![]() For my first job I was hired by the people at Studio AKA to do commercials, but what I did instead was mostly waste their money by not getting any jobs! I worked there for three years, never ever winning a pitch. Skwigly had the pleasure of talking to the show’s creator himself at this year’s Annecy festival.Ĭan you tell us a little about your career and the origins of Gumball?Īs soon as I finished animation school I went to London. Nothing is out of bounds in Gumball’s world, which is just how Bocquelet likes it. Set in the fictitious American suburb of Elmore, the 2D animated characters inhabit real-world environments. Originally intended as a show about a remedial school for cartoons to learn how to be funny, the show was redesigned into the comedic family romp we know today featuring blue cat Gumball and his adopted brother Darwin, a goldfish, who go on highly energetic and often bizarre adventures along with the rest of his family and friends. The Amazing World of Gumball stems from the wild mind of French-born British animator Ben Bocquelet, who created the show after joining Cartoon Network in 2007. ![]() ![]() UPDATE: Watch our exclusive video interview with Ben Bocquelet in our LIGHTBOX special:
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