Green Lantern Vs. The Focus Group

500Animation writer/director/storyboard artist/you-name-it-he-does-it Giancarlo Volpe just posted a comic strip he made (wait — he does comics now, too?!) about a focus group test he attended for Green Lantern: The Animated Series. (His credits on that one? Showrunner and producer.) It’s an interesting insight into the world of TV animation, especially the part where Volpe and the folks doing the testing walk away from the experience with completely different takes on the audience’s response. It’s a nauseating, nerve-wracking and excruciating experience, but there IS A happy ending — featuring no less than Batman: The Animated Series‘ Bruce Timm!

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Benedict Meets Batman

1212Or: Benedict Cumberbatchman, The World’s Greatest Detective²

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