It leaked on to youtube briefly before being taken down but even in that short time it was met by dismay, with even those who were able to ignore his personal life being disgusted with it, with comments like “The whole bunk of the video is in very poor taste and I would not be surprised to see many of the project’s backers asking for a refund. Blog Archive 2010 (2) January (2) The Preston Blair Book; Drawing Toys For Better Understanding 2009 (9) December (7) June (1) January (1) 2008 (5) January (5) 2007 (1) January (1) counter. Kricfalusi'… The blog can be found here. In the same post, he recommends adding "Funny", "Clever ideas", "Imagination" and "Interesting or entertaining characters" as principles. If you didn’t back the kickstarter you can buy it from his site for twenty five dollars, which is a ridiculously insulting amount for a short ten minute animation of this poor quality, and I truly hope that anyone considering doing so reads this review first and doesn’t waste their money on such crap. ", John jokes that, "Tex Avery Takes and a Sense of Design" discusses the use of wild takes in cartoons, discussing how Tex took a basic cartoon tool (a normal cartoon "take") and turned it into a funny and entertaining tool in itself, and how seeing them in cartoons like, All three of the "What Causes Tit Eyes?" ", "There is a new kind of rare fanboy, encouraged by the internet, somewhat like Bobby, only much angrier, a very strange sort of genetic defect that luckily doesn't have chance of breeding. 18 Comments on Note to John Kricfalusi: Enough already There was a time when I saw the name John K. and knew I was about to witness high-quality entertainment. That it cost $136,723 is quite astonishing, I can only presume that most of the money went on living costs rather than the animation itself, and I’d be amazed if anyone who backed it was happy with the result. I was a fan of Ren and Stimpy back in the day too, and with all comedy I go in hoping to enjoy it, but this just wasn’t possible as it’s such a gigantic mess. For some reason, these characters are always, "For decades these cartoons have been derided by cartoon historians and even some of the animators themselves. posts center on analyzing a milder form of this (the eyes getting really angular and pointy, but not big), using. In "The Essential Principals VS The Extras - Will Finn", he uses Roger Ramjet as an example of using those five principles alone and still being skilled and fun, while arguing in other posts like "Dizzy Red Riding Hood" that Disney and their followers' insistence on following the principles to the letter handicapped creativity in animation by imposing "arbitrary rules" on how animated characters can or can't move. They were allowed to draw and animate in their own individual styles. robbing him of or changing his powers or appearance on a daily basis. He is surprised when his cartoons get called "unrealistic" as a result. take hearty potshots at what animation critics consider to make up an animated movie critical of praise (although in the same post, John is quick to say he doesn't paint all critics like this and likes some of them, like, In "Wally VS UPA 3 - Walt Craves Respect", John gives a backhanded compliment to, In "Walt Craves Respect". Your gags suck. Canadian-born cartoon cartoonist Kricfalusi began his career by working on low end Saturday morning cartoons like The Jetsons (1962) revival and Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids (1972). John Kricfalusi (born Michael John Kricfalusi, September 9, 1955 in Chicoutimi, Quebec, Canada) is a Canadian cartoonist, and creator of The Ren & Stimpy Show. In "Mutant Cartoon Creatures From the Netherworld", he talks about how the use of his trope in funny animal comics (putting animal noses on humanoid looking animals) creeped him out as a kid, but he got used to it as an adult. Read more. "No, to me the art and stories and concepts have to be as, "Disney animators have shrewdly deduced that the average Joe thinks homosexuals and people of middle-eastern descent are the most evil people in the world. While frequently updated on a daily basis in the late and early 2010s, the blog posts started slowing down around 2013, with John claiming he was simply losing interest in maintaining it due to many other blogs that he considers better than his own popping up (plus the blogger scene drying up in general), as well as getting tied up training new animators, working on newer projects and attempting to start a new cartoon studio (although that went south due to the scandals surrounding his sexually predatory behavior). Blogger is a free blog publishing tool from Google for easily sharing your thoughts with the world. In "Funny Pathos vs Cheap Trick Pathos- Ralph Has Remorse", he singles out, As the above examples attest, John hammers home that if you want to make kitsch, then. ", "The bible has some of the craziest stories ever invented so it's a complete irony to give it such a bland "realistic" treatment. People who are fans of western animation will probably not need any introduction here, John Kricfalusi is the creator of Ren and Stimpy and a pioneer of cartoons. In "Writing for Cartoons 1", he criticizes. Having moved in the middle of a school season, he spent much of his time that year at home, watching Hanna-Barbera cartoons and drawing them. Disney(? It's usually someone who sees life realistically and has a sarcastic view of all the hypocrisy and insanity in the world, yet he (she) draws in a really happy lively, funny style. Blogger… After two years and six months of dormancy, John makes a new post on the blog to initiate commission rates supposedly upon request by fans of his work on Facebook. John Kricfalusi, Animation Department: The Ren & Stimpy Show. "Chuck Jones, Style, and the Future - Bugs Bonnets", he makes caption jokes about how Bugs and Elmer get married in the ending of "Bugs Bonnets". JOHN KRICFALUSI (Creator/Ren): We always had a good time when Billy West came in to record. ( Log Out /  The Free Online Stand Up / Theatre Comedy Guide. John believes that, In "Wally Walrus VS UPA part 1", he criticizes, He isn't a fan of live-action movies doing this either. Change ), You are commenting using your Google account. As you can see the story’s a flimsy one but that shouldn’t necessarily have prevented it from being funny. If you haven’t visited it lately, you’ll want to check out the series of posts