He is probably best known in the comics world as co-creator with Woodrow Phoenix of a humorous anthology comic called SugarBuzz published by Slave Labor Graphics, featuring a cast of over fifty characters.
Carney now works primarily as an animation writer in the UK for children's cartoon series.
An episode of Shaun the Sheep written by Ian Carney in 2010 was the winner of the US tv broadcasting award, the Emmy.
He has written scripts for shows in the UK including Chuggington, The Cramp Twins, Bob The Builder, The Hoobs, Shaun the Sheep, Noddy, Tracy Beaker, Metalheads, The Octonauts, Emu, Rubbadubbers, ZingZillas, Noddy, Combos Ninos, Nina and the Neurons, Tommy Zoom, Tree Fu Tom and Pinky and Perky.
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