The Fairly Odd-Blog

Good ol’ Butch Hartman has been nominated for an Annie Award for his Fairly OddParents storyboard work on the episode “Mission: Responsible”. The awards will be handed out January 30, 2009, at UCLA. Bill Gates, Carlos Slim Helu, and Warren Buffet have each assigned teams of accountants to see how they can swing tickets, now on sale.

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After spending a few years and 26 half-hours in Miracle City, Dave Thomas has returned to The Fairly OddParents fold as the show’s Storyboard Director. He’s a big part of the show’s history, too – way back in 2003, Dave won an Annie Award for his boarding of the episode, “Pipe Down”. Yesterday, to kick off yet another production season of FOP, he presented the show’s first-ever digital pitch.*

It’s great to have you back, Dave.

– Eric

*In the old days, an old-fashioned paper storyboard would be pinned up and presented to the crew and the network. Now, even though the paper board still gets pinned up, every panel is scanned in and projected on the big screen, just short of an animatic.