#Zeus Cervas

[mikyapixie]

17 years ago today the SpongeBob SquarePants episode Atlantis SquarePants' premiered on Nickelodeon!!!

[dorothydalmati1]

Family Guy Season 4 Episode 13: Jungle Love

Written by Mark Hentemann

Storyboard by Aldin Baroza, Zeus Cervas & Erik Moxcey

Directed by Seth Kearsley

Animation directed by Song Youl Han & Noh Yonkun

[erikwiese]

SPONGEBOB SEASON 9, "KENNY THE CAT"

My TV animation career pretty much started with the SpongeBob pilot, so now and again, I like to stop by Bikini Bottom to see what’s going on. On one of those visits, about ten years ago, I storyboarded an episode called Kenny The Cat, written by my pals Zeus Cervas and Casey Alexander and produced by Paul Tibbit and Vince Waller. Guest voice by Biz Markie (RIP).

After a few inquires on Twitter, I figured I’d upload it for anyone who wants to check it out. Keep in mind that it’s an old-school storyboard that’s transitioning to digital. The panel BGs are a desaturated yellow because we used to draw on Post-It notes and I found it comforting.  

You’ll see on the boards some animation and timing notes, which is a little unusual—that’s usually done during charactor layout—but because I started out as an animator I can’t help myself. Does this sometimes alienate people? Oh yes. 

Although this particular episode was my first digital storyboard, I drew it traditionally: three panels to a page as we had always done on paper. It had only been a few years since Storyboard Pro came out but I didn’t have the time to learn it and also meet my deadline. Fortunately, the show hadn’t changed over to STBpro yet either, so I did the whole thing in Alias Sketchbook Pro. I really liked how simple and easy the application was to use, and I still use it a lot today. 

CLICK HERE TO SEE THE ENTIRE BOARD.

[rebellovesthings]

hmmm sponge asks.. what's ur fave episode(s) from modern spongebob? do u have a writer on the show u prefer? do u have any fun merch or any that u want?

also congrats on getting juiced 👏 hope u feel better soon!

ooho I have a lot of faves from the modern era, off the top of my head would be The Legend of Boo-Kini Bottom, The Ghost of Plankton, Karen’s Virus, Girls’ Night Out, Spongebob’s Big Birthday Blowout

I also really like The Krusty Slammer because it gave me this specific image lmao

For writers I’m a little biased but I’m gonna say Mr Lawrence lmao. looking through things I apparently usually really enjoy episodes written by Kaz or Andrew Goodman too

(i also just wanna put it out there that i do not like Zeus Cervas and/or Casey Alexander)

I don’t have any Sponge merch anymore actually :( When I was little I had everything. the™ bed sheets, a shit ton of toys, several board games, and a bunch of the gameboy and early pc games, but around 2007-8 I “aged out” of liking the show for a long time and all my stuff was either donated, trashed, or just lost to the garage 😔 I’ve only gotten back into it as of *checks watch* december lol

I’d really like to get one of the pink Spongebob plushies 🥺 and, not to be a basic bitch, i reeeally want the FUN pop lol, i just love the fuckin’ microscopic Plankton on it sdfghsf

[diceriadelluntore]

Fatiche

Il racconto è un’operazione sulla durata, un incantesimo che agisce sullo scorrere del tempo, contraendolo o dilatandolo.

Italo Calvino

Questo post è dedicato a tutti quelli che stanno incessantemente lavorando per il bene di altri, nei modi che ormai conosciamo: sono alla prova di una fatica erculea. Proprio di questo voglio raccontarvi.

Le 12 fatiche di Eracle (che verrà equiparato nella tradizione successiva all’eroe etrusco-romano Ercole) sono uno dei miti più incredibili e famosi della mitologia greca. Le sue gesta secondo molti filologi, mitografi e studiosi erano raccolte in una saga, l’Eracleia, databile intorno al 6 secolo a.C., purtroppo perduta; è da varie altre fonti che si possono raccontare queste 12 fatiche. Eracle (Heraklês, composto da Ἥρα, Era, e κλέος, "gloria", quindi "gloria di Era") era figlio di Zeus e Alcmena. Zeus annunziò agli dei, riuniti sul Monte Olimpo in congresso, che sulla terra stava per nascere un uomo del suo sangue. Era, gelosa, fece in modo che invece di Eracle nascesse prima Euristeo: Zeus aveva stabilito che i troni di Tirinto e di Micene sarebbero stati destinati al primo nato della stirpe di Perseo, anticipando la nascita di Euristeo, questi divenne così il re delle due città.

Zeus mentre Era dormiva, attaccò al seno suo figlio Eracle, che solo così avrebbe potuto ottenere l'immortalità. Il piccolo agguantò un seno della dea con troppa forza, svegliando la dea e, facendo schizzare parte del latte verso il cielo, creò così la Via Lattea. Questa da allora divenne la strada percorsa dagli dei per raggiungere il palazzo del re e della regina degli dei. 

Le vicende del nostro sono infinite, e riguardano imprese già epiche persino da neonato: Era mandò due grandi serpenti, raccapriccianti per spire neraste, per strangolare il piccolo che però scacciò senza nessun problema.

Il fulcro principale della leggenda è il suo ritorno presso Euristeo, che lo chiamò a suo servizio. Eracle consultò l’oracolo di Delfi, e la Pizia gli ordinò di ubbidire: Eracle rabbioso per il responso, uccise la moglie Megara, figlia del Re Creonte, sovrano di Tebe e i tre figli da lei avuti. Rinsavito, gli fu imposto di essere ai servigi del Re per 10 anni, e di compiere 10 fatiche (ricordatevi questo particolare). Un’altra versione racconta che Eracle si presentò spontaneamente a Euristeo perchè l’oracolo gli aveva predetto che al termine della servitù sarebbe divenuto immortale. Egli, quindi, sarebbe impazzito ed avrebbe ucciso i suoi familiari dopo aver compiuto le fatiche (Euripide per esempio nell’Eracle segue questa versione).

