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Kyle Carrozza
Kyle Adam Carrozza (born May 19, 1979) is an American animator, screenwriter, storyboard artist, musician and voice actor. He is best known as the creator of Cartoon Network's ''Mighty Magiswords'' (2015–2019) and the animated short ''MooBeard: The Cow Pirate'' for Nickelodeon's ''Random! Cartoons''. Carrozza worked as a storyboard artist for Cartoon Network, Nickelodeon, Disney Channel, Disney Junior, and Apple TV+. As a musician, he composed and performed under the name TV's Kyle and was featured on Dr. Demento's radio show and ''The Funny Music Project''. In June 2024, Carrozza was arrested on two counts of child pornography possession. Early life Carrozza was born on May 19, 1979, in Catskill, New York. His father worked as a teacher for Catskill Middle School and as a photographer. He studied under cartoonist Brian Mitchell during the summertime. He graduated from Catskill High School in 1997 and in the Art Institute of Philadelphia in 1999. Career Animation Carroz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catskill, New York
Catskill is a town in the southeastern section of Greene County, New York, United States. The population was 11,298 at the 2020 census, the largest town in the county. The western part of the town is in the Catskill Park. The town contains a village, also called Catskill. The village of Catskill has a well-defined Main Street. There is a public boat launch on the Hudson River called Dutchman's Landing. History The first settler was Derrick Teunis van Vechten, who built a house here in 1680. The town was established on March 7, 1788, as part of Albany County. When Greene County was formed on March 25, 1800, Catskill became part of the new county. The town was increased by an addition from the town of Woodstock in 1800, but was later decreased upon the formation of the towns of Cairo (1803) and Athens (1815). Catskill is the location of the story "Rip Van Winkle" by Washington Irving. On July 23, 2003, an F2 tornado ripped across the town. The worst of the damage occurred at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USA Today
''USA Today'' (often stylized in all caps) is an American daily middle-market newspaper and news broadcasting company. Founded by Al Neuharth in 1980 and launched on September 14, 1982, the newspaper operates from Gannett's corporate headquarters in New York City. Its newspaper is printed at 37 sites across the United States and at five additional sites internationally. The paper's dynamic design influenced the style of local, regional, and national newspapers worldwide through its use of concise reports, colorized images, informational graphics, and inclusion of popular culture stories, among other distinct features. As of 2023, ''USA Today'' has the fifth largest print circulation in the United States, with 132,640 print subscribers. It has two million digital subscribers, the fourth-largest online circulation of any U.S. newspaper. ''USA Today'' is distributed in all 50 states, Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico, and an international edition is distributed in Asia, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lynne Naylor
Rae Naylor is a Canadian animator, artist, designer, director, and producer for television. She is best known for co-creating DreamWorks' '' The Mighty Ones'', co-founding the animation studio Spümcø with John Kricfalusi, Bob Camp, and Jim Smith, and co-developing ''The Ren & Stimpy Show'' for Nickelodeon. She also worked on '' Batman: The Animated Series'', '' The Powerpuff Girls'', '' Samurai Jack'', '' Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go!'', '' Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi'', '' My Life as a Teenage Robot'', and '' Wander Over Yonder''. Career Naylor attended Sheridan College. During her time at Sheridan College in the 1970s, she started dating John Kricfalusi and when Kricfalusi was expelled, she followed him to Hollywood, getting hired at Filmation. Kricfalusi was a rebellious student who openly questioned the ability and competence of his professors, saying that none of the academics knew anything about animation, a stance that made him popular with his fellow students, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eddie Fitzgerald (artist)
