Zeus Cervas (born September 19, 1974; age 50) is a SpongeBob SquarePants crew member who worked on the show (in varying capacities) from season 2 up until season 9, and again from season 13 to the present day. Initially a storyboard artist, Cervas was promoted to a full-time writer in season 4, beginning with the episode "Selling Out." Collaborating with Erik Wiese for the remainder of the season, Cervas, due to Wiese's departure, was eventually partnered with Casey Alexander as of season 5; the pair would become one of the series' longest-lasting and most prolific writing teams, persisting until the midpoint of season 9. Despite departing the show in 2012, Cervas briefly returned to work on the show during its 11th season as a freelance artist. He also worked on The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run as a storyboard artist[1], and returned to the franchise full-time on The Patrick Star Show and season 13 in 2020 onward.
Trivia
- Zeus the Guitar Lord from "Tentacle-Vision" was named after Zeus Cervas.
- Ironically, he did not work on that episode. However, he was a storyboard director and writer on its sister episode "I ♥ Dancing."
- According to the DVD commentary of "Shanghaied," Zeus drew the famous "Fly of Despair" sequence for that episode.
- Zeus has also worked for the CatDog crew, the Family Guy crew, the Harvey Beaks crew, and the Star vs. the Forces of Evil crew. He also worked on Uncle Grandpa, since his former partner, Casey Alexander, worked on that show.
- Zeus has worked on Aaron Springer's cartoon Billy Dilley's Super-Duper Subterranean Summer with Casey Alexander on Disney XD. He was a storyboard artist and director for multiple episodes of the show.
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