John Kricfalusi
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Template:RedirectTemplate:Infobox person Michael John Kricfalusi (Template:IPAc-en Template:Respell; born September 9, 1955),<ref name="WhosWho">Template:Cite book</ref> 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 Entertainment on various shows. In 1989, Kricfalusi co-founded the animation studio Spümcø, with which he remained until its dissolution in 2005.
Nickelodeon fired Kricfalusi from Ren & Stimpy due to creative differences and his failure to meet production deadlines; the show continued for three additional seasons without his involvement. Following this, he directed and produced animated television commercials and music videos for entertainers such as Björk and Tenacious D. In the late 1990s, he created the first cartoons made exclusively for the Internet: The Goddamn George Liquor Program and Weekend Pussy Hunt. He returned to television with The Ripping Friends and the adult animation spin-off Ren & Stimpy "Adult Party Cartoon". Since 2006, Kricfalusi has maintained a personal blog dedicated to cartoons, animation, and art tips. There, he popularized the term "CalArts style", a pejorative which was later used by others to criticize a perceived widespread 2010s cartoon aesthetic, though he originally used it to refer to a completely different art style.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
In 2018, Kricfalusi was accused by two former Spümcø artists of grooming and sexually abusing them in the late 1990s, when they were teenagers.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Kricfalusi released an apology for his behavior, blaming his mental health and "poor impulse control".<ref name="Feldman">Template:Cite news</ref> He has since declared his withdrawal from the professional animation industry.<ref name="Happy Happy Joy Joy: The Ren and St">Template:Cite AV media</ref>
Early life and education
Michael John Kricfalusi was born on September 9, 1955, in Chicoutimi, Quebec, Canada<ref name="WhosWho"/> to Michael Kricfalusi,<ref name=":0">Template:Cite web</ref> who was of Ukrainian descent, and Mary Lou Kricfalusi (née MacDonell), who was of Scottish and English descent.<ref name="OneRing">Template:Cite web</ref>Template:Rp He has one sister named Elizabeth.<ref name=":0"/> He spent his early childhood in Germany and Belgium while his father was serving in the Royal Canadian Air Force. He would watch weekend screenings of European feature-length cartoons such as The Snow Queen at Air Force cinemas. At age seven he returned with his family to Canada. After their return they moved from Montreal to Ottawa in the middle of a school season, and Kricfalusi spent much of his time that year at home, watching Hanna-Barbera cartoons and drawing them. Kricfalusi's interest in golden-age animation crystallized during his stay at Sheridan College, where he attended weekly screenings of old films and cartoons at Innis College held by film archivist Reg Hartt, among them the cartoons of Bob Clampett and Tex Avery, which left a deep impression on Kricfalusi.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> After he was expelled from Sheridan College at the end of 1978, Kricfalusi moved to Los Angeles, California, intending to become an animator.<ref name="Komorowski">Template:Cite book</ref><ref name="CartoonVoiceActors">Template:Cite book</ref><ref name="Spin">Template:Cite magazine</ref>
Career
Entering the animation industry
After moving to Los Angeles, Kricfalusi was introduced to Milt Gray by Bob Clampett, suggesting he should join Gray's classical animation class. Gray was working for Filmation at the time, and soon Kricfalusi found work there as well,<ref name="Goodman2003">Template:Cite web</ref> getting his start on the shows Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids, The New Adventures of Mighty Mouse and Heckle & Jeckle, The New Adventures of Flash Gordon, The Tom and Jerry Comedy Show, and Gilligan's Planet.<ref name="CartoonVoiceActors"/><ref name="Layouts">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="founding">Template:Cite book</ref> His first independent cartoon was a short called Ted Bakes One, which he produced with Bill Wray in 1981 for a cable channel.<ref name="JasonRivera">Template:Cite web</ref> From 1979 to the mid-1980s, Kricfalusi worked for Filmation on the aforementioned shows and He-Man and the Masters of the Universe, and later Hanna-Barbera on Super Friends, Richie Rich, The Little Rascals, Mork & Mindy/Laverne & Shirley/Fonz Hour, Pac-Man, The Gary Coleman Show, Snorks, The Smurfs, The Jetsons and The Flintstone Kids, and DIC Entertainment on Heathcliff; he once described these shows as "the worst animation of all time".