website birth_place awards birth_date notable_works residence article_title name occupation
http://thelostcomic.com delaware , united states 29th annual annie award 2001 world animation celebration 12 october 1967 '' '' '' god , the devil and bob '' '' rugrats rocket power '' '' invader zim '' '' the lost '' boys '' '' duckman '' '' wild thornberries north dakota steve ressel
 steve ressel writer , musician , director , producer , artist , animator
steve ressel

steve ressel is an animator , comic book artist , illustrator , producer , publisher , novelist , script writer , and director .
steve directed animated series such as `` invader zim '' , `` the wild thornberrys '' , `` duckman '' , `` stressed eric '' , `` god , the devil and bob '' , `` rugrats '' , and others .
ressel directed and produced the entire run of `` invader zim '' until nickelodeon cancelled it in the middle of its second season of production .
he stated he would never work on `` invader zim '' again .
though he was not included on the dvd commentary of zim , a track of the entire series with him alone was recorded and never released .
it can be found sans video on youtube .
after `` invader zim '' he went on to develop his own ideas .
`` trubble bub '' , a cgi children 's program focusing on problem solving and behavior , was animated as a pilot .
it is currently scripted and designed for a direct-to-dvd project .
a cgi movie he wrote for an independent animation studio is in post production ; title and release date are not certain .