Sia come sia, Eracle per Euristeo compì dodici fatiche, dalle 10 pattuite, una per ogni anno di servigio, perchè due per motivi che spiegherò Euristeo non le volle conteggiare. Descriverle per filo e per segno è opera a cui dedicare molte pagine, ma per brevità le sintetizzerò, anche aiutato dal fatto che alcune sono patrimonio delle storie universali: 

1 - la lotta con il leone Nemeo, mostruoso leone invulnerabile, che Eracle riuscì a vincere strangolandolo; lo scuoiò e usò i suoi denti per tagliare la pelle invulnerabile e farne la leontè, il mantello con testa leonina che lo raffigura in tutte le iconografie. Gli abitanti di Nemea istituirono i giochi nemei proprio in ricordo dell’impresa dell’eroe;

2 - l’uccisione dell’Idra di Lerna, drago dalle 8 teste mortali e una immortale, che infestava le paludi di Lerna, nell’Argolide. Eracle con l’aiuto del cugino Iolao, uccise l’Idra e intinse le sue frecce con il sangue dell’essere, cosicché le ferite risultassero insanabili; siccome Eracle ebbe l’aiuto di Iolao, Euristeo non volle conteggiare questa fatica;

3 - la caccia al cinghiale di Erimanto, che viveva sul monte Erimanto, in Arcadia;

4 - la cattura della cerva di Cerinea, meraviglioso animale dalle corna d’oro, inseguito per un anno sui monti dell’Arcadia prima di essere catturato dall’eroe;

5 - la caccia agli uccelli Stinfali, favolosi animali del lago Stinfalo, in Arcadia; avevano ali, rostri e artigli di bronzo. Lanciavano le loro penne di bronzo per uccidere gli uomini. Eracle li uccise con le frecce avvelenate del sangue dell’Idra;

6 - la conquista del cinto d’Ippolita, Regina delle Amazzoni. Ippolita possedeva una preziosa cinta donata da Ares, suo padre. Ippolita accolse amorevolmente Eracle e i suoi aiutanti, ma Era scatenò l’ira delle altre Amazzoni, che sospettavano che l’eroe volesse rapire la loro regina: ne scaturì una guerra, dove Eracle con l’aiuto di Teseo riuscì a rubare la cintura;

7 - la ripulitura delle stalle di Augia: il re dell’Elide possedeva migliaia di capi di bestiame, le cui stalle non erano pulite da anni (secondo Apollodoro da trenta anni). Eracle gli propose una ricompensa qualora ci fosse riuscito in un solo giorno: Augia gli propose la decima parte del bestiame. L’eroe pulì le stalle deviando il corso di due fiumi, l’Alfeo e il Peneo. Augia non volle però corrispondere la ricompensa, e secondo certi autori fu maledetto da Eracle, secondo altri fu ucciso; e nemmeno Euristeo concordò quest’impresa come fatica proprio perchè frutto dell’astuzia e non del lavoro fisico (da cui le 12 e non le dieci);

8 - la cattura del Toro di Creta, cioè il magnifico Toro bianco che Poseidone aveva inviato a Minosse, re di Creta, per sacrificio al dio del Mare. Minosse non lo fece, e il toro divenne furioso; Eracle domò l’animale, lo trasporto in una immensa rete e Euristeo lo liberò nella piana di Maratona;

9 - la cattura delle cavalle di Diomede, re dei Bistoni nella Tracia, che possedeva una mandria di cavalli spiranti fiamme dalla bocca, che nutriva con carne umana: lottò con Eracle e il suo sangue fu l’ultimo che tinse le fauci dei feroci corsieri (Stazio, Tebaide);

10 - la cattura dei buoi di Gerione, re di Eritea, presso Cadice. Aveva tre corpi dalla cintola in su secondo la maggioranza dei favolisti. Possedeva una mandria di meravigliosi buoi purpurei, perchè li nutriva del sangue degli uomini. L’armento era custodito da un gigante, Euritione, dal cane bicipite Orto e secondo altri favolisti da un drago, tutti sconfitti da Eracle. A dimostrazione di questa fatica, avvenuta al confini del mondo allora conosciuto, l’eroe issò due colonne, all’imbocco del mare sconosciuto (quelle che poi si chiameranno nell’immaginario le Colonne d’Ercole); durante il viaggio di ritorno, l’eroe passò anche per l’Italia, dove fondò due città, Ercolano e Crotone, e mentre tentava di passare lo Stretto tra Reggio e Messina, uno dei buoi si allontanò: cercandolo, seppe che gli  indigeni chiamavano la bestia vitulus, così chiama Outalía tutta la regione, da cui Italia (ipotesi registrata anche dall’Accademia della Crusca);

11 - la raccolta dei pomi d’oro delle Esperidi, figlie di Atlante e Esperide: custodivano nell’antica Mauritania (che coincide con l’odierno Marocco) un bellissimo giardino, in cui cresceva la pianta dai pomi d’oro che Era aveva ricevuto da Gea per le sue nozze con Zeus. Eracle convinse le Ninfe a farsi dire il luogo segreto dove fosse il giardino, e si sostituì per un po’ ad Atlante nel sostenere la volta stellata, per acquisire tre pomi da portare a Euristeo;

12 - la cattura di Cerbero, il leggendario cane a tre teste a guardia del palazzo di Ades; Eracle si inoltrò nel boschi attorno Sparta, dove la leggenda pone la discesa negli inferi, e con una colossale catena riuscì a condurlo al palazzo di Euristeo.

