21-458: McCracken may refer to: People [ edit ] McCracken (surname) , people with the surname McCracken Places [ edit ] McCracken County, Kentucky , a county located in western Kentucky, USA McCracken, Kansas , a city in Rush County, Kansas, USA McCracken, Missouri , an unincorporated community, USA McCracken, Ohio ,
42-417: A Cartoon! , it motivated McCracken to further develop his Whoopass Girls! creation. He recalled that the network could not market a show with the word "ass" in it, so two of his friends came up with The Powerpuff Girls as a replacement for the original title. His new pilot, " The Powerpuff Girls in: Meat Fuzzy Lumkins ", premiered on February 20, 1995, on Cartoon Network 's World Premiere Toons-In , and
63-526: A new Cartoon Network showcase project called The Cartoonstitute . After 17 years of employment, he resigned from Cartoon Network in 2009, after it shifted focus to live-action and reality shows. He created Wander Over Yonder for Disney Television Animation and Disney Channel in August 2013. After Wander Over Yonder was cancelled, McCracken pitched a new show to Disney, based on his 2009 comic strip The Kid from Planet Earth . Disney ultimately passed on
84-578: A prequel to his series. The film received generally positive reviews but was a box office failure. McCracken left The Powerpuff Girls after four seasons, focusing on his next project, Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends . It premiered with the 90-minute television special "House of Bloo's" on August 13, 2004, on Cartoon Network. He developed the series with wife Lauren Faust and Mike Moon. The show ran for six seasons, all directed by McCracken, and concluded on May 3, 2009. It also won Emmy and Annie awards. In April 2008, he became executive producer of
105-558: A road in Garfield Hts., Ohio, USA McCracken, South Australia , a suburb of Victor Harbor, Australia Other [ edit ] McCracken County Public Schools , a school district in the Kentucky county McCracken County High School , a school operated by the above district USS McCracken (APA-198) , a Haskell -class attack transport ship See also [ edit ] McCrackin (disambiguation) Topics referred to by
126-479: A second short, " Crime 101 ", followed on January 28, 1996. The first short to be picked up by the network was Tartakovsky's Dexter's Laboratory , which McCracken would contribute to in early seasons. McCracken's Powerpuff Girls was the fourth cartoon to be greenlit a full series, which premiered on November 18, 1998, with the final episode airing on March 25, 2005. The show has won Emmy and Annie awards. In 2002, McCracken directed The Powerpuff Girls Movie ,
147-599: A visual style inspired by 60s psychedelia), Yellow Submarine and Looney Tunes in Wander Over Yonder , and Dennis the Menace and The Adventures of Tintin in Kid Cosmic . During his time at CalArts, he discovered the cartoons of United Productions of America (UPA), which also heavily influenced the visual style of his creations. His shows often present the underdog as the main focus. For example, Kid Cosmic
168-572: Is about a group of "punk rock" characters who "may not have the skill or the talent, but they have the determination and conviction" to create a superhero team. Foster's also revolves around a group of misfit creatures that have been abandoned by their original owners. Although the Powerpuff Girls are not typical underdogs, the fact that they are little girls might make people underestimate them as superheroes. He also liked to present "the contrast of cute characters being strong and tough". Although
189-830: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages McCracken (surname) McCracken is a hereditary surname derived from Ulster and nearby Galloway , Scotland . It is an Anglicisation of Mac Reachtain an Ulster Gaelic variant of the patronymic surname Mac Neachtain (commonly Anglicised as McNaughton ). People surnamed McCracken [ edit ] Annie Virginia McCracken (1686–?), American author Bert McCracken (born 1982), American vocalist Billy McCracken (1883–1979), Northern Ireland football player Bob McCracken (1904-1972), American jazz clarinetist Branch McCracken (1908–1970), American basketball coach Brian McCracken (born 1934), Irish jurist and Justice of
210-414: Is different from Wikidata All set index articles Craig McCracken Craig McCracken (born March 31, 1971) is an American cartoonist, animator, director, writer, and producer known for creating Cartoon Network 's The Powerpuff Girls and Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends , Disney Channel and Disney XD 's Wander Over Yonder , and Netflix 's Kid Cosmic . Regarded as "one of
231-513: The California Institute of the Arts (CalArts), where he met his friend and future collaborator, Genndy Tartakovsky . During his first year, he created a series of short cartoons featuring a character named No Neck Joe, which were picked up by Spike and Mike's Sick and Twisted Festival of Animation . While at CalArts, he also created a short entitled Whoopass Stew! , which would later become
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#1732856033236252-616: The surname McCracken . If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name (s) to the link. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=McCracken_(surname)&oldid=1191815737 " Categories : Surnames Surnames of Irish origin Surnames of Scottish origin Hidden categories: Use dmy dates from April 2022 Articles with short description Short description
