Maxwell Atoms

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Maxwell Atoms
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Atoms in Los Angeles in 2017
Born
Adam Maxwell Burton
NationalityAmerican
Occupation(s)Animator, screenwriter, storyboard artist, director, producer, voice actor
Years active1995–present
Known for

Adam Maxwell Burton, [1] 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 . [2]

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Career

Atoms is the creator of Cartoon Network's animated television series The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy , [3] Evil Con Carne , and has developed a Billy & Mandy spin-off Halloween special called Underfist: Halloween Bash . [4] Atoms attended the University of the Arts in Philadelphia. [4] 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, [5] and had also worked on The Twisted Tales of Felix the Cat . [4] Atoms got a job at Hanna-Barbera and as a story and storyboard artist on Cow and Chicken and I Am Weasel . [4] Atoms also performed the voice of Jeff the Spider and Piff on The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy, [6] and voiced Cod Commando on Evil Con Carne. [7] He also voiced several additional characters in the TV-movie Billy & Mandy's Big Boogey Adventure . [8]

Atoms is good friends with fellow animator Mr. Warburton, creator of Codename: Kids Next Door and C. H. Greenblatt, the creator of Chowder and Harvey Beaks . He and Warburton have made multiple references to each other's shows and have made a crossover half-hour special, The Grim Adventures of the Kids Next Door. As for C. H., he voiced the character Fred Fredburger in several episodes of Billy & Mandy, [2] alongside a brief cameo of Chowder in Underfist. Atoms was also an executive producer and voice actor of the Disney show Fish Hooks with Noah Z. Jones. [9]

As of 2012, Atoms begun developing a new project entitled Dead Meat, "an awesome black comedy/buddy action/puppet gore web series", [10] which was still in production as of January 2020 and had a successful Kickstarter campaign as of November 15, 2013. [11] In an interview in 2013, Atoms stated that the series would be posted somewhere on the internet once it is finished. In early 2014, Atoms stated that he hopes to get the series released in 2015. This fell through and, in early 2020, Atoms announced that the project is shelved indefinitely and all backers will be refunded due to expensive costs and contractual issues. [12] [lower-alpha 1] In 2016 he began working on a new series called Bunnicula . [4] The show ended in 2018.[ citation needed ]

In 2020, he provided several additional voices for the adult animated web series Hazbin Hotel , [13] as he met creator Vivienne Medrano during work on Dead Meat. He serves as a storyboard supervisor on The Patrick Star Show .

Personal life

Atoms lives in Los Angeles. He has autism spectrum disorder. [14]

Filmography

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1996 The Twisted Tales of Felix the Cat N/ACharacter designer
1998–1999 Cow and Chicken N/AProps
Story
Storyboard artist
1998–1999 I Am Weasel N/AProps
Story
Storyboard artist
2000 Poochini N/AStoryboard artist
Title card designer
2001–2003 Grim & Evil Cod Commando
Jeff the Spider
Creator
Director
Writer and Storyboard artist
Executive producer
Character and Prop designer
2002–2003 Whatever Happened to... Robot Jones? N/ALayout artist
2003–2008 The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy Jeff the Spider
Additional voices
Creator
Writer and storyboard artist
Story
Executive producer
Character and Prop Designer
2003–2004 Evil Con Carne Cod Commando
Additional voices
Creator
Writer and Storyboard artist
Story
Executive producer
Character and Prop Designer
2008–2009 Chowder Additional voicesStory
Storyboard artist
2010–2014 Fish Hooks Additional voicesStory
Director
Supervising director
Storyboard artist
Writer
Executive producer
2016–2018 Bunnicula N/AProducer
Writer
Storyboard artist
Director
2019 Teen Titans Go! N/AWriter
Director
Storyboard artist
2023 The Patrick Star Show N/AStoryboard supervisor

Films

YearTitleRoleNotes
1995Billy & Mandy in: Trepanation of the Skull and YouBillyStudent film
2001 The Flintstones: On the Rocks N/ACharacter layout artist
2007The Grim Adventures of the Kids Next DoorN/ACreator
2007 Billy & Mandy's Big Boogey Adventure I'll Cut You Guy
Pirate #2
Horrorbot
Burnt Skeleton Guard
Creator
Story
Writer
Storyboard artist
Character designer
2007Billy & Mandy: Wrath of the Spider QueenJeff the Spider
Mystery Announcer
Man
Creator
Story
2008 Underfist Jeff the SpiderCreator
Story
Storyboard artist
Art director
Character designer
2020 Happy Halloween, Scooby-Doo! [15] N/AWriter
Producer
Director
2021 Scooby-Doo! The Sword and the Scoob N/AWriter
Producer
Director

Video games

YearTitleRole
2009 Cartoon Network Universe: FusionFall Jeff the Spider

Internet

YearTitleRoleNotes
2016Cartoons VS CancerHimself
2019 Hazbin Hotel Additional voices Pilot: "That's Entertainment"
2020 Helluva Boss Ralphie, additional voices [16] [17] In S1E1, "Murder Family"

Awards

  1. Special internship, Film Roman. University of the Arts. 1996.
  2. Annie nomination (1998)- Outstanding Individual Achievement for Storyboarding in an Animated Television Production. Cow & Chicken "The Karate Chick".
  3. Top Pick Cartoons (2001–02). TV Guide.
  4. Comic-Con (2005, 2006 and 2007).
  5. 34th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards, Children's Programming, 2007 – The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy

Notes

  1. Also see his posts on March 10, 2020, March 17, 2020, and June 15, 2020 for further confirmation of the project ending, along with the original post on Kickstarter.

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