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NEWS AND RUMORSALL-ENCOMPASSING/OTHER
-MSN has a Bat-quiz online. Check it out! All us diehard fans should be able to get 100%!
http://cagle.slate.msn.com/mcgarry/batman/main.asp
-The Eisner Awards nominations were announced on April 10; here's a list of the
Batman-related nominations. For a full list go to http://www.comicscontinuum.com/stories/0104/11/index.htm
.
-BEST PAINTER/MULTIMEDIA ARTIST (INTERIOR ART)
-George Pratt; Batman: Harvest Breed
-BEST COVER ARTIST
-Brian Bolland; Batman: Gotham Knights, The Flash, the
Invisibles...what? That's IT? Only two? Wow, those comics guys just aren't reading the
right comics!-Sign a petition in an attempt to get a soundtrack CD set of BTAS music
produced! Go here:
http://www.petitiononline.com/2454/petition.html
-According to the Billboard Charts, ROTJ was the sixth-highest selling kids' genre video
in 2000.
-The following artists are selling artwork on eBay. The following are their names and
Seller ID's:
Terry Beatty: beatty@machlink.com
Craig Rousseau: cerousseau
Tim Levins: tlevins
Min S. Ku: min3000gt
ANIMATED SERIES (BTAS, STAS, BEYOND, JLA)
-BATMAN BEYOND is airing on GLOBAL in Canada, again! Check out GLOBAL at 3:10am on
Thursdays
-WE HAVE LOTS OF JLA STUFF HERE FOR YOU, TOO!
For example, here's the run-down of everyone doing the voices of major characters on the
show:
-Batman (Kevin Conroy, of course)
-Superman (George Newbern)
-Green Lantern (Phil LaMarr)
-Wonder Woman (Susan Eisenberg)
-Hawkgirl (Maria Canals)
-Martian Manhunter (Carl Lumby)
-Flash (Michael Rosenbaum)
-The injustice league includes two arch-foes that have already appeared in the animated
series, each character still being voiced by the same voice actor:
-The Joker (Mark Hamill)
-Lex Luthor (Clancy Brown)
-COMICSCONTINUUM has snagged a huge interview with Bruce Timm on this series. Here are
some things we learned...and go to the following URL for the full interview:
http://www.comicscontinuum.com/stories/0104/24/jlaindex.htm
*November 2001 will be the premiere date.
*26 half-hour episodes were ordered for this coming season.
*Though the show is set in the same continuity of the current Batman
and Superman shows, don't expect the show to stick to it 100%.
*The painted backgrounds for the show will be more realistic and less
stylized than they were on the other shows.
*The style of the show will look more like the original BTAS series,
not the "new" designs of BTAS, BEYOND, or SUPERMAN. Yes, Batman got a new
character design once again. Superman and the Flash still look pretty much the same. For a
pic of them, go here:
http://www.cinescape.com/insider/jla010424a.jpg
*Storyboards of the pilot has been completed and are ready to be
shipped overseas to begin production.
*The crew behind JL is still unsure whether the show will air as an
hour or 30 minutes. It does look like it'll be in a prime-time slot, though!
*There will be episodes focusing on specific characters. A Wonder Woman
episode is currently in the works. An Aquaman episode is expected, and a Green Lantern
episode (the premiere) has already been greenlighted.
*There will be a sub-plot throughout the season, behind each epic
battle, that will lead to a big finale. (Much like how the first seasons of BATMAN BEYOND
and SUPERMAN were structured.)
*Along with Lex Luthor and the Joker, other villains appearing on the
series will be:
Cheetah, Solomon Grundy, Shade, Copperhead, the Ultrahumanite, and probably Darkseid in
the future (season two). Expect other DC Universe villains (including those from Gotham
and Metropolis) to appear as well.
*Rich Fogel is the supervising/writing producer.
*Stan Berkowitz is the major staff writer.
*Glen Murakami and James Tucker are the artists and co-producers.
*Butch Lukic and Dan Riba are the directors.
*Andrea Romano is back as the voice director.
*Regarding the music of the series, no contracts have been signed as of
yet, but Timm hopes to get Shirley Walker and all of the other BTAS, STAS, and BEYOND
composers to contribute to the music for JLA.
*The first episode arc of the series will feature how the JLA got
together.
