Career

The whole reel, board by board — every show, film, and studio from the start to now.

1995 first credit 23 productions 2 Emmy wins

Breaking in — the Nickelodeon years

Kyle came up in the mid-nineties through Los Angeles television animation, working with studios including Murakami Wolf Swenson and Klasky Csupo before landing at Nickelodeon during its golden age.

  1. c. 1995–1998

    First years in the business

    Storyboard revisions, character design & art department

    Active in animation since around 1995, Kyle put in his early years across Los Angeles studios — industry databases list Murakami Wolf Swenson and Klasky Csupo among his first employers — learning the trade from the drawing table up: storyboard revisions, character design, and art department work on the syndicated television productions of the era.

  2. 1999
    Rugrats series logo
    Rugrats — Klasky Csupo / Nickelodeon

    Rugrats

    Storyboard artist · Klasky Csupo / Nickelodeon

    His first major boarding credit came on Nickelodeon’s flagship series, drawing the babies of one of the most-watched cartoons on television at the height of its run.

  3. 1999–2001
    Rocket Power series logo
    Rocket Power — Klasky Csupo / Nickelodeon

    Rocket Power

    Storyboard artist · Klasky Csupo / Nickelodeon

    Boarded roughly nine episodes of Klasky Csupo’s extreme-sports comedy, staging skate, surf, and hockey action across Ocean Shores.

  4. 2000
    Rugrats in Paris: The Movie theatrical poster
    Rugrats in Paris: The Movie (2000) — theatrical poster

    Rugrats in Paris: The Movie

    Additional storyboards · Nickelodeon Movies / Paramount

    Contributed additional storyboarding to the babies’ second theatrical feature — his first taste of the big screen.

  5. 2001
    As Told by Ginger series logo
    As Told by Ginger — Klasky Csupo / Nickelodeon

    As Told by Ginger

    Storyboard artist · Klasky Csupo / Nickelodeon

    A single-episode board on Klasky Csupo’s Emmy-nominated middle-school dramedy rounded out his run at the studio.

  6. 2001–2003
    Invader Zim title card
    Invader Zim — Nickelodeon

    Invader Zim

    Storyboard artist · Nickelodeon

    Boarded nearly twenty episodes of Jhonen Vasquez’s gleefully weird cult classic — including the series premiere, “The Nightmare Begins.”

    That premiere earned Kyle a juried Primetime Emmy at the 53rd Emmy Awards, honoring individual storyboard achievement — the first of two Emmys, won twenty-two years apart.

    • Primetime Emmy Award, 2001 — Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation (juried) — storyboard artist, “The Nightmare Begins”

Crossing over to Disney

In the mid-2000s Kyle moved to Disney Television Animation — the studio he has called home for some twenty years — boarding on its marquee action-comedies of the decade.

  1. 2004–2007
    Kim Possible series logo
    Kim Possible — Disney Television Animation

    Kim Possible

    Storyboard artist · Disney Television Animation

    His transition to the Mouse House: around eight episodes of Disney’s spy-action hit, staging Kim and Ron’s missions through three seasons.

  2. mid-2000s
    Lilo & Stitch: The Series logo
    Lilo & Stitch: The Series — Disney Television Animation

    Lilo & Stitch: The Series

    Storyboard artist · Disney Television Animation

    Boarded on the television continuation of Lilo & Stitch during the same Disney TVA stretch, chasing experiments across Kauaʻi.

  3. 2005
    Tom and Jerry: Blast Off to Mars DVD cover
    Tom and Jerry: Blast Off to Mars (2005) — Warner Bros.

    Tom and Jerry: Blast Off to Mars

    Storyboard artist · Warner Bros. Animation

    A direct-to-video detour to Warner Bros., sending the cat and mouse into orbit in classic chase-comedy style.

  4. 2006–2007
    American Dragon: Jake Long series logo
    American Dragon: Jake Long — Disney Television Animation

    American Dragon: Jake Long

    Storyboard artist · Disney Television Animation

    Boarded a handful of episodes of Disney’s urban-fantasy series about a skateboarding teenage dragon in New York City.

  5. 2010
    The Twisted Whiskers Show logo
    The Twisted Whiskers Show

    The Twisted Whiskers Show

    Storyboard artist · American Greetings / Mike Young Productions

    Boarded two episodes of the CGI pet-comedy anthology.

The Phineas and Ferb years

From 2010, Kyle became a core member of Dan Povenmire and Jeff “Swampy” Marsh’s team — writing and boarding some of Phineas and Ferb’s most ambitious episodes, then following the crew from project to project for the next fifteen years.

  1. 2010–2015
    Title card for the Phineas and Ferb episode Summer Belongs to You!
    “Summer Belongs to You!” (2010) — Kyle’s first written-and-boarded episode

    Phineas and Ferb

    Writer & storyboard artist · Disney Television Animation

    Joined the boarding crew in season two and made his writer/board debut on the hour-long special “Summer Belongs to You!” — the episode where the gang races the sun around the world.

    Episodes he wrote and boarded include “Run, Candace, Run,” “The Belly of the Beast,” “Meapless in Seattle,” “Minor Monogram,” “Where’s Perry? (Part Two),” “When Worlds Collide,” “Primal Perry,” “Druselsteinoween,” and “Tales from the Resistance: Back to the 2nd Dimension.”

    He also co-wrote a song for the show — “Vampire Queens Love Pimpernels,” sung by Ferb in “Druselsteinoween.”

