Octavio Rodriguez
Fanboy’s lucky to have Octavio Rodriguez as a storyboard artist. Besides boarding on shows including The Mighty B!, SpongeBob, and Johnny Bravo, Octavio’s publishing Plat & Dave, “the intergalactic space adventures of bounty hunters for hire, brothers who happen to be Platypuses.”
Frederator: What was your favorite cartoon growing up?
Octavio: Disney’s Gummi Bears… just kidding. Robotech, I love the idea of episodic plots.
Mairghread Scott puts the clamp down on writer Itai Grunfeld. TREAD!
Frederator: Describe your chores on Fanboy & Chum Chum, please.
Mairghread: My job is Executive Assistant to Eric (Robles) and Steve (Tompkins), so I’m in charge of making sure the guys know where they’re going, which people asked them for what (and when they need it by), and in general handling the chaos that comes with cartoons. And yes, I do keep a pad of paper by me to write it all down.
Frederator: Where did you grow up?
Mairghread: I grew up in Dearborn, Michigan. It’s a nice town right outside of Detroit where everything is named after the Ford Motor Company. Oh, and I’m told we have the largest Arabic population in the country, so there’s that too.
Frederator: What was your favorite cartoon as a kid?
Mairghread: Batman: The Animated Series (and if no one’s around, Sailor Moon).
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Niki Yang
If you’re like we are, you’re already a big fan of Niki Yang from her Random! Cartoons shorts, “Two Witch Sisters” and “Victor the Delivery Dog”. Since March, this Seoul-born artist has been busy storyboarding for Fanboy and Chum Chum. She took a break from her drawing responsibilities to answer a few questions for the blog.
Frederator: What was your favorite cartoon growing up as a kid?
Niki: Miyazaki’s early work such as Conan, the Boy in Future, Anne of Green Gables, A Dog of Flanders, Little Nemo, Tezuka’s Astro Boy and Kimba the White Lion and some more animations which I lost in translation…
Chad Woods
Chad Woods was one of the first artists Eric Robles brought on board for Fanboy and Chum Chum. In fact, Chad worked on the original Random! Cartoons short. We asked Chad a few questions about his work, inspiration, and super powers.
Frederator: What’s your job on Fanboy & Chum Chum?
Chad Woods: I’m the color stylist/background painter for the show. In addition to painting mattes/concepts for the CG texture department to refer to, I also do the color scripts for each episode. The color scripts provide direction for the lighting department for how to light key moments in each episode.