ANIMATED COMICS
-BATMAN BEYOND #24 and SUPERMAN ADVENTURES #66 (probably) will be the last issue of each
series, as each of the comic series based on the animated series is being cancelled. It
looks like BATMAN: GOTHAM ADVENTURES is still making the cut, though.
-Just as with all WB animated series, the JLA animated series will also recieve a tie-in
animated book, drawn in the animated style. It is tentatively entitled "JUSTICE
LEAGUE ADVENTURES."
-Comic writer Paul Storrie will be writing two issues of the BATMAN BEYOND comic series;
the first is set to be released in July (#23), and the other a few months later.
-In a chat conducted with Tim Levins, he has confirmed that the following villains will
all be showing up in GOTHAM ADVENTURES over the next few issues: Talia, the Riddler,
Clayface (Issue # 39), and a solo Harley story.
-BATMAN: GOTHAM ADVENTURES #39
Written by Scott Peterson; art by Tim Levins and Terry Beatty; cover by Bob Smith and
Beatty.
In stores June 6. Batman and Co. investigate odd, possibly dangerous occurrences at a
production of Macbeth and are surprised to discover that the leading man is actually a
very large and malleable Arkham inmate in disguise. Yep, Clayface is back.
Cover: http://www.comicscontinuum.com/stories/0103/13/BGothAd39.htm
-BATMAN: GOTHAM ADVENTURES #40
Written by Scott Peterson; art by Tim Levins and Terry Beatty; cover by Bob Smith and
Beatty.
In stores July 4. Mr. Freeze is back in Gotham City, and he's looking for a way to bring
about a new Ice Age. But he`s not working alone this time - there's a mysterious person
who has gotten Freeze to implement this latest plan. Batman must figure out what Freeze is
looking for, what he`s trying to do and who`s got the influence over Freeze to push him
toward this mad plan. But time is running out.
Cover: http://www.fandom.com/multimedia/Batman/Images/BatmanImages269036.jpg
-BATMAN BEYOND #21
Written by Hilary Bader; art by Rick Burchett and Dan Davis; cover by Brian Stelfreeze
In stores May 30. The Justice League Unlimited make their comic-book debut! One of the
most popular episodes of the Batman Beyond cartoon show featured a futuristic version of
the JLA - the Justice League Unlimited - and now they appear for the first time in the
BATMAN BEYOND comic-book! Batman teams up with the JLU in a high-voltage adventure as they
battle a new villain called Blacklight!
Cover: http://www.fandom.com/multimedia/Batman/Images/BatmanImages260082.jpg
-BATMAN BEYOND #22
Written by Hilary Barta; art by Rick Burchett and Dan Davis; cover by Brian Stelfreeze.
In stores June 27. The conclusion to "In Blackest Day," guest-starring the
Justice League Unlimited. Batman and the JLU battle the strange new threat called
Blacklight for the life and power of JLU member Green Lantern.
Cover: http://www.comicscontinuum.com/stories/0103/13/BB22.htm
-BAMTAN BEYOND #23
Written by Paul Storrie; art by Craig Rousseau and Rob Leigh; cover by Darwyn Cooke.
In stores July 25. There`s a new "King" in town, and he`s putting together a new
Royal Flush Gang. Is Batman playing with a full deck when he asks "Ten" to help
him take down this dangerous and motley crew?
Cover: http://www.fandom.com/multimedia/Batman/Images/BatmanImages269033.jpg
OTHER COMICS
-Greg Rucka has told FANDOM.com that one of the characters in the Superman comics will be
moving over to the Batman comics permanently. He won't say who or when, exactly - just
that it will be later this year.
-DETECTIVE COMICS #760: Part two of Rucka's Mad Hatter story finds Montoya and Allen
locked up at the GCPD and the rest of the cops under his control. This also features part
two of
Brubaker's back-up Catwoman story.
-BATMAN: GOTHAM KNIGHTS #19: Chuck Dixon jumps on board as a guest writer!
-BATMAN #593: An alien appears in Gotham - no joke. And I doubt it's Superman. It
somehow ties in with the OUR WORLDS AT WAR storyline this year. Oh well - maybe Brubaker
can pull it off!
-AZRAEL #80: Scott McDaniel begins doing the cover pencils for the series with this issue.
