Rumen Petkov (Bulgarian: Румен Петков) (born 26 January 1948) is a Bulgarian animator and comic creator. His influence spawned a new generation of young Bulgarian comic book artists as Vladimir Nedialkov, Koko Sarkisian, Ivan Kirjakov and others. He was one of the main artists of the comics magazine DUGA (Rainbow), which was the most popular comics for several generations of Bulgarian children. His most popular cartoon is The Adventures of Choko the Stork and Boko the Frog which was popular in Bulgaria during 1970s and 80s. Other famous animated films he directed are Friends of Gosho the Elephant, Treasure Planet, etc. He has won the Grand Prize at the Ottawa Animation Festival and the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival. Recently Rumen Petkov has worked as a writer, storyboard artist, animation director and director on some episodes of Tom and Jerry Tales, Johnny Bravo, Dexter's Laboratory, Cow and Chicken, The New Woody Woodpecker Show and other series. He is currently working on The Mummy TV series. [1] He says about animation: "Animation will never die because it's like music, because it's like running with the wind, because it's funny."
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Work
Theatrical cartoons
Comics
- The Adventures of Choko the Stork and Boko the Frog
TV Series
Animated television series
- Johnny Bravo
- Dexter's Laboratory
- Tom and Jerry Tales
- Cow and Chicken
- The New Woody Woodpecker Show
- Samurai Jack
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