Intergang: A DC Animation Interview Podcast – Details, episodes & analysis

Welcome to "Intergang," where the gang from Watchtower Database brings brand-new interviews with DC animation cast and crew directly to you! Learn the ins and outs of being a part of your favorite childhood cartoons, today's new animated series, and more!

This month's episode:
The crew of "Fearful Symmetry" (Justice League Unlimited)!
Dan Riba (Director)
Stan Berkowitz (Story)
Bob Goodman (Teleplay)

Timecodes:
00:00 - Intro / 20 Years of JLU
03:44 - Stan's End at Static Shock
06:01 - How Bob Got Attached
09:14 - Zeta vs Supergirl
11:45 - Callbacks to the Olden Days
15:22 - The Question Musical
18:40 - Original Episode Title
21:11 - No Evil Power Girl
23:22 - Evil Professor Hamilton
26:08 - Did Galatea Die?
28:18 - Power Girl in the JLU Comics
30:09 - Cadmus is Still Kickin'
31:14 - JLU Was So Sophisticated
36:06 - Who Wrote This Joke?
38:18 - How to Write a Justice League Episode
40:13 - Writing Organically
44:15 - Would Galatea Have Killed Question?
45:26 - The True Purpose of Aglets
46:53 - Upcoming Projects
50:50 - Outro

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Welcome to "Intergang," where the gang from Watchtower Database brings brand-new interviews with DC animation cast and crew directly to you! Learn the ins and outs of being a part of your favorite childhood cartoons, today's new animated series, and more!

This month's episode:
Joe R. Lansdale

Writer
"Batman: The Animated Series"
"The New Batman Adventures"
"Superman: The Animated Series"
"Son of Batman"
"DC Showcase: Jonah Hex"

Timecodes:
0:00 - Intro & Some Critters
3:50 - It's Always Batman
7:38 - Books Before BTAS
11:51 - Bubba Ho-Tep
17:54 - Working with Bruce Timm
19:29 - Perchance to Dream
25:38 - Catwoman Degloves
26:51 - A Flare Gun and Some Flares
28:17 - Read My Lips
32:12 - Twilight Zone and Other Influences
34:36 - Showdown
38:08 - Almost on JLU and Batman Beyond
39:18 - Ra's al Ghul's POV
42:40 - Martial Arts on Screen
44:34 - Batman the Ventriloquist
45:52 - Jonah Hex for DC Showcase
49:16 - Bizarro and Superman
51:07 - The Main Critters Part
58:49 - Farmer Brown's Return
1:00:55 - Insect Inspiration
1:03:40 - Ah, Son of a Batman
1:08:13 - DC Comics Today
1:12:46 - Love Death + Robots
1:16:44 - Working with Family
1:18:32 - Upcoming Projects
1:22:25 - Outro & Some More Critters

Originally recorded: 2/9/2023

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Welcome to "Intergang," where the gang from Watchtower Database brings brand-new interviews with DC animation cast and crew directly to you! Learn the ins and outs of being a part of your favorite childhood cartoons, today's new animated series, and more!

This month's episode:
Josie Campbell

Writer/Producer
"My Adventures with Superman"

Writer
"Justice League Action"
"Justice League: Warworld"
"Legion of Super-Heroes"
"Teen Titans Go!"
"She-Ra and the Princesses of Power"
"Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous"

Timecodes:
0:00 - Intro
1:12 - Creating a new Superman
7:03 - Revamping the villains
13:08 - A New Mr. Mxyzptlk
19:05 - How Does Mxy Work?
23:56 - MAWS Earth Number
25:44 - Mxy's Makeover
27:32 - General Zod and Brainiac
30:12 - Season 2
30:55 - Justice League Action & The Tomorrowverse
37:17 - She-Ra and the Princesses of Power
40:33 - Upcoming Projects
43:02 - Outro

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Welcome to "Intergang," where the gang from Watchtower Database brings brand-new interviews with DC animation cast and crew directly to you! Learn the ins and outs of being a part of your favorite childhood cartoons, today's new animated series, and more!