''The Ren & Stimpy Show'', commonly referred to as simply ''Ren & Stimpy'', is an American animated comedy television series created by John Kricfalusi for Nickelodeon. The series follows the misadventures of Ren Höek, an emotionally unstable and psychotic chihuahua dog; and Stimpy, a good-natured and dimwitted Manx cat. Originally produced by Spümcø, the series aired on Nickelodeon from August 11, 1991, to December 16, 1995, with its last episode airing on MTV on October 20, 1996, spanning a total of five seasons and 52 episodes. The third to be aired of the original three Nickelodeon animated series known as "Nicktoons", alongside '' Doug'' and ''Rugrats'', it is one of the progenitor series of the brand. The series received widespread critical acclaim for its visuals, animation, and surreal nature. However, it generated significant controversy for its dark humor, sexual innuendos, adult humor, violence, and shock value, contributing to Kricfalusi's termination in 1992 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nick Cross (animator)
Nick Cross is a Canadian animator, artist, cartoonist, director, writer, and producer based in Los Angeles, California. His works include ''The Waif of Persephone'', ''Yellow Cake'', ''Pig Farmer'', and ''Black Sunrise'', which he wrote, directed, animated and produced. He is friends with graphic novel artist Troy Little and they collaborated on the development of the animated series ''Angora Napkin''. He directed the pilot for the Nickelodeon series ''Pig Goat Banana Cricket'' created by graphic novel creator Dave Cooper and alternative comics creator Johnny Ryan. He was the double Emmy winning art director for the Cartoon Network acclaimed miniseries ''Over the Garden Wall'' as well as the network's shorts development program. He was the supervising producer on the Cartoon Network and HBO Max series ''Tig n' Seek''. He is married to cartoonist and comedian Marlo Meekins. Black Sunrise ''Black Sunrise'' is a planned feature film, produced and animated entirely by Nick Cross. Cr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris Reccardi
Christopher Joseph Reccardi (November 24, 1964 – May 2, 2019) was an American animator, artist, writer, producer, director, and musician. He worked on numerous animated television series, including ''The Ren & Stimpy Show'', '' Samurai Jack'', '' The Powerpuff Girls'', and ''Tiny Toon Adventures'', and had directing duties on '' Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go!'' and ''SpongeBob SquarePants''. He was also the supervising producer for the first season of ''Regular Show'' and creative director for the short-lived '' Secret Mountain Fort Awesome''. Death On May 2, 2019, Reccardi died at the age of 54 after suffering a heart attack while surfing in Ventura, California. The 2019 film ''Lady and the Tramp ''Lady and the Tramp'' is a 1955 American Animated film, animated Musical film, musical romantic comedy film produced by Walt Disney Productions and released by Buena Vista Film Distribution. Based on Ward Greene's 1945 ''Cosmopolitan (magazine) ...'' and the 2020 document ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Smith (animator)
James Carl Smith (né Jobb; October 8, 1954 – May 2, 2025) was an American animator and musician. He worked on '' Mighty Mouse: The New Adventures'' with his long-time working partner John Kricfalusi. Smith later briefly worked on ''Tiny Toon Adventures'', and then along with Kricfalusi, Bob Camp and Lynne Naylor he founded Spümcø, where he co-developed ''The Ren & Stimpy Show'' (from which he departed in 1992 alongside Kricfalusi) in 1991 and ''The Ripping Friends'' in 2001. He was notable for remaining faithful to Kricfalusi, having refused to join Games Animation (though he worked on ''The X's'' after its rebranding to Nickelodeon Animation Studio), working with Kricfalusi on his projects amid other work until '' Cans Without Labels'' (2017). Smith composed and played the guitar for the ''Ren & Stimpy'' music theme intro, performing alongside production assistant Scott Huml and co-worker Chris Reccardi. Smith died of a heart attack on May 2, 2025, at the age of 70. Hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bob Camp
Robert Frank Camp (born February 7, 1956) is an American animator, writer, cartoonist, comic book artist, storyboard artist, director, and producer. He is best known for founding Spümcø and his work for developing and serving as a showrunner for ''The Ren & Stimpy Show''. He has been nominated for two Emmy Award, Emmys, a CableACE Award, and an Annie Awards, Annie Award for his work on ''The Ren & Stimpy Show''. Career Camp started his animation career as a designer for animated series such as ''ThunderCats'', ''Silverhawks'', ''TigerSharks'', and several other series produced by Rankin/Bass. He then worked as a designer on ''The Real Ghostbusters'' for DiC Entertainment, DiC, and later as a storyboard artist on ''Tiny Toon Adventures'' for Warner Bros. Television. Camp was a co-founder of and director for Spümcø, the animation studio that created ''The Ren & Stimpy Show''. He played a major role in the studio's creative force (storyboarding the entirety of "Stimpy's Inven ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vincent Waller
