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Greg Weisman

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Greg Weisman (born September 28, 1963) is an American writer, producer and voice actor. He is best known as a creator of the animated series Gargoyles, The Spectacular Spider-Man and Young Justice. He is also known for being the supervisory producer for the second season of W.I.T.C.H..

Greg Weisman
Weisman at the 2024 WonderCon
Born (1963-09-28) September 28, 1963 (age 61)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupation(s)Writer, producer, voice actor
Years active1983–present
Known forGargoyles
Bonkers
The Spectacular Spider-Man
Young Justice

Early life and career

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Weisman is a former English composition and writing teacher. He received a bachelor's degree from Stanford University and a master's from USC. Between college and graduate school, he worked on staff in the editorial department of DC Comics, while also co-writing Captain Atom with Cary Bates. When he was 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 later used for his DC Showcase: Green Arrow short film.[1][2] Weisman is Jewish.

Animation

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After graduate school, Weisman worked as a development executive at Disney. There, in conjunction with others, he pitched an early comedy-adventure version of the TV series Gargoyles to Disney CEO Michael Eisner. Eventually, the idea was extensively reworked by Weisman, who brought in Michael Reaves to write the pilot five-parter. The series underwent a transformation from its initial conception as a largely comedic cartoon, to an episodic but sequential animated action-drama, and the series was produced for syndication. Though Gargoyles itself bears no on-air creator credit, Weisman describes himself on his website as "one of the creators" of the show.[3] Aired as a syndicated show for 65 episodes, Gargoyles was later picked up for a further 13 episodes by ABC. Weisman was credited as a co-producer of Gargoyles from episode 6, and as a supervising producer for much of the show's second season, but he has disassociated himself from the third season (The Goliath Chronicles), on which he received producer credit. Weisman is notable for the question and answer forum he participates in with Gargoyles fans online.

Weisman's other television credits include overseeing the first season of Max Steel, the second season of W.I.T.C.H., and both seasons of The Spectacular Spider-Man and four of Young Justice. Weisman has written episodes for numerous animated series, including Men in Black: The Series, Roughnecks: Starship Troopers Chronicles, Bonkers, and Kim Possible. He also 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 was also executive producer on Star Wars Rebels, alongside Dave Filoni and Simon Kinberg, but left the series after the first season.[4] In 2016, it was reported that he would return in the upcoming revival season of Young Justice,[5] alongside Brandon Vietti; the new season, titled Young Justice: Outsiders, began streaming on DC Universe in January 2019.[6]

Comic books

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Weisman also continues to write for comics, including in continuity continuations of the storylines from the television series Gargoyles and Young Justice. On the latter, Weisman, along with Kevin Hopps, became full-time writers of the tie-in comic as of issue #7 (as well as issue #0).[7] Weisman also wrote a parody of Gargoyles and Captain Atom in JLA Showcase #1. During his time with the Star Wars franchise, Weisman wrote the miniseries Star Wars: Kanan for Lucasfilm and Marvel Comics. From 2015 to 2016, he wrote the superhero series Starbrand & Nightmask, which lasted six issues.[8]

At San Diego Comic-Con 2022, It was announced that Dynamite Entertainment had acquired the Gargoyles license and that Weisman would serve as the writer of these new comics.[9] In November 2023, it was announced that Weisman would write a new ongoing series for Marvel Comics dubbed The Spectacular Spider-Men, which features Peter Parker and Miles Morales teaming up and fighting supervillains together. The series will also feature artwork by veteran Spider-Man artist, Humberto Ramos.[10]

Novels

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After leaving Disney in 1996, Weisman spent two years at DreamWorks, where he created and developed a new television series called Rain of the Ghosts. When the series was not picked up, Weisman bought the property back to turn it into a series of novels. His debut novel, also titled Rain of the Ghosts, was released in 2013. Its sequel, Spirits of Ash and Foam, followed in 2014. Weisman has announced that the third book will be titled Masque of Bones, and in 2015, he released a full-cast unabridged AudioPlay based on Rain of the Ghosts after successfully crowdfunding the project through Kickstarter.[11] In 2016, Weisman released a children's novel in the World of Warcraft universe entitled World of Warcraft: Traveler, followed by a sequel, World of Warcraft: Traveler - The Spiral Path.[12]

Weisman's next novels were set in the Magic: The Gathering universe. War of the Spark: Ravnica was released on April 23, 2019 and made the New York Times Best Sellers List.[13] Its sequel, War of the Spark: Forsaken, was released in November 2019. Alexander Sowa, for CBR, highlighted that "Greg Weissman's War of the Spark: Ravnica [was] infamous among fans for its misrepresentation of existing characters".[14] Sowa commented that its sequel, War of the Spark: Forsaken, "was greeted with a lukewarm response after it infamously attempted to retcon the sexuality of one of the book's protagonists, Chandra. As a result, the game's publisher, Wizards of the Coast, released an official apology for the novel's poor handling of the subject and canceled plans for the book that was intended for the game's next set, Theros: Beyond Death".[15] Reactions to the sequel[16][17] were "overwhelmingly negative"[18] and it was "lambasted for its disappointing prose, lack of understanding of character voice, and failure to provide any emotional payoff for the relationships that have been set up in the world of Magic. One aspect that has been called out, in particular, is the biphobic language and erasure around the relationship between the Planeswalkers Chandra Nalaar and Nissa Revane".[19] Weisman issued an apology highlighting the "mutual creative/editorial process with WotC and Del Rey" for Chandra's characterization.[16] Wizards of the Coast made a further announcement that they would no longer censor the content in Magic: The Gathering novels to "accommodate foreign content restrictions".[20]

