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'Ren & Stimpy' Artist and Spümcø Co-founder Jim Smith Has Died, Age 70
Storyboard and Layout artist, character designer and musician Jim Smith (born James Carl Jobb) died on Friday, May 2, at age 70. The animation veteran was perha

Storyboard and Layout artist, character designer and musician Jim Smith (born James Carl Jobb) died on Friday, May 2, at age 70. The animation veteran was perhaps best known for co-founding indie studio Spümcø with working partner John Kricfalusi, Bob Camp and Lynne Naylor and co-developing the influential Nickelodeon series The Ren & Stimpy Show in 1991. Smith also co-created Spumco's follow-up show The Ripping Friends with Kricfalusi (2001-2002).
He worked as a storyboard artist on Bakshi's feature Cool World (1990), Warner Bros.' Tiny Toon Adventures (1991) and Batman: The Animated Series (1992). He was also a character designer and storyboard artist on Nickelodeon's The Ren & Stimpy Show in the 1990s.