Vernon , a native of Lubbock , Texas , studied at CalArts and worked as a storyboard artist on Ralph Bakshi 's `` Cool World '' , `` 2 Stupid Dogs '' , `` Rocko 's Modern Life '' , `` Nightmare Ned '' , and `` Morto the Magician '' .
He studied at CalArts . Vernon worked as a storyboard artist in Ralph Bakshi 's `` Cool World '' , `` 2 Stupid Dogs '' , `` Rocko 's Modern Life '' , `` Nightmare Ted '' and `` Morto the Magician '' .