Monday, September 26, 2005

Behind the scenes of Justice League Unlimited

Dwayne McDuffie, writer/producer/story editor for Justice League Unlimited, recently talked to the Comics Foundry website about his work on the animated series featuring virtually every character in the DC Comics universe.

He talks a lot about what it's like writing for the show, the challenge of season-long arcs, shout-outs to fanboys, restricted characters (this season, Aquaman is off-limits) and who the audience for the show is:
We know who the demographic is. It’s kids. A lot of older viewers watch. I know everybody thinks it’s only grownups that watch Justice League and they do. But the amount of kids who watch Justice League watch Teen Titans, another show I work on that is more obviously aimed at children. You know, there will be some stuff that kids won’t get, but man, Superman just picked up that whole building.

Great article for fans of the show.

We just saw four new episodes that featured the introduction of Hawkman, a new look for Supergirl and obscure characters Warlord and the Viking Prince, not to mention the introduction of the bad-guy version of the League -- the Legion of Doom, fronted by Gorilla Grodd. We don't know when the next episodes are coming, but we do know they feature Deadman, the Seven Soldiers of Victory, the Flash's Rogues Gallery and more! Stay toon-ed!

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