Head writer and executive producer Jeff Trammell tells IndieWire about how the Disney+ show channels early comics with a hand-drawn animation style.

When Jeff Trammell landed the job of creating Marvel Studios’ animated series “Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man” (premiering today), he stepped into the most fertile creative period for the web-slinging superhero in his 63-year history.

Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man is chock-full of interesting characters. Almost every single character on screen has a comics history, but even without the deeper lore, they’re just generally dynamic.

Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man is adapting many villains, famous and obscure, with plenty of room for more to be introduced.