NamineNasha writes...

Hello, first and foremost, I would like to thank you and all the wonderful people working with you for making two of my favorite shows!! Gargoyles and Young Justice, I got all of Gargoyles save for season 3!!

At the moment I only have one question, in Young Justice how did you pick your side characters. A lot of DC characters have finally gotten their animation debut in Young Justice. I keep imagining you having a book of the more obscure characters and just randomly throwing it open and saying that one!! All joking aside, what's your process on choosing?

Once more thank you for Gargoyles and Young Justice, I hope we'll get to see more of Gargoyles in the future. They're reviving so many show and I hope the Manhattan Clan will live again!!!

I still can't believe they passed over TimeDancer, Brooklyn was my favorite!!

necro mage writes...

after the Infinitors came under the command of king brion do trajectory and everyman now report directly to zviad or lex luthor?

JTS writes...

Hello Greg, I have been enjoying the new comic run and I would like to thank you for bringing it to us.

I have a question regarding the Gargoyles universe version of Sir Douglas Bader, to be answered at your own convenience.

Q: When he saw Griff and Goliath he said IIRC: "They're real and they're on our side!". This line always struck me as interesting; because it suggested to me that Bader knew what they were, or certainly thought he did. So if I may ask; what did Bader think he was seeing when he looked at them?

Robert Shane Ellis writes...

Greg,

Sole Owner of Disney and the conglomerate and Gargoyles Robert Shane Ellis The World Owner here.

Let's not have a live-action Gargoyles show nor anything. Cancel it.

Live-action Gargoyles must be made with me present as an executive producer and I, Robert Shane Ellis, must play Xanatos. Victoria Justice must play Elisa Maza. Do not publicize anything for Gargoyles. I am my own publicist. Take down the story about a live-action Gargoyles.

For it to be interesting also it must have nudity full female breasts. I can make that okay as sole owner of Disney, I have my imprint for it.

And let's arrange it so that the story is told with all the stories that occur in ancient times from the cartoons and comics being told in order and first. And let's include a dark future where dark technology, robots, and dark magic has taken over the earth and evil robotic and partially robotic mind-controlled Gargoyles including Goliath all led by Xanatos (with gray hair) have subjugated all humans to Xanatos's will. The earth now split into a heavily developed city and forest and post-apocalyptic area destroyed by atomic bombs. The ice caps have melted and all ocean water has been poisoned by fallout and magic, all rain is acidic.

And let's have the same voices from the cartoon for the Gargoyles.

Order an ambulance for Kathleen Kennedy and George Lucas to her house in the UK. They are catatonic at Kathleen's house there again and I do not have the address files nor hardcopies and cannot get them.

Kathleen Kennedy and George Lucas not allowed to be involved with it they are working on two productions not yet announced with me for me to star as Luke and Indy (both sole all ages forward) and we are cancelling all other Lucasfilm productions and retracting all announcements. Send them an ambulance now at +442072301212 push 9 (police number ambulance order for emergencies okay despite the recording at option 9), order all circuit breakers off (I am the owner of the home), dairy milk poured down their throats, nose oxygen, and transport to the nearest hospital for food tube. They are to meet with me in Washington State, Federal Way for Shari's Restaurant immediately. No one is allowed to accompany them, they are not to re-enter the home and to proceed immediately to the hospital and then a hotel and then the airport for flight to Federal Way, Washington. Kathleen Kennedy is to move in with me immediately from there.

Let's meet for live-action Gargoyles about four to five years from now. Do not publicize nor use Gargoyles images nor mentions.

Need you to order the ambulance for Kathleen Kennedy and George Lucas now they are dying and they requested it from me while becoming catatonic again but I don't have the address. Call now for the ambulance above. No business, no productions, no plans. Contact me only about live-action Gargoyles and soon. All legal. Make sure to order the ambulance for Kathleen Kennedy and George Lucas now. I'll invite me to return the deeds to your and all registries and all government and all business and all real estate and all conveyances all stocks all bonds all files and all everything after with nothing withheld nor omitted from all time and everything put back on record in front of me and straight to me and put in my name only.

