Dispatch directors chose their animators because they'd made a 'really cool apple juice commercial'

We knew working with them would be a risk... but we felt like we'd be in it together.

Dennis Lenart.

One of Dispatch's most praised aspects is its impeccable style. Even more so than something like the Invincible TV show, Dispatch truly feels like a proper superhero cartoon of yesteryear. At least in vibes anyway—ignore the profanity, violence, and raunchiness.

In a GDC talk with Dispatch creative directors and Adhoc Studio cofounders Nick Herman and Dennis Lenart, they revealed that this style almost didn't happen.