<ref name="Spin"/><ref name="Layouts"/><ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="Lambiek">Template:Cite web</ref> However, he did enjoy his work as a layout artist on the 1985 series of The Jetsons as he was able to train a team of Taiwanese animators to draw characters more emotive and wild, which at the time was considered radical.<ref name="Layouts"/><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> He recalls being "saved" from having to work on these cartoons by director Ralph Bakshi, who had worked with him before in 1980 and 1982.<ref name="NickDigilio">Template:Cite interview</ref><ref name="JKOnion">Template:Cite web</ref> They began working on the designs for the film Bobby's Girl, which was sold to TriStar Pictures but was later cancelled.<ref name="JKOnion"/><ref name="OcalaStarBanner">Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="BakshiFilm">Template:Cite web</ref> Under Bakshi, Kricfalusi directed the animation for The Rolling Stones' 1986 music video "Harlem Shuffle".<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Mighty Mouse
Template:Main The team's most successful project was Mighty Mouse: The New Adventures for CBS, based on the classic Terrytoons character. The series was well-received, and it is considered the forerunner of creator-driven cartoons.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="WiredMightyMouse">Template:Cite magazine</ref> Kricfalusi directed eight of the twenty-six episodes and supervised the series.<ref name="WhosWho"/> At the beginning of the second season, Kricfalusi left the show. The production of Mighty Mouse was very different from other cartoons at the time, gaining creative and artistic leeway thanks to the success of the irreverent Pee-wee's Playhouse on CBS a year before. The animators had much more creative input, driven by Kricfalusi's production system that emphasizes artistic contribution in every step of the process, from outline to storyboard to layout to the animation.<ref name="BruceTimm">Template:Cite book</ref>
Mighty Mouse was cancelled amidst controversy for allegedly depicting the main character snorting cocaine. Bakshi maintained that neither he nor Kricfalusi had the character sniffing cocaine, and that the character was sniffing the crushed petals of a flower, which were handed to him in a previous scene in the cartoon.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> In 1994, Kricfalusi pitched a revival series of Mighty Mouse to Paramount, which would have featured other Terrytoons characters such as Deputy Dawg, but they rejected the idea.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Beany and Cecil
Template:Main Kricfalusi left Bakshi's studio to work on The New Adventures of Beany and Cecil for ABC, where he teamed up with many of the people who would later work with him on many of his Spümcø projects.<ref name="CartResearch">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="Lambiek"/> ABC had been negotiating for the production of the show with the Clampett family, who insisted that Kricfalusi be part of the production as he was a strong proponent of Bob Clampett's cartoon style. The long negotiations delayed the start of production to mid-July, causing much of the animation to be rushed in order to meet the September deadline. Tensions rose between Kricfalusi and ABC over the tone of the show, leading to an uncomfortable atmosphere for the show's crew. The more ABC strove to soften the show, the more Kricfalusi pushed for shocking and offensive material. The Clampett family were ultimately not very happy with the cartoon, but remained supportive of Kricfalusi.<ref name="BruceTimm"/><ref name="CartResearch"/> ABC canceled the show after six episodes, finding the humor not suitable for children's programming.<ref name="Spin"/><ref name="CartResearch"/>
Ren & Stimpy
