Adam Maxwell Burton, known professionally as Maxwell Atoms, is an American animator, screenwriter, storyboard artist, and voice actor. He is the creator of the

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series '' Grim & Evil'' and its subsequent spin-offs, '' The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy'' and '' Evil Con Carne''.

Career

Atoms is the creator of

's animated television series '' The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy'', '' Evil Con Carne'', and has developed a ''Billy & Mandy'' spin-off

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special called '' Underfist: Halloween Bash''. Atoms attended the University of the Arts in Philadelphia. Before he started working on his own series, Atoms was an intern at

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, a freelance artist at

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, had a brief stint at

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, and had also worked on ''

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''. Atoms got a job at

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and as a story and

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on '' Cow and Chicken'' and '' I Am Weasel''. Atoms also performed the voice of Jeff the Spider and Piff on ''The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy'', and voiced Cod Commando on ''Evil Con Carne''. He also voiced several additional characters in the TV-movie '' Billy & Mandy's Big Boogey Adventure''. Atoms is good friends with fellow animator Mr. Warburton, creator of '' Codename: Kids Next Door'' and C. H. Greenblatt, the creator of ''

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'' and '' Harvey Beaks''. He and Warburton have made multiple references to each other's shows and have made a crossover half-hour special, ''The Grim Adventures of the Kids Next Door''. As for C. H., he voiced the character Fred Fredburger in several episodes of ''Billy & Mandy'', alongside a brief cameo of Chowder in ''Underfist''. Atoms was also an executive producer and voice actor of the Disney show ''

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'' with

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. As of 2012, Atoms begun developing a new project entitled ''Dead Meat'', "an awesome black comedy/buddy action/puppet gore web series", which was still in production as of January 2020 and had a successful

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campaign as of November 15, 2013. In an interview in 2013, Atoms stated that the series would be posted somewhere on the internet once it is finished. In early 2014, Atoms stated that he hopes to get the series released in 2015. This fell through and, in early 2020, Atoms announced that the project is shelved indefinitely and all backers will be refunded due to expensive costs and contractual issues. In 2016 he began working on a new series called '' Bunnicula''. The show ended in 2018. In 2020, he provided several additional voices for the adult animated web series ''

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'', as he met creator

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during work on ''Dead Meat''. He serves as a storyboard supervisor on '' The Patrick Star Show''.

Personal life

Atoms lives in

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. He has

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Filmography

Television

Films

Video games

Internet

Awards

# Special internship, Film Roman. University of the Arts. 1996. # Annie nomination (1998)- Outstanding Individual Achievement for Storyboarding in an Animated Television Production. Cow & Chicken "The Karate Chick". # Top Pick Cartoons (2001–02). TV Guide. # Comic-Con (2005, 2006 and 2007). # 34th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards, Children's Programming, 2007 – '' The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy''

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References

External links

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Maxwell Atoms' Blog
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