Last week, I did so many interviews for this week’s episode of Batman: The Brave and the Bold, I told Anne, “I feel like I’ve reallly accomplished a lot, but I don’t have anything to show for it.”

Well, now I do, because the interviews I did are starting to come online, including this one I did with The World’s Finest:

Now, hopefully you won’t mind if we swing off-topic for a second. Now, this isn’t your first foray into the world of animation. What attracts you to voice-acting?

It’s really hard to do it right, so I feel a tremendous sense of pride and accomplishment when I get to work alongside people like Yuri Lowenthal, Lex Lang, Kari Wahlgren, and Diedrich Bader. While some people can be stunt cast for their looks or whatever in on-camera roles, that just doesn’t happen in animated television, because there are so many truly talented people available to do the work. I feel like I’ve really earned a spot in the room with those guys, and that’s just awesome.

It’s also a different type of acting from on-camera, so it presents a unique set of challenges. I didn’t realize how much we rely on subtle facial movements and body language to convey intention and emotion when we perform, and I’ve really enjoyed learning and attempting to perfect doing all of that with just my voice. Also, voice acting isn’t nearly as repetitive as on-camera acting; we don’t have to do things for forty-seven different angles on Batman, so it never gets boring or dull.

There’s also this one with Comic Book Resources:

“As much as I’ve loved all the dark Batman series we’ve had for so long, I love the 1950s style retro look of the show,” Wheaton said of “The Brave and the Bold.” “I have loved Batman forever. My original introduction to Batman was, of course, the Adam West series. And I’m a little embarrassed at how crazy obsessed I was – what’s the Trekkie equivalent of a Batman fan? That was me for the original Tim Burton movie. And I really, really loved all of those comic books.

“But when I had my own kids, as much as I loved Batman – Batman was a little too dark for them. You could kind of show them ‘Superman’ and some other comics, but ‘Batman’ was a little too heavy. What I really love about ‘Brave & The Bold’ and what really excited me about ‘Brave & The Bold’ is that we have this Batman that is still true to who Batman is and is still true to the DC Universe, but it’s just not as dark. Diedrich Bader and I were discussing this when we were working on my episode. He has a five-year-old kid and was really excited that here’s a Batman that a five-year-old can watch. And it’s not watered down. It’s just approached from a slightly different angle.”

If anyone still doubts the level of my Batmania, I will simply reply with 1000 words:

As promised yesterday, here’s a preview clip from Fall of the Blue Beetle, which airs this Friday, January 23 at 8pm on Cartoon Network.

Rather than use up all my bandwidth hosting it myself, I’m using this embedded player that Comicmix has kindly made available. Check it out:

Feel free to put it on your own blog, and see if you can be a subtle I am when you remind people that it airs this Friday, January 23, at 8pm on the Cartoon Network. Pro tip: be really careful with how frequently and obviously you tell people to tune-in, because it could get a little tiresome if you’re not.

For example, try something like this:

Knock Knock.

Who’s there?

Wil Wheaton plays Ted Kord, the Silver-Age Blue Beetle on Batman The Brave and the Bold this Friday, January 23, at 8pm on Cartoon Network!

Yeah, that’ll do.

Years ago, I played the part of Kyle, in an absolutely wonderful animated short film called Kyle + Rosemary.

It was supposed to air on Nickelodeon, but there was some sort of disturbance in the force, and the Zaldans never ran it. I finally got to see it last summer, and it was just as wonderful as I knew it would be, making it even more distressing that they were only allowing Top Men to watch it.

Well, as they say, Good News, Everyone! I know it's super late notice, but I just found out that Kyle + Rosemary is airing on the Nicktoons network at 10:30pm 10:30AM EST on Saturday, January 17.

I hope you'll set your DVRs, reschedule the surgery, and postpone the wedding to watch it. It's really great, and I want as many people as possible to see it. I don't know if it'll end up online, but if it does, I'll link to it.

Edited to add: I'm an idiot, and got my AM/PM confused. This is part of a block of programming called Random! Cartoons and it's on in the morning on Saturday. It is NOT happening at 10:30PM as I originally wrote, but 10:30AM, as in, in the morning and not at night. As in, get it straight, Wheaton, or I swear to god I am coming down there for you.

My interview with Geekdad about Fall of the Blue Beetle next Friday on Batman: The Brave and the Bold went online sometime between when I went to sleep last night and when I woke up this morning (weird how that happens, isn’t it?)

Here’s a little bit:

As a lifelong Batman fan (which answered my “Marvel or DC” question before I got a chance to ask it), Wil told me he really likes the tone of the new show:

I’m probably the world’s biggest Batman fan. Batman’s the reason that I read comic books… [Brave and the Bold] is just another take on the Batman universe. Batman has always been, by its very definition, a little dark and very serious; and I mean, look: it’s about a vigilante whose driven by the need to avenge the murders of his parents that he saw when he was a child. Clearly, he has some issues… But I really like what they’re doing with The Brave and the Bold because it is stylized. You know, Dark Knight changed everything, and Year One changed everything. There was before [those comics] and after. And [The Brave and the Bold] is just, like, before.

You can take it from Wil, and me, that the series is a lot of fun and accessible to a younger audience, while still throwing in tons of characters and continuity points that will leave comic book fans smiling and nodding in appreciation. Use Wil’s episode (airing Friday, January 23rd at 8 p.m. on Cartoon Network – check your local listings!)

I did my interview with the lovely and talented Ken Denmead via Skype, and the entire thing is available on the Geekdad Podcast, if you’re having one of those days that just won’t be complete until you hear me talking about Geek stuff.