FILE - In this Jan. 31, 2015 file photo, SpongeBob SquarePants creator Stephen Hillenburg attends the world premiere of "The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out Of Water" in New York. Hillenburg died Monday, ...

As a show, SpongeBob didn’t exactly grow with its original viewership. It seems significant that so many of these memes are from the show’s first three seasons (notable exception: “Mocking SpongeBob” ...

Refresh for updates SpongeBob SquarePants creator Stephen Hillenburg was remembered today by friends and colleagues as a man with an incredible impact on pop culture. “To this day I am stopped and ...

Stephen Hillenburg, who died in November, has a cameo in the Nickelodeon show's title sequence “Are you ready kids?” Every child who grew up watching SpongeBob Squarepants will recognize those words ...

SpongeBob SquarePants creator Stephen Hillenburg died Monday, Nov. 26 at the age of 57. The news was revealed yesterday, and many friends and fans have begun paying their respects, including Beck. The ...

Stephen Hillenburg, a onetime marine biology teacher who created the enduringly popular "SpongeBob SquarePants," an Emmy Award-winning animated Nickelodeon program about a goofy underwater world that ...

LOS ANGELES — Stephen Hillenburg, who used his dual loves of drawing and marine biology to spawn the absurd undersea world of “SpongeBob SquarePants,” has died, Nickelodeon announced Tuesday.

Now a moment to remember the creator of Nickelodeon's "SpongeBob SquarePants." Stephen Hillenburg died yesterday of ALS at age 57. NPR's Andrew Limbong has this look at his work. UNIDENTIFIED ACTORS: ...

Stephen Hillenburg, who created SpongeBob SquarePants and the absurd undersea world he inhabited, died Monday at age 57, Nickelodeon has announced. He had said in March 2017 that he had Lou Gehrig's ...

Days after Stephen Hillenburg, the creator of Nickelodeon's "SpongeBob SquarePants," died, fans of the show are rallying to pay tribute to his legacy by emulating a stand-out episode of the show.

Yesterday brought the tragic news of Stephen Hillenburg’s death, who is best known for creating SpongeBob SquarePants, one of the most successful and beloved TV shows of all time, animated or ...

Sandy Cheeks, SpongeBob, and Patrick as animated by Narmak. Credit: Image provided by Narmak. Narmak is a self-taught animator and the creator of “Suponjibobu,” a viral SpongeBob anime series ...