Online Resources and Articles for the DCAU...

[Karkull]

Three years back, Anime Superhero poster Revelator was kind enough to transcribe old DCAU articles (from Comics Scene and Starlog and the like), allowing people who weren't around back then / can't afford to buy them on eBay to read them and see the thought that went into creating BTAS, STAS, etc. As an archivist like Revelator, I wanted to provide a similar resource to all of you.

In the past three years, I've taken up scrapbooking. This has involved acquiring old magazines featuring DCAU articles (except Comics Scene #31, which is prohibitively expensive as it's considered an early appearance of Harley Quinn) and researching my old Watchtower notes to find online resources and articles that have fallen into the Internet's cracks. A lot of this stuff -- including material from the old Toon Zone -- is only available on the Internet Archive, and then only if you have the right URL. I'm presenting it here in chronological order allowing everyone to again have access to it. Hopefully this will prove to be an important resource.

NOTE: Due to reasons not worth going into, I am unable to link to Comics Continuum webpages on this message board. In the interest of historical preservation of interviews from two decades ago, I am posting those interviews in the thread. They are identified as "CC."

1997
Date Unknown - Paul Dini Interview (Animation Arena)

1998
Date Unknown - Kids' WB!'s BTAS Homepage (Internet Archive)
Date Unknown - Kids' WB!'s STAS Homepage (Internet Archive)
Date Unknown - Kids' WB!'s TNBA Homepage (Internet Archive)
January 12th - Kids' WB!'s Press Release for Fall 1988 Season (Internet Archive)
April 15th - Paul Dini's Chat on Toon Zone (Internet Archive)

1999
January 8th - A Preview of Batman Beyond (CC)
April 13th - Material About Boyd Kirkland's Aborted Batman: Arkham DTV on Comics2Film (Internet Archive [Click Link That Says "Beyond Bumps Boyd's Batman By-Product"], More on The World's Finest)
May 17th - Paul Dini Interview on The Critical Eye (Internet Archive)
September 17th - Bruce Timm & Glen Murakami on The Critical Eye (Internet Archive)
November 8th - Neil Gaiman on The Critical Eye (Mentions Pitched Sandman Appearance on BTAS; Internet Archive)

2000
November 1st - Boyd Kirkland Interview (CC)
December 14th - Mark Hamill Interview (CC)

2001
January 22nd - Original Press Release for Justice League Series (Internet Archive)
April 24th - Bruce Timm Interview (CC)
July 21st - The Justice League Panel at 2001 San Diego Comic Con (Internet Archive)
October - Paul Dini Interview on The Warner Bros. Animation Archive (Internet Archive)
October 19th - Justice League Character Profiles (CC)
December 4th - Lost Bruce Timm Interview from The World's Finest (Internet Archive)
December 21st - Rich Fogel Interview (The World's Finest)

2002
March 19th - Corey Burton Interview on Comics2Film (Internet Archive)
July 7th - Michael Rosenbaum Interview on Comics2Film (Internet Archive)
August 13th - Paul Dini Interview About Zatanna on The Pulse (Internet Archive)
September 24th - Lost Bruce Timm Interview from The World's Finest (Internet Archive)
October 2nd - Writer Len Uhley Interview (The World's Finest)
November 5th - Writer Joseph Kuhr Interview (The World's Finest)
December 2nd - Alan Burnett Interview (CC)
December 8th - Profile on Justice League Voice Cast (Los Angeles Times)

2003
Date Unknown - "Heart of Ice" Retrospective (The World's Finest)
January 31st - Article on Season Three of Static Shock (Dynamic Forces)
February 13th - Diane Pershing Interview on Fan Site Deadly Garden (Toon Zone)
March 6th - Corey Burton Interview on Comic Book Resources (Internet Archive)
April 23rd - Bruce Timm Interview on The Pulse (Internet Article)
May 1st - Writer John Semper on Static Shock's "Toys in the Hood" (The World's Finest)
June 26th - Lost Bruce Timm Interview from Toon Zone (Internet Archive)
July 31st - Kevin Conroy Interview (CC)
October 14th - Press Release for Justice League's "Comfort and Joy" (Click Here)
November 23rd - Paul Dini Interview on Comic Book Resources (Internet Archive)

2004
February 21st - Maria Canals Interview on Comics2Film (Internet Archive)
April 8th - Lost Stan Berkowitz Interview from Toon Zone (Internet Archive)
May 10th - Official "Starcrossed" Press Release (Dwayne McDuffie's Delphi Forums)
June 14th - Bruce Timm Interview (The World's Finest)
July 24th - Justice League Unlimited Article on Comic Book Resources (Internet Archive)
November 9th - Paul Dini Interview (Mentions Scrapped DCAU DTVs; Internet Archive)

