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Sherm Cohen is a cartoonist, writer and storyboard artist. He got his start in animation at Nickelodeon on The Ren and Stimpy Show as a character layout artist, followed by a three-year stint on Hey Arnold as storyboard artist and director. In early 1998, Sherm Cohen was invited by SpongeBob's creator Steve Hillenburg to be part of the original SpongeBob SquarePants crew. Sherm spent the first season on the show as a writer, storyboard artist and director, then moved up to Storyboard Supervisor for the next three seasons of SpongeBob SquarePants. Sherm was also lead storyboard artist and character designer on The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie. After SpongeBob's fourth season, Sherm left Nickelodeon to write and illustrate a book on how to draw cartoons, "Cartooning: Character Design," which was recently released from Walter Foster Publications. After spending two seasons writing and drawing boards at Cartoon Network, Sherm went across town to be a writer and storyboard artist on the TV series, Phineas and Ferb at Walt Disney Studios.

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iPhone Comics are going Mainstream, Baby!

The New York Times has an article about reading comics on your iPhone or other mobile devices. It looks like even the mainstream press has figured out that reading your comic books on an iPhone is a great way to keep up on your daily recommended dose of comics.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/28/business/media/28proto.html?_r=1

Soon, even the daily comic strips like Garfiels and Pearls Before Swine will be easy to read on your iPhone or iPod Touch. The more we demand it from publishers, the sooner we can have all of our favorite comics on our iPhones!

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