Well, for one thing, the executives in charge at Cartoon Network are cartoon fans. I mean, these are people who grew up loving animation and loving cartoons, and the only difference between them and me is they don't know how to draw.

He is best-known for creating the Emmy-winning animated series The Powerpuff Girls and Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends for Cartoon Network as well writing and storyboarding for Dexter's Laboratory. He began producing The Powerpuff Girls which premiered as a short in 1995 on studio president Fred Seibert's animation incubator What a Cartoon! and full half-hour episodes in 1998. He has been married to fellow animator Lauren Faust since 2004.

Craig McCracken (born March 31 1971) is an American animator director and producer. He has been married to fellow animator Lauren Faust since 2004.