2005
January - Paul Dini Interview on tastes like chicken (Click Here)
January 9th - Dwayne McDuffie Interview on Silver Bullet Comic Books (Scroll Down; Internet Archive)
April 16th - Tony Isabella on Tobias Whale Almost Appearing on JLU's "Double Date" (Scroll Down; Internet Archive)
May 3rd - Dwayne McDuffie Interview on JLAnimated.com (Internet Archive)
May 22nd - Boyd Kirkland Interview (The World's Finest)
June 14th - Dana Delany Interview on Superman Homepage (Internet Archive)
June 14th - Interesting Article About JLU's "Clash" Episode on Websnark (Internet Archive)
July 8th - Dwayne McDuffie Interview (The World's Finest)
July 18th - Interesting Article About JLU's "Double Date" Episode on Websnark (Internet Archive)
August 15th - Lost James Tucker Interview from Toon Zone (Internet Archive)
August 30th - James Tucker Interview on JLAnimated.com (Internet Archive)
September 7th - Dwayne McDuffie Interview (Comic Book Resources)
September 21st - Dwayne McDuffie Interview on Comic Foundry (Internet Archive)
December 2nd - Stan Berkowitz Interview (The World's Finest)

2006
January 7th - Evan Dorkin on Failed STAS Pitch #1: Funky Flashman (LiveJournal)
January 12th - Gail Simone Interview on The Pulse (Adapting Livewire for the Comics; Internet Archive)
January 17th - Dick Sebast Interview (The World's Finest)
January 25th - Bruce Timm Interview on Wizard Magazine's Website (Internet Archive)
January 28th - Evan Dorkin on Failed STAS Pitch #2: Starro (LiveJournal)
March 14th - Stan Berkowitz Interview (The World's Finest)
May 4th - Article on the End of Justice League Unlimited (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
May 17th - Toon Zone Alum Jay Allman / Maxie Zeus on the End of JLU (Toon Zone)
June 4th - Neil Gaiman on Pitched Sandman Appearance on BTAS (Scroll Down; Homepage)
June 20th - Stan Berkowitz Interview (The World's Finest)
July 1st - Alex Ross Interview on Newsarama (Mention's Paul Dini's Scrapped TNBA Batgirl Plans; Internet Archive)
July 18th - Dwayne McDuffie Interview on Firefox News (Internet Archive)
August 1st - Mark Evanier Interview (The World's Finest)
August 17th - Paul Dini Interview on Newsarama (Internet Archive)
September 6th - Evan Dorkin and Sarah Dyer Interview (The World's Finest)
October 21st - Paul Dini Interview (CC)

2007
Date Unknown - Alan Burnett Interview (The World's Finest)
Date Unknown - Dwayne McDuffie Interview (The World's Finest)
Date Unknown - Stan Berkowitz Interview (The World's Finest)
January 17th & 18th - James Tucker Interview (CC)
January 25th - Artist Tommy Tejeda on Green Lantern Hirunan (Internet Archive -- scroll down, Homepage)
March 15th - Bruce Timm Interview on Newsarama (Internet Archive)
March 17th - Matt Wayne Interview (The World's Finest)
March 20th - Bruce Timm Interview on Newsarama (Internet Archive)
March 31st - Paul Dini Interview on Wizard Universe (Some Zatanna Information; Internet Archive)
October 5th & 13th - Paul Dini on a Rejected BTAS Episode (LiveJournal, LiveJournal)
October 9th - Bruce Timm Interview on Newsarama (Internet Archive)
October 11th - Bruce Timm Interview on Newsarama (Internet Archive)
October 14th - Dwayne McDuffie Interview on Silver Bullet Comic Books (Internet Archive)

2008
Date Unknown - Alan Burnett on Batman: Mask of the Phantasm (The World's Finest)
Date Unknown - Michael Reaves on Batman: Mask of the Phantasm (The World's Finest)
Date Unknown - James Tucker Interview (The World's Finest)
May 2nd - Alan Burnett Interview on Batman: Gotham Knight (The World's Finest)
May 14th - Kevin Conroy Interview on Batman: Gotham Knight (The World's Finest)
May 26th - Matt Wayne Interview (The World's Finest)
June 20th - Michael Reaves Interview (The World's Finest)

2009
April 21st - Paul Dini Interview on Batman: Arkham Asylum (GameSpot)
April 24th - Paul Dini Interview on Batman: Arkham Asylum (Comic Book Resources)
May 4th - Article on Dwayne McDuffie's Troubles Writing JLA (Comic Book Resources)
June 8th - Article on Batman: The Animated Series (Under the Radar)
June 16th - Comic on Dwayne McDuffie's Firing from JLA (Comic Critics!)
June 17th - Paul Dini Interview on Batman: Streets of Gotham (Comic Book Resources)
June 18th - Paul Dini Interview on Gotham City Sirens (Comic Book Resources)
August 28th - Paul Dini Interview on Batman: Arkham Asylum (The Reticule)
September 1st - Clancy Brown Interview on Superman / Batman: Public Enemies (The World's Finest)
September 18th - Paul Dini Interview on Batman: Arkham Asylum (Nerdly)
September 23rd - Kevin Conroy Interview on Superman / Batman: Public Enemies (The World's Finest)
September 25th - Arleen Sorkin Interview (Batman Online)
September 29th - Tim Daly Interview (The World's Finest)
December 3rd - Chris Noth Interview on Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths (The World's Finest)
December 11th - Lauren Montgomery and Sam Liu Interviews on Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths (The World's Finest)
December 17th - William Baldwin Interview on Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths (The World's Finest)