Le vicende dell’Alcide (patronimico che deriva da Alceo, nonno materno dell’eroe) non finirono qui, ma le lasciamo ad un altro racconto. Quello che vale è il significato simbolico di queste gesta: 

- per alcuni, una minoranza, le dodici fatiche rappresentano i dodici segni zodiacali, ma questa visione è molto debole;

- le imprese di Eracle, spesso compiute con un atteggiamento di sfida alla morte rappresentano una tradizione di mistica interiore e le Fatiche possono essere tranquillamente interpretate come una sorta di cammino spirituale;

- il ruolo dell’accordo, del reciproco rispetto dei patti, del valore della conoscenza, del do ut des;

- la forza magica del varcare i confini e trovare forze e aiuti quando si cammina oltre il limite delle concezioni, dei luoghi e delle fatiche.

Vi lascio con la raffigurazione più bella e straordinaria dell’eroe:

L’Ercole Farnese, conservato al MANN di Napoli: copia di un bronzo di Lisippo ad opera di Glicone di Atene (mette la firma sotto la pietra a cui si appoggia l’eroe), opera del II secolo: l’eroe è scolpito in un momento di pausa, appoggiato alla sua clava di ulivo (pianta sacra a Zeus) con il leontè; ma è il particolare della mano che va dietro la schiena davvero magnifico:

L’eroe infatti tiene nella gigantesca mano i tre pomi d’oro rubati nel giardino delle Esperidi.

Appena sarà possibile, andiamo a vederlo, o rivederlo, nel meraviglioso Museo napoletano, forse il più importante museo per l’archeologia greco-romana del mondo.

Un abbraccio e questo post è stato scritto con lo spirito di “serenizzazione” che una volta @kon-igi​ mi ha scritto in privato, come cosa da fare di questi tempi complicati.

[seddm]

On one hand I'm interested to see Charlotte's eps since she worked on Billy Dilley (a somewhat different kind of show), but on the other hand a lot of people already on the show *have* worked on shows fairly similar to billy dilley: not just season 1 only guys like Ian Wasseluk and Zeus Cervas, but also people who have been prominent on the show since then like Brett Varon and even Dominic Bisignano himself

Yeah, most people end up working on completely different shows, so it’s hard to know what to expect from one’s list of past works. 

[divindadesgregas]

Ártemis.

Na arte grega clássica (500-450 a.C.), Ártemis é retratada como uma jovem mulher ou menina, com o cabelo amarrado em coque e geralmente equipada com arco e flechas. Ela também é apresentada com aljava, um par de lanças de caça, tocha ou lira. Usa um vestido de menina, até o joelho, ou um manto de mulher, comprido (chiton), com uma capa (chlamys, himation). Na cabeça carrega uma coroa, arco de cabeça, touca, ou boné de peles. Seus animais sagrados são o cervo, urso e a corça Cerineia e uma variedade de aves aquáticas e terrestres. Suas plantas sagradas são o cipreste e a palmeira. Ártemis é filha dos deuses Zeus e da ninfa Leto, e irmã gêmea de Apolo. E o primeiro mito de que participou foi o do próprio nascimento. Após sua aventura com Zeus, Leto ficou grávida e foi perseguida pela deusa Hera. Quando estava a ponto de dar à luz, nenhum lugar quis receber a parturiente, com medo da rainha dos deuses. Porém, a ilha de Delos concordou em recebê-la e as outras deusas conseguiram aplacar a ciumenta Hera presenteando-a com uma jóia. Ártemis nasceu primeiro e, como uma boa deusa dos nascimentos, ajudou em seguida a mãe com o parto de Apolo, seu irmão gêmeo. Quando era menina, Ártemis sentada sobre os joelhos de seu pai, Zeus, fez uma lista de pedidos: conservar a virgindade eterna; ter muitos nomes para que seu irmão Apolo não seja um rival; ser a Portadora da Luz; ter um arco e flecha de prata, esculpido por um ciclope e uma túnica na altura do joelho para que ela pudesse caçar; governar todas as montanhas e apenas uma cidade, pois raramente Ártemis desce até uma cidade e se aproxima da cidade dos homens apenas para ajudar as mulheres no parto, entre outros. Ártemis passou sua infância buscando coisas que ela precisaria para ser uma caçadora. Assim, ela obteve o seu arco e flechas de Hefesto. A deusa vivia sozinha nos bosques com as ninfas e os animais selvagens. Na maioria das lendas de que participa, como por exemplo, a de Níobe, a do Javali de Cálidon e a de Ifigênia, aparece como uma deusa suscetível e vingativa. Assim, Ártemis é a deusa da caça por excelência e essa é sua primeira função. Mas ela não é selvageria. Ela delimita a fronteira entre o mundo selvagem e civilizado. Marca os limites garantindo com sua presença uma perfeita articulação. Ela se identifica não apenas com o caçador, mas também com a presa. Ela e suas companheiras assumem a forma de cervas e ursas. Ao mesmo tempo em que mata animais, também os protege.  Nessa fronteira, ela regulamenta as obrigações e proibições da arte da caça, que é controlada e disciplinada. Ártemis também é a curótrofa. Ela cuida de todos os rebentos, dos animais e humanos. Ela nutre, faz crescer e amadurecer.  Em um de seus mitos mais comentados, em que, enquanto se banhava em um rio, Ártemis foi vista pelo príncipe caçador Actéon, filho de Aristeu. Indignada, transformou-o em um cervo que foi perseguido e morto por sua própria matilha. Nessa lenda, Actéon é punido pelo seu olhar, por ter devassado a nudez divina. A reação de Ártemis, diante desse gesto calado foi violenta, evocando o conflito que o desejo cria entre os contrários. Ártemis rejeita a sedução, jogo enganador que vem da caçada silenciosa do olhar. Os gregos consideravam uma deusa virgem, afastada dos jogos enganosos da sedução. Talvez esse devesse ser um dos atributos das deusas (Ártemis e Héstia) para que pudessem servir de guia às jovens – também virgens – para uma etapa da vida de mudança pessoal e social, considerando-se aí um movimento da vida de liberdade da jovem para as “amarras” e a dependência de um esposo e de filhos

