Introduction
Introduction th My superhero creator is Genndy Tartakovsky, born in Russia on January 17 , 1970 to Boris and Miriam Tartakovsky. Genndy moved with his family to Italy, and from there to Chicago, Illinois. He attended Lane Technical College Prep High School, where he developed an interest in animation. He went on to pursue that interest at the California Institute of the Arts. There he met animators Craig McCracken and Bob Renzetti. His time at Cal Arts set him on his career. His first job in animation was in the country of Spain, where he worked on Batman: The Animated Series. But the decisive turning point in his career was when he was hired by the famed animation studio Hanna-Barbera, for whom Tartakovsky created his first and signature animated series, Dexter’s Laboratory, the story of a smart-alecky boy genius. Tartakovsky then served as Animation Director and Cinematographer for The Powerpuff Girls Movie, working with his good friend, the director, Craig McCracken. Nominated for several Emmy awards, The Powerpuff Girls TV series proved to be prelude to Tartakovsky’s greatest work, Samurai Jack, for which he won several Emmy and other awards. Major Works and Influences Samurai Jack is a story about a samurai warrior who experiences time travel in his effort to defeat the shape-shifting, demon wizard Aku, who had imprisoned Jack’s father. Like most superheroes, Jack has a secret identity, an identity so secret that we never discover his true name. Like most superheroes, Jack also has access to magic, in the form of his katana, a Japanese sword with special powers.
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