2010
January 7th - Bruce Davison Interview on Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths (The World's Finest)
January 27th - Andrea Romano Interview on Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths (The World's Finest)
February 14th - Dwayne McDuffie Post on Superwoman from Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths (Internet Archive)
February 18th - Bruce Timm Interview on Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths (The World's Finest)
February 22nd - Bruce Timm Interview on Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths (Comic Book Resources)
February 22nd - Bruce Timm Interview on Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths on Newsarama (Internet Archive)
February 23rd - Dwayne McDuffie Interview on Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths (Comic Book Resources)
February 23rd - Gina Torres Interview on Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths (The World's Finest)
February 24th - Josh Keaton Interview on Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths on Comic Book Resources (Internet Archive)
February 25th - James Woods Interview on Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths (The World's Finest)
February 26th - Dwayne McDuffie Post on "Why It Doesn't Matter" in Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths (Anime Superhero forums)
March 12th - Paul Dini Interview About Zatanna on Newsarama (Internet Archive)
April 25th - Bruce Timm Interview (Think McFly Think)
May 26th - Mark Hamill Interview on IGN UK (Internet Archive)
May 28th - Paul Dini on Streets of Gotham and Gotham City Sirens (Comic Book Resources)
August 5th - Paul Dini on Batman: Arkham City (MTV)
September - Ed Asner Interview on Superman / Batman: Apocalypse (The World's Finest)
September - Kevin Conroy & Andrea Romano Interviews on Superman / Batman: Apocalypse (The World's Finest)
September - Kevin Conroy Interview on Superman / Batman: Apocalypse (The World's Finest)
September - Tim Daly Interview on Superman / Batman: Apocalypse (The World's Finest)
November 23rd - Will Friedle Interview (CC)
December 13th - Bruce Timm on Green Lantern: The Animated Series and Emerald Knights (MTV)

2011
February 22nd - Dwayne McDuffie Obituary on Comic Book Resources (Internet Archives)
February 22nd - Dwayne McDuffie Obituary (Bleeding Cool)
March 9th - Dwayne McDuffie Interview and Tribute (Anime Superhero)
April 7th - Dwayne McDuffie Tribute (Anime Superhero)
July 2nd - Arleen Sorkin on Tara Strong Replacing Her (Batman-Online.com)
August 12th - Paul Dini Interview on Batman: Arkham City (Metro GameCentral)
October 17th - Bruce Timm Interview (Anime Superhero)
October 17th - Kevin Conroy Interview (Anime Superhero)
October 18th - Paul Dini Interview on Batman: Arkham City (Game Developer)
October 19th - Mark Hamill on Retiring as the Joker on MTV Geek! (Internet Archive)
October 21st - Bruce Timm Interview on Green Lantern: The Animated Series (Comic Book Resources)
October 25th - Mark Hamill on Retiring as the Joker (The Mary Sue)
October 25th - Mark Hamill on Retiring as the Joker on MTV Geek! (Internet Archive)
November - Giancarlo Volpe Interview on Green Lantern: The Animated Series (The World's Finest)
November - Josh Keaton Interview on Green Lantern: The Animated Series (The World's Finest)
November 7th - Giancarlo Volpe Interview on Green Lantern: The Animated Series on Newsarama (Internet Archive)

2012
January 30th - Phil Morris Interview on Justice League: Doom (The World's Finest)
February - Giancarlo Volpe Interview on Green Lantern: The Animated Series (The World's Finest)
February - Michael Rosenbaum Interview on Justice League: Doom (The World's Finest)
February - Nathan Fillion Interview on Justice League: Doom (The World's Finest)
February - Tim Daly Interview on Justice League: Doom (The World's Finest)
February 6th - Susan Eisenberg Interview on Justice League: Doom (The World's Finest)
February 28th - Phil Morris Interview on Justice League: Doom (The Mary Sue)
March - Josh Keaton Interview on Green Lantern: The Animated Series (The World's Finest)
March 1st - Andrea Romano Interview on Justice League: Doom (The Mary Sue)
March 2nd - Kevin Conroy Interview on Justice League: Doom (The Mary Sue)
April - Ernie Altbacker Interview on Green Lantern: The Animated Series (The World's Finest)
May - Jim Krieg Interview on Green Lantern: The Animated Series (The World's Finest)
May 29th - George Newburn Interview on Superman Vs. The Elite (The World's Finest)
August 6th - Paul Dini on Not Being Involved in the Next Arkham Asylum Game (Engadget)
September - Eric Radomski Interview on Batman: The Animated Series (The World's Finest)
December 4th - Phil LaMarr on Green Lantern on Comic Book Resources (Internet Archive)