[celmation-gibson]

Sorry for the Lack of Updates in a few Days, but I was working on This, Here are the Derbytantes from that Powerpuff reboot series, based on their original Designings by Ms. Cheyenne Curtis, who is the Show's Lead Character/Model Designer, She was also Character Design for the First season of 'Star vs. the Forces of Evil', and was also Character & Prop Designer for the 'Uncle Grandpa' episode "Pizza Eve"(which that good Episode was Written & Boarded by Zeus Cervas & Brett Varon), and I read that she's gonna be Storyboard Artist for that upcoming 'Country Club' series coming soon on Disney. Here is Proof on what these Characters would look like if they were Officially Released in the Actual series on [Cheyenne’s Twitter Post], instead of having some being Cloned, and having a Big Muscular Bearded Dude with a Squeaky Girl voice in place, and as Bonus, Here's another [Character Design that I’ve Totally forgot to draw here/Never noticed till now named ‘Monster Mashley’].

[awinger24]

Star vs. the Forces of Production Numbers and Storyboard/Director Rotation (Season 1)

Disney Television Animation’s production number system is very unique.

Back then you had a 4 number system (4301-, 4306-), followed by the episode number starting from (001, then 002, etc.) Shows like Gummi Bears, Ducktales, and Talespin.

Then in the 2000s, you have three letters, 1 number, followed by the season number and episode number. (SSSS-YEE) (S = Series number, Y = Season, E = Episode)

For example, Phineas and Ferb is 631D, Gravity Falls is 618G, 345W is Wander Over Yonder, 755P is Penn Zero, and...

474S is Star vs the Forces of Evil.

Now we will take the production numbers of SVTFOE with the matching episode and let’s see how directors and storyboarders (also writers) rotate.

Season 1 (Written in 2013-2014, aired in 2015).

I will explain all the directors and storyboarders along with the broadcast number of each episode they worked on.

Directors rotate every third episode (previously every second). Storyboard teams rotate every sixth episode.

Directors/Teams

Aaron Hammersley (1x02A, 1x02B, 1x03A, 1x04A, 1x04B, 1x06A, 1x08A, 1x11A, 1x13)

Mike Mullen (1x01A, 1x01B, 1x03B, 1x05B, 1x06B, 1x07A, 1x07B, 1x08B, 1x09A, 1x11B, 1x12B)

Piero Piluso (1x05A, 1x07A, 1x09B, 1x10, 1x12A, 1x12B)

Storyboarders/Writers (Star is a storyboard-driven show)

Crew

Daron Nefcy (1x02A)

Aaron Hammersley (1x02A, 1x02B, 1x03A, 1x04A, 1x06A, 1x08A, 1x11A, 1x13)

Mike Mullen (1x01A, 1x05B, 1x06B, 1x07B, 1x08B, 1x09A, 1x11B)

Piero Piluso (1x05A, 1x07A, 1x09B, 1x10, 1x12A)

Dominic Bisignano (1x04A, 1x04B, 1x06A, 1x08A, 1x11A, 1x11B, 1x13)

Ian Wasseluk (1x01B, 1x05B, 1x07B, 1x09B, 1x12A, 1x13)

Carrie Liao (1x03B, 1x04A, 1x08B, 1x09A)

Christofer Graham (1x05A, 1x06B, 1x13)

Carder Scholin (1x11A, 1x11B)

Kyle Neswald (1x11A, 1x11B)

Freelancers?

Zeus Cervas (1x02B, 1x05A)

Lane Lueras (1x02A)

Dave Stone (1x02A)

Bert Youn (1x03A)

Carlos Ramos (1x06B)

Scott O’Brien (1x07A)

Nate Cash (1x11B)

Tyler Chen (1x12B) (Soon to be crew member)

Production Numbers (Use them as a guide.)

Mercury Filmworks (After Brittney’s Party, Mercury still does special poses for the remainder of the season.)

1x01A - (#106) - Star Comes to Earth

1x01B - (#107) - Party with a Pony 

1x02A - (#101) - Match Maker

1x02B - (#108) - School Spirit

1x03A - (#111) - Monster Arm

1x03B - (#110) - The Other Exchange Student

1x04A - (#103) - Cheer Up Star

1x04B - (#105) - Quest Buy

1x05A - (#112) - Diaz Family Vacation

1x05B - (#102) - Brittney’s Party

Toon City

1x06A - (#116) - Mewberty

1x06B - (#115) - Pixtopia

1x07A - (#104) - Lobster Claws

1x07B - (#113) - Sleep Spells

1x08A - (#120) - Blood Moon Ball (Rough Draft Korea animate dthe first 3 minutes of the episode, then Toon City did the rest.)

