Maxwell Atoms

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 Year Title Role Notes 1996 The Twisted Tales of Felix the Cat N/A Character designer 1998–1999 Cow and Chicken N/A PropsStoryStoryboard artist 1998–1999 I Am Weasel N/A PropsStoryStoryboard artist 2000 Poochini N/A Storyboard artistTitle card designer 2001–2003 Grim & Evil Cod CommandoJeff the Spider CreatorDirectorWriter and Storyboard artistExecutive producerCharacter and Prop designer 2002–2003 Whatever Happened to... Robot Jones? N/A Layout artist 2003–2008 The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy Jeff the SpiderAdditional voices CreatorWriter and storyboard artistStoryExecutive producerCharacter and Prop Designer 2003–2004 Evil Con Carne Cod CommandoAdditional voices CreatorWriter and Storyboard artistStoryExecutive producerCharacter and Prop Designer 2008–2009 Chowder Additional voices StoryStoryboard artist 2010–2014 Fish Hooks Additional voices StoryDirectorSupervising directorStoryboard artistWriterExecutive producer 2016–2018 Bunnicula N/A ProducerWriterStoryboard artistDirector 2019 Teen Titans Go! N/A Credited as Adam BurtonWriterDirectorStoryboard artist 2021–2025 Jellystone! N/A Supervising producerStory byStoryboard artistDirector 2023 The Patrick Star Show N/A Storyboard supervisor

Films Year Title Role Notes 1995 Billy & Mandy in: Trepanation of the Skull and You Billy Student film 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 GuyPirate #2HorrorbotBurnt Skeleton Guard CreatorStoryWriterStoryboard artistCharacter designer 2007 Billy & Mandy: Wrath of the Spider Queen Jeff the SpiderMystery AnnouncerMan CreatorStory 2008 Underfist Jeff the Spider CreatorStoryStoryboard artistArt directorCharacter designer 2020 Happy Halloween, Scooby-Doo! N/A WriterProducerDirector 2021 Scooby-Doo! The Sword and the Scoob N/A WriterProducerDirector

Video games Year Title Role 2009 Cartoon Network Universe: FusionFall Jeff the Spider

Internet Year Title Role Notes 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