Sherm Cohen is a cartoonist, writer and storyboard artist. He got his start in animation at Nickelodeon on The Ren ... more

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 Storyboard Supervisor for the next three seasons. Sherm was also lead storyboard artist and a character designer on The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie. After SpongeBob's fourth season, Sherm left Nickelodeon to write and illustrate a book for Walter Foster Publications, "Cartooning: Designing Characters." After spending two seasons writing and drawing boards at Cartoon Network, Sherm is having fun as a writer and storyboard artist on Phineas and Ferb at Walt Disney Studios.