And Poof...he's gone!

I did this illustration about 3 or 4 years ago...obviously as a riff on the Obama Hope poster...

Fairly Odd Parents was entering their 8th or 9th season - whichever one was the one that introduced the dog and we held a t-shirt design contest.  This was my design:

Sadly, if I would have thought of it when they introduced Poof, maybe it would have worked - but they went with a design that included the new dog.

Since then we've gone on to the 10th season of Fairly Odd Parents, and Poof is mysteriously absent from the show...so now the design means even less.  I always enjoyed the character, especially when he matched wits against his nemesis, Foop.

'Lil Gir

Gir was one of my favorite cartoon characters of all time.  I was just ending my internship at Nickelodeon and there was this pale guy in a trench coat stalking the halls.  Turns out it was Jhonen Vasquez, an independent comic book artist who was in the process of creating Invader Zim.

If I had known that I was working in the same building as the people who created such an amazing show, I would have been stalking them for days!  But instead I gave him room and made with the shifty eyes.

In any case - the designs, the story, the jokes - everything is near perfect, and it's sad that Invader Zim only went 2 seasons.

I thought it would be fun to try and do a version of Gir as a Fairly Odd Parents character.  Here is my version.

Happy 10th season of Fairly Odd Parents

It's crazy that a cable cartoon has been able to last this long...but that's a testament to the enduring quality of Fairly Odd Parents.  We've had some terrific writers on the show, and insanely talented artists.

When Fairly Odd Parents started, cartoons were only allowed to go 3 seasons...and that's if they were hits.  Even the most popular shows were done after three seasons!  But Spongebob, Dora and Fairly Odd Parents changed all this and were brought back and again and again.

Fairly Odd Racers

The studio is doing a big Mario Kart 8 competition, and the finals are today.  I decided to predict the outcome.

With no bias whatsoever....

Fairly Odd Parents: Poof!

Fairly Odd Parents, a show I worked on since 2002 finally called it quits in early 2014.  What's nice about the brand is that it doesn't ever seem to stay in retirement for too long.  FOP is coming back for another season!  That makes....10 seasons?  Something like that.

During season 9 we had a crew contest to design a t-shirt for the crew.  Above is my design.  I didn't win - in the 9th season they were introducing a new character, and mine featured Poof who was introduced a couple of seasons previously...not to mention the winning design was better...