. Homages to Gargoyles in the OVA series include a homeless man humming the Gargoyles theme song and a character who says "What could make claw marks in solid stone?"[4]

Influences and style [edit]

Mr. Weisman has been a great lover of the works of William Shakespeare. Many of his works have been influenced by Shakespeare by not only using Shakespeare character names but often similar storytelling. This includes: Macbeth, The Weird Sisters, Oberon, Titania and Puck. All characters from Gargoyles are loosely based on characters from Shakespeare's work. The penultimate episode of the Spectacular Spider-Man, "Opening Night", had a majority of the characters acting out a stage rendition of a Midsummer Night's Dream, which interchanged with scenes of Spider-Man escaping the Vault prison and subsequently fighting the Green Goblin.

There has also been an affinity for casting actors involved with the Star Trek franchise in his series. Some have included Nichelle Nichols, Marina Sirtis, Brent Spiner and even Bruce Greenwood from the latest Star Trek film.

Recurring collaborators [edit]

Actor Gargoyles (TV series) W.I.T.C.H. (TV series) Spectacular Spider-Man (TV series) Young Justice (TV series)
Thom Adcox-Hernandez NoN NoN NoN NoN
Edward Asner NoN NoN NoN NoN
Dee Bradley Baker NoN NoN NoN NoN
Irene Bedard NoN NoN
Jeff Bennett NoN NoN NoN NoN
Xander Berkeley NoN NoN
Steven Blum NoN NoN NoN
Clancy Brown NoN NoN NoN
Lacey Chabert NoN NoN
Jim Cummings NoN NoN NoN
Tim Curry NoN NoN
Grey DeLisle NoN NoN NoN
Keith David NoN NoN NoN
Benjamin Diskin NoN NoN
Bill Fagerbakke NoN NoN NoN NoN
Miguel Ferrer NoN NoN
Crispin Freeman NoN NoN NoN
Dorian Harewood NoN NoN NoN
Kelly Hu NoN NoN
Josh Keaton NoN NoN
Kittie NoN NoN
Phil LaMarr NoN NoN
Eric López NoN NoN
Peter MacNicol NoN NoN
Jason Marsden NoN NoN
Vanessa Marshall NoN NoN NoN
Masasa Moyo NoN NoN
James Remar NoN NoN
Kevin Michael Richardson NoN NoN
Marina Sirtis NoN NoN
Kath Soucie NoN NoN NoN NoN
Brent Spiner NoN NoN
Alyson Stoner NoN NoN
Cree Summer NoN NoN NoN NoN
James Arnold Taylor NoN NoN
Danny Trejo NoN NoN
Thomas F. Wilson NoN NoN

Other work [edit]

Weisman has written episodes for the following TV shows:

References [edit]

  1. ^ DC Animated Showcase: Greg Weisman Interview, Part 1 – YouTube
  2. ^ Wells, John "Failure to Launch: The Black Canary Miniseries That Never Took Flight" Back Issue #46 (February 2011) TwoMorrows Publishing p.45–52
  3. ^ Search Ask Greg : Gargoyles : Station Eight
  4. ^ 10 – Ask Greg Archives : Gargoyles : Station Eight
  5. ^ http://www.s8.org/gargoyles/askgreg/search.php?qid=12502

External links [edit]

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