273-2100: The Irish Supreme Court Craig McCracken (born 1971), American animator Daniel D. McCracken (1930–2011) American computer scientist David McCracken (born 1981) Scottish football player Eileen McCracken (1920–1988), Irish botanist Edward R. McCracken American businessman Elizabeth McCracken (born 1966), American author Esther McCracken (1902–1971), British actress and playwright Frederick McCracken (1859-1949), British general Harold McCracken (1894–1983), American author Harry McCracken (born 1964), American journalist, editor in chief of PC World Harry McCracken (footballer) , Northern Irish footballer Henry Joy McCracken (1767–1798), Irish rebel Henry Noble McCracken (1880-1970), American chancellor of New York University Herb McCracken (1899–1995), American football coach Hugh McCracken (1942–2013), American musician J. J. McCracken (born 1972), American artist Jack McCracken (1911–1958), American basketball player Jack McCracken (Scouting) James McCracken (1926–1988), American tenor Janet McCracken , American academic Jarrod McCracken , New Zealand rugby league player Jeff McCracken (born 1952), American actor, director, and producer Jeremy McCracken , British television director Joan McCracken (1917–1961), American actress and dancer John McCracken (artist) (1934-2011), American artist Josephine Clifford McCracken (1839–1921), German-born American Josiah McCracken (1874–1952), US college football All American and Olympic medal winner Krista McCracken , Canadian public historian and archivist Mark McCracken (born 1960), American actor Mary Ann McCracken (1770–1866), Irish radical and anti-slavery campaigner Mary Isabel McCracken (1866–1955), American entomologist Paul McCracken (basketball) (born 1950), NBA and Maccabi Tel Aviv basketball player Paul McCracken (economist) (1915–2012), American economist and former chairman of
294-999: The President's Council of Economic Advisers Philip McCracken (born 1928), American artist Peter Hale McCracken, American founder of Serials Solutions Quinton McCracken (born 1970), American major league baseball player Robert McCracken (footballer) (1890–unknown), Northern Irish professional footballer Robert McCracken (born 1968), United Kingdom professional boxer Robert M. McCracken (1874–1934), American politician Sandra McCracken (born 1977), American musician Thomas McCracken Jr. (born 1952), American lawyer and politician Voros McCracken (born 1971), American sabermetrician William McCracken (c. 1864 – 1940), American football coach and college educator Notes [ edit ] ^ McCracken Name Meaning and Origin Retrieved on 30 December 2007 [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with
315-573: The basis for The Powerpuff Girls . In 1993, McCracken was hired by Hanna-Barbera Cartoons as an art director on the Turner Broadcasting System series 2 Stupid Dogs , alongside Tartakovsky. As his first job in the animation industry, he was "never really happy with how that [show] worked". While McCracken was at Hanna-Barbera, studio president Fred Seibert began a new project: an animation incubator consisting of 48 new cartoons running approximately seven minutes each. Dubbed What
336-462: The most powerful people in kids entertainment, in pair with Lauren Faust. Since his early years of career, McCracken has chosen to design characters in a simplistic way (as opposed to the realism of Warner Bros. or Disney feature films) because it is more practical for television production, as money and time limits what the animators can do. In addition to this, he claimed that the crew at Hanna-Barbera wanted their shows "to be different than what
357-588: The most successful creators of episodic comedy cartoons", his style was "at the forefront of a second wave of innovative, creator-driven television animation" in the 1990s, along with that of other animators such as Genndy Tartakovsky , and has been credited as "a staple of American modern animated television". McCracken was born March 31, 1971, in Charleroi, Pennsylvania . He began drawing at an early age. He attended California High School in Whittier, California and
378-526: The project, and he eventually left the company in 2017. He then pitched his idea to Netflix and it was greenlight under the name of Kid Cosmic . The show premiered on February 2, 2021, and ended on February 3, 2022. It is the first of McCracken's original works to have a serialized format and his return to the superhero genre since The Powerpuff Girls . He pitched 10 projects to Netflix in August 2021, but eventually left by April 2022 due to mass layoffs at Netflix Animation . On July 18, 2022, it
399-415: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title McCracken . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=McCracken&oldid=1081285308 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
420-562: Was announced that McCracken began developing reboots of The Powerpuff Girls and Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends at Hanna-Barbera Studios Europe . Foster's Home will take form in a pre-school show focused on new characters. In 2023, McCracken received the Winsor McCay Award at the Annie Awards ceremony for his "unparalleled achievement and exceptional contributions to animation". The Hollywood Reporter also named him one of
441-552: Was on Nick and Disney". Some of his main inspirations were comic book artists such as Charles M. Schulz , Bill Watterson and Hergé . All of his series have had diverse influences in terms of design, comedy and storytelling. To mention some: 1960s Batman , Underdog and Rocky and Bullwinkle in The Powerpuff Girls , The Muppet Show and SpongeBob SquarePants in Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends (which also has
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