Vincent Paul Waller (born September 30, 1960) is an American animator, storyboard artist, writer, and technical director. He has worked on several animated television shows and movies, the most notable of which being ''The Ren & Stimpy Show'' and ''SpongeBob SquarePants''. ''The Ren & Stimpy Show'' Initially introduced to series creator John Kricfalusi via an acquaintanceship with Bob Camp, Waller was hired at Spümcø in 1990 to work on ''The Ren & Stimpy Show''. A prominent storyboarder and layout artist during the series' first season, he was promoted to a director the following year and helmed " Rubber Nipple Salesmen" and " Big Baby Scam" for the second season before departing the show alongside Kricfalusi in 1992. Waller would continue to collaborate with Kricfalusi throughout the following decade, directing "Onward and Upward", the first episode of ''Ren and Stimpy''s short-lived adult-oriented revival, in 2003. Other shows Waller produced and directed shorts for Fre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Kricfalusi
Michael John Kricfalusi ( ; born September 9, 1955), known professionally as John K., is a Canadian illustrator, blogger, and former animator and voice actor. He is the creator of the animated television series ''The Ren & Stimpy Show'', which was highly influential on televised animation during the 1990s. From 1989 to 1992, he was heavily involved with the first two seasons of the show in virtually every aspect of its production, including providing the voice of Ren Höek and other characters. In 2009, he won the Inkpot Award. Born in Quebec, Kricfalusi spent his early childhood in Germany and Belgium before returning to Canada at age seven. He acquired his skills largely by copying cartoons from newspapers and comic books as a child, and by studying cartoons and their production systems from the 1940s and 1950s. His main influence is Bob Clampett. After moving to Los Angeles in 1978, he collaborated with Ralph Bakshi and worked for Filmation, Hanna-Barbera, and DIC Entert ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spümcø
Spümcø, Inc. ( ; stylized as SPÜMCØ) was an American animation studio that was active from 1989 to 2005 and based in Los Angeles, California. The studio was best known for working on the first two seasons of ''The Ren & Stimpy Show'' for Nickelodeon and for various commercials. The studio won several awards, including an Annie Award for Best Animated Short Subject for the music video of the song " I Miss You" by Björk. Spümcø was founded by animators John Kricfalusi, Bob Camp, Jim Smith and Lynne Naylor. Kricfalusi named the company after the fictional person "Raymond Spüm", whom he jokingly described as the inventor of animation. The golden age of American animation (exemplified by the 1940s cartoons by Bob Clampett and Tex Avery) served as inspiration for the surreal and highly expressive house style of which Spümcø became well known. History Origins In the 1980s, animators John Kricfalusi and Lynne Naylor attempted to sell original cartoon ideas while work ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bob Clampett
Robert Emerson Clampett Sr. (May 8, 1913 – May 2, 1984) was an American animator, film director, director, film producer, producer and puppeteer best known for his work on the ''Looney Tunes'' animated series from Warner Bros. as well as the television shows ''Time for Beany'' and ''Beany and Cecil''. He was born and raised not far from Hollywood, Los Angeles, Hollywood and, early in life, showed an interest in animation and puppetry. After dropping out of high school in 1931, he joined the team at Harman and Ising, Harman-Ising Productions and began working on the studio's newest short subjects, ''Looney Tunes'' and ''Merrie Melodies''. Clampett was promoted to a directorial position in 1937. During his 15 years at the studio, he directed 84 cartoons later deemed classic, and designed some of the studio's most famous characters, including Porky Pig, Daffy Duck and Tweety. Among his most acclaimed films are ''Porky in Wackyland'' (1938) and ''The Great Piggy Bank Robbery'' (1946 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