Template:Main Kricfalusi formed Spümcø animation studio with partners Jim Smith, Bob Camp and Lynne Naylor.<ref name="NYT1992"/> They began working on a pilot for The Ren & Stimpy Show on behalf of Nickelodeon, after the eponymous characters were favored by Nickelodeon producer Vanessa Coffey in a presentation by Kricfalusi. The show came to garner high ratings for Nickelodeon,<ref name="CartoonVoiceActors"/><ref name="NYT1992">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="morningcall">Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="Time">Template:Cite magazine</ref><ref name="HollywoodReporter">Template:Cite web</ref> and at the time was the most popular cable TV show in the United States,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> but the network disagreed with Kricfalusi's direction of the show, and disapproved of his missed production deadlines.<ref name="HollywoodReporter"/><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Kricfalusi points specifically to the episode "Man's Best Friend", which depicts the character George Liquor as an abusive father figure, as the turning point in his relationship with Nickelodeon.<ref name="Goodman2004">Template:Cite magazine</ref> One of the episodes, "Nurse Stimpy", did not meet Kricfalusi's approval<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> because of the low quality of the rough cut of the episode that they received from the overseas studio, leading him to use the alias Raymond Spum in its credits.<ref name="Nerdist">Template:Cite web</ref> Nickelodeon terminated Kricfalusi's contract late September 1992,<ref name="HollywoodReporter"/><ref name="USAToday">Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="LaTimes">Template:Cite web</ref> leaving it to Nickelodeon's Games Animation studio, which continued producing it for three more seasons before its cancellation.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
The Ripping Friends
Template:Main Fox Kids started airing the television series The Ripping Friends in 2001, created by Kricfalusi and Jim Smith. Kricfalusi had previously tried pitching the show in the late 1980s, but networks considered it "too extreme" so did not pick it up.<ref name="Scott Goodins 2001">Template:Cite web</ref> Kricfalusi felt the show's supervisors were doing away with the Spümcø style and was displeased with the direction of the show.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> He considers the episodes he was involved in to be experimental.<ref name="Scott Goodins 2001"/> One of his contributions to the show was directing the voice-actors, which he "really worked-out" so much that he was afraid he'd give one of them, Harvey Atkin, a heart attack.<ref>Template:Citation</ref>
Ren and Stimpy "Adult Party Cartoon"
Template:Main In 2003, Spike TV produced a new show featuring Ren & Stimpy, which was written and directed by Kricfalusi.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The first three episodes were based on fan ideas and scripts that were rejected by Nickelodeon during the original show's run.<ref name="NickDigilio"/> According to Kricfalusi, Spike pushed for more South Park-like themes in the new show. While he was initially pleased with the added freedom afforded to him by Spike, he later expressed disappointment in the series due to its slow pacing and overuse of toilet humor.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Only three episodes aired before Spike's entire animation block was "put on hold",<ref name="TelevisionWeek">Template:Cite web</ref> and the complete series was ultimately released in 2006 on DVD including three additional episodes that never aired. Kricfalusi also wanted to release an episode titled "Life Sucks" straight to DVD, but the episode remains unproduced.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Other projects
Collaborations with Fred Seibert
After leaving The Ren & Stimpy Show, Kricfalusi consulted, and other Spümcø animators worked for Donovan Cook's 2 Stupid Dogs, which was put into production by Hanna-Barbera president Fred Seibert. The cartoon's credits read "Tidbits of Poor Taste Supplied by John Kricfalusi" for the three "Little Red Riding Hood" episodes: "Red", "Red Strikes Back", and "Return of Red".<ref>Template:Cite AV media</ref> In 1994, Hanna-Barbera and Seibert started production on What a Cartoon!, also known as World Premiere Toons for Cartoon Network. Seibert approached Kricfalusi for advice and for recommendations for personnel to head the shorts, among them David Feiss, Tom Minton, Pat Ventura, and Eddie Fitzgerald.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Music videos
