Derek Drymon

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Derek Drymon (born 1965) is an American writer & storyboard artist. He has worked on numerous Nickelodeon cartoon productions of the 1990s and 2000s, the most popular show being SpongeBob SquarePants.

1 Personal Background
2 Early Nickelodeon Years
3 Diggs Tailwagger
4 References
5 External links

[edit] Personal Background

Drymon was born in Jefferson Township, New Jersey, a small town in far northern New Jersey in 1968. He attended Jefferson Township Public Schools as a child, and supposedly he enjoyed drawing and making comic books. Drymon graduated from Jefferson Township High School in 1987.^[1] He attended the School of Visual Arts in New York to become an illustrator. After college, he was recruited by Disney feature animation for their internship program. Upon finishing the program he returned to New Jersey and then on to California.

[edit] Early Nickelodeon Years

Drymon was discovered by Nickelodeon in 1993. He moved to California to work as an animator for Nickelodeon. In 1993, Drymon also began working as a storyboard artist and writer for Rocko's Modern Life. It was here he met two of his future employers, Tim Hill and Stephen Hillenburg, Hill was a writer, Hillenburg a co-producer and storyboard artist.

Drymon worked on Tim Hill's side project, the popular Kablam! skit Action League Now! as a storyboard artist. He also wrote the Emmy nominated episode of CatDog, "Doggone".

In 1997, Drymon's former "Rocko" co-worker Stephen Hillenburg created SpongeBob SquarePants. Drymon performed many duties on SpongeBob, including being a writer on all episodes, then supervising director and producer, and eventually creative director. Drymon is also working on the Cartoon Network animated series Camp Lazlo.

[edit] Diggs Tailwagger

Derek Drymon's new show Diggs Tailwagger has been given the greenlight by Nickelodeon for production. The show premiered in 2007. Drymon has written the pilot episode with former SpongeBob SquarePants co-worker Kaz.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] References

^ Jennings, Rob. "Jefferson native, SpongeBob go way back: Cartoonist an executive producer for animated film", Daily Record (Morristown), November 19, 2004. Accessed October 23, 2007. "But in Jefferson, Drymon is perhaps best remembered as an offensive guard and defensive tackle on the high school's state championship football team in 1986.... At Jefferson High School, when not playing football, Drymon was sketching comic books."