2013
March - Giancarlo Volpe Interview on Green Lantern: The Animated Series (The World's Finest)
March 4th - Bruce Timm on Green Lantern: The Animated Series' Cancellation (Bleeding Cool)
December 15th - Paul Dini on Sexism in Superhero Cartoon Execs (Gizmodo)

2014
January 6th - Paul Dini Interview on Black Canary and Zatanna: Bloodspell (Comic Book Resources)
March 20th - Susan Eisenberg Interview (The Mary Sue)
April 9th - Bruce Timm Interview on Batman: Strange Days (Comics Alliance)
April 15th - GLTAS Producer Giancarlo Volpe's Comic About Animation Focus Groups (IGN)
July 22nd - Bruce Timm and Jim Lee on Memorable Batman Stories (Entertainment Weekly)
September 17th - Machinima Lands Deal for Justice League: Gods and Monsters Chronicles (Variety)
October 7th - BTAS VR (Variety)
October 7th - Warner Bros. Debuts Blue Ribbon Content (Variety)

2015
Date Unknown - Justice League: Gods and Monsters Article (TV Guide Magazine: Comic-Con Special)
February 17th - History of Harley Quinn Article #1 (Vulture)
May 4th - Justice League: Gods and Monsters Chronicles Season 2 Announced (Bleeding Cool)
June 8th - Bruce Timm Interview on Justice League: Gods and Monsters on Nerdist (Internet Archive)
June 8th - Bruce Timm Interview on Justice League: Gods and Monsters (South Florida Sun Sentinel)
June 8th - Bruce Timm Interview on Justice League: Gods and Monsters (Collider)
July 29th - Justice League: Gods and Monsters Interviews -- Tamara Taylor (Wonder Woman), Paget Brewster (Lois Lane), Andrea Romano, Alan Burnett, Sam Liu, Bruce Timm, and C. Thomas Howell (Dr. Will Magnus) (Anime Superhero)
November 9th - Justice League Unlimited on Blu-ray / HD (ComicBook.com)
December 1st - Paul Dini Interview on Dark Night: A True Batman Story (The Hollywood Reporter)

2016
January 29th - Justice League Action Announcement (The Mary Sue)
May 4th - Mark Hamill on Batman: The Killing Joke (The Mirror)
May 14th - DC Comics' Press Release on the Death of Darwyn Cooke (DC Comics)
May 15th - Darwyn Cooke Obituary (Polygon)
June 15th - Paul Dini Interview on Dark Night: A True Batman Story (Paste Magazine)
June 24th - Paul Dini Interview on His Life and Dark Night: A True Batman Story (VICE)
July 17th - Batman: The Killing Joke (Dark Knight News)
July 22nd - Paul Dini Interview on Dark Night: A True Batman Story and Harley Quinn (Entertainment Weekly)
July 23rd - Bruce Timm Interview on Batman: The Killing Joke on Vulture (Internet Archive)
July 24th - Bruce Timm Interview on Batman: The Killing Joke (Collider)
July 29th - Kevin Conroy Interview on His Life and Batman: The Killing Joke on The New York Times (Internet Archive)
August 5th - History of Harley Quinn Article #2 (The Hollywood Reporter)
August 10th - Article on the Harley Quinn's Rise of Popularity on Vulture (Internet Archive)
October 21st - Susan Eisenberg Interview (The Hollywood Reporter)
November 23rd - The Legacy of Dwayne McDuffie (Gizmodo)

2017
July 6th - Jennifer Hale Interview (Paperblog)
September 3rd - Article About Mark Hamill Replacing Tim Curry as the Joker (ComicBook.com)
September 5th - BTAS at 25 (The Hollywood Reporter)
September 5th - Paul Dini Interview on 25 Years of Harley Quinn (Entertainment Weekly)
September 6th - Kevin Nowlan BTAS Interview (Internet Archive)
September 7th - Kevin Altieri BTAS Interview (13th Dimension)
October 6th - An Oral History of BTAS (Vulture)
October 22nd - 20 DC Cartoon Designs You Never Saw on TV (Comic Book Resources)
November 17th - J.M. DeMatteis' "Lost" JLU Episode (Personal Blog)
November 23rd - #JLReunion (Comic Book Resources)
December 25th - Paul Dini's Notes for "Comfort and Joy" (Paul Dini Homepage)

