Christy Karacas

Christy C. Karacas is an American animator, writer, producer, director, voice actor and musician. He is known for creating Superjail!, Ballmastrz: 9009, and Robotomy for Cartoon Network, the former two for its programming block Adult Swim. He is also a guitarist of the rock band Cheeseburger.

Life and career As a child, Karacas frequently drew, with inspiration from comic book superheroes and Star Wars characters to Family Feud scenarios, often with violent themes (though Karacas has explained that he in actuality is "a very non-confrontational person"). though he wanted to originally get into live action material. For his senior film project, Karacas created the student film Space War, which raised his profile via showings at animation festivals.

Karacas began his career in the animation industry at MTV Animation, where he served as a background designer for Daria. While working on Daria, around 2001, Karacas and friend Stephen Warbrick created the short film Barfight and presented it for showing at numerous film festivals, though it was rejected at all of them. Dispirited, Karacas spent time working on his band.

Superjail! was originally animated by Augenblick Studios in the pilot episode and first season, and writing new material with his bandmates of Cheeseburger.

After Superjail!, Karacas moved on to create another show for Adult Swim, titled Ballmastrz: 9009, which premiered in 2018. The show was renewed for a second season, which began airing February 23, 2020.

Influences Karacas' influences include Max Fleischer, Tex Avery, Bob Clampett, John Kricfalusi, Chuck Jones, Matt Groening, Robert Crumb, Mike Judge, and Dr. Seuss. He also included references from Jim Henson's The Muppets, Paul Reubens' Pee-Wee Herman, Monty Python, Mad Magazine and The Three Stooges.

Space War (1997) Daria (1997–2002) - Background designer Life (1999) - Animator Bar Fight (2006) Superjail! (2007; 2008–2014) - Co-creator, writer, executive producer, storyboard artist, director, voice actor, character layout artist, assistant animator, animator Robotomy (2010–2011) - Co-executive producer, creative director, director Out of the Black (2013) - Animator, co-director Moonbeam City (2015) Nerdland (2016) - Sequence animator: Video XV Squidbillies (2017) - Storyboard artist Ballmastrz: 9009 (2018–2023) Your Pretty Face is Going to Hell (2022) - Animated segments Baby Shark's Big Show! (2022) - Storyboard artist King Star King !/!/!/ (2023) - Storyboard consultant Ballmastrz: Rubicon (2023) The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie (2024) - Visual development