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Anonymous writes...

Hi Greg:

1. Who created the Phoenix Gate? ONe of Oberon's Children?

2. Would Patrick Stewart have played King Arthur? Macbeth? Oberon?

3. Would you ever have done a Romeo & Juliet type of episode?
Between what two charecters (ie who would be Romeo and who would be Juliet?)

4. Do you know who Tod mcFarlane is? If not he is the creator
if Spawn and Image comics. The reason I brought him up is that Marvel Comics, for
which he used to work, wanted to buy the rights to Spawn, but Tod wouldn't
let them because he knew they'd eventually mess it up. He was, at the
time. working on Venom and Marvel wanted to turn Venom into a good guy. So
between Marvel wanting to change Venom and rather than allow them to do the
same with Spawn Todd left Marvel and started Image, which is now far more
succesful than marvel (who is going bankrupt). I realize it is to
late now but you really should have tried something like this with Garoyles. I
also brought it up to say that if you want a comic company that might do a
great job with Gargoyles, that is if Disney gives them a chance, Image is a
good place to start. Todd would sympathise with your problem. would you
consider it?

Greg responds...

1. Not who.

2. No.

3. There was a definite Romeo and Juliet theme planned for New
Olympians.

4. I've met Tod, and I'm familiar with what you're describing,
but the situations are not parallel. You're comparing Gargoyles with
Spawn, but it would be more accurate to compare Gargoyles with Venom.
That is, Gargoyles are and always were owned by Disney. There was never
a moment when I could have gone off and done it on my own, because I
NEVER owned the property. Also, you should remember that for Tod (who
had some substantial money and reputation from his Marvel work) to go
off and publish his own comic was a very doable thing. He was a fan
favorite. And producing a comic book is a RELATIVELY inexpensive
proposition that requires a relatively small staff of people. By
comparison, no one had ever heard of me BEFORE Gargoyles, and still, few
know who I am now. In addition, producing an animated series is a
RELATIVELY costly proposition. Exponentially more expensive than
publishing a comic book. And the required staff is huge. And they'd
all need to be paid in advance to put food on their tables. The whole
thing is WAY beyond my resources, even today. Now I know, you think Tod
has done it with the SPAWN animated series. But that was AFTER Spawn
was already a huge success that made him a millionaire many times over.
I'm not saying he spent his own money on the show, but that money and
the prestige of the property gave him a lot of clout. Frankly, that's
clout I don't have.

(GDW / 4-28-98)

Response recorded on April 28, 1998

Anonymous writes...

Hey Greg, thanks for answering my questions:

1)I know you were planning to do some spin-offs, but how many and what
were they going to be called??

2)If Disney ever got it through their thick skulls that GARGOYLES is a
great show and decided to bring it back, they'd have to hire you and get you
to approve it or something like that, right??

3)Why didn't you work on any of the GOLIATH CHRONICLES episodes except
for THE JOURNEY??

4)What projects are you working on now??

5)If someone wanted to pick up one of you spin-off shows(like
TIMEDANCER, that's the only one I know you wanted to do), would you want them (who
ever they may be, Disney or not) to pick GARGOYLES as well??

Greg responds...

1) GARGOYLES, BAD GUYS, DARK AGES, FUTURE TENSE, THE NEW
OLYMPIANS, PENDRAGON, TIMEDANCER.

2) They wouldn't "have" to do anything, but I like to think
they'd come to me first.

3) I made a mistake. I felt I wasn't appreciated, and I felt I
wouldn't have been able to maintain the show's quality level. But I
still should have done it. I made a mistake.

4) It's too soon to talk about any of them.

In those days, 65 was considered a complete package of episodes.
Enough to run five days a week for one quarter of the year.

I can't tell you why Turtles lasted as long as it has, but
Gargoyles ended after 2 (or 3) seasons, because the ratings didn't seem
strong enough to Disney for them to justify it's ongoing existence,
given that they had 65 (or 78) episodes already in the can.

(GDW / 4-28-98)

Response recorded on April 28, 1998

Anonymous writes...

Hi Greg. :)

(1) So how have you been doing?

(2) I have been wondering about Katana's name. Is there a real life
story as to how you and/or your staff came up with that name? If so, what
is it?

(3) Is there a story as to how she got that name in the actual garg
universe? If so, what is it?

(4) Now for a few more questions about the Phoenix Gate. Is there any
type of limit to when the gate can go to?

(5) If so, does that limit change depending on who is using the gate?

(6) What I mean is, is the gate limited (in things like traveling to
the future) on what one knows of the future? If one doesn't know what the
future holds, can they travel into the future using the Gate?

Greg responds...

1) Eh, O.K. How about you?

2) I came up with it. It seemed right.

3) Probably there is. But I haven't thought about that yet.

4) Nope.

5) N.A.

6) Yep.

(GDW / 4-28-98)

Response recorded on April 28, 1998

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