It really just gives you a sense of when you need to have dialogue and when you don't, and if your pictures are telling the story, you don't need to have all this talking.

The storyboard artists job is to plan out shot for shot the whole show, write all the dialog, and decide the mood, action, jokes, pacing, etc of every scene.

Basicly what I had to do was do a 7 minute board and pitch it to a room of big wigs from the network and based on that they determined if I would get a short or not.

I'm a geeky toy collector, and to have toys of your own characters is unbelievably cool.

There's a lot you can do without words.

I'm hoping that word-of-mouth on the film - people seeing it and liking it - that that will drive more people to the theaters, because I haven't seen the billboards or the posters or anything.

But to me what seems to be missing in a lot of portfolios is Cartooning.

For a long time I wanted to be a comic strip artist but when I started doing them in my teens they were getting really elaborate with tons of poses and a lot of information.

Anything you see on the screen was at one point approved by me.

Im always thinking about what I might want to do next, but theres still things I want to do with Powerpuff - so I can keep going with this one for awhile.

I started working at Hanna-Barbera in '92 on 2 Stupid Dogs.

And I remember quiet evenings trembling close to you...

Birth copulation and death. That's all the facts when you come to brass tacks.

I just don't think there's a sunscreen that gives you enough protection.

Humor is the harmony of the heart.

That's how the scientists discover new science. They start out with a hypothesis--an idea--and then others believe enough in the idea that they make it true. You see?

Never claim credit for anything. 'Cause you can't righteously do that. There's luck and grace and accident.

A transitional government is the beginning of a transfer of sovereignty. It's a question of Iraqi security and moving forward with the political process.

A consistent peace activist must be an anarchist.

If my father could have sat up in bed and said goodbye, I'd have pressed the button. I wouldn't have been able to see for crying, but I would have considered that a duty.

In my eyes, perfection is imperfection