Chris Savino

**Christopher Mason Savino** (born October 2, 1971) is an American writer, comic book artist, and former animator. He is well-known as the creator of the animated series *The Loud House* (including the 2016 rendition). Savino has also worked on *The Ren & Stimpy Show*, *Dexter's Laboratory*, *Cow and Chicken*, *I Am Weasel*, *The Powerpuff Girls*, *Samurai Jack*, *My Gym Partner's a Monkey*, *Kick Buttowski: Suburban Daredevil*, *My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic*, *Mickey Mouse* and *Johnny Test.*

Savino has been nominated for three Primetime Emmy Awards, two Annie Awards, and a Daytime Emmy Award.

## Early life

Savino was born and raised in Royal Oak, Michigan, where he attended Dondero High School. He is the ninth of ten children, having five sisters and four brothers. His biggest influence in the animation world was *Mighty Mouse: The New Adventures* because of the way its animation style differed from that of the other 1980s animated series.

## Career

He began his career in the animation industry in 1991 and has worked for Spümcø, Joe Murray Studio, Nickelodeon Animation Studio, Hanna-Barbera, Cartoon Network Studios and Disney Television Animation. He then developed the 1996 short *A Loud, Loud, Loud House: The Family*, which was later adapted into a 9-season television series, and debuted in 1998, and concluding in 2008. He was originally the showrunner for the last two seasons of *Dexter's Laboratory*, *The Powerpuff Girls*, and *My Gym Partner's a Monkey*. He was also previously a writer for *The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy*, *Kick Buttowski: Suburban Daredevil*, and *Mickey Mouse*. In June 2014, his short for Nickelodeon, *The Loud House*, was greenlit for a full series, and debuted on May 2, 2016, as a revival to the 1998 series.

On November 1, 2019, Savino released his debut children's novel, *Coal: A Cautionary Christmas Tale*, through Amazon Publishing. Later on December of the same year he published the first installment of his graphic novel duology *Bigfoot & Gray*.

On March 3, 2020, he published his first non-fiction book, a guide to write cartoons entitled *Writing Cartoons in 4 Acts (Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Midpoint)*.

Since January 5, 2020, he also publishes the Sunday strip *For Brothers*.

## Personal life

### Sexual harassment allegations

On October 17, 2017, Cartoon Brew reported that Nickelodeon had suspended Savino from their studio due to multiple allegations of sexual harassment against him; rumors of Savino's inappropriate behavior had existed for "at least a decade". As many as a dozen women accused Savino of sexual harassment, unwanted sexual advances, and threats of blacklisting female colleagues who no longer agreed to consensual relationships with him. On October 19, a Nickelodeon spokesperson confirmed that they fired Savino, and that *The Loud House* would continue production without him. On October 23, Savino spoke for the first time since the allegations first appeared, saying he was "deeply sorry" for his actions. On May 30, 2018, Savino was given a one-year suspension from The Animation Guild, IATSE Local 839. As part of his plea bargain with The Animation Guild, Savino was ordered to donate $4,000 to a charity chosen by the guild, complete 40 hours of community service, undergo counseling, and obtain a certificate of sexual harassment training.

The allegations and his union suspension process were featured in a March 2019 segment on *Full Frontal with Samantha Bee* titled "#MeToon" that was produced and animated by a crew of all women, and featured interviews with a few of the female animators that were involved in his successful union suspension campaign along with one of his alleged victims.

In a September 2019 interview, Savino mentioned his regret about his actions.

In October 2019, Savino claimed to be a born-again Christian.