Artist ‘Ren & Stimpy’ and co -founder spümcØ Jim Smith died, age 70 years

The story and layout artist, characters designer and musician Jim Smith (born James Carl Jobb) died on Friday, May 2, at the age of 70. The animation veteran was perhaps the most famous in the co -founder of Indie Studio SpümcØ with working partner John Krikfali, Bob Camp and Lynn Nylor and the joint development of a series of influential nickeledons Show Ren & Stimpy In 1991. Smith also created a further spumco show Breaking friends from Kricfalusi (2001-2002).

In the early 1980s, Smith born in Texas, Texas, began his career as a layout artist and stories working on a show such as Real ghosts, ge-handy gang, Mighty mouse: new adventures and Beany and Cecil. He was also an animator of the famous music video 1986 Harlem movesDirector Ralph Bakshi and Krycphalus and the layout artist on the music video of BJORK 1995, I miss youAlso director of the cryflus.

He worked as an artist of stories by Bakshi’s function The cool world (1990), Warner Bros. ‘ Tiny adventures Toon (1991) and Batman: Animation series (1992). He was also a characters designer and a story artist on Nickelodeon Show Ren & Stimpy In the 90s. In the 2000s, his loans on the story include Oh! Cartoons Ice age, Lockers, Puccini, Ren and Stimulic Rocks, Ren and Stimulic Adult Cartoon, Samurayjak, Tom, Tom and Jerry, mighty B! and Scooby-doo: Legend of Fantasar.

Smith continued to work as an artist -story for the animation of Warner Bros. Show Looney Tunes and a background artist in a well -known cartoon network Above the garden wall ministry.

Smith was also performed by a musician: he played guitar on Ren & Stimpy Thematic song, along with Scott Haml and Chris Recardi.

In a 2007 Interview, Smith SAID, “AT FIRST, My INSPIRATION WAS JACK KIRBY, A Marvel Comics Artist. But As Far As Animation, It Was Always Chuck Jones and Tex Avery. John… WHEN I CAME TO CALIFORNIA. A cool cartoon.

His friends and colleagues shared Smith’s sincere memories on social networks. Writer Richard Persel (@Dickp2000), who worked with Smith on several projects, wrote: “Oh, man, we lost another of my artistic heroes, Jim Smith. I met Jim, working on my first animation concert further Tiny adventures Toon Where he has already ordered respect as one of the best in business. He studied the classic composition of the film, taught drawing life. He was a mentor, patient and modest. His skills were indisputable. Rest in peace, Jim. You made the world much better. ”

Co -founder Spumco and Ren and co -author Stimpy Bob Camp wrote: “Happy Jim Smith, a cartoonist and musician trails, who went into a large cartoon in the sky. He was one of the four original big SPUMCO frames that created the Ren and the best of us.