03 Mar 2008, Written by G.M. Levinson in film
Origins of our Communication: John Kricfalusi
Canadian-born animator John Kricfalusi is perhaps best known for warping the minds of countless generations when he gave the world Ren & Stimpy in 1990. Never one to rest on his laurels, Kricfalusi launched the first internet cartoon in 1996 (The Goddamn George Liquor Program). In 2007, he collaborated with animation auteur Bill Plympton for The John & Bill Show. Most recently, Kricfalusi was honored with the Winsor McCay Award, one of the highest honors given to an individual in recognition of his lifetime contribution to the art of animation.
For the third installment of The Origins of Our Communication, John Kricfalusi discusses the first time the “world wide web” came into his life and how his vision for Flash animation revolutionized the industry, for better and for worse:
It was right after Ren and Stimpy. Jenny Lerew was telling me about these Ren and Stimpy Newsgroups and I didn’t know what the hell she was talking about. She invited me over and she printed out these old IBM computer sheets and tore them off for me to read. I was stunned.
Soon after, AOL called me and asked if I would make some content for them. This was around 1993. They gave me an account so I could get used to the net.
Shortly after that, Michelle Klein Haas started talking to me about “The World Wide Web” and I was getting mad. How many names are there for this internet crap? Then she showed me websites with images and stuff and it dawned on me that this would be the place to make cartoons without a network involved.
From Bj G.M. Levinson is the reviews editor for Make: A Chicago Literary Magazine and the guy behind the Book Bike, which you can read all about at Something To Read. As a producer, Gabe created The John & Bill Show (2007) and organized the test screening of Idiots & Angels. He is currently working on An Evening with Don Hertzfeldt. Tags: origins of our communication
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August 3, 2010 7:42 am
gabber beast
Ren And Stimpy is the best cartoon ever. I watched it growing up and taped every episode of season 1 before they censored it and ruined every storyline. then season 2 and more came out i never watched them coz they were not funny. Thank you for the funniest cartoon ever truly your are a strange mofo pure genius. At school we used to talk about every epsiode we saw that morning every1 i know love ren or stimpy or both. Cartoons arent real. You got asians with 200 ft demons with giant penises destroying stuff making 6 part saga's but a stoopid cat and angry dog are bad mkay. Or u got stoopid sepo girls worried about nothing but the desinger clothes they must have and lots of money great those are the best values our kids should be growing up to in which they actually do listen to and its the end of the world if they dont get their gucci handbag. atleast we knew ren was silly and stimpy was stoopid. Thank you for the best cartoon ever made, ive never laughed so hard in my life. Or felt so sick from the squemish segments. lol
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