Bibliography

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Comic books

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DC Comics

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Year Title Issue(s) Notes Ref(s)
1986 All-Star Squadron 63–64 Editor
1986–87 Who's Who: The Definitive Directory of the DC Universe 16–26 Writer
1987–88 Secret Origins 17–23 Editor
1987–91 Captain Atom 10–50 Co-writer (with Cary Bates)
1988 Young All-Stars 8–9 Editor
2011–13 Young Justice 0, 7–25 Writer (with Kevin Hopps)
2017 The Fall and Rise of Captain Atom 1–6 Co-writer (with Cary Bates)
2019 Young Justice: Outsiders (digital comic) 1–2 Writer
2022 Young Justice: Targets 1-6 Writer

Marvel Comics

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Year Title Issue(s) Notes Ref(s)
2010 Star Wars: Kanan 1–12
2016 Starbrand & Nightmask 1–6
2024 The Spectacular Spider-Men Ongoing

SLG Comics

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Year Title Issue(s) Notes Ref(s)
2006–09 Gargoyles 1–12 Writer
2007–09 Gargoyles: Bad Guys 1–6

Novels

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Year Title Publisher Series Identifier(s) Ref(s)
2013 Rain of the Ghosts St. Martin's Press Rain of the Ghosts ISBN 978-1250029799
LCCN 2013-25225
OCLC 861358411
2014 Spirits of Ash and Foam St. Martin's Press Rain of the Ghosts ISBN 978-1250029829
LCCN 2014-8059
OCLC 881444430
2016 World of Warcraft: Traveler Scholastic Corporation Warcraft ISBN 978-0545906678
LCCN 2017-296008
OCLC 1001310567
2018 World of Warcraft: Traveler – The Spiral Path Scholastic Corporation Warcraft ISBN 978-1338029376
OCLC 1027992652
2019 War of the Spark: Ravnica Del Rey Books Magic: The Gathering ISBN 978-1984817457 [14]
2019 War of the Spark: Forsaken Del Rey Books Magic: The Gathering ISBN 978-1984817945 [15][16]

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role Director(s) Notes Ref(s)
2000 3×3 Eyes Hide Daisuke Nishio
Kazuhisa Takenōchi
Kazuhisa Takenōchi 		Voice director and story editor (English dub)
Direct-to-video series 		[21]
2003 Atlantis: Milo's Return — Victor Cook
Toby Shelton
Tad Stones 		Voice director
Direct-to-video 		[22]
2003 Bionicle: Mask of Light — Terry Shakespeare
David Molina 		Writer
Direct-to-video 		[23]
2010 DC Showcase: Green Arrow — Joaquim Dos Santos [24]
2022 Catwoman: Hunted — Shinsuke Teresawa

Television

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Year Title Role Notes Ref(s)
1988 Jem — Writer: "Video Wars"
1992 Raw Toonage — Development executive
1993–94 Bonkers —
1994–97 Gargoyles Commando (episode: "Awakening") Also supervising producer
1998–99 Men in Black: The Series — Writer
1999 Hercules —
1999–2000 Roughnecks: Starship Troopers Chronicles — Writer and story editor
1999 Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot — Writer: "Out of Whack"
2000 Max Steel — Co-developer, writer and producer
2000 Buzz Lightyear of Star Command — Writer
2003 The Mummy —
2003, 2007 Kim Possible —
2004–11 Ikki Tousen Moutoku Sousou Voice, English dub
2004–05 Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go! — Writer
2004–07 The Batman —
2006 W.I.T.C.H. — Writer and supervising producer
2006–07 Ben 10 — Writer
2007 Legion of Super Heroes —
2008–09 The Spectacular Spider-Man Donald Menken Voice; also co-developer, writer and supervising producer [25]
2009–11 Batman: The Brave and the Bold — Writer
2010–2022 Young Justice Lucas Carr, Ultra-Humanite, Lobo's Belt, Captain Atom Voice; also co-developer, writer and producer [25]
2013 Kaijudo: Rise of the Duel Masters — Writer
2013 Transformers: Prime —
2014–15 Transformers: Rescue Bots —
2014 Beware the Batman — Writer: "Monsters"
2014–15 Star Wars Rebels Stormtroopers Voice; also writer and executive producer
2015 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles — Writer: "Eyes of the Chimera"
2016–17 Shimmer and Shine — Staff writer

