Editing Craig McCracken (section)

==Career==
In 1993, McCracken was hired by [[Hanna-Barbera]] Cartoons as an art director on the [[Turner Broadcasting System]] series ''[[2 Stupid Dogs]]'', alongside Tartakovsky. As his first job in the animation industry, he was "never really happy with how that [show] worked".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Plume |first=Ken |date=June 26, 2002 |title=10 Questions: Craig McCracken |url=http://filmforce.ign.com/articles/363/363366p1.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020804022912/http://filmforce.ign.com/articles/363/363366p1.html |archive-date=August 4, 2002 |access-date=March 10, 2022 |website=[[IGN]] |publisher=[[News Corporation]]}}</ref> While McCracken was at Hanna-Barbera, studio president [[Fred Seibert]] began a new project: an animation incubator consisting of 48 new cartoons running approximately seven minutes each. Dubbed ''[[What a Cartoon!]]'', it motivated McCracken to further develop his ''Whoopass Girls!'' creation.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Animator Profile: 'Craig McCracken' |url=http://www.cartoonnetwork.com/tv_shows/ap/cmccracken.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070310030357/http://www.cartoonnetwork.com/tv_shows/ap/cmccracken.html |archive-date=2007-03-10 |access-date=2007-03-26 |website=[[CartoonNetwork.com]]}}</ref> He recalled that the network could not market a show with the word "ass" in it, so two of his friends came up with ''The Powerpuff Girls'' as a replacement for the original title.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Rawson |first=Christopher |date=November 14, 1998 |title=Three Tough Sisters |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/94622924/three-tough-sisters/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220304132233/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/94622924/three-tough-sisters/ |archive-date=March 4, 2022 |access-date=March 4, 2022 |work=[[Pittsburgh Post-Gazette]] |page=60 |publication-place=[[Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania]] |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> His new pilot, "''The Powerpuff Girls in: Meat Fuzzy Lumkins''", premiered on February 20, 1995, on [[Cartoon Network]]'s ''World Premiere Toons-In'',<ref>{{Cite news |last=Winfrey |first=Lee |date=December 27, 1994 |title=From Hanna-Barbera, 8 New Cartoons for Cable the Cartoon Network's New Stable of Stars Includes Two Ducks, Two Bears, and Even Dino of "Flintstones" Fame. |url=http://articles.philly.com/1994-12-27/entertainment/25853819_1_world-premiere-toons-johnny-bravo-famous-cartoon-characters |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304002247/http://articles.philly.com/1994-12-27/entertainment/25853819_1_world-premiere-toons-johnny-bravo-famous-cartoon-characters |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |access-date=2013-05-12 |work=[[The Philadelphia Inquirer]] |publisher=[[Philadelphia Media Network]]}}</ref> and a second short, "''Crime 101''", followed on January 28, 1996. The first short to be picked up by the network was Tartakovsky's ''[[Dexter's Laboratory]]'', which McCracken would contribute to in early seasons. McCracken's ''Powerpuff Girls'' was the fourth cartoon to be greenlit a full series, which premiered on November 18, 1998, with the final episode airing on March 25, 2005. The show has won [[Emmy Awards|Emmy]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Powerpuff Girls {{!}} Emmys.com |url=http://www.emmys.com/node/22291 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221017031414/https://www.emmys.com/404-search?search_api_views_fulltext=node%2022291 |archive-date=October 17, 2022 |access-date=November 4, 2011 |website=[[Emmys.com]]}}</ref> and [[Annie Awards|Annie]] awards.<ref>{{Cite web |title=29th Annual Annie Award Nominees and Winners (2001) |url=http://annieawards.org/29thwinners.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080509071145/http://annieawards.org/29thwinners.html |archive-date=May 9, 2008 |access-date=November 4, 2011 |website=[[AnnieAwards.org]] |publisher=[[ASIFA-Hollywood]]}}</ref> In 2002, McCracken directed ''[[The Powerpuff Girls Movie]]'', a prequel to his series. The film received generally positive reviews but was a box office failure.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Longino |first=Bob |title=The Powerpuff Girls Movie |url=http://mo.accessatlanta.com/movies/content/shared/movies/reviews/P/thepowerpuffgirlsmovie.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140116094053/http://mo.accessatlanta.com/movies/content/shared/movies/reviews/P/thepowerpuffgirlsmovie.html |archive-date=January 16, 2014 |access-date=March 15, 2018 |work=[[The Atlanta Journal-Constitution]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Gray |first=Brandon |date=July 8, 2002 |title=Same Weekend. New Record. 'Men in Black 2' Bags $87 Million over Fourth of July Weekend |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/article/ed628360196/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210602213543/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/article/ed628360196/ |archive-date=June 2, 2021 |access-date=March 15, 2018 |website=[[Box Office Mojo]]}}</ref>
[[File:Craig McCracken & Lauren Faust.png|thumb|McCracken and [[Lauren Faust]] at the [[Emmy Awards]] in 2008]]
