Brian Cosgrove Brian Cosgrove Brian Joseph Cosgrove OBE (born 6 April 1934) is an English BAFTA Award winning director, producer, animator, designer and sculptor best known as the creator of the animated children shows "Danger Mouse" and "Count Duckula". Born in North Manchester, Cosgrove studied at Manchester College of Art and Design, there he met his future work partner Mark Hall. Cosgrove started career by producing television graphics at Granada Television. He later on joined Stop Frame Productions, which Mark Hall founded, there he worked on many public service films, commercials for companies like TVTimes and directing and produced animated shows such
Spider-Man: The New Animated Series "When Sparks Fly". The DVD releases feature the episodes in the correct order. Each episode has a montage at the end of which states "Next Time On "Spider-Man"" The series received favorable reviews from critics. In 2004, the series was nominated for an Annie Award for Outstanding Achievement in an Animated Television Production while "Keeping Secrets" got a nomination in Outstanding Storyboarding in an Animated Television Production. The complete series was released on DVD as "Spider-Man: The New Animated Series: Special Edition" on January 13, 2004. Four separate DVD volumes containing three episodes each were also released from 2004 to