Kricfalusi directed Icelandic singer Björk's animated music video for the song "I Miss You" in 1997,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> which features Björk and the character Jimmy the Idiot Boy.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Jack Black of Tenacious D approached Kricfalusi to produce a music video for the song "Fuck Her Gently" from their debut album, released in 2001.<ref name="blacklash">Template:Cite magazine</ref> Black browsed Kricfalusi's website and, since both he and his bandmate Kyle Gass held Ren & Stimpy in high regard, he asked Kricfalusi to produce the video. The costs amounted to $40,000.<ref name="Virtual Festivals">Template:Cite news</ref> Initially, Sony Music did not allow the video to be placed on Tenacious D's website and instead placed it on the record label Grand Royal's website, but later relented.<ref name="blacklash"/> In 2006, Kricfalusi directed two music videos, and served as art director for an animated musical segment. The first music video, for Close but No Cigar by "Weird Al" Yankovic, was released in September,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> on the DVD side of the DualDisc album Straight Outta Lynwood, which features Kricfalusi's character Cigarettes the Cat.<ref name="Cigarettes">Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The second music video was for Classico by Tenacious D, starring the band members as cartoon characters. He animated them again in a THX logo parody for the band's feature film, The Pick of Destiny.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Kricfalusi served as art director for a musical segment in the show Class of 3000 entitled Life Without Music, which first aired on November 3, 2006.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In 2014, he produced art for Miley Cyrus' Bangerz Tour.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Internet cartoons and Hanna-Barbera shorts
Venturing into Internet cartoons, Kricfalusi created Weekend Pussy Hunt in 1996 for MSN, which was billed as "the world's first interactive web-based cartoon".<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The cartoon, which was released in segments, was scheduled to be completed in June 1997,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> but production under MSN stopped before it was finished. Production later resumed under Icebox.com after the release of Spümcø's own web-based Flash cartoon, The Goddamn George Liquor Program.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Between 1998 and 2001, Kricfalusi worked on several Hanna-Barbera cartoons for Cartoon Network: three Yogi Bear parody cartoons he directed and animated, Boo Boo Runs Wild, A Day in the Life of Ranger Smith<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="LA Times">Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="Prime Time">Template:Cite book</ref><ref name="Animated Mischief">Template:Cite book</ref> and Boo Boo and the Man, and two Jetsons parody cartoons he produced, The Jetsons: Father & Son Day and The Jetsons: The Best Son.<ref name="Lambiek"/>
Cartoon commentaries, magazines, and other media
Kricfalusi contributed several articles in 1993 and 1994 for the magazines Film Threat and Wild Cartoon Kingdom under various aliases.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> Kricfalusi appears in several bonus featurettes and provides audio commentaries for the Looney Tunes Golden Collection volumes 2, 3 and 5,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> for cartoons directed by Bob Clampett and Chuck Jones. On February 13, 2006, Kricfalusi started his own weblog, John K Stuff, posting about cartoons and the animation industry. The site was originally intended for other artists and entertainers, and specifically other cartoonists.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Commercials and freelance work
Kricfalusi directed commercials for Comcast<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> and Voice over IP company Raketu<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> in 2007. He was developing a series of cartoon commercials in 2008 for Pontiac Vibe starring George Liquor and Jimmy The Idiot Boy,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> but the series remained unreleased after General Motors discontinued the Pontiac Vibe auto line in 2009.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> He developed and animated a series of bumpers using Toon Boom Harmony for Adult Swim in 2011 and again in 2015.<ref name="ASbumper">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="ASbumper2">Template:Cite web</ref> He animated the opening couch gags of two episodes of The Simpsons, "Bart Stops to Smell the Roosevelts", which aired in October 2011 and "Treehouse of Horror XXVI", which aired in October 2015. He collaborated with streetwear brand Stüssy to create a short series of apparel based on his designs in 2012, which he promoted with a commercial featuring some of his characters.