McCracken left ''The Powerpuff Girls'' after four seasons, focusing on his next project, ''[[Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends]]''.<ref name="ppgdocumentary" /> It premiered with the 90-minute television special "House of Bloo's" on August 13, 2004, on Cartoon Network. He developed the series with wife [[Lauren Faust]] and Mike Moon. The show ran for six seasons, all directed by McCracken, and concluded on May 3, 2009. It also won Emmy<ref>{{Cite web |title=Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends {{!}} Emmys.com |url=http://www.emmys.com/shows/fosters-home-imaginary-friends |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120606215058/http://www.emmys.com/shows/fosters-home-imaginary-friends |archive-date=June 6, 2012 |access-date=November 4, 2011 |website=[[Emmys.com]]}}</ref> and Annie awards.<ref>{{Cite web |title=34th Annual Annie Award Nominees and Winners (2006) |url=http://annieawards.org/34thwinners.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090129175920/http://annieawards.org/34thwinners.html |archive-date=January 29, 2009 |access-date=November 4, 2011 |website=[[AnnieAwards.org]] |publisher=[[ASIFA-Hollywood]]}}</ref>

In April 2008, he became executive producer of a new Cartoon Network showcase project called ''[[The Cartoonstitute]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |date=April 8, 2008 |title=Cartoon Network Bows the Cartoonstitute: A 'Think Tank' for Animators |url=https://variety.com/2008/tv/news/cartoon-network-2-20919/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220404175928/https://variety.com/2008/tv/news/cartoon-network-2-20919/ |archive-date=April 4, 2022 |access-date=April 4, 2022 |website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]}}</ref> After 17 years of employment, he resigned from Cartoon Network in 2009, after it shifted focus to live-action and reality shows.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Flint |first=Joe |date=August 17, 2009 |title=Gambling on Live Action |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2009-aug-17-fi-ct-cartoon17-story.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220404130947/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2009-aug-17-fi-ct-cartoon17-story.html |archive-date=April 4, 2022 |access-date=April 4, 2022 |website=[[Los Angeles Times]]}}</ref> He created ''[[Wander Over Yonder]]'' for [[Disney Television Animation]] and [[Disney Channel]] in August 2013.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Connelley |first=Brendon |date=March 13, 2012 |title=''Wander Over Yonder'' Coming to TV&nbsp;– The New Project from ''Powerpuff'' Creator Craig McCracken |url=http://www.bleedingcool.com/2012/03/13/wander-over-yonder-coming-to-tv-the-new-project-from-powerpuff-creator-craig-mccracken/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140101013308/http://www.bleedingcool.com/2012/03/13/wander-over-yonder-coming-to-tv-the-new-project-from-powerpuff-creator-craig-mccracken/ |archive-date=January 1, 2014 |access-date=August 27, 2013 |website=Bleeding Cool}}</ref> After ''Wander Over Yonder'' was cancelled, McCracken pitched a new show to Disney, based on his 2009 comic strip ''The Kid from Planet Earth''.<ref>{{Cite tweet |number=1489340668333858817 |user=CrackMcCraigen |title=2015- After Wander Over Yonder was cancelled @FrankAngones @Fyre_flye @andybeanmusic @ownerofwendys @skulptduggery Justin Nichols & I started working on what was then called "The Kid from Planet Earth" for Disney TVA. https://t.co/6vkrtAq1FT |first=Craig |last=McCracken |author-link=Craig McCracken |date=February 3, 2022 |access-date=May 8, 2022 |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220203205206/https://twitter.com/CrackMcCraigen/status/1489340668333858817 |archive-date=February 3, 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnnhm1gBy7s |title=Craig McCracken: Creating Kid Cosmic! (Teaser) |date=September 4, 2021 |publisher=What's In My Head Podcast |access-date=May 8, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220502225311/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnnhm1gBy7s |archive-date=May 2, 2022 |url-status=live |via=[[YouTube]]}}</ref> Disney ultimately passed on the project,<ref>{{Cite tweet |number=1489340671466954752 |user=CrackMcCraigen |title=After two years of development & a final pilot animatic Disney said no & passed on the project. |first=Craig |last=McCracken |author-link=Craig McCracken |date=February 3, 2022 |access-date=May 8, 2022 |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220203205612/https://twitter.com/CrackMcCraigen/status/1489340671466954752 |archive-date=February 3, 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref> and he eventually left the company in 2017.<ref>{{Cite tweet |number=1059982912974536704 |user=CrackMcCraigen |title=@angelleivaa @nickandmore Nope, I left Disney about a year ago. |first=Craig |last=McCracken |author-link=Craig McCracken |date=November 6, 2018 |access-date=May 8, 2022 |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220508221709/https://twitter.com/CrackMcCraigen/status/1059982912974536704 |archive-date=May 8, 2022}}</ref> He then pitched his idea to [[Netflix]] and it was greenlight under the name of  ''[[Kid Cosmic]]''. The show premiered on February 2, 2021, and ended on February 3, 2022.