2018
January - Phil LaMarr on Static Shock Season Three (The World's Finest)
March 2nd - Mark Hamill Calls for a JLU Reunion Film (Comic Book Resources)
July 24th - BTAS on Blu-ray (Starburst Magazine)
October - Paul Dini Interview (Starburst Magazine)
October - Andrea Romano Interview (Starburst Magazine)
October - Adrienne Barbeau Interview (Starburst Magazine)
October - Loren Lester Interview (Starburst Magazine)
October - Tara Strong Interview (Starburst Magazine)
October - Kevin Altieri Interview (Starburst Magazine)
October - Tom Ruegger Interview (Starburst Magazine)
October - Michael McCuistion, Lolita Ritmanis, and Kristopher Carter Interviews (Starburst Magazine)
December 21st - Mask of the Phantasm at 25 (The Hollywood Reporter)

2019
April 11th - Susan Eisenberg Interview (The Daily Planet)
July 27th - Information on the Never-Made Catwoman Batman Beyond DTV (Dark Knight News)
August 4th - Kevin Conroy to Play Bruce Wayne on CW's Crisis on Infinite Earths Series (The Mary Sue)
October 6th - Batman Beyond Retrospective #1 (IGN)
October 6th - Batman Beyond Retrospective #2 (SyFy)

2020
February 13th - Paul Dini on Batman: The Adventures Continue #1 (Polygon)
February 13th - Paul Dini on Batman: The Adventures Continue #2 (Entertainment Weekly)
February 24th - Kaley Cuoco on Voicing Harley Quinn (Entertainment Weekly)
March 31st - Paul Dini and Alan Burnett on Batman: The Adventures Continue (DC Nation)
September 20th - STAS Almost Looked Like BTAS (Comic Book Resources)

2021
March 22nd - Livewire in the DCAU (Comic Book Resources)
May 19th - Batman: Caped Crusader Announcement (Entertainment Weekly)
June 1st - Batman Beyond Retrospective #3 (IGN)
July 6th - J.M. DeMatteis and James Tucker on Justice League Infinity (Comic Book Resources)
September 25th - How Playing Mozart Helped Mark Hamill Play the Joker (Far Out)
October 24th - Catwoman on Batman Beyond (Comic Book Resources)
October 25th - Clancy Brown and Michael Rosenbaum's Luthors (CinemaBlend)
October 26th - Bruce Timm on STAS (Screen Rant)
October 26th - Bruce TImm on STAS' Unique Challenges (CinemaBlend)
October 27th - Bruce Timm on STAS (Comic Book Resources)
October 27th - Clancy Brown Didn't Take Influence from Gene Hackman's Luthor (CinemaBlend)
October 28th - Clancy Brown on STAS (Comic Book Resources)
October 28th - Brainiac in STAS (CinemaBlend)
October 30th - Tim Daly on Teaming Up with Kevin Conroy (CinemaBlend)
October 31st - Tim Daly on STAS' "The World's Finest" (CinemaBlend)
November 1st - Tim Daly on Playing a Live-Action Superman (CinemaBlend)
November 2nd - Andrea Romano on How the Joker Was Cast (ComicBookMovie.com)
November 3rd - Andrea Romano on STAS (Comic Book Resources)
November 3rd - Tim Daly on STAS (CinemaBlend)
November 4th - Dana Delany on STAS (Comic Book Resources)
November 10th - STAS Turns 25 (DC Comics)
November 11th - Tim Daly on STAS (Comic Book Resources)
December 4th - The Proposed BTAS Audio Play #1 (The Hollywood Reporter)
December 5th - The Proposed BTAS Audio Play #2 (Collider)
December 5th - The Proposed BTAS Audio Play #3 (The Mary Sue)

2022
January 7th - Ed Brubaker Joins Batman: Caped Crusader Creative Team (The Hollywood Reporter)
May 25th - Susan Eisenberg Personal Essay About Playing Wonder Woman (Popverse)
August 22nd - Batman: Caped Crusader Dropped at HBO Max (TVLine)
November 11th - Obituary for Kevin Conroy (The Hollywood Reporter)
November 11th - Obituary for Kevin Conroy (NPR)
November 11th - Phil LaMarr Interview (Twin Cities Geek)
December 15th - Justice League Unlimited Cast Celebrates the Late Kevin Conroy (Comic Book Resources)

2023
January 19th - Paul Dini and Alan Burnett on Season Three of Batman: The Adventures Continue (Comic Book Resources)
March 3rd - The Proposed "Spider-Verse" Batman Beyond Film (SlashFilm)
March 9th - Amazon Acquires Batman: Caped Crusader (Entertainment Weekly)
April 26th - First Press Release for Batman: Caped Crusader Series (Prime Video)
July 19th - Production Workers at Warner Bros. Animation (Including Caped Crusader) Launch Unionization Effort (The Hollywood Reporter)
August 26th - Obituary for Arleen Sorkin (The Hollywood Reporter)
August 27th - Obituary for Arleen Sorkin (The A.V. Club)
September 1st - Dana Delany [Lois Lane] on Arleen Sorkin's Passing (People)

