Breehn Burns is an American

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, producer and

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, most known for his work on ''

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'' and ''

Invader Zim ''Invader Zim'' is an American animated science fiction dark comedy television series created by comic book writer and cartoonist Jhonen Vasquez for Nickelodeon. The series centers on an extraterrestrial named Zim (voiced by Richard Steven Ho ...

''. Burns was the supervising producer on the 2019

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movie '' Invader Zim: Enter the Florpus''. In 2016, Burns was supervising producer at

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on four seasons of the

series '' Home: Adventures with Tip & Oh''. In 2012, Burns wrote, directed and executive produced two seasons of

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's ''

'' for

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channel,

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. He also wrote the third season of six episodes. He was also an animator on the

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show ''

Little Bill ''Little Bill'' is an American animated educational television series created by Bill Cosby. It is based on the ''Little Bill'' book series, written by Cosby with illustrations by Varnette P. Honeywood. Cosby also composed some of the theme mu ...

'' from 1999-2000 It has been announced that

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’s

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is developing ''Aleister Arcane,'' the 2004 graphic novel created by

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and Breehn Burns.

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has signed on to star and executive produce the movie adaptation with

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attached to direct. In 2008 Burns collaborated with

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on the screenplay for '' Calling All Robots'', a feature film three years in development that never came to be. Burns co-created the project with '' X-Men 2'' screenwriter and '' Godzilla: King of the Monsters'' director

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. Burns co-created the ''

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'' animated shorts (2003) which aired on

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, were a staple of the Spike & Mike Sick & Twisted Festival of Animation and became a popular

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in the early days of

. Burns has written several issues of the ''Bravest Warriors'' comic book, published by

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, and illustrated two graphic novels, '' Aleister Arcane'' and ''

Gloomcookie ''Gloomcookie'' is a gothic comic series created and written by Serena Valentino ('' Nightmares & Fairy Tales'') and co-created by Ted Naifeh in 1998, who also illustrated the comic's first six issues. The series functions both as a social satire o ...

Vol. III''. In 2007, he served as Concept Artist and Main Titles Designer for the

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feature film, ''

Trick 'r Treat ''Trick 'r Treat'' is a 2007 American anthology horror comedy film written and directed by Michael Dougherty and produced by Bryan Singer. The film stars Dylan Baker, Rochelle Aytes, Anna Paquin and Brian Cox. It relates four Halloween horror ...

'', written and directed by

. His voice work includes a Gingerbread Man in the feature film ''

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'', the Hot Dog Guy in ''Invader ZIM: Enter the Florpus'' and numerous voices on ''Bravest Warriors'' and ''Dr. Tran''.

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