SuperheroHype.com talks to Jeph Loeb about role as writer and co-executive producer of NBC’s fall series Heroes, and the part he played in getting frequent collaborator Tim Sale involved in the show:
Interestingly enough, when [series creator] Tim Kring started production, he called me and said that there was a character on the show, played by Santiago [Cabrera], who is an artist and when he paints, he can paint the future. He also is a comic book artist, which you discover in the first episode, and Tim wanted someone who could do both things. That sort of narrowed it down to a very few people. I gave Tim Kring a few names. Tim met with Tim Sale, liked him a lot and brought him on board. During the actual production of the pilot, Tim Sale actually knew more about what was going on than I did, but he’d continually tell me about things, which kept my interest very peaked about what it was that Tim Kring was creating. The wonderful part is that now that I’m on the show, I have an opportunity to work with my partner Tim Sale in a brand new medium. It’s his first stuff in that world, and he’s doing a wonderful job.
The Q&A also delves into the challenges of writing episodic television, and juggling his TV and comic-book duties.