  2. 2011
    Phineas and Ferb the Movie: Across the 2nd Dimension poster
    Across the 2nd Dimension (2011) — Disney Channel Original Movie

    Phineas and Ferb the Movie: Across the 2nd Dimension

    Sequence director, storyboard artist & additional writing · Disney Television Animation

    Stepped up to sequence director on the Emmy-winning TV movie, directing and boarding sequences of the boys’ dimension-hopping showdown with Doofenshmirtz — and contributing additional writing.

  3. 2013–2015
    Phineas and Ferb: Star Wars special key art
    Phineas and Ferb: Star Wars (2014)

    The Phineas and Ferb specials

    Writer & storyboard artist · Disney Television Animation

    Wrote and boarded on the run of event specials that closed out the series: “Mission Marvel” (2013), “Phineas and Ferb Save Summer” (2014), “Star Wars” (2014), the zombie-homage “Night of the Living Pharmacists” (2014), and “The O.W.C.A. Files” (2015) — crossovers that put the Danville kids alongside Marvel heroes and a galaxy far, far away.

  4. 2014
    Planes: Fire & Rescue theatrical poster
    Planes: Fire & Rescue (2014) — theatrical poster

    Planes: Fire & Rescue

    Storyboard artist · DisneyToon Studios

    His theatrical feature credit — boarding on DisneyToon’s aerial-firefighting adventure released to theaters worldwide.

  5. 2015–2016
    Jake and the Never Land Pirates logo
    Jake and the Never Land Pirates — Disney Junior

    Jake and the Never Land Pirates

    Storyboard artist · Disney Junior

    Boarded on Disney Junior’s swashbuckling preschool hit during its final Captain Jake era.

  6. 2016
    The 7D series logo
    The 7D — Disney XD

    The 7D

    Storyboard artist · Disney Television Animation

    Four episodes of Disney XD’s gag-driven comedy reimagining the seven dwarfs of Jollywood.

Storyboard supervisor

On Milo Murphy’s Law, Kyle moved up to supervising the board team — and picked up Annie and Daytime Emmy nominations along the way.

  1. 2016–2019
    Milo Murphy’s Law series logo
    Milo Murphy’s Law — Disney Television Animation

    Milo Murphy’s Law

    Storyboard supervisor, writer & storyboard artist · Disney Television Animation

    Supervised the storyboard team on Povenmire and Marsh’s follow-up series about the eternally jinxed Milo, while still writing and boarding himself — including the series premiere “Going the Extra Milo” and “Sunny Side Up.”

    His boards also ran through “Fungus Among Us,” the crossover event “The Phineas and Ferb Effect,” and the finale “Sphere and Loathing in Outer Space.”

    • Annie Award nomination, 2017 — Outstanding Achievement in Storyboarding, TV/Broadcast — “Going the Extra Milo” (shared with Dan Povenmire)
    • Daytime Emmy nomination, 2017 — Outstanding Writing in an Animated Program — with Dan Povenmire and Jeff “Swampy” Marsh
  2. 2017–2021
    Mickey Mouse Mixed-Up Adventures series logo
    Mickey and the Roadster Racers / Mixed-Up Adventures — Disney Junior

    Mickey and the Roadster Racers

    Storyboard artist · Disney Junior

    His longest single run of episodes — roughly eighty-five boards across the series (later retitled Mickey Mouse Mixed-Up Adventures), racing Mickey and the gang around Hot Dog Hills.

  3. 2020
    Candace Against the Universe poster
    Candace Against the Universe (2020) — Disney+

    Phineas and Ferb the Movie: Candace Against the Universe

    Storyboard supervisor · Disney+

    Supervised storyboards on the Disney+ feature that sent Candace across the galaxy — reuniting the original Phineas and Ferb crew for a streaming-era movie.

  4. 2020
    Big City Greens series logo
    Big City Greens — Disney Channel

    Shortsgiving with Big City Greens

    Writer · Disney Channel

    Wrote for Big City Greens’ Thanksgiving shorts event.

  5. 2021
    Monsters at Work series logo
    Monsters at Work — Disney+

    Monsters at Work

    Storyboard artist · Disney Television Animation / Disney+

    Boarded three episodes of the Monsters, Inc. continuation for Disney+, back on the laugh floor with Mike and Sulley.

Emmy number two — and back to Danville

Two decades after Invader Zim, the same juried storyboard honor came around again — and the Phineas and Ferb revival brought the story full circle.

  1. 2022–present
    Hamster & Gretel series logo
    Hamster & Gretel — Disney Channel

    Hamster & Gretel

    Storyboard artist & additional voices · Disney Television Animation

    A founding board artist on Dan Povenmire’s superhero-sibling comedy — and an occasional voice in the booth, providing additional voices across the series.

    His storyboard work on the show (including the episode “Birthday Besties”) earned the series’ juried Emmy recognition in 2023.

  2. 2023
    Kyle Menke in a tuxedo at the Children’s & Family Emmy Awards
    Kyle at the Children’s & Family Emmys, December 2023

    Children’s & Family Emmy Award

    Winner — Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation: Storyboard · 2nd Children’s & Family Emmy Awards

    At the December 2023 ceremony, Kyle won the juried Children’s & Family Emmy for his storyboard work on Hamster & Gretel — twenty-two years after his Primetime Emmy for Invader Zim, and for the same individual-achievement honor as it moved between television academies.

    • Children’s & Family Emmy Award, 2023 — Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation — Storyboard (juried), Hamster & Gretel
  3. 2025–present
    Phineas and Ferb series logo
    Phineas and Ferb — Disney Television Animation

    Phineas and Ferb (revival)

    Writer & storyboard artist · Disney Television Animation

    Back in Danville for the season five revival, with writer/storyboard credits including “Cloudy With a Chance of Mom” and “VENDPOCALYPSE THE MUSICAL” — fifteen years after his first Phineas and Ferb episode.

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