2024
February 21st - The Pitch for a Batman Beyond "Spider-Verse" Movie (Cartoon Brew)
April 20th - Alan Burnett on Terry McGinnis' JLU Revelation (FandomWire)
April 24th - Alan Burnett on Why Marvel Animation Struggles (FandomWire)
April 27th - James Gunn on the Prospect of a "Justice League Unlimited '07" (Bleeding Cool)
May 9th - First Look at Batman: Caped Crusader (The Hollywood Reporter)
May 9th - Bruce Timm on Batman: Caped Crusader's New Take on Harley Quinn (Entertainment Weekly)
May 9th - Kevin Conroy Almost Appeared on Gotham Knights (Comic Book Resources)
June 14th - Possible Blue Beetle Animated Series (Deadline)
June 20th - The Voice Cast of Batman: Caped Crusader (Vanity Fair)
June 26th - Bruce Timm, James Tucker, and Hamish Linklater on Caped Crusader (IGN)
June 26th - Second Press Release for Batman: Caped Crusader Series (Prime Video)
June 26th - Kevin Smith on Onomatopoeia Appearing on Caped Crusader (Bleeding Cool)

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I'll add more shortly. Once finished, if you happen to have a link to an interview or profile that isn't on here, please drop it in the thread and I'll add it. To be continued...

06/27/2024 UPDATE: Complete. For now.

 

[Yojimbo]

1997
Date Unknown - Paul Dini Interview (Animation Arena)

Wow, they toyed with a new Clayface and a Lady Clayface!

Good to read some of what Dini did on Sub-Zero.

September 17th - Bruce Timm & Glen Murakami on The Critical Eye (Internet Archive)

Wow! They really did consider Huntress for Batman Beyond?!

April 13th - Material About Boyd Kirkland's Aborted Batman: Arkham DTV on Comics2Film (Internet Archive [Click Link!]

July 21st - The Justice League Panel at 2001 San Diego Comic Con (Internet Archive)

Links not working on this one.

December 4th - Lost Bruce Timm Interview from The World's Finest (Internet Archive)

All O Squad. lol. Stuff about Wells made sense, making less a direct reference to Legacy to avoid confusion for new comers.

2002
March 19th - Corey Burton Interview on Comics2Film (Internet Archive)

Don't think I knew Burton tried out for BTAS Batman. NEAT.

 

[Frontier]

Neo-Gotham Huntress would've been trippy .

I feel like Lady Clayface would've been interesting to see...

 

[Karkull]

Links not working on this one.

I updated them. The second one needed fixing, but the first one is weird. When you click on it, scroll down and look for the link that says "Beyond Bumps Boyd's Batman By-Product." Click on it, and it will take you to the right page.

 

[Yojimbo]

Neo-Gotham Huntress would've been trippy .

I feel like Lady Clayface would've been interesting to see...

But in a way we got Lady Clayface anyway with Inque.

EDIT: And holy moley, Corey Burton tried out for Batman.

 

[Ed Nygma]

Well that's pretty cool. Does anyone have the article where Dini talks about the scrapped Batman DTV with the Ventriloquist? It was probably the Justice League cameo'd one he mentions in the '04 interview but I've never found it again. It sounded hilarious- a woman infiltrates Scarface's gang and flirts with him to become his "moll," Arnie gets jealous and puts Mr. Scarface away to hit on her himself; then chases himself around with the dummy trying to shoot him for being a two timer. As only Dini could describe it, obviously.

 

[Yojimbo]

Well that's pretty cool. Does anyone have the article where Dini talks about the scrapped Batman DTV with the Ventriloquist? It was probably the Justice League cameo'd one he mentions in the '04 interview but I've never found it again. It sounded hilarious- a woman infiltrates Scarface's gang and flirts with him to become his "moll," Arnie gets jealous and puts Mr. Scarface away to hit on her himself; then chases himself around with the dummy trying to shoot him for being a two timer. As only Dini could describe it, obviously.

There was a podcast interview where he talked about it, at the 1 hr 18 mark. It was part of the Batman/Plastic Man segment in the unmade BTAS/TNBA DTV The Brave & The Bold. Dini said, "Direct to video was he had a gang and there was a girl in the gang and she was flirting with Scarface and somehow this was not happening with the Ventriloquist so the Ventriloquiest was kind of coming onto her and she was encouraging his attention and the Ventriloquist was the odd man out and it was very weird."

 

[JonnyQuest037]

But in a way we got Lady Clayface anyway with Inque.

Honestly, the below quote sounds like early thoughts on "Growing Pains" to me. (Bold added for emphasis)

JA: Clayface is coming back from the dead?

PD:
Well, he's in the story. Whether it's a story that happened before or after he died, I don't know, I don't care. He was in the comic book, so he's in there. That's Clayface's story. He's back for one last appearance. We may reestablish him because we like the character. We like the fact that we were able to kill him off, but we're also thinking about creating a new Clayface or some element of him survived without Matt Hagen's personality attached to it. We're still figuring out ways to go with Clayface.

