I remember that book; I bought it many years ago, but didn't keep it long. I donated it, I recall, to the 2001 Gathering (the only Gathering I ever attended). Xanatos getting locked in the lion cage was indeed one of the parts I most remembered. (Another was that it called Owen "Mr. Owen".)
Todd Jensen
posted @ Tue, Nov 18, 2025 6:49:59 pm EST from 68.99.93.213

With the Gargoyles Little Golden Book release a few months ago, I've been thinking back on the other Gargoyles children's books I had as a kid. Most have entries on GargWiki, but one that doesn't seem to is the 'Gargoyles Book and Rubber Stamp Kit,' which came with a small storybook entitled "May the Best Gargoyle Win," where the reader had to put the characters into the illustrated scenes using the provided stamps. Unfortunately, I don't have access to my old copy currently, but it was somewhat interesting as possibly the only Gargoyles book that told an original story (albeit a very juvenile one), as opposed to adapting TV material. I mostly just remember that the story took place primarily in a zoo. I did find Ask Greg Comment Room posts from Todd and Blaise mentioning the book back in March 2009...the main thing everyone seems to remember is the gargoyles locking Xanatos in the lions' cage at the end.
Craig
posted @ Tue, Nov 18, 2025 3:26:55 pm EST from 69.118.30.106

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Matt
"My daughter?! How dare you mock me! I have no daughter." - Demona, 1996
posted @ Tue, Nov 18, 2025 8:25:05 am EST from 204.184.178.1

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posted @ Tue, Nov 18, 2025 1:32:27 am EST from 152.32.100.60

TODD> That's actually a pretty cool insight.
Algae
'Nuff said
posted @ Mon, Nov 17, 2025 11:45:41 am EST from 88.87.179.191

I was watching a short documentary film on the Statue of Liberty on the local PBS station last evening, and it struck me that the Statue might be considered a "symbolic protector-figure statue", the way gargoyle sculptures traditionally are. It looks far more human-like than gargoyles, obviously, but it's still a statue that represents a "protector-figure". And, from that angle, it seems all the more appropriate now that it's made several appearances in "Gargoyles" (aside from the fact that any series set mainly in New York is going to have to include periodic shots of it, to help establish the setting), in the same way so many other statues with that kind of atmosphere have.

(And we've seen a few other examples of more human-like statuary getting a role in the series, such as the statues Oberon animated in "The Gathering Part Two" - two were of basically human-looking figures, with the third being a winged lion. I hope we'll get a discussion of them as part of the next "Voices from the Eyrie" podcast.)
Todd Jensen
posted @ Mon, Nov 17, 2025 8:22:20 am EST from 68.99.93.213

MATTHEW> I knew about everything but the Deborah Strang bit. 'Tis a tragedy that we never got a true coming together of my two fave Marvel shows.
Algae
'Nuff said
posted @ Mon, Nov 17, 2025 5:57:33 am EST from 88.87.179.191

So I was going through the trivia of Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes (one of the better Marvel animated shows before the executives started messing things up) and I found a few things I hadn't seen before.
One of the more well known pieces was that Josh Keaton had recorded lines as Spidey before the character was redubbed by Ultimate's Drake Bell. The common theory was that it was meant to tie-in to Spectacular considering Grey DeLisle reprised her role as Betty Brant and Daran Norris also appeared (though not as J. Jonah Jameson). But what I hadn't discovered until today was that the former showrunner Christopher Yost also wanted Deborah Strang to reprise her role as Aunt May.
Matthew the Fedora Guy
You're Gonna Carry That Weight
posted @ Mon, Nov 17, 2025 2:59:05 am EST from 184.23.35.150