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My Take
Maxwell Atoms, born Adam Burton, is one of those creators I genuinely admire. The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy is a small miracle of tone, smuggling pitch-black, surreal humor inside a kids' cartoon while keeping adults grinning. That tightrope walk takes real craft, and his work on Evil Con Carne and more recently Helluva Boss shows he never lost the edge. From Albuquerque to the University of the Arts in Philadelphia, he built a singular comedic voice that refuses to be cute or safe. I'm drawn to artists who trust their audience with weirdness, and Atoms has done exactly that for decades.
Overview
Adam Maxwell Burton, known professionally as Maxwell Atoms, is an American animator, screenwriter, storyboard artist and voice actor. He is the creator of the Cartoon Network series Grim & Evil and its subsequent spin-offs, The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy and Evil Con Carne.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Maxwell Atoms
- Name (Japanese)
- マクスウェル・アトム
- Reading
- まくすうぇる・あとむ
- Born
- January 21, 1974 (age 52)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Aquarius / Tiger
- Origin
- Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- animator / storyboard artist / screenwriter / film producer / film director
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Air Academy High School
- University
- The University of the Arts
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
5. Works & records
| Category | Title | Role | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Notable work | The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy | — | |
| Notable work | Evil Con Carne | — | |
| Notable work | Helluva Boss | — |
6. Links
Animator — see all → · More people from United States →
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.