Fear not, he will still remain on the BATMAN crew, too.
-Here's a more detailed look at the previously-reported upcoming October 2001 event at DC:
Written by Chuck Dixon and Scott Beatty, Art by Various, Covers by Brian Bolland, Six
issues, Fourth Quarter 2001 The madcap madness of the Joker - one of the most heinous
criminals in DCU history - is about to be multiplied a dozenfold this fall. When the Joker
believes his days are numbered after a medical exam reveals a spot on his brain, he
decides to go out with a bang - developing a way to `Jokerize` the other villains of the
DC Universe and have them do his bidding. Beginning in Last Laugh, a six-part weekly
series in the month of October and first week of November, the `Joker madness` then
spreads into nearly all the DCU titles that month, as the world`s superheroes must face
their already deadly enemies who now have unpredictable, murderous `Joker personalities`.
-Each of the "Big 7" JLA members will be recieving a prose-novel treatment in
2001. First up is a Batman novel by Alan Grant; each novel will sport a cover by Alex
Ross.
-Here is a preliminary cover of Catwoman's new ongoing series (entitled CATWOMAN: VOLUME
TWO):
http://www.fandom.com/multimedia/Batman/Images/BatmanImages267930.jpg
-Later this year, DC will be taking a shot at attractive new BATMAN readers by offering a
full-length, in-continuity one-shot by Greg Rucka and Rich Burchett entitled BATMAN: THE
TEN CENT ADVENTURE - seriously, DC will actually sell it for 10 cents! It will also tie in
with an important upcoming BATMAN storyline entitled BRUCE WAYNE: FUGITIVE.
Cover: http://www.fandom.com/multimedia/Batman/Images/BatmanImages267928.jpg
-Also in DETECTIVE COMICS #759, a new back-up serial will start, finally replacing THE
JACOBIAN: "The Search for Catwoman!" Batman must face having to take down
Detectives Montoya and Allen after they commit a daring armed robbery. What is behind
their sudden act of crime, and can Batman uncover the truth before more of Gotham PD fall
prey to this criminal behavior? Plus, a special 4-part backup begins this issue, written
by Ed Brubaker and illustrated by Darwyn Cooke and Cameron Stewart, as legendary DC
character Slam Bradley investigates the missing Catwoman.
-LEGENDS OF THE DARK KNIGHT #142-145 features a four-part "The Demon Laughs"
storyline where Ra's Al Ghul seeks the Joker's assistance to obliterate Batman and take
over the world (and so forth).
Cover of part 1: http://www.dccomics.com/directcurrents/comics/Apr04/covers/down/dlodk142.jpg
Cover of part 2: http://www.fandom.com/multimedia/Batman/Images/BatmanImages260072.jpg
Cover of part 3: http://www.batman.com/directcurrents/comics/Jun06/covers/down/dlodk144.jpg
Cover of part 4: http://www.fandom.com/multimedia/Batman/Images/BatmanImages269020.jpg
-CATWOMAN #93: Catwoman and the Scarecrow clash again
http://www.fandom.com/multimedia/Batman/Images/BatmanImages256688.jpg
-HARLEY QUINN #9: There's a price on Harley's head, and everyone in Gotham knows it,
turning Harley's shopping spree into a deadly disaster. Meanwhile, there's trouble brewin'
with the Quinntettes, the Stooges make another stab at capturing Harley, and a very
familiar face to Batman readers joins Harley's henchmen.
Cover: http://www.comicscontinuum.com/stories/0103/13/HQ9.htm
-HARLEY QUINN #10: Barbara Gordon returns as Batgirl??? Oh, and Croc's still got his hands
full with Harley, too.
Cover: http://www.fandom.com/multimedia/Batman/Images/BatmanImages269038.jpg
-HARLEY QUINN #12 will be an extra-sized issue featuring Harley, Bo, Surley, and Killer
Croc.
*BATMAN: YEAR ONE (BATMAN 5) NEWS:
-On April 26, 2001, Darren Aronofsky confirmed that "today [is] the actual signing
day" for the movie.
-The projected release date for this movie will be sometime in 2002 - but I wouldn't say
it'd be out 'til a year or two after that.
-YEAR ONE will be set in the 1970's.
