Which presents more challenges: writing an original Stan Berkowitz story or adapting someone else’s work?
Stan Berkowitz: Doing an original presents more challenges. The adaptations are already there – the studio knows they want to do it. In both the case of Justice League: The New Frontier and Superman/Batman: Public Enemies, I was approached by the studio and asked if I wanted to adapt them. Getting your own thing off the ground is much, much more difficult because even in our little world of animation, the, pre-selling is an important factor. And in both the case of Justice League: The New Frontier and Superman/Batman: Public Enemies, you had best-selling comics that the fans already knew. What’s the perfect environment for you to write in? Stan Berkowitz: I like an empty room, and that’s all I really need because there are absolutely no distractions. No TV, no internet, just a quiet room. It works for me. And it helps me to work faster. From the day they decided to do Public Enemies until the day that the first draft of the script was ready, it was exactly 60 days – which is really, re
