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Jeffery_C_Wheaties t1_jddgwhg wrote

Reply to comment by TriscuitCracker in Michael Reaves, TV, Prose and Comics Writer, Dead at 72 by JannTosh17

I totally forgot about gargoyles! I loved that show as a kid! Is it streaming anywhere?

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TriscuitCracker t1_jddl0u7 wrote

Disney +. It holds up wonderfully, far ahead of it's time. Very mature in tone.

Greg Weisman the creator also did Spectacular Spider-Man, arguably the best Spider-Man cartoon, and Young Justice.

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GuyOthersome t1_jddls7l wrote

He also took over for W.I.T.C.H. in the second season and the first season of Star Wars Rebels.

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VVLynden t1_jdehb3s wrote

Gargoyles was amazing and strangely enough got me more interested in the Arthurian legend.

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its_justme t1_jde1evh wrote

If they kept the same tone I’d love more Gargoyles. Back in the day it felt like such a mature cartoon, like Batman the animated series

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MulciberTenebras t1_jde9fkl wrote

One of the reasons being it was made by Reaves and other Batman TAS writers.

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its_justme t1_jded560 wrote

Well there we go!

I almost dread mentioning a reboot because it will be a monkeys paw wish where we get teen titans go or adventure time style animation and the whole thing goes down the crapper

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MulciberTenebras t1_jdedcu6 wrote

And we've also seen what happens to "dark well-written" animated shows on Disney these days... The Owl House

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anivex t1_jdgiurz wrote

That is always the sad part of losing a creative mind from your childhood before getting to; I guess you could say, "re-realize" it at an older age with the same creativity in mind.

Your grief mixes with your nostalgia and it sometimes leads to disappointment due to greedy folks.

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divineshadow666 t1_jdgeq53 wrote

Greg Weisman is currently writing a Gargoyles comic for Dynamite Comics. Issue #3 just came out a couple weeks ago, so it'll be fairly easy to catch up.

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