1x08B - (#122) - Fortune Cookies

1x09A - (#119) - Freeze Day

1x09B - (#118) - Royal Pain

1x10 - (#117?) - St. Olga’s Reform School for Wayward Princesses

1x11A - (#131) - Mewnipendence Day

1x11B - The Banagic Incident

1x12A - (#126) - Interdimensional Field Trip

1x12B - (#132) - Marco Grows a Beard

1x13 - (#134) - Storm the Castle

Toon City animated Lobster Claws, Fortune Cookies, and Royal Pain, but with using Flash animation than hand-drawn.

Mercury Filmworks did the key-frame animation from Mewberty to Storm the Castle while Toon City did the in-between animation, camera movements, and compositing.

Not Sure

St. Olga’s Reform School for Wayward Princesses (#117). The 17 tally marks could refer to the production number so let’s stick with that.

The Banagic Incident

Let’s break it down, now.

Team Hammersley (101, 103, 105, 108, 111, 116, 120, 1x11A, 134)

101 - 1x02A - Match Maker

Daron Nefcy, Aaron Hammersley, Lane Lueras, Dave Stone.

This must be the first episode, Aaron Hammersley said that this episode has a lot of scenes from the pilot before the series was picked up, including the fight in the backyard coming directly from it.

103 - 1x04A - Cheer Up Star

Carrie Liao (Revisions by Aaron Hammersley & Dominic Bisignano)

Carrie worked on it first, then Aaron and Dominic rewrote certain parts of it while keeping Carrie’s original boards intact.

105 - 1x04B - Quest Buy

Dominic Bisignano

His solo episode.

108 - 1x02B - School Spirit

Aaron Hammersley, Zeus Cervas

One of the episodes co-boarded by a famous SpongeBob writer and storyboarder (Seasons 4-9).

111 - 1x03A - Monster Arm

Aaron Hammersley, Bert Youn

Bert Youn has done storyboards for Adventure Time, We Bare Bares, and Over the Garden Wall.

116 - 1x06A - Mewberty

Aaron Hammersley, Dominic Bisignano

120 - 1x08A - Blood Moon Ball

Aaron Hammersley, Dominic Bisignano

131 - 1x11A - Mewnipendece Day

Aaron Hammersley, Dominic Bisignano, Kyle Neswald, Carder Scholin (Kyle and Carder are storyboard revisionists.)

I can assume this was produced after Fortune Cookies and before Marco Grows a Beard.

134 - 1x13 - Storm the Castle

Aaron Hammersley, Dominic Bisignano, Ian Wasseluk, Christofer Graham

Team Mullen (102, 104, 106, 107, 110, 113, 115, 119, 122, 1x11B, 132)

102 - 1x05B - Brittney’s Party

Ian Wasseluk, Mike Mullen

I can tell this was written early from the facts that Marco had internal thoughts and the mention of him being carsick in that only episode.

104 - 1x07A - Lobster Claws (co-directed with Piero Piluso)

Scott O’Brien, Piero Piluso

I’m guessing that this episode went through a lot of drafts and multiple versions and Mullen helped with working on it. On Scott O'Brien’s Linkedin. He worked at Disney for Star from September 2013 to May 2014.

106 - 1x01A - Star Comes to Earth

Mike Mullen

He did a good job creating an origin story introducing to us where it all started for Star and Marco.

107 - 1x01B -  Party with a Pony

Ian Wasseluk

Showed us Pony Head, and Star getting dimensional scissors.

109 must be skipped. (Storyboarders do every sixth episode.)

110 - 1x03B - The Other Exchange Student

Carrie Liao

Her second episode. It meant to be a filler, but keeps continuity that Star stayed on Earth for 47-52 days.

113 - 1x07B - Sleep Spells

Ian Wasseluk, Mike Mullen

Another episode where it took multiple rewriters, and I emailed Ian and he came up with the Ph.D joke.

115 - 1x06B - Pixtopia

Carlos Ramos, Mike Mullen, Christofer Graham

http://www.thecarlosramos.com/Hello/Storyboards_files/Disneys%20Star%2001.pdf

http://www.thecarlosramos.com/Hello/Storyboards_files/Disneys%20Star%2002.pdf

Links to PDFs of Carlos Ramos’ original storyboards on his website. And the working title is “When the Gang Goes to Pixtopia”. On his Linkeidn he worked on Star from September 2013 to February 2014.

119 - 1x09A - Freeze Day

Carrie Liao, Mike Mullen

122 - 1x08B - Fortune Cookies

Carrie Liao, Mike Mullen

1x11B - The Banagic Incident

Nate Cash, Mike Mullen, Dominic Bisignano, Kyle Neswald, Carder Scholin

May be produced in between Sleep Spells and Pixtopia. Nate Cash was at Disney from September 2013 to March 2014. Or it could be after Fortune Cookies? I have no idea.

132 - 1x12B - Marco Grows a Beard (co-directed with Piero Piluso)

Tyler Chen

Don’t know if Mike or Piero directed first but who cares.

Team Piluso (104, 112, 117, 118, 126, 132)

104 - 1x07A - Lobster Claws (co-directed with Mike Mullen)

Scott O’Brien, Piero Piluso

Like I said, check it on Team Mullen.

112 - 1x05A - Diaz Family Vacation

Piero Piluso, Zues Cervas, Christofer Graham

Piero did most of the work on that episode, but Zeus and Chris contributed.

117 - 1x10 - St. Olga’s Reform School for Wayward Princesses

Piero Piluso

Going solo, and he masters a prison escape themed episode and shows individuality is a prized possession in all of us.

