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 the latest animated series on Disney+ and there’s been a lot of talk about where the show takes place in the wider Marvel Cinematic Universe. The original plan for the series was that it was going to take place before the events of Captain America: Civil War,