Bruce Timm’s work in the Animated DC Universe is extensive at the very least. Many of the iconic heroes from our childhood were animated and/or produced by Mr. Timm; so much so that his name has become synonymous with the DC Animated Universe. As well as working on so many popular DC titles such as Batman, Superman, and Justice League, Timm has animated several other classic cartoons from the 80’s such as The Real Ghostbusters, Tiny Toons, and the Animaniacs.

To coincide with the upcoming release of Green Lantern: First Flight, Warner Brothers has been providing Q&A sessions with the cast and crew, and the latest is with Bruce Timm who is serving as Executive Producer on the latest direct-to-DVD Animated feature length film from DC:

QUESTION:

You and Alan Burnett have been working together for a very long time. What’s that relationship like, and what does he bring that makes these projects so special?

BRUCE TIMM

Alan is the quiet man of Warner Brothers Animation and, to a degree, I feel bad because he doesn’t really get enough credit for all that he has done over the years – going all the way to Batman: The Animated Series and all these shows he’s worked on since. He actually kind of prefers to stay in the background and just do his job and not get in front of the cameras and go to conventions and speak in front of crowds. He doesn’t enjoy that aspect of it. He’s never been about tooting his own horn, but he’s always been the rock on our projects. Alan is the stabilizer. I think it was Glen Murakami who referred to Alan as the glue that binds everything together. And it’s true. He’s a really solid professional. He knows all the ins and outs of story construction and character dynamics and then all of the extras that a good writer knows to plus out a story. At the same time, he likes to push himself to do things that he hasn’t done before and explore different avenues of story lines. He’s got a sense of humor that sometimes comes out in really odd, unique ways. On BTAS, he would go down story lines and even I would be saying, “Wow, you really want to do THAT in a children’s cartoon?” He’s funny that way – he likes to upset the apple cart and take chances. So Alan is really solid and dependable and at the same time he’s also very experimental. It’s like the best of both worlds. That makes him the perfect collaborator on these films.

You can check out the full interview here!