Nickelodeon Greenlights 'Fanboy and Chum Chum'

For resident comic book enthusiast Fanboy as well as his best pal and trusted sidekick Chum Chum, engaging one's childhood according to the extraordinarily inspiring adventures of the caped and the cowled isn't a hobby, it's a way of life. Life is about comics, superheroes, and the unending rivers of imagination that pump through the veins of their creators; or at least, that's how ten-year-old Fanboy sees things in the up and coming computer animated television series Fanboy and Chum Chum. Recently given the greenlight for full-series production, this new cartoon will complement comics-lovers worldwide, in one way or another, as soon as it hits the airwaves.

Generated from the mind of animator Eric Robles, Fanboy and Chum Chum finds two wide-eyed boys in the midst of their youth, enjoying the sixth sense for exploration and passion for all things new they hope to gain from reading comics.

Now moving into production, the animation was picked up for twenty-six episodes and represents one of the first "Random! Cartoons" (a single-episode contribution to a Fred Seibert-driven anthology of animation) to make its way to series.

Robles is credited with having worked on Nickelodeon's preschool animation Ni Hao, Kai-lan, as well as the Xs; while additionally leaving his mark on a number of animation projects across Hollywood.

"Eric's wild imagination and diverse animation background have brought these hilarious characters to life and we're excited to share them with our Nick audience," Brown Johnson, President of Nickelodeon Animation, commented. "Our search for unique and funny knows no bounds -- and with Fanboy and Chum Chum, we found it in our own backyard on Random Cartoons."

Although not everything boils down to comics for Fanboy and Chum Chum (perhaps in the form of a new villain they must battle), many things do. But a lot of the humor of Fanboy and Chum Chum can perhaps be boiled down to tales about kids being kids, even if that means taking on their local "untrusting wizard friend," Kyle. The CG television series is far from a scheduled air date at this point, but Nickelodeon has noted that Robles will co-executive produce along with Fred Siebert and Steve Tompkins, whom has served as writer and producer for The Critic, The Simpsons, and the PJs. Physical production of Eric Robles' Fanboy and Chum Chum is at the Nickelodeon Animation Studio in Burbank, California; reportedly the largest producer of television animation in the U.S

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