118 - 1x09B - Royal Pain

Ian Wasseluk, Piero Piluso

Ian must be switching to Team Piluso.

126 - Interdimensional Field Trip

Ian Wasseluk, Piero Piluso

Ian’s second time with Piero

132 - 1x12B - Marco Grows a Beard (co-directed with Mike Mullen)

Tyler Chen

Like I said, don’t know.

Now, I will analyze two storyboarders with their directors.

Since 109 is skipped. Let’s test this out.

First thoughts: Maybe the St. O’s episode won’t count in rotation.

Carrie Liao (Team Mullen)

Her episodes are (#103, #110, #119, #122) So after “Freeze Day” she rotated 3 episodes later which is "Fortune Cookies”.

Ian Wasseluk (Team Mullen, then Team Piluso, then Team Hammersley)

Episodes: (#102, #107, #113, with Mike Mullen)

(With Piero Piluso: #118, and #126)

(With Aaron Hammersley #134 - Storm the Castle)

That’s all I got when I do Season 2, it’ll be more organized and easier.

[dominicbisignano]

The Diazes are my favorite married couple on TV. Thank you. Was it Piero, Zeus Cervas, or Christopher Graham that introduced their lovey dovey behavior in Diaz Family Vacation. Maybe it was Daron all along. What got the crew inspired to make the Diazes lovey dovey, 90s lovey dovey.

Hard to say, but Piero did the bulk of the work on that episode, even though everyone you listed made a contribution. I think Daron came up with idea of them being so lovey-dovey. Not sure.

[un4given09]

If there’s anybody to blame for making Spongebob look like shit now

it’s Zeus “I’m a sadistic fuck” Cervas

He makes Plankton look like a saint

[seeksstaronmewni]

The Bear Roots of Burbank Cartoons: A Lookback at Boo Boo Runs Wild

5 years ago, [adult swim] aired the greatest of all Yogi Bear / Ranger Smith episodes, “Boo Boo Runs Wild” (1999), on August 13th, 2016 A.D. at 4 AM.

Look and see, kids, how America’s not-so-average bear connects in the wide world of animation that produces many of the cartoons that you love in Burbank, Canada and more!

As and after I saw it, I knew that I found the greatest band of cartoonists out there, and that greatest band of cartoonists out there was none other than...

Spümcø, whose many creatives would end up working at Hanna-Barbera Cartoons, Cartoon Network Studios, and many other popular Burbank and Canadian studios that made the cartoons I grew up and beyond watching.

Obviously, the character design is rather different, but they still look like the right characters, even with the slight color changes...

and with their items of human attire out. Ranger Smith, on the other hand...

Ranger Smith is wildly off model, and probably on purpose, throughout the picture.

Only in one scene appears he with a more familiar face.

Now, I didn’t have to watch Wild Kratts (which, by the way, features 6 Spümcø Canada creatives) to learn that “there’s only one thing a bear likes more than raiding a pic-a-nic basket.”

As the title suggests, Boo Boo loses his temper when Ranger Smith restricts him from tearing bark and decides to go primal in returning to his bear roots: “From this day forth, I’ll not dress in the man’s attire, and I’ll not speak in the man’s tongue. From now on, it’s going on all fours and grunting for me!”

Boo Boo wreaks havoc for the trees with his natural bear roots.

Unlike past episodes, however, the artists went far wilder than the usual Hanna-Barbera cartoon, making the trees alive and screaming in pain! OH, WHAT TOURTUE! Not to mention how I love Boo Boo’s goofy/manical laugh, a beautiful product of John Kricfalusi’s voice (Yes; I know that he was a formerly abusive megalomaniac who still has ADHD, but God knows what cartoons would be like today—at least those produced in Burbank and Canada—if it wasn’t for the many layout artists that he led).

Also unnatural to a Hanna-Barbera cartoon is the extreme levels of slapstick, wackiness and graphic nature of cartoons since such shows as Mighty Mouse: The New Adventures, Beany and Cecil’s DiC reboot, and The Ren & Stimpy Show. Boo Boo and now Cindy Bear are licking away at all of the honey... and bees... with insanely long tongues (may be that they’re sloth bears?). This left Yogi Bear practically speechless.

The mere sequence of dialogue between Yogi and Ranger Smith, discussing what to do about Boo Boo, involved HEAVY work in the storyboards by Vincent Waller. So many expressions that they couldn’t fit in each of Spümcø’s 3-panel storyboard pages!

As you see, in addition to Vincent Waller’s storyboards, John K. added extra poses (storyboard revisions more or less, but definitely layout poses) under the respective scenes. That way, Vincent could focus on telling and writing the story in rough pictures. (source of storyboards)

I also love the sound design. While it’s definitely true to a Hanna-Barbera cartoon, John K. and the late Henry Porch were very creative with some weird, dated and out-of-context sound effects, similar to what they and Horta Editorial did on The Ren & Stimpy Show in the first two seasons. The production music (probably APM and Capitol Records) also gave it a vintage, nostalgic feel.

Ultimately, with the aforementioned abusive megalomaniac aside, Spümcø undoubtedly harbored some of the finest animators and artists ever. Such names as Bob Jaques (Spongebob Squarepants, Buy One, Get One Free*, The Baby Huey Show), Ben Jones (DC Super Hero Girls, Cats Don’t Dance, Teen Titans GO!), Vincent Waller (Spongebob Squarepants, Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog), Albert Lozano (Inside Out, A Kitty Bobo Show), Todd White (Spongebob Squarepants), Eric Koenig (Atlantis: The Lost Empire, Madagascar, Cats Don’t Dance, The Simpsons, and The Tigger Movie), and Erik Wiese (Samurai Jack, The Mighty B!) are among the hundreds of creatives who ended up almost everywhere working in Burbank and Canadian animation.

