Adam Maxwell Burton, known professionally as Maxwell Atoms, is an American animator, screenwriter, storyboard artist and voice actor. He is the creator of the Cartoon Network series Grim & Evil and its subsequent spin-offs, The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy and Evil Con Carne.
Career
Atoms is the creator of Cartoon Network's animated television series The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy, Evil Con Carne, and has developed a Billy & Mandy spin-off Halloween special called Underfist: Halloween Bash. Atoms attended the University of the Arts in Philadelphia. and had also worked on The Twisted Tales of Felix the Cat. 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 Chowder and Harvey Beaks and developer and executive producer of Jellystone!. 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, which was still in production as of January 2020 and had a successful Kickstarter 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. as he met creator Vivienne Medrano during work on Dead Meat. He serves as a storyboard supervisor on The Patrick Star Show.
Personal life
Atoms lives in Los Angeles. He has Asperger syndrome.
Filmography
Television
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! Year
! Title
! Role
! Notes
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| 1996
| The Twisted Tales of Felix the Cat
| N/A
| Character designer
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| 1998–1999
| Cow and Chicken
| N/A
| Props<br>Story<br>Storyboard artist
|-
| 1998–1999
| I Am Weasel
| N/A
| Props<br>Story<br>Storyboard artist
|-
| 2000
| Poochini
| N/A
| Storyboard artist<br>Title card designer
|-
| 2001–2003
| Grim & Evil
| Cod Commando<br>Jeff the Spider
| Creator<br>Director<br>Writer and Storyboard artist<br>Executive producer<br>Character and Prop designer
|-
| 2002–2003
| Whatever Happened to... Robot Jones?
| N/A
| Layout artist
|-
| 2003–2008
| The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy
| Jeff the Spider<br>Additional voices
| Creator<br>Writer and storyboard artist<br>Story<br>Executive producer<br>Character and Prop Designer
|-
| 2003–2004
| Evil Con Carne
| Cod Commando<br>Additional voices
| Creator<br>Writer and Storyboard artist<br>Story<br>Executive producer<br>Character and Prop Designer
|-
| 2008–2009
| Chowder
| Additional voices
| Story<br>Storyboard artist
|-
| 2010–2014
| Fish Hooks
| Additional voices
| Story<br>Director<br>Supervising director<br>Storyboard artist<br>Writer<br>Executive producer
|-
| 2016–2018
| Bunnicula
| N/A
| Producer<br>Writer<br>Storyboard artist<br>Director
|-
| 2019
| Teen Titans Go!
| N/A
| Credited as Adam Burton<br>Writer<br>Director<br>Storyboard artist
|-
| 2021–2025
| Jellystone!
| N/A
| Supervising producer<br>Story by<br>Storyboard artist<br>Director
|-
| 2023
| The Patrick Star Show
| N/A
| Storyboard supervisor
|}
Films
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! Year
! Title
! Role
! Notes
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| 1995
| Billy & Mandy in: Trepanation of the Skull and You
| Billy
| Student film
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| 2001
| The Flintstones: On the Rocks
| N/A
| Character layout artist
|-
| 2007
| The Grim Adventures of the Kids Next Door
| N/A
| Creator
|-
| 2007
| Billy & Mandy's Big Boogey Adventure
| I'll Cut You Guy<br>Pirate #2<br>Horrorbot<br>Burnt Skeleton Guard
| Creator<br>Story<br>Writer<br>Storyboard artist<br>Character designer
|-
| 2007
| Billy & Mandy: Wrath of the Spider Queen
| Jeff the Spider<br>Mystery Announcer<br>Man
| Creator<br>Story
|-
| 2008
| Underfist
| Jeff the Spider
| Creator<br>Story<br>Storyboard artist<br>Art director<br>Character designer
|-
| 2020
| Happy Halloween, Scooby-Doo!
| N/A
| Writer<br>Producer<br>Director
|-
| 2021
| Scooby-Doo! The Sword and the Scoob
| N/A
| Writer<br>Producer<br>Director
|}
Video games
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! Year
! Title
! Role
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| 2009
| Cartoon Network Universe: FusionFall
| Jeff the Spider
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Internet
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! Year
! Title
! Role
! Notes
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| 2016
| Cartoons VS Cancer
| Himself
|
|-
| 2019
| Hazbin Hotel
| Thief, Top Hat Demon, additional voices
| Pilot: "That's Entertainment"
|-
| 2020
| Helluva Boss
| Ralphie, Jarold, Loo Loo, additional voices
| In S1E1, "Murder Family"
|}
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
Notes
References
External links
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- Maxwell Atoms' Blog