JA: A Lady Clayface, maybe?

PD: We thought about that. There's one in the comics, and she's able to do everything old Matt Hagen used to do.

I remember when I first read about Clayface eventually being put into an exoskeleton in a 1992 Comics Scene preview of BTAS (a plot element which happened in the late BTAS episode "Mudslide"), I thought, "Oh, wow! They're evolving the shapeshifting Matt Hagen Clayface II into the dissolving, exoskeleton-wearing Preston Payne Clayface III! That's genius!"

Obviously, my guess was off, but I still think that would've been a cool way to go with him. Especially if Hagen totally lost his mind and fell in love with a wax sculpture woman the way Payne did.

 

[Yojimbo]

Honestly, the below quote sounds like early thoughts on "Growing Pains" to me. (Bold added for emphasis)

Yes, I'm aware he was alluding to "Growing Pains" (which in itself was intriguing because it was originally a BTAS idea with Dick Grayson before years later they made it into a TNBA episode). I just meant as a consolation in the fullness of time within the DCAU, we eventually sorta of got a Lady Clayface with Inque on Batman Beyond.

I remember when I first read about Clayface eventually being put into an exoskeleton in a 1992 Comics Scene preview of BTAS (a plot element which happened in the late BTAS episode "Mudslide"), I thought, "Oh, wow! They're evolving the shapeshifting Matt Hagen Clayface II into the dissolving, exoskeleton-wearing Preston Payne Clayface III! That's genius!"

Obviously, my guess was off, but I still think that would've been a cool way to go with him. Especially if Hagen totally lost his mind and fell in love with a wax sculpture woman the way Payne did.

Preston Payne. Someday he'll show up in animated form. I think in all animation so far, he's only gotten one shout-out in the Joker-centric episode of Batman: The Brave & The Bold (a portrait in a bar).

 

[JonnyQuest037]

Preston Payne. Someday he'll show up in animated form. I think in all animation so far, he's only gotten one shout-out in the Joker-centric episode of Batman: The Brave & The Bold (a portrait in a bar).

Yeah. The "dissolving people with his touch" gimmick is too rough for kid's TV, I'm sure. (And to clarify, I never imagined that BTAS would use that part. I mainly just wanted to see them use the cool Marshall Rogers design for Clayface III's exoskeleton.)

 

[Yojimbo]

Yeah. The "dissolving people with his touch" gimmick is too rough for kid's TV, I'm sure. (And to clarify, I never imagined that BTAS would use that part. I mainly just wanted to see them use the cool Marshall Rogers design for Clayface III's exoskeleton.)

Marshall Rogers doesn't get talked about enough. His cover for the Laughing Fish story is seared into my memory, seeing that in the comic shop - what is this? gotta read it!

Yup, but then again there's PG-13 and up content out there in streaming and DTVs where he could show up. And not even counting that, they managed to use Mano on kid's TV so it's not entirely out of the question.

 

[Frontier]

Well that's pretty cool. Does anyone have the article where Dini talks about the scrapped Batman DTV with the Ventriloquist? It was probably the Justice League cameo'd one he mentions in the '04 interview but I've never found it again. It sounded hilarious- a woman infiltrates Scarface's gang and flirts with him to become his "moll," Arnie gets jealous and puts Mr. Scarface away to hit on her himself; then chases himself around with the dummy trying to shoot him for being a two timer. As only Dini could describe it, obviously.

That kind of reminds me of the second Ventriloquist (Peyton Riley) Dini came up with in his Detective Comics run. I wonder if was connected or related at all.

Preston Payne. Someday he'll show up in animated form. I think in all animation so far, he's only gotten one shout-out in the Joker-centric episode of Batman: The Brave & The Bold (a portrait in a bar).

Am I totally mis-remembering or was there a Preston Payne reference in Beware the Batman where the Key mentions doing something for him?

 

[M.O.D.O.K.]

That kind of reminds me of the second Ventriloquist (Peyton Riley) Dini came up with in his Detective Comics run. I wonder if was connected or related at all.

Maybe Dini had the vague idea of introducing a moll to the Ventriloquist/Scarface dynamic that eventually evolved into that character.

Am I totally mis-remembering or was there a Preston Payne reference in Beware the Batman where the Key mentions doing something for him?

That was a random criminal who gained the new identity of "Mr. Payne" from the Key's forgery. There's no strong connection beyond the name and the theme of identity change.

 

[JonnyQuest037]

Marshall Rogers doesn't get talked about enough. His cover for the Laughing Fish story is seared into my memory, seeing that in the comic shop - what is this? gotta read it!

Which one? They're both bangers.

That kind of reminds me of the second Ventriloquist (Peyton Riley) Dini came up with in his Detective Comics run. I wonder if was connected or related at all.

