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C.H. Greenblatt
Carl Harvey Greenblatt (born June 17, 1972) is an American animator, storyboard artist, voice actor, writer, producer and director. He has worked on Nickelodeon's ''SpongeBob SquarePants'' and on Cartoon Network's ''The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy'' and ''Evil Con Carne''. He is the creator of Cartoon Network's ''Chowder'', Nickelodeon's ''Harvey Beaks'', and creator and executive producer of ''Jellystone!'', a Hanna-Barbera animated series for HBO Max produced by Warner Bros. Animation. Early life He was born in Plano, Texas, and raised in a Jewish family. He attended the University of Texas at Austin where he majored in advertising. He was classmates with future film critic Korey Coleman. Career After graduating, Greenblatt worked as an art director on several television commercials, including Chef Boyardee's ''Chef Jr.'' campaign. In 1998, he got his first job in the animation industry working as an additional storyboard artist for ''SpongeBob SquarePants'', before g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Plano, Texas
Plano ( ) is a city in Collin County, Texas, Collin County and Denton County, Texas, United States. It had a population of 285,494 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. It is a principal city of the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex. History European settlers came to the area near present-day Plano in the early 1840s. Facilities such as a sawmill, a gristmill, and a store soon brought more people to the area. A mail service was established, and after rejecting several names for the nascent town (including naming it in honor of then-President Millard Fillmore), residents suggested the name ''Plano'' (from the Spanish word for "flat") in reference to the local terrain, unvaried and devoid of any trees. The post office accepted the name. In 1872, the completion of the List of Texas railroads, Houston and Central Texas Railway helped Plano grow, and it was incorporated in 1873. By 1874, the population was over 500. In 1881, a fire raged through the business district, destro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maxwell Atoms
Adam Maxwell Burton, known professionally as Maxwell Atoms, is an American animator, screenwriter, storyboard artist, and voice actor. He is the creator of the Cartoon Network series ''Grim & Evil'' and its subsequent spin-offs, ''The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy'' and ''Evil Con Carne''. Career Atoms is the creator of Cartoon Network's animated television series ''The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy'', ''Evil Con Carne'', and has developed a ''Billy & Mandy'' spin-off Halloween special called '' Underfist: Halloween Bash''. Atoms attended the University of the Arts in Philadelphia. Before he started working on his own series, Atoms was an intern at Film Roman, a freelance artist at Warner Bros., had a brief stint at WildBrain, and had also worked on ''The Twisted Tales of Felix the Cat''. Atoms got a job at Hanna-Barbera and as a story and storyboard artist on ''Cow and Chicken'' and ''I Am Weasel''. Atoms also performed the voice of Jeff the Spider and Piff on ''The Grim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Band Geeks
"Band Geeks" is an episode of the American animated television series ''SpongeBob SquarePants''. It is the second part of the 15th episode of the second season and the second half of the 35th episode overall. It originally aired on Nickelodeon in the United States on September7, 2001. It was written by C.H. Greenblatt, Aaron Springer, and Merriwether Williams, and the animation was directed by Frank Weiss. Springer served as director, and Greenblatt served as storyboard artist. "Band Geeks" follows Squidward, who recruits the citizens of Bikini Bottom to play in a marching band for the Bubble Bowl. The episode received widespread acclaim, with many fans and critics considering it the best episode of the entire series. The episode won Best Sound Editing in Television – Animation at the 2002 Golden Reel Awards. Plot Squidward Tentacles gets a call from his wealthy former high school classmate and rival, Squilliam Fancyson, who has succeeded in everything in which Squidward ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Time (magazine)
''Time'' (stylized in all caps) is an American news magazine based in New York City. For nearly a century, it was published Weekly newspaper, weekly, but starting in March 2020 it transitioned to every other week. It was first published in New York City on March 3, 1923, and for many years it was run by its influential co-founder, Henry Luce. A European edition (''Time Europe'', formerly known as ''Time Atlantic'') is published in London and also covers the Middle East, Africa, and, since 2003, Latin America. An Asian edition (''Time Asia'') is based in Hong Kong. The South Pacific edition, which covers Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific Islands, is based in Sydney. Since 2018, ''Time'' has been published by Time USA, LLC, owned by Marc Benioff, who acquired it from Meredith Corporation. History ''Time'' has been based in New York City since its first issue published on March 3, 1923, by Briton Hadden and Henry Luce. It was the first weekly news magazine in the United St ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Poniewozik
James "Jim" Poniewozik (; born July 12, 1968) is an American journalist and television critic. He is the chief TV critic for ''The New York Times''. Earlier in his career, he wrote ''Time'' magazine's ''Tuned In'' column for 16 years. Early life Originally from Monroe, Michigan, Poniewozik's father was Catholic, and of Polish descent. His mother was Jewish from a Sephardi background from Morocco. Poniewozik attended the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, graduating with a BA in English (1986–1990). He subsequently attended but did not complete the graduate program in fiction writing at New York University. Career Poniewozik has contributed to publications such as ''The New York Times Book Review'', ''Fortune'', and ''Rolling Stone''. From 1997 to 1999, he was the media critic and editor of the media section at ''Salon''. Poniewozik was ''Time'' magazine's television critic from 1999 to 2015. In 2005, he began writing ''Time''s first blog, ''Tuned In'', a commentary on televisi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cartoon Brew
