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I was kind of concerned for DC Animation when it was announced that Bruce Timm had stepped down.
Then they announced James Tucker was taking over. Tucker is a very good guy, a fine producer, artist, writer. He, along with Timm and the late Dwayne McDuffie were the minds behind the awesome (and what should have been an Emmy Award winning) Cadmus storyline in JLU among other great things. Judging by the "Cadmus Exposed" feature on JLU: Volume II and interviews that I have seen, I would even venture to say that he's probably an even bigger geek than Timm is. So, in that respect, my hopes remain reasonably high for anything coming from his leadership. Best of luck to him.
Still, Timm leaving was a big deal and a big loss for WB and DC. I know the word "genius" gets thrown around a lot these days, but if anyone deserves such a title, it's Bruce Timm. One wonders if the piss-poor treatment of Green Lantern: The Animated Series has anything to do with it. WB Animation and its few outlets (like Cartoon Network) have been doing a great job of giving Timm a reason to not stick around. Between GL:TAS and the way that WB leadership has blatantly refused to let Timm do any DTV projects that don't include Batman, Superman, or the Justice League (I realize that they're the big cash cows, but do something different for God's sake), he's probably been chafing a smidge (and I don't blame him in that regard at all). Couple that with the fact that the guy has been with WB for twenty years, so maybe it's time for a change.
Now, I don't have much faith in Marvel Animation these days. They have screwed the pooch three times, in my opinion, with the cancelations and management of Spectacular Spiderman, Wolverine and the X-Men, and Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes, but if they (along with Disney) were smart, they'd throw some money at Timm, hire him, and get him on their projects. Paul Dini (another guy who got tired of WB's Animation politics and became a freelancer because of it) is writing for Marvel now, and I'd really like to see what Marvel could do with a mind like Timm's behind it. That would pretty much be the killing blow to Marvel dominance of superheroic cinematics of all kinds. They really could use his mind and input.
I just hope that he didn't step down for health reasons or something very serious like that.
Then they announced James Tucker was taking over. Tucker is a very good guy, a fine producer, artist, writer. He, along with Timm and the late Dwayne McDuffie were the minds behind the awesome (and what should have been an Emmy Award winning) Cadmus storyline in JLU among other great things. Judging by the "Cadmus Exposed" feature on JLU: Volume II and interviews that I have seen, I would even venture to say that he's probably an even bigger geek than Timm is. So, in that respect, my hopes remain reasonably high for anything coming from his leadership. Best of luck to him.
Still, Timm leaving was a big deal and a big loss for WB and DC. I know the word "genius" gets thrown around a lot these days, but if anyone deserves such a title, it's Bruce Timm. One wonders if the piss-poor treatment of Green Lantern: The Animated Series has anything to do with it. WB Animation and its few outlets (like Cartoon Network) have been doing a great job of giving Timm a reason to not stick around. Between GL:TAS and the way that WB leadership has blatantly refused to let Timm do any DTV projects that don't include Batman, Superman, or the Justice League (I realize that they're the big cash cows, but do something different for God's sake), he's probably been chafing a smidge (and I don't blame him in that regard at all). Couple that with the fact that the guy has been with WB for twenty years, so maybe it's time for a change.
Now, I don't have much faith in Marvel Animation these days. They have screwed the pooch three times, in my opinion, with the cancelations and management of Spectacular Spiderman, Wolverine and the X-Men, and Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes, but if they (along with Disney) were smart, they'd throw some money at Timm, hire him, and get him on their projects. Paul Dini (another guy who got tired of WB's Animation politics and became a freelancer because of it) is writing for Marvel now, and I'd really like to see what Marvel could do with a mind like Timm's behind it. That would pretty much be the killing blow to Marvel dominance of superheroic cinematics of all kinds. They really could use his mind and input.
I just hope that he didn't step down for health reasons or something very serious like that.
