History Creator / CraigMcCracken

* TheSixties: He missed the decade by a couple of years, but a lot of his works are heavily influenced by it.

* MonochromeCasting: Never had a non-white main character in any of his creations until ''Kid Cosmic'', which features a more racially diverse main cast.

Craig Douglas [=McCracken=] (born March 31, 1971) is an American animator, writer, director and producer, who is best-known as the creator the Creator/CartoonNetwork animated series ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls'' and ''WesternAnimation/FostersHomeForImaginaryFriends''.

[=McCracken=] took inspiration for his work from Creator/JimHenson, Creator/DrSeuss, and Creator/CharlesMSchulz.

* SlidingScaleOfIdealismVsCynicism: Heavily towards the idealistic end

Craig then moved over to Netflix to create ''WesternAnimation/KidCosmic'', which premiered on in 2021; being his first series distributed for a streaming service, and the first to fully utilize a [[StoryArc serialized story format]]. In 2022, it was announced that Craig has returned to Cartoon Network to spearhead the revivals of both ''Powerpuff'' and ''Foster's''.

%% * GettingCrapPastThe Radar: Due to overwhelming and persistent misuse, GCPTR is on-page examples only until 01 June 2021. If you are reading this in the future, please check the trope page to make sure your example fits the current definition.

There was also a short-lived project on Cartoon Network he and Rob Renzetti created called ''WesternAnimation/{{Cartoonstitute}}'', which was supposed to be a successor to the ''WesternAnimation/WhatACartoonShow'' on TV, but it got put quietly on CN's video service instead. He left Cartoon Network in 2009, and spent the next few years as a freelancer, creating sketches for what would eventually become his next show ''WesternAnimation/WanderOverYonder'' in 2013. It ran for two seasons before it's cancelation, making it [=McCracken=]'s first show to be canceled rather than voluntarily ended. He then moved over to Netflix to create ''WesternAnimation/KidCosmic'', which premiered on in 2021; being his first series distributed for a streaming service, and the first to fully utilize a [[StoryArc serialized story format]]. In 2022, it was announced that Craig has returned to Cartoon Network to spearhead the revivals of both ''Powerpuff'' and ''Foster's''.

There was also a short-lived project on Cartoon Network he and Rob Renzetti created called ''WesternAnimation/{{Cartoonstitute}}'', which was supposed to be a successor to the ''WesternAnimation/WhatACartoonShow'' on TV, but it got put quietly on CN's video service instead. He left Cartoon Network in 2009, and spent the next few years as a freelancer, creating sketches for what would eventually become his next show ''WesternAnimation/WanderOverYonder'' in 2013. It ran for two seasons before it's cancelation, making it [=McCracken=]'s first show to be canceled rather than voluntarily ended. His next show, ''WesternAnimation/KidCosmic'', premiered on Netflix in 2021; being his first series distributed for a streaming service, and the first to fully utilize a [[StoryArc serialized story format]]. In 2022, it was announced that Craig has returned to Cartoon Network to spearhead the revivals of both ''Powerpuff'' and ''Foster's''.

There was also a short-lived project on Cartoon Network he and Rob Renzetti created called ''WesternAnimation/{{Cartoonstitute}}'', which was supposed to be a successor to the ''WesternAnimation/WhatACartoonShow'' on TV, but it got put quietly on CN's video service instead. He left Cartoon Network in 2009, and spent the next few years as a freelancer, creating sketches for what would eventually become his next show ''WesternAnimation/WanderOverYonder'' in 2013. It ran for two seasons before it's cancelation, making it [=McCracken=]'s first show to be canceled rather than voluntarily ended. His next show, ''WesternAnimation/KidCosmic'', premiered on Netflix in 2021; being his first series distributed for a streaming service, and the first to fully utilize a [[StoryArc serialized story format]].