Gargoyles: Clan Building

by Greg Weisman, Greg Guler (artist), Dave Hedgecock (artist)

328 pages, Paperback

Expected publication April 14, 2026

About the author

Greg Weisman (BA Stanford, MPW U.S.C.) has been a storyteller all his life. His first professional work was as an Editor for DC Comics, where he also wrote Captain Atom.

Greg worked at Walt Disney Television Animation from 1989 through 1996. In 1991, Greg created and developed a new series for Disney: GARGOYLES, becoming Supervising Producer and Supervising Story Editor of that series.

In 1998, Greg became a full-time Freelancer. He wrote the new Gargoyles and Gargoyles: Bad Guys comic books for SLG Publishing, while producing, writing, story editing and voice acting for Sony’s The Spectacular Spider-Man. He then moved over to Warner Bros., where he produced, story edited, wrote and voice acted on the new series, Young Justice, as well as writing the companion Young Justice monthly comic book for DC.

Greg was a writer and Executive Producer on the first season of Star Wars Rebels for Lucasfilm and Disney, and he’s also writing the spin-off comic Star Wars Kanan: The Last Padawan. His first novel, Rain of the Ghosts, was published in 2013; its sequel, Spirits of Ash and Foam, arrived in bookstores in 2014.

Reviews

[Allan Olley · Rating 5 out of 5]

This collects 12 Gargoyles comics published between 2006-2009. They have been out of print since then and so this was an opportunity for those of us who missed the boat back then to read the comics now. I had meant to buy them, but never committed before they became inaccessible. I backed the Kickstarter to republish these and other out-of-print comics.

The comics continue the story of the Gargoyles cartoon not including the finale season "The Goliath Chronicles" made without show creator Greg Weismann. However the first two comics retell more or less the events of the 1st episode of that season, introducing the Quarrymen who seek the annihilation of the Gargoyles after their existence was made known to the world at large at the end of the 2nd season of Gargoyles. After this the comics tell new stories of the Gargoyles clashing with enemies and dealing with the fall out of their exposure to the world. There is some action, but also lots of people talking, plotting having messy relationship and some serious world building.

The comics get off to a slow start and the art style took me some getting used to and the dialogue can be a bit ham-fisted. Also the stories stretch out over multiple issues in a way I find somewhat ungainly. However once the comics found their grove they portray a layered and building narrative as plots and events build between episodes. It is unfortunate they were cut off just as things were coming together.

Part of the charm of the comics is probably their willingness to stuff in characters and elements from the show returning. The Illuminati are weaving a plot through the background; Gargoyles from England reappear; the winged cat Mutates; the various clones of the Gargoyles; and Cold Stone, Cold Steel, Cold Fire appear and backstories are explored. Also Brooklyn's spin off time travel adventures are introduced, in the course of 6 or so stories. Those with less tolerance for this sort of heavy continuity or with less familiarity the original series will probably not appreciate all this. I admit I was having trouble remembering the all the stuff referenced. I'm not sure the focus on the Gargoyles population crisis and the mechanics of their reproduction is particularly compelling and also perhaps reflects some of the downside of this series displaying an almost fanish preoccupation with nitty gritty.

I read the version with a printing error, but it did especially detract. Although to be fair the issues it were involved in were told in a non-linear way that was hard to follow. So I may have failed to notice problems this caused.

[Scott Williams · Rating 5 out of 5]

Gargoyles is always best when written by Greg Weisman.