C. H. Greenblatt

Greenblatt grew up in Plano, Texas. As a child, Greenblatt was a fan of cartoons and made several comics, including a comic called Zibbler. In high school, he took a commercial program that taught technical art and graphic design. He attended the University of Texas at Austin, where he majored in advertising. He worked as a cartoonist at the school's newspaper alongside Korey Coleman. ==Career==

While studying advertising, Greenblatt sent comic strips to syndicates as well as Ad Age magazine. After graduating, Greenblatt worked as an art director on several television commercials, including Chef Boyardee's Chef Jr. campaign. He saw an ad from Nickelodeon on Animation Magazine and sent his portfolio to them. He later received a response and became a character designer. In 1998, he landed a position as an additional storyboard artist for SpongeBob SquarePants, before graduating to full-on writer and storyboard artist. From season 2 and 3 of SpongeBob he teamed up with Aaron Springer and later in season 3 he teamed up with Kaz. After finishing up on SpongeBob in 2005, Greenblatt became a storyboard artist on The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy right after it and sister series were both split into their own shows after being together from 2001 to 2003 in Grim & Evil. In 2007, Greenblatt began Chowder, an animated show that he created and executive produced for Cartoon Network. Greenblatt collaborated with Maxwell Atoms on his new Billy & Mandy spin-off Halloween special called Underfist, in which he reprised his role as Fred Fredburger. He announced on his blog that Nickelodeon has given the go-ahead for an 11-minute pilot for a new show created by him entitled Bad Seeds (later renamed Harvey Beaks). He announced in September 2013 that the show has since been picked up for 26 11-minute episodes, with production commencing at the beginning of 2014. He has also directed the Deadman shorts for DC Nation. On April 5, 2018, Greenblatt announced that he had now been employed by Warner Bros. Animation, adding that he has been developing "something fun" for the studio but could not yet disclose anything else about it. On October 29, 2019, the project was officially unveiled under the title of Jellystone!, described as a crossover of several Hanna-Barbera characters living in the titular town "where they can't help but make trouble for one another". Greenblatt also plays Fish Taco, one of three main characters in an animated YouTube series titled Mexiguin since 2018. He helps mentor show creator, Joe Kozdra, in animation and creative writing alongside his voice-acting contributions. On January 29, 2021, a new Greenblatt project was registered for Disney Television Animation under the title Unnamed Pet Resort Project. == Legacy ==

Scott Thill of Cartoon Brew praised Greenblatt as one of the most influential comedy writers with innovative comedic elements. Cartoon Brew also said Greenblatt "has logged a decade-and-a-half across studios and shows". James Poniewozik of Time credited Greenblatt as defining SpongeBobs comedic style. Greenblatt was a storyboard artist and one of the writers of the SpongeBob episode "Band Geeks", considered by many to be the best episode of the entire series. SpongeBob writer Kaz recalled writing with Greenblatt to be a fun experience and said that he was full of "weird energy". ==Filmography==

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