http://www.comicscontinuum.com/stories/0403/30/index.htmTuesday - March 30, 2004
THE BATMAN UPDATE
Eric Canete, storyboard artist for the upcoming animated series The Batman, told The Continuum he is already working on a second set of 13 episodes for the series.
"We have just finished off the first season," Canete said of the work done at Warner Bros. Animation. "There are two concurrent seasons going on at the same time, 26 episodes. And we have finished off the first 13."
The first episode was sent overseas for animation earlier this month.
Canete told The Continuum he has worked on four episodes for the first season with director Sam Liu.
"Sam's a great guy. I've worked with him on a design level back at Sony when he was doing Godzilla," Canete said. "This is the first time I've worked with him on storyboards."
How's The Batman looking?
"It's based off of Jeff Matsuda's artwork," said Canete, who was artist on WildStorm's Cybernary comic book. "And he's basing a lot of the designs, I would hazard to guess, on the (David) Mazzuchelli Year One stuff. This is Batman Year Three, to a certain degree. In my opinion, it looks great.
"The only thing I'm worried about is the fact that we have the old legend Bruce Timm Batman stuff that we're competing against. We have to do something visually exciting, but also separate enough to have its own identity. We're working against that ghost."
Canete, who has also worked on Teen Titans and Justice League Unlimited, said he's already got to work on major characters for The Batman.
"First one out of the gate for me was awesome. I did Bane, the first episode," Canete said. "The second episode I did Catwoman. Those are really marquee characters as far as the Batman Rogue's gallery is concerned."
Look for more on The Batman soon here in The Continuum.
