Darkwing Duck
Darkwing Duck was a cartoon series starring Drake Mallard as the masked hero, Darkwing Duck. It aired on the Disney Afternoon from 1991 to 1995. The series was produced by Tad Stones.
Greg Weisman helped Tad Stones to develop the series, staff up the writing team, and gave story notes on episodes. [1] He came up with the name Gosalyn. [2]
The series was a comedic take on pulp heroes such as the Shadow, and comic book characters such as Batman, as well as everything in between.
The series was revived as a comic book, published by Boom! Studios in June, 2010. Before the Boom Comics revival, Darkwing Duck comics were published in both Disney Adventures and the short-lived Disney Afternoon comic book licensed to Marvel Comics.
The first sixteen issues were reprinted for a second time by Joe Books Ltd. and released in the trade paperback Darkwing Duck: The Definitely Dangerous Edition in February 2015, with a foreword written by Weisman. In 2016, Joe Books also continued the comic book where the first sixteen issues left off.
As with Gargoyles, Darkwing Duck was given an additional comic book revival by Dynamite Entertainment. It's success generated a Negaduck spin-off comic in 2023. [3]
Contents
Cast Members
The following Gargoyles cast members appeared in Darkwing Duck. They are listed in alphabetical order.
- Michael Bell - Quackerjack
- S. Scott Bullock - Tom Lockjaw
- Cam Clarke - Boy by Fountain
- Jesse Corti - Cement Head
- Jim Cummings - Darkwing Duck/Drake Mallard, Negaduck, Herb Muddlefoot, Moliarty
- Tim Curry - Taurus Bulba
- Elizabeth Daily - Lightwave
- Dorian Harewood - Official Guy
- Robert Ito - Goose Lee
- Tony Jay - Grim Reaper
- Tress MacNeille - Oprah Windbag
- Roddy McDowall - Sir Quackmire Mallard
- Rob Paulsen - Steelbeak, Flarg, Barada
- Peter Renaday - Derek Blunt
- Kath Soucie - Morgana MacCawber
- B.J. Ward - Gloria Swansong and Additional Voices
- Frank Welker - Additional Voices
- April Winchell - Bianca Beakley
Additionally, Jamie Thomason was the talent coordinator for episode 42, 44, 52, 54-60, 62-65 and 79-91.
Vic Cook did the storyboard and writing for Kung Fooled as well as being the storyboard clean-up artist for "Adopt-a-Con" and "It's a Wonderful Leaf" He was also the storyboard artist for episodes 8, 30, 33, 44, 49, 54, 67, 70, 75, 84, 86 and 88.
Marc Perlman was the dialogue editor for "Smarter Than a Speeding Bullet"
Len Uhley was the writer for "Duck Blind" and "Tiff of the Titans".
Julia Lewald was the writer for "Trading Faces" and "You Sweat Your Life".
Eric Lewald was the writer for "All's Fahrenheit in Love and War".
Jan Strnad did the story for "Darkly Dawns the Duck Part I". Strnad also wrote "Days of Blunder", "The Secret Origins of Darkwing Duck" and "Twin Beaks".
References to Gargoyles in Darkwing Duck
- In #6 of the Darkwing Duck comic book, a statue of Goliath was seen being used as a perch by Darkwing Duck's evil doppleganger, Negaduck.
References to Darkwing Duck in Gargoyles
Among other things, one of the influences for Thailog was Darkwing Duck's enemy, Negaduck. [4][5]
See Also
- Darkwing Duck at Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
- Darkwing Duck at the Internet Movie Database
