

Gargoyles was the first Disney Television Animation show to be serialized/story-driven, and the only such show by Disney until Gravity Falls popularized this kind of storytelling. The show's storyline continued from 2006 to 2009 in a comic book series of the same name, written by Weisman and produced by Slave Labor Graphics. The series is notable for its relatively dark tone, complex story arcs, and melodrama character arcs were heavily employed throughout the series, as well as Shakespearean themes.Ī Gargoyles video game adaptation for the Sega Genesis, as well as a spin-off comic book series, were also created in 1995. Gargoyles is an American animated television series, created by Greg Weisman and produced by Weisman and Frank Paur for Walt Disney Television Animation and Buena Vista Television, and originally aired from Octoto February 15, 1997. We are Gargoyles!” ― Goliath's narration over the intro sequence in Season 2 Now, here in Manhattan, the spell is broken, and we live again! We are defenders of the night. Stone by day, warriors by night, we were betrayed by the humans we had sworn to protect, frozen in stone by a magic spell for a thousand years.

“ One thousand years ago, superstition and the sword ruled.
