John Kricfalusi

Quick Facts

Full Name	John Kricfalusi
Occupation	Cartoonist
Date Of Birth	Sep 9, 1955(1955-09-09)
Age	69
Birthplace	Chicoutimi
Country	Canada
Birth City	Quebec
Horoscope	Virgo

John Kricfalusi Biography

John Kricfalusi is one of the most popular and richest Cartoonist who was born on September 9, 1955 in Chicoutimi, Quebec, Canada. He created the well-known Ren and Stimpy show and its spinoffs that have been successful, Ren & Stimpy “Adult Party Cartoon”, The Ripping Friends animated series as well as Weekend Pussy Hunt.

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Michael John Kricfalusi was born on September 9, 1955, in Chicoutimi, Quebec, Canada to a father of Ukrainian descent and mother of Scottish and English descent. 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. After he was expelled from Sheridan College at the end of 1978, Kricfalusi moved to Los Angeles, California, intending to become an animator.

Michael John Kricfalusi (/ˌ k r ɪ s f ə ˈ l uː s i / ; born September 9, 1955), known professionally as John K., is a Canadian animator, blogger, music video director, and voice actor. He is best known as the creator of the Nickelodeon animated television series The Ren & Stimpy Show.

His birthplace was Chicoutimi, Quebec.

John Kricfalusi Net Worth

John Kricfalusi is one of the richest Cartoonist from Canada. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, John Kricfalusi 's net worth $10 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

The first couple of years of his life in Germany as his father was in the military.

He’s mostly a self-taught, and has been in college only for an hour.

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. His main influence is Bob Clampett, and he also names Chuck Jones, Frank Sinatra, Kirk Douglas, Milt Gross, Tex Avery, Peter Lorre, The Three Stooges, Al Jolson, Bing Crosby, Dean Martin, Elvis Presley, Don Martin and Robert Ryan. 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”.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

John Kricfalusi height 5 ft 11 in John weight Not Known & body measurements will update soon.

Who is John Kricfalusi Dating?

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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. 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.

Facts & Trivia

John Ranked on the list of most popular Cartoonist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Canada. John Kricfalusi celebrates birthday on September 9 of every year.

Fox Kids started airing the TV series The Ripping Friends in 2001, created by Kricfalusi and Jim Smith. Kricfalusi had previously tried pitching the show in the late ’80s, but networks considered it “too extreme” so did not pick it up. Kricfalusi felt the show’s supervisors were doing away with the Spümcø style and was displeased with the direction of the show. He considers the episodes he was involved in to be experimental. 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 a heart attack.

Why did Nickelodeon Fire John Kricfalusi?

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.

Why is Ren and Stimpy controversial?

The Ren & Stimpy Show is the third of Nickelodeon’s original animated series—known as “Nicktoons”—alongside Rugrats and Doug. In contrast with other shows on the network, it has generated controversy for its dark humor, sexual innuendos, adult humor, violence, and shock value.

How old is John Kricfalusi?

67 years (September 9, 1955)

Why was Ren and Stimpy canceled?

Comedy Central has had a rough go since announcing an adult-targeted Ren & Stimpy reboot last August. The news was met with a tepid response from the industry, followed by a petition to halt the series, owing to the accusations of child abuse against the show’s creator John Kricfalusi.

Is Stimpy a boy or a girl?

Ren and Stimpy
Species| Dog (Chihuahua) (Ren) Cat (Manx Cat) (Stimpy)
Gender| Male
Family| Svën Höek (Ren’s cousin) Bubba (Ren’s nephew)
Children| Stinky (Stimpy’s son)