Joe Murray
Joe Murray
Joseph David "Joe" Murrayis an American animator, writer, illustrator, producer, director, and voice actor, best known as the creator of the Nickelodeon animated series Rocko's Modern Life and the Cartoon Network animated series Camp Lazlo. Born in San Jose, California, Murray was interested in a career in the arts when he was three. He credits his high school art teacher Mark Briggs with teaching him a lot about art. Murray was a political cartoonist for a newspaper, often targeting then...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionArtist
Date of Birth3 May 1961
CountryUnited States of America
I had to catch up with where creative technologies had gone since I worked on the show, did some bohemian painting,and continued research into animation, studying the masters, developing new methods, styles, character studies etc.
We had an incredible staff, of some of the most talented in the business. Talent with egos that didn't get in the way. We all had the same goals.
I fought hard to get this episode on because it dealt with adoption, and how someone feels when they find out who their real parents are.
When you're a cancer survivor, the good thing is that you get checked all the time.
I know when a concept or character is not working it is usually because I cannot find a relatable point with it, or an aspect of my personality.
We're the real estate industry - not the manufacturers.
Removal of an organ is difficult and dangerous. There have been several deaths of healthy donors. I think myself, I would be hesitant to participate as a liver donor. It's a very tricky operation.
The world turns on a dime, the same now as it always has — which is to say, money makes the world go 'round. It's also what makes the world go spinning out of control.
I think cheese smells funny, but I feel bananas "are" funny. I'm assuming Swamp told the whole story of the executives seriously asking us to replace the banana with cheese because they thought it was funnier.
When I speak to students and they ask how much money you can make in art, as if that is a reason to persue it, I tell them to do something else.
Two days prior to the Herrick operation I repaired a double cleft lip, resected a recurrent cancer of the mouth, corrected lop ears in a child, and closed a burn of the buttocks.
I do not feel any artist can produce great art without putting great personality into it. It is always a piece of you that goes on the screen or the canvass.
Sometimes a serendipitous reaction occurs when a network asks you if you have any ideas for a series, at a time when your creative flow is working in that direction.
I am constantly getting letters from inconsistancies in the back stories of these characters.