The advertising agency Muhtayzik-Hoffer hired Kricfalusi in 2013 for an ad campaign for F'real milkshakes.<ref>Template:Citation</ref> He was involved in the early development of many Reel FX projects such as the 2013 film Free Birds, a pitch for a film adaptation of the Dr. Seuss book Happy Birthday to You! and a pitch for a film he created with Jim Smith. He posted the concepts for these projects on his blog.<ref name=JohnKDevelopment>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name=JohnKDevelopment2>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name=JohnKDevelopment3>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name=JohnKDevelopment4>Template:Cite news</ref> He partnered with animator Mike Judge to produce a series of shorts for UFC that aired on Adult Swim throughout 2016.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Cans Without Labels
In 2012, Kricfalusi funded through Kickstarter a cartoon short entitled Cans Without Labels, starring the character George Liquor (with Michael Pataki reprising the role for the final time before his death in 2010, having recorded his lines beforehand),<ref name="OneRing"/> with the initial delivery date of February 2013. The cartoon was due to be screened at the 2016 Annecy International Animated Film Festival for the first time; however, at the last minute it was announced that it was not ready.<ref name="Annecy-cans-twitter">Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Citation</ref> However, on August 6, 2017, the Kickstarter was updated, announcing the film's completion.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> On May 27, 2019, Kricfalusi announced the DVD masterings' completion and released it on his MyShopify store within a week or two, with backers receiving first priority.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
The short received negative reviews for its animation, humor, sound design, storyline and repeatedly delayed production, as well as Kricfalusi's decision to release it following the sexual abuse allegations made against him the previous year. However, some praised Pataki's voice acting performance.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Retirement
In the 2020 documentary Happy Happy Joy Joy: The Ren and Stimpy Story, Kricfalusi stated in an interview that he was "officially retired" from the animation industry, "though not by choice".<ref name="Happy Happy Joy Joy: The Ren and St"/>
Influences
Kricfalusi says he is mostly self-taught, having only spent a year in Sheridan College, barely attending class. 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.<ref name="CartoonVoiceActors"/><ref name="Spin"/><ref name="JasonRivera"/>
His main influence is Bob Clampett,<ref name="BruceTimm"/><ref name="Dixon">Template:Cite book</ref> though he has also cited Chuck Jones, Frank Sinatra, Kirk Douglas,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Milt Gross, Tex Avery, Peter Lorre, The Three Stooges, Al Jolson, Bing Crosby, Dean Martin, Elvis Presley, Don Martin, and Robert Ryan<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> as lesser inspirations.
Michael Barrier, an animation historian, said that Kricfalusi's works "testify to his intense admiration for Bob Clampett's Warner Bros. cartoons" and that no cartoonist since Clampett created cartoons in which the emotions of the characters "distort their bodies so powerfully".<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Sexual abuse allegations
Template:See also In March 2018, former Spümcø employees Robyn Byrd and Katie Rice told BuzzFeed News that Kricfalusi sexually harassed and groomed them while they were underage.<ref name="BuzzFeed">Template:Cite news</ref> Byrd told the website that she was in a sexual relationship with Kricfalusi in 1997 at age 16, and flew to California to live with him when she was 17. Rice said that Kricfalusi had flirted with her and made overt sexual comments towards her starting when she was 14, and sexually harassed her when she turned 18 and began working at his animation studio, Spümcø.
Documents Rice and Byrd had saved from those years corroborate their stories, and several people who worked with Kricfalusi referred to his sexual harassment as an open secret in the animation industry. Kricfalusi was also reported to possess child pornography on his computer. Though the allegations were eventually reported to the police, they could neither arrest nor investigate Kricfalusi because the statute of limitations had passed.<ref name="BuzzFeed"/>