Cartoon Brew is an animation news website created by Amid Amidi and animation historian Jerry Beck that was launched in 2004. Cartoon Dump It also created ''Cartoon Dump'', a weekly podcast showing poorly made TV cartoons featuring ''Mystery Science Theaters Frank Conniff. Reception The site has published news articles, commentaries and reviews regarding the animation industry. The Comics Beat called it the "essential cartoon blog", while animator Francis Glebas cited it as "the place to go for the latest in animation news". Criticism On August 14, 2020, the site attracted criticism, firstly from Dana Terrace, the creator of ''The Owl House'', for their story, "Disney Executive Tried To Block Queer Characters In ‘The Owl House,’ Says Creator." Terrace clarified that her push for queer characters like Luz and Amity in ''The Owl House'' had been "extremely supported" by executives for the show, and that she was "excited for future shows" while Owen Dennis of ''Infinity Trai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Disney Television Animation
Disney Television Animation (DTVA), formerly known as Walt Disney Pictures Television Animation Group and Walt Disney Television Animation, is the television animation production arm of Disney Branded Television, a sub-division of the Disney General Entertainment Content division of The Walt Disney Company established on December 5, 1984 by Gary Krisel during the reorganization and subsequent re-incorporation of The Walt Disney Company following the arrival of then-Disney CEO Michael Eisner. The division is responsible for creating, developing and producing animation-oriented television series, films, specials and short films for broadcast predominantly on the 3 main Disney-branded networks; Disney Channel, Disney XD and Disney Junior, as well as Disney+. History Background The Walt Disney Company first ventured into the television industry as early as 1950, beginning with the one-hour Christmas special, ''One Hour in Wonderland''. This was followed by the 1951 Christ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
YouTube
YouTube is a global online video platform, online video sharing and social media, social media platform headquartered in San Bruno, California. It was launched on February 14, 2005, by Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim. It is owned by Google, and is the List of most visited websites, second most visited website, after Google Search. YouTube has more than 2.5 billion monthly users who collectively watch more than one billion hours of videos each day. , videos were being uploaded at a rate of more than 500 hours of content per minute. In October 2006, YouTube was bought by Google for $1.65 billion. Google's ownership of YouTube expanded the site's business model, expanding from generating revenue from advertisements alone, to offering paid content such as movies and exclusive content produced by YouTube. It also offers YouTube Premium, a paid subscription option for watching content without ads. YouTube also approved creators to participate in Google's Google AdSens ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kaz (cartoonist)
Kaz (born Kazimieras Gediminas Prapuolenis; July 31, 1959) is an American cartoonist, animator, writer, storyboard artist, and illustrator. In the 1980s, after attending New York City's School of the Visual Arts, he was a frequent contributor to the comic anthologies ''RAW'' and '' Weirdo''. Since 1992, he has drawn ''Underworld'', an adult-themed syndicated comic strip that appears in many alternative weeklies. Career Kaz's comics and drawings have appeared in many alternative and mainstream publications including ''Details'', ''The New Yorker'', ''Nickelodeon Magazine'', ''The Village Voice'', ''East Village Eye'', '' Swank'', ''RAW'', ''Eclipse'', ''N.Y. Rocker'', ''New York Press'', ''Screw'' and ''Bridal Guide''. He has continued to contribute to comics anthologies such as '' Zero Zero''. Kaz has also worked on several animated television shows including ''SpongeBob SquarePants'', '' Camp Lazlo'', and ''Phineas and Ferb''. He was co-executive producer of ''Get Blake!''. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aaron Springer
Aaron Paul Springer is an American cartoonist, animator, artist, writer, director, and voice actor. He is the creator of the Disney XD original series '' Billy Dilley's Super-Duper Subterranean Summer'', in which he voices the main character, Billy Dilley. He is best known for his work on the Nickelodeon animated series ''SpongeBob SquarePants'', for which he contributed to as a writer, storyboard artist and storyboard director for eight seasons, as well as co-writing and storyboarding its 2004 film adaptation. Career A graduate of the California Institute of the Arts, Springer began his career in animation working for Spümcø. He was best known for creating pilots at Cartoon Network Studios that were never picked up as full series, but have developed cult followings. His most recognizable pilot was ''Korgoth of Barbaria'' for Adult Swim in 2006, which was originally picked up for a full series, because of its critical and commercial success with garnering high ratings. Later ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
DC Nation
DC Nation was a programming block of DC Comics series and shorts that aired on American television channel Cartoon Network on Saturday morning. It premiered on March 3, 2012, and was produced by Warner Bros. Animation. Some of the shows in DC Nation include '' Green Lantern: The Animated Series'' and ''Young Justice'' (with ''Beware the Batman'' in 2013). On June 8, 2012, Cartoon Network announced that it would revive the ''Teen Titans'' animated series as ''Teen Titans Go!'', based on the New Teen Titans shorts, in 2013; episodes began airing in April of that year. Shows Previous series include ''Young Justice'' and '' Green Lantern: The Animated Series.'' The final lineup includes ''Teen Titans Go!'' and ''Beware the Batman'', along with ''DC Nation Shorts''. Theme songs *Skrillex – "Rock N Roll" * Richardson & Macklin & Tom Ford – "Acid Cube" Shorts Many short films produced by Sam Register air on the show; they are mainly comedy. In the first season, these included ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fred Fredburger
The American animated television series ''Grim & Evil'' created by Maxwell Atoms for Cartoon Network. It consists of two segments which were eventually spun off into their own series, ''The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy'' and ''Evil Con Carne''. ''The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy'' follows two children, a dimwitted yet well-meaning boy named Billy (voiced by Richard Steven Horvitz) and a brilliant yet sinister girl named Mandy (voiced by Grey DeLisle). After winning a limbo game to save Billy's pet hamster, the two gain The Grim Reaper (voiced by Greg Eagles) as their best friend for eternity and come across many supernatural or otherworldly characters and locations throughout the series. Its sister show, ''Evil Con Carne,'' follows the brain of a playboy who wants to rule the world with his general Skarr and his lover, Major Doctor Ghastly. Since Hector Con Carne is attached to a bear named Boskov, Hector wants to find the rest of his body parts and take over the world. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