Change to corded Internet if you haven't yet.

Call an ambulance for Kathleen Kennedy and George Lucas right now you owe us we got you off of death row. No meets with them, no productions nor business. Call now and hurry.

Robert Shane Ellis
The World Owner
Sole owner of everything of my family's and father's from all time
Sole Owner of Gargoyles
Sole Owner of Disney
16263794995
bseawesome@gmail.com

necro mage writes...

was it granny's or darkseid's idea to offer granny goodness as a member of the light?

Hawkfan207 writes...

1. Has Hawkman had sex before with some besides Shayera?

AfroBeats writes...

Hey Greg

Just wanted to ask a few questions about season 1 of 'Young Justice':

1. Why did you write Artemis as having a crush on Conner?

2. Was this done deliberately to mirror Wally's crush on M'gann?

3. Since you've also mentioned in previous posts that Artemis was supposedly physically attracted to Wally, did she feel a stronger physical attraction towards him than Conner upon initially meeting him in 'Infiltrator'? Was Wally more her 'type'?

I admire your work on all four seasons and hope we're fortunate enough to see a fifth!

Anonymous writes...

In the Earth-16 universe, which one of the following names below is the Joker's real name?

Jack Napier ("Batman" 1989 film and "Batwoman" TV series)
Jeremiah Valeska ("Gotham" TV series)
Arthur Fleck ("Joker" 2019 film)
Jack Oswald White ("Flashpoint Beyond" comic book series)
Darwin Halliday ("The Bat-Man of Gotham" comic book story arc)
John Keyser ("The Joker: The Man Who Stopped Laughing" comic book series)

Anonymous writes...

