MY MUTANT INTERNET – 1992
Those of us entrusted with writing X-MEN:TAS stories only had a couple of weeks to figure out who and what the X-Men were and what they meant to each other and …
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FAN FRIDAYS: LARRY’S EASTER EGGS
Today starts a tradition of fan-focused posts once a week. Testimonials — like that of Jenee Darden back in July — will be popular. We’ll start with a special contribution …
WOLVERINE GRIEVES FOR MORPH: The Art of Collaboration
The single most important creative decision we made was killing Morph in the opening two-part story. Mark Edens and I insisted that we show the audience that what the X-Men …
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IN SYNC FROM THE START: THANKS, COACH (Sidney)
The two sides of the X-MEN:TAS creative team hadn’t met before the initial meeting on February 17, 1992. Mark Edens and I, leading the writing staff, hadn’t met Will Meugniot and …
THE TENNESSEE MAFIA: MARK AND MICHAEL (AND ERIC, AND JOHN,…)
So who wrote the 76 X-MEN:TAS stories and turned them into 40-page scripts and why? Margaret Loesch ordered the series. She and Sidney Iwanter hired me to be in charge …
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THE FIRST IMAGE
The first image of the first episode of X-MEN:TAS was of an unnamed mutant on a rampage. Please see the first two panels of Will Meugniot and Larry Houston’s storyboard …
“THE CURE”: CHARACTER-BASED STORIES
People often ask how we decided on what stories to tell. Every TV series has this dilemma: where do you focus? Is it big action spectacle? Surprise plot twists? “Big-idea” …
WRITING THE FIRST 13 SCRIPTS
We worked fast. On February 17th I was hired and told that we needed to figure out the show and needed scripts right away. We built the show in a …