Video games

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Year Title Role Notes Ref(s)
2008 The Last Remnant Additional Voices [26]
2013 Young Justice: Legacy Tourist, Undead Soldier Also writer and creative consultant

Audiobooks

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Year Title Role
2015 Rain of the Ghosts Opie / Narrator

References

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  1. ^ ComicHeroNews (July 30, 2010). "DC Animated Showcase: Greg Weisman Interview, Part 1". Archived from the original on December 21, 2021 – via YouTube.
  2. ^ Wells, John (February 2011). "Failure to Launch: The Black Canary Miniseries That Never Took Flight". Back Issue! (46). TwoMorrows Publishing: 45–52.
  3. ^ "Greg's Introduction : Gargoyles : Station Eight". S8.org. Archived from the original on January 20, 2013. Retrieved February 17, 2014.
  4. ^ "Greg Weisman Leaves Star Wars Rebels". IGN.com. February 10, 2014. Archived from the original on November 1, 2016. Retrieved May 10, 2014.
  5. ^ "Young Justice Archives - The World's Finest". Archived from the original on November 16, 2016. Retrieved November 12, 2016.
  6. ^ "YOUNG JUSTICE: OUTSIDERS Creators Talk a Darker Season Full of Metahuman Trafficking | Nerdist". Nerdist. July 26, 2018. Archived from the original on July 28, 2018. Retrieved August 23, 2018.
  7. ^ "Search Ask Greg : Gargoyles : Station Eight". Archived from the original on July 20, 2011. Retrieved November 20, 2010.
  8. ^ "Starbrand and Nightmask" Archived October 1, 2017, at the Wayback Machine. Comic Book Round Up. Retrieved December 21, 2016.
  9. ^ Destito, Deanna (July 22, 2022). "Syndicated Comics". The Beat. Archived from the original on December 16, 2023. Retrieved December 16, 2023.
  10. ^ "'Spectacular Spider-Men' Proves Two Webheads Are Better Than One". www.marvel.com. Archived from the original on December 16, 2023. Retrieved December 16, 2023.
  11. ^ "Tweet". Twitter. April 23, 2015. Archived from the original on November 6, 2015. Retrieved September 30, 2017.
  12. ^ "Scholastic Press Release for Traveler". Archived from the original on May 19, 2024. Retrieved October 30, 2017.
  13. ^ Edwards, Gavin (July 29, 2020). "Strange Magic". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on July 31, 2020. Retrieved June 8, 2021.
  14. ^ a b "Magic: The Gathering - In the Heart of the Skyclave, Explained". CBR. September 8, 2020. Archived from the original on June 8, 2021. Retrieved June 8, 2021.
  15. ^ a b "Magic: The Gathering Novel Introduces a New World of Monsters". CBR. April 8, 2020. Archived from the original on June 9, 2021. Retrieved June 9, 2021.
  16. ^ a b c "Queer Erasure in 'Magic: The Gathering' Book Infuriated Fans, Drew Apology". www.vice.com. November 26, 2019. Archived from the original on June 9, 2021. Retrieved June 9, 2021.
  17. ^ "Magic: The Gathering Fans Are Not Pleased With The New War of The Spark: Forsaken Novel". epicstream.com. November 13, 2019. Archived from the original on June 9, 2021. Retrieved June 9, 2021.
  18. ^ "Magic: The Gathering Retcons Iconic Planeswalker, And Fans Aren't Happy". Game Rant. November 15, 2019. Archived from the original on June 9, 2021. Retrieved June 9, 2021.
  19. ^ "'Magic: The Gathering' Fans Calling Out The Biphobic Writing In Latest Book". The Mary Sue. November 19, 2019. Archived from the original on July 1, 2021. Retrieved June 9, 2021.
  20. ^ "Wizards Won't Censor Magic's Story to Accommodate Foreign Content Restrictions". Hipsters of the Coast. December 8, 2020. Archived from the original on May 19, 2024. Retrieved June 9, 2021.
  21. ^ "New 3X3 Dub Coming". Anime News Network. February 25, 2002. Archived from the original on June 27, 2015. Retrieved July 15, 2014.
  22. ^ "Greg Weisman List of Movies and TV Shows". TV Guide. CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on September 7, 2018. Retrieved September 7, 2018.
  23. ^ Glatzer, Jenna (2003). "Interview with Henry Gilroy". Absolute Write. Archived from the original on April 7, 2006. Retrieved September 7, 2018.
  24. ^ Collura, Scott (July 25, 2010). "SDCC 10: DC Shorts Showcase". IGN. j2 Global. Archived from the original on August 11, 2018. Retrieved September 7, 2018.
  25. ^ a b "Greg Weisman (Visual voices guide)". Archived from the original on December 4, 2021. Retrieved November 29, 2018.
  26. ^ Square Enix. The Last Remnant. Square Enix. Scene: Ending credits, 2:15 in, English Voice Recording, Cast.
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