This last thing I am still very reluctant to say, because it means getting involved in something I don’t think people should do, and even worse, doing it myself; which is to argue in this space. Don’t get me wrong, even I have issues with a couple of things you’ve said throughout the years (you can’t agree with anyone all the time, Right?), but I will never speak about it here, principally because obviously the online and social media comment structures are a failure when it comes to debating (or even having a real conversation, in my opinion). And because, in any, case, I regard this site as the information office, not the complaint department.
However, there is this discussion already started by someone else, and that is of concern to me. I have seen that a couple of fellow atheists have come criticizing you for having openly religious characters. First of all I say that, being an atheist myself, I can’t help but side with you on the arguments as they are: you made very sensible points for yourself, whereas these fellow atheist have strike a certain tone I disapprove of in general: I dislike the way most people today voice out their opinions and/or “criticism” online, even if I agree with them. And, in case some of these atheists are reading this and want to accuse me of some kind of treachery, I say this: No, I’m not been soft, I´m being civil. There is a difference (not that anyone remembers anymore).
All that said, I think I understand where this criticism is coming from, and since it’s already out I’d think it at least deserves to be expressed in a civilized manner, if you’re interested. If not, feel free to read no further, I don’t want to importunate anyone.
On the one hand, from the perspective of laicity, secularity or whichever is the accurate term in English (frankly they are all widely misunderstood anyway), which is independent from atheism, religion is best kept behind closed doors. One of the reasons for that is that is always a confrontational topic. You are now living one of these kinds of confrontation with the whole Halo controversy (I hope I’m not scratching anyone’s wounds here; I apologize if I am). I am not getting into that discussion on itself, I don’t think it’s my place, but the point is even when you acted with the best of intentions you ended up in an eggplant garden, as we say in these parts, and I think that proves my point.
Another reason is that simply set religion aside is the only way to be truly neutral, and therefore, democratic about it; but that is in politics, it doesn’t necessarily apply to you. When you’re telling a story it’s a different matter, and it’s obvious to me that you have been neutral about it, not trying to evangelize anyone. I trust you when you say you do it for the sake of realism, not to sell religiousness. But it remains a thorny subject.
On that note, you’ve also said that you wish to have more opportunities to equally represent atheism, or at least that is what I understood. I really appreciate the thought, and I would love that, but rationally I can’t but advice you against it. If you’ve gotten in some much trouble as it is by talking about religion, who knows what kind of havoc would arise if you have someone voicing our objections to religion on screen. Many believers perceive atheism as a personal attack on their god; even if you’re not the kind that attempts to change people’s minds, and only address the subject when you’re asked, there are many who feel offended or at least unsettled when they hear you are an atheist. They shouldn’t, of course, and I hope to change that much, but for the sake of your sanity and your work I can´t recommend you to get in the middle of it, not on screen anyway.
There is this other thing that might be involved in what has been said, but admittedly that one is completely on us. In my case, and I imagine I’m not the only one, my self-preservation instinct has developed and inner alarm that rings every time someone talks openly about religion; said ringing screams “Indoctrination alert!”. Obviously, there are moments when that feeling is justified and others when it’s simply paranoia; and again, clearly that wasn’t your intent.
I do somewhat like to think that every sensible fictional character I see is an atheist until proven otherwise, but I also understand that isn’t quite realistic. And that forces me to honesty: I live in an overwhelmingly catholic country, so most people close to me, including friends, are either believers or have a much less critical relationship with religion than I do; still, they are my friends. Therefore, I can have no issue with Zatara being a catholic (it does trouble me that he sent Zatanna to such thing as a catholic school, but I predict you’ll say something like there are different kinds of catholic schools, and then we would never end arguing).
I guess that what really feels unbalanced and upsetting is thinking that viewers who are believers will pat each other in the back saying “See? Greg is on our side, he thinks religion is a good thing”; whereas there is nobody inside pointing out that religion isn’t always nor inherently a good thing, let alone defending that going through life without a god-figure has nothing to do with morality and inmorality, or emptiness, or arrogance. Of course it sounds contradictory that I grieve about it when I just wrote a whole paragraph advising you to not do that either, but that’s the tragedy: it’s upsetting our views remain so much more quieted than those of the other side, but you can’t represent them without risk causing a riot.
I don’t know if these explanations are useful at all. I hope that at least I have redeemed my side of the argument. It’s always sad when atheists use a tone that seems to approach the very viscerallity we criticize.
PS: Whoever reads this that is not Greg Weisman, please don’t bother “replying”. This might be a somewhat public space, but I as said earlier I don’t agree in using it as a debate forum between all of us, nor I wish to engage on such use. There’s only one person who is supposed to answer the questions here, and this isn’t addressed to anyone else.

Anonymous writes...

Me again. I might be pushing my luck, but here are some more general questions:
1. I think one of the things that outstand the most about your work is that you don’t underestimate or patronize your audience. That is very rare. Don’t you ever find people in the industry that tell you, even if not with words, something in the line of “You’re taking this way too seriously” or “We don’t need this kind of depth in a kid’s show”?
2. I see that in seasons 3 and 4 of Young Justice you were much more explicit about politics (personally, I applaud that you placed such blunt words about climate change on Garth, and I think the allusions to a certain “tronald” person through Lex Luthor were priceless). You also had much more explicit violence and became very obvious about sex, specially in season 3. And yet, it seems to me that you got less conservative backlash for all of that than for the inclusion of gender diversity. Any thoughts?
3. This is an observation. While I largely agree with Goliath’s point at the end of City of Stone about searching the answer in life and not in death, I also argue that after a thousand years of existence Macbeth deserves to rest, should he truly want to. For what happens later it seems he does find a new desire to stay alive, yet that could also be interpreted as something he forces himself into out of a sisyphic need. Of course, the fact that the only way to end his life would be to actively kill Demona does make the thing more troublesome. Bottomline, I feel that Macbeth has perfectly legitimate and rational (as opposed to mentally pathological) reasons for wishing to stop his life.