Maybe Dini had the vague idea of introducing a moll to the Ventriloquist/Scarface dynamic that eventually evolved into that character.

It wouldn't surprise me if that was the start of it. Writers rarely totally throw away old ideas.

 

[Yojimbo]

That kind of reminds me of the second Ventriloquist (Peyton Riley) Dini came up with in his Detective Comics run. I wonder if was connected or related at all.

I think so, he mentions that run in the same interview/timestamp. EDIT: Yup, he confirms he borrowed bits of it for the female Ventriloquist for his Detective Comics run.

Which one? They're both bangers.

Holding the fish like guns.

 

[Otaku-sempai]

I think so, he mentions that run in the same interview/timestamp. EDIT: Yup, he confirms he borrowed bits of it for the female Ventriloquist for his Detective Comics run.


Holding the fish like guns.

I owned that comic once! I was (and still am) convinced that Marshall Rogers drew the Joker as Vincent Price.

 

[JonnyQuest037]

Holding the fish like guns.

The one with Batman in front of the Flatiron Building with the comic's creative team dead at his feet is also way cool.

I owned that comic once! I was (and still am) convinced that Marshall Rogers drew the Joker as Vincent Price.

Maybe, but IIRC, he went back to the original inspiration of Conrad Veidt in The Man Who Laughs. Rogers probably says for sure in either Comic Book Artist Special Edition #2 or The Batcave Companion. Both of those discuss the Steve Englehart/Marshall Rogers run pretty extensively.

(I'd check my copies to confirm, but they're both in storage right now.)

 

[Otaku-sempai]

Maybe, but IIRC, he went back to the original inspiration of Conrad Veidt in The Man Who Laughs. Rogers probably says for sure in either Comic Book Artist Special Edition #2 or The Batcave Companion. Both of those discuss the Steve Englehart/Marshall Rogers run pretty extensively.

(I'd check my copies to confirm, but they're both in storage right now.)

Yeah, I can see that possibility too, now that you mention it.

 

[Ed Nygma]

There was a podcast interview where he talked about it, at the 1 hr 18 mark. It was part of the Batman/Plastic Man segment in the unmade BTAS/TNBA DTV The Brave & The Bold. Dini said, "Direct to video was he had a gang and there was a girl in the gang and she was flirting with Scarface and somehow this was not happening with the Ventriloquist so the Ventriloquiest was kind of coming onto her and she was encouraging his attention and the Ventriloquist was the odd man out and it was very weird."

That has to be it! I never listened to that podcast so I'm certain he must've talked about in multiple places; if anyone finds it elsewhere let us know. Too bad that DTV wasn't made though, I really would've wanted to see that. Wish that had been the 'last bow' for the BTAS gang instead of Mystery of the Batwoman or Bats & Harley Quinn. Going out on a high note with a Dini script just feels right, doesn't it?

 

[Yojimbo]

That has to be it! I never listened to that podcast so I'm certain he must've talked about in multiple places; if anyone finds it elsewhere let us know. Too bad that DTV wasn't made though, I really would've wanted to see that. Wish that had been the 'last bow' for the BTAS gang instead of Mystery of the Batwoman or Bats & Harley Quinn. Going out on a high note with a Dini script just feels right, doesn't it?

What's even more curious is that a couple minutes right before 1 hr 15 min, he talks about the DTV and not only was it those three stories of Batman and Green Arrow (vs. Cavalier I guess if Tucker adapted that from the script, too, for his Brave/Bold episode), Batman and Zatanna vs. Klarion, and Batman and Plastic Man vs. Scarface and Ventriloquists but it would have also formally introduced Bat-Mite in a Batman-Superman team up to deal with Mr. Mxyzptlk and Bat-Mite!

I did have an idea for, after we did Mxyzptlk in Superman, Alan Burnett and I actually wrote a direct to video that was never made. It was parceled up here and there. We used some other ideas but it was a direct to video and the last time I looked at it, it was sort of 'Batman's Interesting Team-ups' and framework was Batman is on a mission somewhere and Robin has been told 'stay in the cave, this is too dangerous' and Robin wants to quit because 'Batman isn't taking me seriously.' And Alfred told him of three times he had to team up with another hero and how that worked out. So there was a Batman-Superman team up with Mxyzptlk and Bat-Mite that was a lot of fun and was Bruce Wayne goes to Clark Kent and goes, "I think I'm going nuts." "Why?" "Well, because I've been having these hallucinations." And he explains what they are. And Superman is, "You're not crazy. It's a guy. I know the guy." And it turns out it's not Mxy doing it. It's actually his cousin, you know. We made Bat-Mite his cousin who was a Batman fanboy. So it was big 'who can outdo each other,' and you know they're causing massive destruction. And Superman and Batman are trying to stop them or outthink them or something. There was that initially. That was the--a big part of that direct to video