-Aaron Eckhart (ERIN BROKOVICH), originally pegged to play the young Batman, has now been
said to be "set to play the young Commissioner Gordon", according to E! Online.
-Jack Nicholson IS still interested in doing another Bat-film if he were ever asked by the
WB; unfortunately, they can't seem to get around the fact that his character died in the
first movie.
-Read an interview with Darren Aronofsky here:
http://www.fandom.com/batman/editorial.asp?action=page&obj_id=248753
*BATMAN: YEAR TWO (BATMAN 6) NEWS:
-Yep, you guessed it! The sequel-hungry WB is already planning a sequel to Aronofsky's
YEAR ONE adaption. Whether this is going to be based on the YEAR TWO comic storyline
(which, in my opinion, is NOT that great) or another story (like a LONG HALLOWEEN or an
original tale) is unknown.
*BATMAN BEYOND: LIVE ACTION NEWS:
-Word has it that Dini & Co. are moving well along with their script, and it may be in
the second draft already!
-This is NOT official, but rumblings at the WB seem to indicate BATMAN BEYOND will make it
to theatres before YEAR ONE does.
*BATMAN BEYOND: THE FOURTH ANIMATED MOVIE
-Nothing new today...just expect it to revolve around Nightwing, folks.
*CATWOMAN
-According to FANDOM, Ashley Judd has agreed to play Catwoman in the upcoming film; of
course, this could be a mistake, and maybe she has actually signed on to play Catwoman in
Darren Aronofsky's BATMAN: YEAR ONE movie.
Go here for details: http://www.fandom.com/batman/editorial.asp?action=page&obj_id=267816
-John Rogers is writing the script.
-Denise DeNovi (producer of BATMAN RETURNS) is producing the film.
-Batman has yet to officially have a cameo appearance.
-It looks like this Catwoman won't even be named Selina Kyle...apparently a new
"mousy geeky girl" named Patience Prude is donning the Cat-cowl. Ugh - what's up
with that?
-For a review of the script, go here: http://filmforce.ign.com//articles/50949p1.html
-(Can someone please explain to me how this even works as a Batman film? Or even a
spin-off?)
LIVE ACTION TELEVISION
-BATMAN & ROBIN will make its network TV premiere on CBS on Friday, May 18th, at 8pm.
-More Batman/ONSTAR commercials are in the works! During the Academy Awards ceremony, a
commercial entitled "Hot Date", featuring an attack of the Penguin keeping
Batman from being able to show up for a date with Vicki Vale on time. This can be found at
ONSTAR.COM and ADCRITIC.COM.
-The fifth ONSTAR webisode, featuring (sorta) the Riddler and the Penguin, is now online,
too.
-For a current airing schedule for the 1966 Adam West series, click here:
http://www.scifi.com/bin/schedulebot.cgi?wd=w&s=batman&ds=1&db=US%3AEastern&mon=4.01
-Proudction of SMALLVILLE series is underway in Vancouver, BC, Canada; the pilot episode
is nearing completion.
EXCLUSIVE INTERNET ENDEAVOURS:
-BATMAN and future CATWOMAN writer Ed Brubaker now has his own web domain:
http://www.edbrubaker.com
-Sad news...one of the best and most official sites out there, the one at FANDOM.COM, will
be shutting down, along with all the other internet FANDOM sites. We don't have a specific
date yet, though.
-More "Gotham Girls" episodes are on the way! Paul Dini has already scripted a
Catwoman/Zatanna team-up, and it looks like Hilary Bader will be writing a number of other
ones, too.
TOYS, BOOKS, AND OTHER MERCHANDISE
-The Superman: The Movie (1978) DVD will be released in Canada and the US on May 1st,
2001.
-A new Poison Ivy statue will be available on September 26 from DC Direct. Here's a
picture:
http://www.fandom.com/multimedia/Batman/Images/BatmanImages265326.jpg
-A Harley Quinn snowglobe is due out on November 21. Here's a picture:
http://www.fandom.com/multimedia/Batman/Images/BatmanImages265335.jpg
-SPECIAL EDITION DVDs of all four live-action Batman movies (BATMAN, BATMAN RETURNS,
BATMAN FOREVER, BATMAN & ROBIN) will be for sale by this Christmas! Included on these
DVDs (particularly BATMAN and BATMAN FOREVER) will be additional footage, trailers, behind
the scenes info, and more!!!!! We'll keep you posted!