In response, Kricfalusi's lawyer confirmed that "for a brief time, 25 years ago, he had a 16-year-old girlfriend", but denied that Kricfalusi's "avid pursuit" of Rice was sexual harassment or that he had ever possessed child pornography.<ref name="BuzzFeed"/> Kricfalusi released an apology to the women and his fans for his behavior, which he said was motivated by then-undiagnosed bipolar disorder and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), as well as "poor impulse control".<ref name="Feldman"/> Byrd and Rice criticized Kricfalusi's statement as a non-apology and an attempt to deflect the blame.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Due to the allegations, Kricfalusi will not be involved in Comedy Central's upcoming revival of The Ren & Stimpy Show, nor will he receive any financial compensation from it.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Filmography
Film
Television
Online
| Year | Title | Director | Producer | Writer | Animation department |
Voice actor | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | The Goddamn George Liquor Program | Template:Yes | Template:Yes | Template:Yes | Template:Yes | Template:Yes | Jimmy the Idiot Boy | Template:Plainlist |
| 1998 | What Pee Boners Are For | Template:Yes | Template:Yes | Template:Yes | Template:Yes | Template:No | Web short | |
| 1998 | A George Liquor Christmas | Template:Yes | Template:Yes | Template:Yes | Template:Yes | Template:No | Web short | |
| 1999 | Rice Patooties | Template:Yes | Template:Yes | Template:Yes | Template:Yes | Template:No | Web short | |
| 1999–2000 | Weekend Pussy Hunt | Template:Yes | Template:Yes | Template:Yes | Template:No | Template:Yes | Dirty Dog | Template:Plainlist |
| 2019 | Cans Without Labels | Template:Yes | Template:Yes | Template:Yes | Template:Yes | Template:Yes | George Liquor (additional dialogue)Template:Efn | Template:Plainlist |
Music video
| Year | Title | Director | Producer | Animation department |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | "Harlem Shuffle" by The Rolling Stones | Template:Yes | Template:Yes | Template:Yes | Animation segment only |
| 1997 | "I Miss You" by Björk | Template:Yes | Template:Yes | Template:Yes | |
| 2001 | "Fuck Her Gently" by Tenacious D | Template:No | Template:Yes | Template:No | |
| 2006 | "Close but No Cigar" by "Weird Al" Yankovic | Template:Yes | Template:Yes | Template:Yes | |
| 2006 | "Classico" by Tenacious D | Template:Yes | Template:Yes | Template:Yes | |
| 2013 | "SMS (Bangerz)" by Miley Cyrus | Template:Yes | Template:Yes | Template:Yes |
Commercials
| Year | Title | Client(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | Template:Plainlist | NBC |
| 1996 | "Jimmy and Sody Pop" | Aoki's Pizza |
| "You Want Some?" | Barq's Root Beer | |
| 1997 | "Big Bad Wolf" | Nike |
| "Rooster" | Village Pantry | |
| 1998 | "Cadbury Land" | Cadbury |
| Template:Plainlist | Old Navy | |
| 1999 | "Treat Your Dog Right" | Wagwells Dog Treats |
| 2007 | Template:Plainlist | Raketu |
| "Triple-Saurus" | Comcast | |
| 2011 | Template:Plainlist | Adult Swim |
| 2012 | "Bobby Bigloaf" | Stüssy |
| 2014 | Template:Plainlist | F'real |
| 2015 | Template:Plainlist | Adult Swim |
| 2016 | Template:Plainlist | Ultimate Fighting Championship |
Video games
| Year | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Yoake no Mariko | Producer |
| 2003 | Go! Go! Hypergrind | Producer |
Bibliography
| Year | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1995, 1997 | Spümcø Comic Book | 4 issues |
Accolades
| Year | Award | Category | Title | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | Annie Award | Outstanding Individual Achievement in the Field of Animation | The Ren & Stimpy Show | Template:Won |
| Primetime Emmy Award | Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming One Hour or Less) Shared with Bob Camp, Vanessa Coffey, Christine Danzo, Mary Harrington, Bob Jaques, Mitchell Kriegman and Will McRobb |
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| 1993 | CableACE Award | Animated Programming Special or Series Shared with Bob Camp, Vanessa Coffey, Christine Danzo, Mary Harrington, Mitchell Kriegman, Will McRobb and Vincent Waller |
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| Primetime Emmy Award | Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming One Hour or Less) Shared with Jim Ballantine, Bob Camp, Vanessa Coffey, Mary Harrington, Bob Jaques, Richard Pursel, Frank Saperstein, Libby Simon and Roy Allen Smith |
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| 1994 | CableACE Award | Animated Programming Special or Series Shared with Peter Avanzino, Bob Camp, Vanessa Coffey, Christine Danzo, Jim Gomez, Mary Harrington, Ron Hughart, Mitchell Kriegman, April March, Will McRobb, Chris Reccardi, Frank Saperstein, Jim Shaw, Roy Allen Smith, Gregg Vanzo and Vincent Waller |
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| 2008 | Annie Award | Winsor McCay Award | Template:Won |
Notes
References
Further reading
External links
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- John K Stuff – John K's blog that discusses mostly cartoons (formerly titled "All Kinds of Stuff")
- John K's blogger profile listing his curriculum for cartoonists, show pitches, and several other blogs.
- John K. Store Website
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