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Jim Smith
Lubbock, Texas, U.S.
James Carl Jobb (October 8, 1954 – May 2, 2025), known professionally as Jim Smith, was an American animator and musician. He worked on Mighty Mouse: The New Adventures with his l…
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James Carl Jobb (October 8, 1954 – May 2, 2025), known professionally as Jim Smith, was an American animator and musician. He worked on Mighty Mouse: The New Adventures with his long-time working partner John Kricfalusi. Smith later briefly worked on Tiny Toon Adventures, and then, along with Kricfalusi, Bob Camp, and Lynne Naylor, he founded Spümcø, where he co-developed The Ren & Stimpy Show (from which he departed in 1992 alongside Kricfalusi) in 1991 and The Ripping Friends in 2001. He was notable for remaining faithful to Kricfalusi, having refused to join Games Animation (though he worked on The X's after its rebranding to Nickelodeon Animation Studio), working with Kricfalusi on his projects amid other work until Cans Without Labels (2017). He was also the one playing the guitar for the Ren & Stimpy theme in the intro, performing alongside production assistant Scott Huml and co-worker Chris Reccardi. Smith died of a heart attack on May 2, 2025, at the age of 70; his former Spümcø colleagues Bob Camp and Richard Pursel used their respective social media profiles to pay tribute to him.
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2020
Happy Happy Joy Joy: The Ren & Stimpy Story
Movie Self
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2019
Cans Without Labels
Movie Storyboard
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2012
YooHoo & Friends
TV show Storyboard Artist
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2010
Laff Riot
Movie Animation
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2003
Ren & Stimpy Adult Party Cartoon
TV show Writer
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2001
Samurai Jack
TV show Writer
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1997
The Goddamn George Liquor Program
Movie Animation
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1996
Buy One, Get One Free
Movie Character Designer
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1991
The Ren & Stimpy Show
TV show Writer
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1990
Tiny Toon Adventures
TV show Storyboard Artist
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1990
Big House Blues
Movie The Narrator / The Dogcatcher
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1988
The New Adventures of Beany and Cecil
TV show Director
