Cartoon Network presents New Comedies: Uncle Grandpa, Steven Universe, and Clarence at SDCC

Be the first to see an exclusive sneak peek of Cartoon Network Studio’s all new line up of chuckle-inducing comedies!  

 

Cartoon Network New Comedies Panel

Saturday, July 20

3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Room 6A

All three brand new animated series were created as part of the shorts development initiative at Cartoon Network Studios. The panel will feature Uncle Grandpa creator Pete Browngardt, creative director Audie Harrison, and Adam Devine (Workaholics) as the voice of Pizza Steve; Steven Universe creator Rebecca Sugar and creative director IanJones-Quartey; and Clarence creator Skyler Page

Series and Creator Information:

Steven Universe: Slated to debut in Fall 2013, Steven Universe is a coming-of-age story told from the perspective of Steven, the youngest member of a team of magical Guardians of the Universe. The animated series is created by Emmy® and Annie Award-nominated writer and storyboard artist Rebecca Sugar (Adventure Time).

 

Rebecca Sugar is Cartoon Network’s first solo female show creator. Sugar became a storyboard artist and writer on Adventure Time in 2009 after graduating from the School of Visual Arts (SVA).  The first episode she boarded, “It Came From the Nightosphere,” was nominated for an Emmy® and included the first song she wrote for the series, “Daddy, Why did you eat my fries?” which quickly became a fan favorite. Since then, she’s written 17 songs for the show and has boarded on some of Adventure Times’ most acclaimed episodes: “The Real You,” “Jake vs. Me-Mow,” “Fionna and Cake,” “What was Missing,” and “Incendium.” Sugar was nominated for an Annie Award (ASIFA) for her storyboards on the Adventure Time Season 2 finale “Mortal Folly.”

 

Uncle Grandpa: GOOD MORNIN’! Uncle Grandpa is everyone in the world’s magical Uncle and Grandpa, and when he shows up you’re always in for a fun time! This new series is a fast-paced, visual gag-filled cartoon with an exciting  format.  The show revolves Uncle Grandpa and his merry gang:  a talking Belly Bag, a giant female realistic flying tiger (Name?: Giant Realistic Flying Tiger), Pizza Steve (an egotistical slice of pizza) & Mr. Gus, (a dinosaur person).  Traveling in an RV, popping up everywhere, they bring magical fun everywhere they go.

 

Pete Browngardt is the creator of the Emmy® nominated short Uncle Grandpa. After studying character animation at CalArts, Browngardt started working professionally for Futurama at age 19, followed by Industrial Light and Magic, Augenblick Studios and MTV Animation. Since then Browngardt has worked on a number of Cartoon Network series including Chowder, The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack and Adventure Time. Most recently Browngardt was the Creator/Executive Producer of the Cartoon Network television series Secret Mountain Fort Awesome. In 2012 Secret Mountain Fort Awesome won the Annie Award for Best Production Design in a television production and won the “Cristal” for Best TV production at the Annecy International Animated Film Festival.

 

Clarence: From creator Skyler Page, Clarence is a new original animated series about an optimistic boy who wants to do everything. Because everything is amazing!

 

Skyler Page is an animator who made some cool stuff at Cal Arts and now makes cool stuff at Cartoon Network Studios.  He worked on storyboarding and writing for such shows as Adventure Time and Secret Mountain Fort Awesome.  Now he’s working on his own animated series for Cartoon Network and is really busy.