This month's episode:
Stan Berkowitz

Writer
"Superman: The Animated Series"
"The New Batman Adventures"
"Static Shock"
"Justice League"
"Justice League Unlimited"
"Superboy"
"Spider-Man: The Animated Series"

Originally recorded: 1/15/2023

Timecodes:
0:00 - Intro
1:03 - Stan's favorite childhood superhero
3:34 - Beginning to write for television
6:41 - Moving into animation
7:24 - Spider-Man: The Animated Series
10:38 - Working with Stan Lee
13:38 - How do writing credits work?
18:36 - The Late Mr. Kent
22:11 - In Blackest Night
22:45 - The Prometheon
25:56 - The episode's cut ending
26:27 - Jack Kirby's Fourth World on STAS
27:37 - Intimidating characters
31:00 - Comic book vs TV popularity
34:36 - The New Batman Adventures
37:30 - Scariness and censorship
41:11 - Writing Etrigan the Demon
42:04 - The Riddler on The Batman
43:57 - Bruce Wayne's Chemistry
46:28 - James Cameron co-wrote the episode?
47:25 - Creating a Justice League for the future
48:18 - How did Warhawk not die?
49:28 - Hilary J. Bader
51:03 - Picking up where another writer left off
52:01 - Joker being dead in Batman Beyond
53:02 - Earth Mover
55:23 - Batman Beyond's anticlimactic finale
57:18 - Guest stars and stunt casting
58:47 - Phil LaMarr's many voices
1:02:13 - Adapting the Milestone world
1:04:34 - Zeta Project's downfall
1:05:47 - Dwayne McDuffie
1:10:00 - Weakling Superman
1:13:42 - Fury's unfortunate airdate
1:16:35 - Moving to 2- and 3-parters
1:20:27 - The Justice Lords
1:22:33 - Evil Superman in media
1:25:33 - George Lazenby
1:27:10 - Old characters returning
1:30:36 - Justice League Adventures
1:32:20 - Direct-to-video releases
1:34:18 - New Frontier
1:35:25 - Is DC for kids?
1:38:32 - Lost and repurposed episodes
1:41:54 - Ben 10 naming conventions
1:42:24 - Writing with the voices in mind
1:43:29 - Stan's upcoming projects
1:45:19 - The canceled Batman Beyond movie
1:46:33 - Outro

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Welcome to "Intergang," where the gang from Watchtower Database brings brand-new interviews with DC animation cast and crew directly to you! Learn the ins and outs of being a part of your favorite childhood cartoons, today's new animated series, and more!

This month's episode:
Jim Krieg

Writer/Producer
"Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths"
"Justice League vs The Fatal Five"
"Green Lantern: The Animated Series"
"Justice League Action"
"What's New, Scooby-Doo?"

Timecodes:
00:00 - Intro / What is Canon?
4:47 - To Tomorrowverse or Not to Tomorrowverse
6:37 - Developing a new DCAMU
11:48 - What Makes Good Scooby-Doo?
15:31 - Scoobynatural
18:43 - Writing as a Team
22:24 - Foreshadowing Crisis on Infinite Earths
30:55 - Mark Hamill Did Record
32:22 - Good Guys as Bad Guys
38:29 - DVD Spines and You
41:04 - Batman and Harley Quinn / Justice League vs The Fatal Five
48:33 - Writing Backwards
50:21 - You Watched Death in the Family Wrong
56:47 - How Did Justice League Action Get Made?
1:02:32 - The Green Lantern Cartoon is Good
1:06:33 - Adapting Green Lantern Comics
1:09:48 - Razer and Aya
1:12:54 - The Canceled GLTAS Season
1:17:53 - Scooby-Doo! and Krypto, Too!
1:21:22 - Scooby Monsters Shouldn't be Real
1:28:49 - Viva Spider-Man and Making a Career
1:32:42 - Outro

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