Cohen was a writer, artist, and letterer for
Nickelodeon Magazine from 1996 until the magazine ceased operations in 2009. He contributed dozens of
comic strips and
cover art featuring Nicktoons characters. In early 1998, Cohen was invited by
Stephen Hillenburg to be part of the original
SpongeBob SquarePants crew. Cohen spent the first season on the show as storyboard artist, writer, and director. He then moved up to Storyboard Supervisor for the next three seasons of
SpongeBob SquarePants. Cohen also wrote the "F.U.N." and "Texas" songs for the show. Cohen was also lead storyboard artist and a character designer on
The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie. Cohen described his time on
SpongeBob to an interviewer by saying, "People often ask about what it was like working on
SpongeBob, and it's hard to give an answer that really captures the moment." He has a character named after him in the show. After the fourth season, Cohen left Nickelodeon to write and illustrate his first book for Walter Foster Publications, "Cartooning: Character Design". Cohen also began teaching classes in storyboarding at the Entertainment Art Academy in
Pasadena, California. Some of this material was turned into an instructional DVD on how to storyboard called, "Storyboard Elements." In December 2008, "Storyboard Elements" instructional DVD reached its 2nd edition and fourth pressing. After working at
Cartoon Network for a year, Cohen went to work at the
Disney Television Animation, writing and drawing storyboards for
Phineas and Ferb. After
Phineas and Ferb's first season, Cohen returned to Nickelodeon for the first season of
The Mighty B! as storyboard artist. In 2008, Cohen was back at Disney working on the second season of
Phineas and Ferb as storyboard artist/writer. During this time, he also wrote some songs for the show: "X-Ray Eyes," "Bubble Gum," and "Aren't You a Little Young?" From 2009–2010, Cohen worked on Disney's
Kick Buttowski: Suburban Daredevil as storyboard supervisor, story editor, and director. In 2011, he received a nomination for a daytime
Emmy Award for "Outstanding Directing in an Animated Program". Cohen created "Storyboard Secrets", a comprehensive DVD/online guide to storyboarding. From 2010–2013, Cohen worked on Disney's
Fish Hooks as storyboard supervisor. The pet store owner character "Bud" on the show is a photo collage version of Cohen. He's also written the song "Earth Troll Rap" for the show. During 2013–2014, Cohen worked on
The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water as sequence supervisor. In January 2015, Cohen returned to work on the
SpongeBob SquarePants show. His favorite
SpongeBob character is
Patrick Star. ==Filmography==