John Kricfalusi (pronounced Kris-falusi, born Michael John Kricfalusi; September 9, 1955), better known as John K., is a Canadian animator. He is creator of The Ren & Stimpy Show and The Ripping Friends animated series, The Goddamn George Liquor Program, the first animated series made using Adobe Flash, as well as the founder of animation studio Spümcø International.
When Kricfalusi did not completely approve of one of his cartoons, he would cred...
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John Kricfalusi (pronounced Kris-falusi, born Michael John Kricfalusi; September 9, 1955), better known as John K., is a Canadian animator. He is creator of The Ren & Stimpy Show and The Ripping Friends animated series, The Goddamn George Liquor Program, the first animated series made using Adobe Flash, as well as the founder of animation studio Spümcø International.
When Kricfalusi did not completely approve of one of his cartoons, he would credit himself as Raymond Spum. As of May 2008, this has only occurred in the Ren and Stimpy episode Nurse Stimpy.
For many years, Kricfalusi drew low-end studio television cartoons (the best one in Kricfalusi’s opinion was the 1980s revival of The Jetsons) before being "rescued" around 1985 by director Ralph Bakshi (whom Kricfalusi had worked for before during two brief periods in 1981 and 1983). Kricfalusi and Bakshi were going to make a film called Bobby’s Girl, but that film fell through when Tristar’s president stepped down. Kricfalusi’s...
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