'Ren & Stimpy' Artist and Spümcø Co-founder Jim Smith Has Died, Age 70

https://www.animationmagazine.net/2025/05/ren-stimpy-artist-and-spumco-co-founder-jim-smith-has-died-age-70/

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aeronmelon@lemmy.world · 42 pts · 1y (1 reply)

A little less happy, a little less joy today.

corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca · 6 pts · 1y

Who's gonna teach my grandmother to suck eggs?

dumbass@leminal.space · 26 pts · 1y

Rip, your art has stayed burnt into my mind for decades.

iAvicenna@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 1y (1 reply)

those were some fucked up close up scenes

El_Scapacabra@lemm.ee · 8 pts · 1y

Gross ups

Spacehooks@reddthat.com · 6 pts · 1y (2 replies)

I never understood this show. Was this supposed to be for kids or were the adults around me just bad?

AtariDump@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Why not both?

Probably more of column B than A.

Spacehooks@reddthat.com · 1 pts · 1y

It was a kids show ???

dumblederp@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 1y (3 replies)

Is that the guy who was an asshole to the production team through the whole process?

AceFuzzLord@lemm.ee · 5 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Don't know much about this guy they're referencing, but I'm pretty sure that might have been John Krisfalusi, the creator of the show itself. I could be wrong and they both could have been terrible people, but it's no secret John was terrible and I doubt he's changed that much in over 30 years.

blargle@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 1y

Inb4 the "ehrm, ackchyually something something _ephebo_phile..." guy

corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 1y

I knew there was a reason we needed to hate him. Was one group's opinion of him the reason?

kemsat@lemmy.world · -19 pts · 1y (7 replies)

I hated that show & its disgusting animation, and, if reincarnation is real, I wish this guy is never an artist again.

corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca · 5 pts · 1y

Whoosh.

burgerpocalyse@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y (1 reply)
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kemsat@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 1y

I did not watch those shows

Psythik@lemm.ee · -5 pts · 1y (3 replies)

Couldn't agree more. I always changed the channel to Cartoon Network or Disney whenever it came on. Same goes for Aah! Real Monsters.

kemsat@lemmy.world · -6 pts · 1y (2 replies)

Yup. Every time it came on I would be absolutely enraged, and changed the channel to something civilized.

Psythik@lemm.ee · -1 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Wouldn't quite say I was "enraged". Disgusted is a more accurate term. Can't stand ugly animation. This fact almost ruined Rick & Morty for me as well, but I stuck with it.

kemsat@lemmy.world · -1 pts · 1y

Yeah disgust is definitely part of it, but I remember being offended it was even on TV. Lol, I was a peculiar child. Edit: ohh yeah I haven’t been able to watch Rick & Morty either.