![]() you might’ve seen it somewhere, in some ether world, and your subconscious remembers seeing it, but it wasn’t till I got to CalArts that I really found it and realized that’s the stuff - that fifties graphic style that I knew I always liked I just didn’t have any reference to it. ![]() But growing up in Southern California, you know, there was no access to UPA cartoons. I always knew there was this graphic style that I liked - I had seen it somewhere. A new generation of animation students looked to the past to find the future. Like his school friends Genndy Tartakovsky and Paul Rudish, he was in love with UPA. The very first sketch of the Powerpuff Girls (top) and one of the earliest drawings, both from 1991 - courtesy of Craig McCracken’s DeviantArt and Tumblr accountsīack in 1991, Craig McCracken was a promising student at CalArts. The iconic designs of Blossom, Bubbles and Buttercup. And that thing gave Powerpuff the instant recognizability that helped it to soar: That said, one specific thing brought the show into existence. Take its scripts and stylish backgrounds - or its voice cast and inventive, memorable stories. The original Powerpuff owes its enduring fame to a lot of things. People will hate it because it was popular,” he told the magazine Bust in 2002. “The fact that Powerpuff is hot right now means it’s going to be a joke someday. “That was it.”Įven after Powerpuff ’s surprise success, McCracken felt it couldn’t last. “I thought I would get a college hit where 20-year-olds would watch it in their dorms when they’re stoned,” McCracken once said. In 1998, when it first made McCracken’s name, who thought that the show would still be this relevant? Not him. Startling as it may be, the original Powerpuff Girls series is almost 24 years old. He tweeted that he’s thrilled to be back on them, and has plans to “develop new characters and stories for two of favorite creations.” On Monday, it came out that Craig McCracken is rebooting his classic cartoons The Powerpuff Girls and Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends. ![]()
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