Other names on the Spümcø team that one might recognize include Gabe Swarr (Dexter’s Laboratory, The Buzz on Maggie, Foe Paws, El Tigre), and even background artists such as Richard Daskas ( @rdaskas​ - Samurai Jack, Time Squad, Sym-Bionic Titan, Batman Beyond), Richard Ziehler-Martin (Tiny Toon Adventures, The Wacky World of Tex Avery), Hector Martinez (Tom and Jerry: Robin Hood and His Merry Mouse, Timone and Pumba, Captain N, Evil Con Carne, Dora the Explorer), and Tony Mora (MAD, Teen Titans GO! to the Movies, Pickle and Peanut). I mean: in short, these artists worked for Warner Bros. Animation, Disney Television Animation and Walt Disney Feature Animation, Nickelodeon, and Cartoon Network Studios!

Spümcø’s production assistants on Boo Boo Runs Wild feature Matt Danner —a fantastic character designer, storyboard artists, director and producer, whose credits range from (Johnny Test and The Legend of the Three Caballeros to Team Hot Wheels and The Looney Tunes Show—and Cartoon Brew editor Amid Amidi. Brian A. Miller was an executive in charge of production, not for but probably in association with Cartoon Network.

Spümcø’s creatives, as I said, are all over the place in Burbank animation. Other shows that still air on @adultswim​ have ex-Spümcø creatives. For example: today’s re-run of Samurai Jack EPISODE XVI features Chris Reccardi (The Powerpuff Girls, The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy)...

Scott Wills (Genndy Tartakovsky’s Primal, The Twisted Tales of Felix the Cat)...

Lynne Naylor-Reccardi (The Shnookums and Meat Funny Cartoon Show, Wander Over Yonder) and Jim Smith (YooHoo and Friends, Tom and Jerry Tales, McGee and Me)...

and Leticia Lacy (TRON: Uprising, Sym-Bionic Titan, Wander Over Yonder, Korgoth of Barbaria).

Even outside of Cartoon Network Studios, where most ex-Spümcø artists end up, @cartoonnetwork​’s The Amazing World of Gumball, from Cartoon Network Studios Europe (AKA Hanna-Barbera Studios Europe), features ex-Spümcø artist Charlie Bean (The Powerpuff Girls, Robotboy, Batman: The Animated Series, Timone and Pumba, Creature Crunch) on The Cartoon Network Europe Development Team.

One of Cartoon Network’s biggest and craziest hits, Teen Titans GO!, also features such ex-Spümcø artists as storyboard artist, director and producer Luke Cormican (The Buzz on Maggie, Brandy and Mr. Whiskers, Brickleberry, The Replacements, El Tigre)...

Gerald de Jesus (The Book of Life, The Ricky Gervais Show, TMNT)...

and Eric J. Pringle (Fosters’ Home for Imaginary Friends, The Problem Solverz). What wacky cartoon filled with live-action images, unpredictable visual gags and extreme slapstick humor wouldn’t?

Relatively, you could even tune in to Nickelodeon, the original home of Spümcø’s ground-breaking hit, The Ren & Stimpy Show, and see names of creatives associated with Spümcø and Ren & Stimpy, such as Zeus Cervas (Star vs. the Forces of Evil, Spongebob Squarepants, Clarence) on today’s episode of The Patrick Star Show...

or even Gabe Del Valle (Mighty Magiswords, Spongebob Squarepants) on today’s episode of Middlemost Post!

Overall, Boo Boo Runs Wild introduced me to the cartoon studio whose works I took for granted and on which I was missing out all of my life, and I strongly encourage this generation to support this Yogi Bear / Ranger Smith episode, which you can watch RIGHT NOW on [adult swim]’s site. It was officially on their YouTube channel, but it was removed for unknown reasons. This short never even got a DVD or VHS release!

The last televised airing of Boo Boo Runs Wild on [adult swim] so far was January 6th, 2019 A.D., but Spümcø also produced “A Day in the Life of Ranger Smith” and “Boo Boo and the Man” (based on true events in the life of John Kricfalsui) for Cartoon Network.

As I come to a close, it’s worth noting that layout Ed Benedict, an animator and artist whose credits go all of the way back to the 1930s with Disney and continued with MGM and Hanna-Barbera/Cartoon Network Studios, originally worked on Yogi Bear episode “Yogi’s Birthday Party” as a layout artist, and reprised that very role for “Boo Boo Runs Wild”. What a legacy the animators and artists of this episode leave!

Always will I remember how Spümcø, whose legacy connects to my Cartoon Network-infused childhood, blessed me and graced me that fateful day, August 13th, 2016 A.D., with the ultimate example of the fine art of cartooning that is the Yogi Bear / Ranger Smith episode “Boo Boo Runs Wild”. I was living in the moment, and I thank God for it.

“For years they have [been] asking me to make new Yogi cartoons, but I can’t even get a half a million [dollars] to make one, probably because I actually like the characters, but 60-70 million $ to make walking corpses is economical.” - John Kricfalsui on Yogi Bear (2010)

Another Ranger Smith, Boo Boo or Yogi Bear cartoon from the people behind The Ren & Stimpy Show is highly unlikely today, due to the abuse and harassment of John K. angering the world to the point of hating and condemning the man who helped to shape not only Cartoon Network but also television animation—and animation as a whole—with an undeniable legacy of artists and animators who deserve way more credit and respect than we perhaps thought of giving as kids.