<ref name="AWN">{{Cite web |date=January 5, 2021 |title=Craig McCracken's 'Kid Cosmic' Premieres February 2 on Netflix |url=https://www.awn.com/news/craig-mccrackens-kid-cosmic-premieres-february-2-netflix |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210108064440/https://www.awn.com/news/craig-mccrackens-kid-cosmic-premieres-february-2-netflix |archive-date=January 8, 2021 |access-date=January 5, 2021 |website=[[Animation World Network]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite tweet |number=1482064513058807808 |user=CrackMcCraigen |title=#KidCosmic Season 3 premieres Feb 3rd on @netflix. These last 6 episodes are the final chapter in Kid's story of finally becoming the Global Hero he always dreamed he could be! https://t.co/S58EkrA3Pw |first=Craig |last=McCracken |author-link=Craig McCracken |date=January 14, 2022 |access-date=May 8, 2022 |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220114185831/https://twitter.com/CrackMcCraigen/status/1482064513058807808 |archive-date=January 14, 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref> It is the first of McCracken's original works to have a serialized format and his return to the [[Superhero fiction|superhero genre]] since ''The Powerpuff Girls''.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Zahed |first=Ramin |date=January 5, 2021 |title=Close Encounters of the Retro Kind: Craig McCracken Discusses His New Show 'Kid Cosmic' |url=https://www.animationmagazine.net/streaming/close-encounters-of-the-retro-kind-craig-mccracken-talks-kid-cosmic/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210104185220/https://www.animationmagazine.net/streaming/close-encounters-of-the-retro-kind-craig-mccracken-talks-kid-cosmic/ |archive-date=January 4, 2021 |access-date=January 5, 2021 |website=[[Animation Magazine]]}}</ref> He pitched 10 projects to Netflix in August 2021,<ref>{{Cite tweet |number=1425251948555505666 |user=CrackMcCraigen |title=@FrankAngones @bibbymoynihan Then you'll really like one of the 10 new projects I'm pitching to Netflix tomorrow! |first=Craig |last=McCracken |author-link=Craig McCracken |date=August 10, 2021 |access-date=May 8, 2022 |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210811002526/https://twitter.com/CrackMcCraigen/status/1425251948555505666 |archive-date=August 11, 2021 |url-status=live}}</ref> but eventually left by April 2022 due to mass layoffs at [[Netflix Animation]].<ref name="NetflixAnimationProjectUpdates">{{Cite web |last=Taylor |first=Drew |date=April 20, 2022 |title=Netflix Animation Erased: Executives Fired, Shows Canceled and Accusations of 'Staged Data' (Exclusive) |url=https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/netflix-animation-erased-executives-fired-220251819.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221017031413/https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/netflix-animation-erased-executives-fired-220251819.html |archive-date=October 17, 2022 |access-date=April 25, 2022 |website=Yahoo!}}</ref><ref>{{Cite tweet |number=1518377445140811776 |user=CrackMcCraigen |title=@mexopolis @kikutowne Incredibly well said. This is a great sentiment to take with me as I wrap my last official week there. |first=Craig |last=McCracken |author-link=Craig McCracken |date=April 24, 2022 |access-date=May 8, 2022 |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220424235317/https://twitter.com/CrackMcCraigen/status/1518377445140811776 |archive-date=April 24, 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref>

On July 18, 2022, it was announced that McCracken began developing reboots of ''The Powerpuff Girls'' and ''Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends'' at [[Hanna-Barbera Studios Europe]]. ''Foster's Home'' will take form in a pre-school show focused on new characters.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Petski |first=Denise |date=2022-07-18 |title='Powerpuff Girls' & 'Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends' Animated Series Reboots from Craig McCracken in Works at Hanna-Barbera Studios Europe |url=https://deadline.com/2022/07/powerpuff-girls-fosters-home-for-imaginary-friends-animated-series-reboots-craig-mccracken-hanna-barbera-studios-europe-1235071571/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220718190549/https://deadline.com/2022/07/powerpuff-girls-fosters-home-for-imaginary-friends-animated-series-reboots-craig-mccracken-hanna-barbera-studios-europe-1235071571/ |archive-date=July 18, 2022 |access-date=2022-07-18 |work=[[Deadline Hollywood]]}}</ref> In 2023, McCracken received the [[Winsor McCay Award]] at the Annie Awards ceremony for his "unparalleled achievement and exceptional contributions to animation".<ref>{{Cite web |title=Annie Awards - Nominations |url=https://annieawards.org/nominations |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211229200458/https://annieawards.org/nominations |archive-date=December 29, 2021 |access-date=January 18, 2023 |website=[[AnnieAwards.org]] |publisher=[[ASIFA-Hollywood]]}}</ref> ''[[The Hollywood Reporter]]''  also named him one of the most powerful people in kids entertainment, in pair with Lauren Faust.<ref>{{Cite web |date=June 8, 2023 |editor-last=Sancton |editor-first=Julian |title=The 75 Most Powerful People in Kids' Entertainment |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-features/powerful-people-kids-entertainment-1235507904/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240808073647/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-features/powerful-people-kids-entertainment-1235507904/ |archive-date=August 8, 2024 |access-date=December 9, 2023 |website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]}}</ref>