Favorite Cartoon Writers

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Who are your favorite cartoon writers?

I really like Tom Ruegger's work on Tiny Toons, Animaniacs, Histeria, and Yogi's Treasure Hunt. And how his 3 sons help out with voicework.

Earl Kress who also writes for Animaniacs and Yogi's Treasure Hunt.

Sherri Stoner who writes for Tiny Toons, Animaniacs, and Casper and also provides the voice of Slappy Squirrel.

Savage Steve Holland and Bill Kopp who created and written almost every episode of Eek the Cat and provide voices. I also like Bill's work on Mad Jack the Pirate and Tom and Jerry, the Fast and the Furry. Bill and Savage seem to know how to write funny stuff.

Doug Langdale who wrote for Earthworm Jim and Dave the Barbarian. I can usually recognize his style of humor.

Mark Evanier who wrote for Garfield and Friends.

Richard Mueller who wrote episodes for Attack of the Killer Tomatoes along with the live action series, Married With Children.

And John K. who created, directed, written, and provided voices for Ren and Stimpy and the Ripping Friends.
 
I agree with your choices and I'll add Paul Rugg, who most notably wrote for Animaniacs and Freakazoid! in addition to voicing characters on each.
 
Agreed, and quite friendly too, as evidenced by her DeviantArt page.

I also have the utmost respect for Ken Keeler and his work on "The Simpsons", and I realized what a great writer he is when he explained what he was trying to say in 4F23 "The Principal and the Pauper". Most people hate that episode because it "destroyed" Skinner's character, but the episode wasn't about Skinner - it was about the fans' reaction to a change in the show's universe.
 
Peter Hastings gave us Pinky and the Brain (and by extension wrote some of their best episodes) and the Please Please Please Get A Life foundation so he gets my vote, with Sherri Stoner and Paul Rugg closely behind
 
Micah Wright - Whenever I see his name on an "Angry Beavers" episode, I know I'm gonna have a blast ("Dag's List", "Oh, Brother?", "Omega Beaver", "Ugly Roomers").

Andrew Nicholls & Darrell Vickers - "Ned's Newt". The first season of "W.I.T.C.H.". "Pelswick"! These guys don't get nearly enough credit.

Michael Markowitz...well, pretty much everyone who wrote on "Duckman", but his name immediately comes to mind.

Robert & Michelle Lamoreaux - They've done fine work on "Totally Spies" and "Hey Arnold". Also among the nicest people I've ever met.

I also agree with Cullen's choices, particularly Doug Langdale, though generally I find that the shows he story edits ("The X's", "Ozzy and Drix", "El Tigre") are no match for the shows he creates ("The Weekenders", "Dave the Barbarian").
 
I've developed a new appreciation for "Dave" recently, since Toon Disney has been broadcasting it again. It didn't quite jell as a series, but it got very close, and it had one of the best voice casts on television. And Chuckles the Silly Piggy is the best - slightly effeminate - villian ever (he easily owns Carl the Evil (Effeminate) Cockroach Wizard IMO). :D
 
Yes, I had forgotten about Paul Dini. And I like Paul's work on Tiny Toon Adventures and the original WB Batman.

Also I remember reading how John K. always seems to put down some cartoon script writers for he feels that cartoons would be better if they were completely drawn out. Not by someone on a keyboard who doesn't know how to draw.
 
Around Toon Zone, those two on W.I.T.C.H. are often overlooked because of the person who replaced them in season 2, Greg Weisman, and some people tend to think:

Weisman >>> Nicholls & Vickers

Although I consider it a bit unfair considering Weisman developed his writing skills on Gargoyles first, while it was Nicholls' & Vickers' first action-oriented animated series. And always remember, Weisman never would have gotten his chance on W.I.T.C.H. season 2 if Nicholls' & Vickers' hadn't produced something worth watching. Speaking of Greg Weisman, I'm surprised it's taken this long for anybody to mention his name, considered the amount of Gargoyles fans around the Toon Zone forums.
 
Peggy Nicoll, who wrote some of the best Daria episodes ("The Lab Brat", "Daria Hunter", "Daria Dance Party") and Anne D. Bernstein, for whom the same can be said ("The Invitation", "Pinch Sitter", "Road Worrier", "Lane Miserables").

Scott M Gimple, who wrote my favourite American Dragon episode "The Halloween Bash", as well as episodes of Pepper Ann. He also created Fillmore.
 
Um, Cullen, Bill (with Savage) wrote 36 episodes (1st and 2nd season) (Except, Meat he Thunderlizards,Tar and Away, and It's A Very Merry Eek's Mas). Bill left in 1993. The third season had Kati Rocky (who I think is at Scholastic) for 2 Eeks (Paws, The Good, The Bad, and the Squishy) and 2 Thunderlizards (Birth Of A Notion, Postcards from the X-Zone) episodes. Henry Gilroy (Super Robot Monkey Team Hyper Force Go!) wrote Fatal Eektraction and Eeksy Rider (with Savage). Pamela Wick (with Savage) wrote two episodes (Honey, I Shrunk The Cat, Chariots Of Fur). Frank Santopadre (with Savage) written Try Hard. Paul Germaine (with Savage) written The Eeksorcist. Sandy Fries (again, with Savage), written This Eek's Your Life.


The fourth and fifth season was written entirely by Savage Steve Holland.


Doug Langdale was also the creator of The Weekenders.
 
I also like Ken Keeler; "The Sting" from Futurama was a beautifully written episode.
Lauren Faust is another good writer, and from what I can tell, a nice human being.

Ren and Stimpy was well-written, but I dislike John K. He's always taking jabs at modern cartoons and thinks he should get credit for modern cartoons. He's a real a-hole, his blog shows that.
 
Those two are definitely on my list. Nicholls is actually a pretty friendly guy... though, it's a tad hard for me to imagine a writer not watching anything that he's been involved in (or anything at all).
 
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