Tweet version of this post here.

[rebellovesthings]

Zeus Cervas, ooooh, I know him from some internet reviewer getting real steamed over episodes he wrote. But specifically is there any episodes he wrote that you disliked?

I HATE SpongeHenge, 

any episode of a kids cartoon that ends on a shitty note or doesn’t have everything go back to normal I’ve always hated, like idk it just gave me a lot of anxiety as a kid and just puts a bad taste in my mouth these days, i hate it

other than that I noticed that a lot of the episodes he’s written have a lot of eye related humor that i just don’t care for. I and a friend of mine both have a lot of problems with eye stuff and those kind of jokes can almost ruin an episode sometimes (of course this isn’t something exclusive to his guy, cartoons are full of this stuff and i get it, but theres just a lot higher saturation of it with him)

Also not a fan of A Flea in Her Dome, A Pal For Gary, One Coarse Meal, What Ever Happened to Spongebob?, or Someone’s in the Kitchen with Sandy

[superfunkysushimonkey]

This scene is from “Watermelon Gag”, an older episode that happened to be boarded by Zeus Cervas. You know what other episode was boarded by Zeus Cervas?... 

That’s right. This was no coincidence! Just a sweet callback at what, originally, was probably just a random throwaway line. 

Nice.

[seddm]

I don't like episodes boarded by Gina and John. I feel like they jumped the shark like when they boarded Heinous. When I feel like they board episodes. Let's say that Marco lies to his parents every day for the sake of a plot. It'll be like Marco Diaz is a dishonest, bad role model and his parents are mean. It feels like SpongeBob jumped the shark when Casey Alexander, Zeus Cervas, Luke Brookshier and Nate Cash jumped on board. It's like they have created SVTFOE but in a parallel universe.

I’m sorry that you feel like this, but consider that (the following are just my opinions, obviously, you’re completely entitled to have yours and to hate the episode!):

1- Angie and Rafael, as interesting and appealing as they might be, are still very minor characters. The major contribution they have given to the plot, so far, has been in Starcrushed, with the “it’s good to talk things out” talk.

2- Marco and Star obviously don’t tell many things to them, or they wouldn’t be allowed to set foot out their rooms, since they risk lives on a bi-weekly basis. This is the “narrative” reason. For an opinion about a more in-universe reason, see this answer show’s producer Bisignano gave on the matter.It’s not lying for interesting plots: like a normal kid in the real world wouldn’t tell, I don’t know, that while riding the bike with his friends he almost got run over ‘cause he got distracted, Marco doesn’t tell his parents that a demon almost killed him that afternoon. A mix of “I don’t want troubles, I can handle myself” and “Oh I didn’t think it was something worth mentioning!”

3- It’s undeniably true that the Diazes acted, at first, in a weird way, almost unlikeable in the episode, being more concerned about their evening with the neighbours than believing their son, but they do get called out on it, in a way, and that’s the point of the episode, giving them some growth, some development.

4- Marco and Star DID win, in my opinion: Heinous is completely crazy now, so focused on her quest for revenge, living in her own world of appearances, that she didn’t even realizehow incredibly sarcastic and insincere Marco’s message was.Also the episode was arguably more about the Diazes & about hinting future development and plans with Heinous, than about Marco and Star facing her off.

5- About the episode being hoverhyped... well, I admit that I expected something more from Heinous, given her likely relevance to the plot/Butterfly family, but that’s apparently going to be a thing for the future. No one but ourselves hyped it, though.

6- I don’t think the episode makes Marco a bad role model for kids at all, it’s not like it overglorifies lying to your parents. Star and Marco are characters with a lot of qualities, who can give good messages to the viewers without it being the explicit intent of the show, but they are written in a realistic way, and as such they have flaws as well: some of them are going to be outgrown through development, some are just part of their personalities. But “lying” definitely isn’t something that is explicitly associated with Marco -the opposite, usually, see Goblin Dogs or Sleepover.

Again, these are just my opinions, I absolutely don’t want to “censor” or change your ideas, I just wanted to state what’s my interpretation of the episode!

[celmation-gibson]

Regarding Star vs. the Forces of Evil & Harvey Beaks

As much as I’m Glad that ‘Star vs. the Forces of Evil’ is getting renewed for a 3rd & 4th Season, and ‘Harvey Beaks’ returning on Television, but on Nicktoons. But my Biggest Traumatization on those Shows that some of the Current Episodes for them have been Co-Written & Boarded by the WORST Artist/Writer, Tyler Chen, who I should remind you that that Guy made some Episodes for ‘Fish Hooks’, Cartoon Network’s ‘Clarence’, & Disney XD’s ‘Pickle & Peanut’, which to my Concern Makes Everything about SvtFoE & HB look Morbidly Awkward. And also, some other SvtFoE Episodes were also Co-Written & Produced by another Weak Artist in my Book, Mark Ackland, who previously worked on shows that I may Disagree on

I Only Loved a few of the SvtFoE Episodes either co-Written & Produced by Mr. Zeus Cervas(Spongebob Squarepants, Uncle Grandpa) or Directed by Good Man Mr. @giancarlovolpe. And I Heart the Harvey Beaks that were Co-Written & Boarded by the Shows’ top Artists Mr. Zeus Carvas, Ms. @montiray, @hayoubi, Mr. @chrishoughtonart, Charlie Gavin, Nicholas Sumida, Brandon B., & Colin Heck.

So Sorry about my Review/Rant, but my Guess is that the Chen & Ackland Written/Boarded episodes were just to keep the Shows out of Boredom.