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Kyle A. Carrozza
Born
Kyle Adam Carrozza

(1979-05-19) May 19, 1979 (age 45)
Catskill, New York, U.S.
Occupations
  • Animator
  • storyboard artist
  • writer
  • director
  • producer
  • voice actor
  • musician
  • accordionist
  • songwriter
  • composer
Years active1997–2024
Known forMighty Magiswords

Kyle Adam Carrozza (born May 19, 1979), known professionally as Kyle A. Carrozza, is an American former animator, voice actor, and musician. He is best known as the creator of Cartoon Network's Mighty Magiswords (2015–2019) and the animated short MooBeard: The Cow Pirate for Nickelodeon's Random! Cartoons.

Carrozza worked as a storyboard artist for Fanboy and Chum Chum, the Animaniacs reboot series, The Casagrandes Movie and The Fairly OddParents: A New Wish, as well as a character layout artist for The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water. As a musician, he frequently composed and performed under the name TV's Kyle, being featured on the comedy music Dr. Demento show and on The FuMP.

In June 2024, Carrozza was arrested on two counts of child pornography possession.[1]

Early life

Carrozza was born on May 19, 1979 in Catskill, NY. His father worked as a teacher for Catskill Middle School and as a photographer. He studied under cartoonist Brian Mitchell during the summertime. He graduated from Catskill High School in 1997 and in the Art Institute of Philadelphia in 1999.

Career

Animation

Carrozza's first animation profession was as an in-between animator and clean up artist for Jon McClenahan's StarToons, specifically working on the original Animaniacs series episode "Bully for Skippy" albeit uncredited. Carrozza would eventually return to the franchise as a storyboard artist for the reboot series in 2020.

Carrozza also worked for Knowledge Adventure under their Funnybone Interactive division doing character designs, animation and voice-over for selective CD-Rom titles such as JumpStart. He would later produce and develop his own animated short for Nickelodeon's Random! Cartoons, "MooBeard: The Cow Pirate".

He went on to be a storyboard artist for Fanboy and Chum Chum, Fish Hooks, Doc McStuffins, Bravest Warriors, The Casagrandes Movie and The Fairly OddParents: A New Wish, and a character layout artist for The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water.

Carrozza went on to create the animated series Mighty Magiswords, which premiered in 2015 and was billed as Cartoon Network's first digital series made specifically for online. The shorts eventually green-lit into a TV series which premiered on September 29, 2016 in Cartoon Network. The characters in the series were created by Carrozza in 1996,[2] and was pitched to Cartoon Network in 2005–2006 under the names "Legendary Warriors for Hire", and to Mondo Media[3] in 2007–2008 as "Dungeons and Dayjobs",[4] before Cartoon Network picked it up in 2013. The series concluded in 2019 with the remaining duration being released on Cartoon Network Video and Boomerang.

Music

Carrozza began producing music since the early 1990s, releasing most of his songs online under the name "TV's Kyle". He is proficient in the accordion, keyboards and music software such as GarageBand. Many of his songs can be heard on his BandCamp, and are frequently played on the comedy music Dr. Demento show and on The FuMP.

Personal life

He is married to Lindsay Smith, character designer and voice artist who also worked on Magiswords in character design and as a recurring voice artist.[citation needed]

Child pornography charges and arrest

On June 20, 2024, Carrozza was arrested for possession on two counts of child pornography.[1][5][6] Several former colleagues such as animation artist Nico Colaleo, Magiswords storyboard artist and writing/voice talent Luke Ski and The FuMP have announced their disassociation with him as a result.[7][8][9]

Influences

Carrozza cites the works of Bob Clampett, many Spümcø alumni (e.g. Bob Camp, Jim Smith, Eddie Fitzgerald, Lynne Naylor, etc), Doug TenNapel, Bill Kopp, Bruce Timm and Jhonen Vasquez as his main inspirations.[10] Carrozza was also heavily influenced by anime and tokusatsu shows (e.g. Super Sentai, Kamen Rider, etc.) and would frequently implant references to them in his works.

Carrozza's music styling was influenced by the works of "Weird Al" Yankovic, They Might Be Giants and numerous artists, with the two former inspiring his use of the accordion in his works.

Filmography

Film

Year Title Storyboard Artist Notes
2015 The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water No Character layout artist
2024 The Casagrandes Movie Yes

Animation

Year Title Storyboard Artist Writer Notes
1997 Animaniacs No No In-between animator and clean-up artist for "Bully for Skippy" (uncredited)
2005 Random! Cartoons Yes Yes "MooBeard: The Cow Pirate"
2005-2006 Danger Rangers Yes No Storyboard revisionist
2010–2011 Fanboy and Chum Chum Yes No Storyboard revisionist and artist
2012 Fish Hooks Yes No Storyboard artist
2013 Doc McStuffins Yes No Flash animator for episode "Big Head Hallie", storyboard artist for "The Doc Files" shorts
2015-2018 Mighty Magiswords Yes Yes Creator, show runner, story, writer, voice actor, executive producer, storyboard artist, composer, theme song writer, character design, background design, model designer
2020-2023 Animaniacs (2020) Yes Yes Storyboard artist
2021-2024 The Snoopy Show Yes No Storyboard artist
2023-2024 The Fairly OddParents: A New Wish Yes No Storyboard artist
2024 Camp Snoopy Yes No Storyboard artist

Web series

Year Title Role
2012 Bravest Warriors Storyboard artist: CatBug
2021 Wha Cha Got? Storyboard artist: Spatula

Video games

Year Title Role
1999 JumpStart Explorers Character designer, animator and voice
1999 JumpStart Around the World Voice
2000 JumpStart Adventure Challenge Character designer
2007 Ratatouille Tester
2007 ABC Mouse Character designer and graphic designer

Voice roles

Year Title Voice role
1999 JumpStart Explorers Additional voices
1999 JumpStart Around the World Brady Bear
2008 Random! Cartoons Ungus the Unpleasant / Ungentlemanly Pig (MooBeard: The Cow Pirate)
2015-2019 Mighty Magiswords Prohyas / Announcer / Grup the Dragon / Additional Voices
2018 The Powerpuff Girls Harmadillo
2024 SCOOP D'ÉTAT Sun
2024 The Fairly OddParents: A New Wish Pe-Az #1 / Pe-Az #2 / Pe-Az #3

References

  1. ^ a b Amidi, Amid (July 14, 2024). "Cartoon Network Show Creator Kyle Carrozza Arrested On Child Pornography Possession Charges". Cartoon Brew. Cartoon Brew, LLC. Retrieved July 15, 2024.
  2. ^ "Legendary Warriors for Hire". Kyle Carrozza. November 6, 2005. Archived from the original on October 27, 2015 – via deviantart.com. I created these guys back in 1996, but haven't drawn them much until now...
  3. ^ "TokuNet Podcast – Kyle Carrozza Interview". The Tokusatsu Network. September 12, 2016. Retrieved April 5, 2017.
  4. ^ "Dungeons and Dayjobs by =TVsKyle on deviantART". April 29, 2013. Archived from the original on April 29, 2013. Retrieved April 5, 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  5. ^ https://myburbank.com/burbank-police-log-june-17-june-23/
  6. ^ https://www.burbankpd.org/file.aspx?DocumentId=8709
  7. ^ https://x.com/thefump/status/1812541298273853808
  8. ^ https://x.com/thegreatlukeski/status/1812601484066066498
  9. ^ https://x.com/NicoColaleo/status/1812253277200994595
  10. ^ y2jenn (September 29, 2006). "C&C Interview with tvskyle". DeviantArt. Archived from the original on May 18, 2015. Retrieved July 14, 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
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