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Spümcø International was a North American cartoon animation studio. It was founded in 1988 by Canadian animator John Kricfalusi and his partners Jim Smith, Bob Camp, and Lynne Naylor. The company’s Canadian studio closed down around early 2005. A significant portion of the company’s material was given to ASIFA-Hollywood’s animation archives; Kricfalusi owns the rights to the characters. As of 2007 he lives in Los Angeles.
[edit] Works produced by Spümcø International
Spümcø produced and designed animation and products for just about every medium during its existence, from television to internet to comic books. For a period, Spümcø even designed and released toys based on their characters and other classic characters such as the Three Stooges.
[edit] Movies
[edit] Television
[edit] Internet
These two cartoons are credited with being the first syndicated internet-only program designed exclusively for the internet, ten years before online programming became mainstream with the advent of YouTube.
[edit] Cartoon Network shorts
[edit] CartoonNetwork.com animated shorts
These new Jetsons shorts were eventually broadcast on Cartoon Network although they debuted on their website initially.
[edit] Music videos
[edit] Video games
[edit] Animated spots and commercials
[edit] Comics
[edit] Future
On July 18, 2006, Kricfalusi stated in his blog that “Spümcø is no more. I’m trying a new experiment now.” He later added “My experiment is to do more freelancing with artists I already know are great and I can count on them to do good and unique work, rather than waste all my money on studio overhead and training unknowns. It’s what HB [Hanna-Barbera] did when they first started their TV studio in 1957 and it produced their best cartoons.” [1]
- ^ “Lost Episodes Are Out” all kinds of stuff (john k blog), July 2006 (retrieved October 14, 2006) Kricfalusi, John (2006).
[edit] External links
Los Angeles
Toronto