-WARNER BROS. STUDIO STORES are closing at the end of April 2001; this is somehow due to
the merger between AOL and TIME WARNER a number of months ago. Bigger stores (such as in
Los Angeles, Chicago, Cleveland, New York) will stay open longer, but will ultimately be
shutting down. Thanks to "Grimm Doomm" in Columbus, OH, for this unfortunate
news.
SPECIAL NOTE
For more BATMAN, SUPERMAN, AND BEYOND news throughout the week, check out the WORLD'S
FINEST NEWS PAGE at:
http://www.geocities.com/bbeyond/news.html
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FEATURED BATMAN INTERNET ENDEAVOUR FOR THIS ISSUE
(feel free to submit something for our consideration)
I've recently started a petition to get some of Shirley
Walker's fantastic music (and that of other artists) from BTAS and TNBA released on CD
(much like the BATMAN BEYOND television soundtrack). We need all the signatures we can
get, and as of right now the total stands at 56. If you could mention it in a future
newsletter, I'd appreciate it very much. The URL is...
Wow, our links section has grown so big that we've had to
eliminate it from the newsletter! Fear not, you can still find all these links at the
WORLD'S FINEST NEWSPAGE, if you follow this link...that's hypocracy for ya!
If you have any questions, problems, links do not work, or
anything else, then please e-mail this address with your problems and we'll try to fix
them as soon as possible. Also if you'd like to send any fan-mail then please send it to
this address:
As for submissions, feel free to submit an article or opinion
on anything pertaining to BTAS. Keep in mind that as the editors, we have the right to
edit your submissions if we deem it necessary. Such instances would include problems with
length, grammar, and language. If we do feel we must edit something, however, we
will do our utmost to ensure that the opinion and the basic message of the submission does
not change, as that is the most important part of any article, and everyone is entitled to
it. And if you do submit something, please don't just submit a basic review of an episode
or a comic or something (because we have people writing for those purposes already) -
write about an issue you'd like to discuss.
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BATMAN: THE ANIMATED ARCHIVES
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our own little section of their huge and diverse website. The archive contains past
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TOONZONE's BATMAN: THE ANIMATED NEWSLETTER ARCHIVES
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TO ALL GOOD THINGS...
...there must be an end. We would like to thank the endless amount of contributors for
contributing their editorials, columns, news, jokes, reviews and other articles. We hope
you've all enjoyed it as much as we've enjoyed making it! Thank you for reading! See ya
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CREDITS FOR BATMAN: THE ANIMATED NEWSLETTER
EDITOR AT COLLEGE, & WORKING, TOO!: Tim "TWO-FACE" Leighton
CO-EDITOR AT COLLEGE, ALSO WORKIN': "Dick Grayson"
AIR DATE SCHEDULES: Toonzone, Kids'WB!, and YTV
EPISODE REVIEWS: Zanna/Justin Chen, and occasionally Tim "TWO-FACE" Leighton
EDITORIAL: Help Wanted!!!
COMIC REVIEWS: Tim "TWO-FACE" Leighton, Dick Grayson
NO MAN'S ISLAND: SURVIVAL IN GOTHAM: Tim "TWO-FACE" Leighton
'RETURN OF THE JOKER' GIVEAWAY: Tim "TWO-FACE" Leighton
FIGURE THIS OUT: Marc Rosenzweig
"BTAN ARCHIVES" MODERATOR: Eileen Delgadillo
TRIVIA: Tim "TWO-FACE" Leighton
PROMOTIONS, JUST GETTIN' THE WORD OUT: Dick Grayson, Eileen Delgadillo, Brian Cruz,
Brian Davis
THOSE WHO FILL IN FOR OTHERS WHEN THEY FOUL UP:-Y Tim "TWO-FACE" Leighton
DELIVERY: Tim "TWO-FACE" Leighton
E-MAIL RECEPTION HANDLING: Tim "TWO-FACE" Leighton
THE CREATION OF THIS NEWSLETTER INSPIRED BY: Alan J. Porter
BATMAN CREATED BY: Bob Kane & Bill Finger (who else?)
Batman and all related indicia are trademarks of DC Comics, Copyright c 2001.
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