John has been writing on the impact of UPA on animation. But it also bored the general audience who wanted cartoons to be funny - and that's the real shame. The one and only store for John Kricfalusi merchandise, creator of Ren and Stimpy, George Liquor, the Ripping Friends, and more! In "Milt Gray On Clampett's Black and White Cartoons", which discusses, In "Writing for Cartoons 3", he criticizes the, In "Bugs Bunny Evolution - Egg Shaped Head", he takes Bugs'. ( Log Out /  Back in 2012 John Kricfalusi, best known for being the man behind Ren and Stimpy, started a Kickstarter to fund a new animation and he managed to raise $136,723. Permissions beyond the scope of this license may be available from thestaff@tvtropes.org. ", "I'm not sure if Disney invented it, but animators know that the quickest way to turn the audience against someone is to have them sniff the ceremonial turd. It also looks quite horrid, John K’s trademark animation style isn’t an issue (though it’s undoubtedly tired and lazy) but it’s mixed in with some awful CGI, of the kind that anyone who’s played around with photoshop for a couple of hours could probably do better. ( Log Out /  Creator John Kricfalusi was celebrated as a visionary, but even though his personality suffused the show, dozens of artists and network executives were just as responsible for the show’s meteoric rise. 5.0 out of 5 stars Spumco. He is likewise critical of many animation history books, since he thinks that many of their writers don't practice the art form and only have a surface understanding of it at best, have never set foot inside of an animation studio, and tend to blatantly misrepresent animation history and what it's actually like to work in animation (which is a view also shared by older animators, such as the Disney and Looney Tunes artist Rob Givens). The Ren & Stimpy Show was one of the first modern cartoons to prominently credit the work of the talented cartoonists and artists responsible for the bringing the show to life. So when an animated feature needs a villain, they automatically create a stereotype combination of a hooked nose man with fruity gestures. Every animator figured out their own unique ways of moving things. The books he praises tend to either be ones actually written by animators (I.e. unstoppable nature of Silver Age Superman. For those who don’t know him (or have forgotten), John K. introduced the world to the world of … A companion version of it, John K Curriculum, exists alongside it and focuses more on the instructional posts. John Kricfalusi, Mike Van Eaton, Rita Street, Jorge Garrido, Andreas Deja, John Canemaker, Jerry Beck, Leonard Maltin, June Foray, Paul and John Vinci, B. Paul Husband, Nancy Cartwright, Mike Fontanelli, Tom & Jill Kenny, Will Finn, Ralph Bakshi, Sherm Cohen, Marc Deckter, Dan diPaola, Kara Vallow ... John K’s Blog: All Kinds of Stuff. Your timing sucks. The show was released on DVD Tuesday. ", "There is a small handful of wanna be artists who can barely scrawl a stick figure who get on and yell at top professionals present and past and pronounce with complete certainty who is good at what and who isn't - as if it's a fact. Helpful. Starting on February 28, 2019, he's been making on and off posts in regards to art sales, and Ren & Stimpy rarities. See more ideas about cartoon, character design, animation. Change ), You are commenting using your Facebook account. John Kricfalusi was born in Canada to a father of Ukrainian descent and mother of Scottish and English descent. by playing a stereotype which people believe in completely straight, in order to mock viewers who would believe in it. ", John talks about how his cartoons are exaggerations of real-life events which he has experienced. ", "Pocahontas consults the wisdom of the magical pussy-tree, complete with every fold and crevice. In "Daffy In Book Revue-Cartoony Believable Action", he also criticizes, "A Shameful Ignorant Stereotype" discusses how the Ren and Stimpy character Sven Hoek was. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. and "By What Criteria Do We Judge Quality? DarkMuse. In "Rock N Rule - Mok, Robin Budd and dog noses on humans", John praises parts of. Your performances suck” being among the more positive things said about it. Alex Finch. The groundbreaking work of John Kricfalusi, Ralph Bakshi and their Mighty Mouse: The New Adventures team makes the series an animation classic. a soft-spoken, conservative and pleasant fellow. Change ), You are commenting using your Twitter account. But then silence fell for many a year, and even worse than that were the accusations that he had been in a sexual relationship with a fourteen year old girl, and many thought that he’d never work again. Now he’s finally delivered upon his Kickstarter promise with the release of Cans Without Labels, though it appears that most wish he hadn’t bothered and I’m definitely among them. These cartoons have attributes that far surpass their seeming limitations. They were extremely inventive and the animators were encouraged to do what comes naturally to cartoonists and animators. In "Canadian Animation — The Beginning", he talks about the show, In "Wayne Boring's Superman", he claims he prefers, The blog takes a lot of potshots at different things, including major animation studios like, "Whats Not To Love About Insanity?" Feb 25, 2020 - Explore Shannice Marshmallow's board "John Kricfalusi" on Pinterest. Supposedly based on a true story, George Liquor (Mike Pataki, who died in 2010, which goes to show how long this has been in production) explains to his nephews Slab (Eric Bauza) and Ernie (Gabe Swarr) that he has cans without labels that he buys cheaply to save a buck. George Liquor (often taking his epithet as George Liquor, American) is a cartoon character created by John Kricfalusi.Liquor is most famous for his appearances on The Ren & Stimpy Show.He is considered Kricfalusi's signature character and was a mascot for Kricfalusi's defunct animation studio, Spümcø.Kricfalusi portrayed George Liquor as a patriotic, outspoken, politically conservative blowhard. Currently Airing – Our guide to this week’s best tv comedy in the UK & US. On the other hand, in "Writing for Cartoons 3", he heavily criticizes parody that only uses pop culture references where the joke just relies solely on the novelty of referencing something, as opposed to making a funny point about said reference, since he considers using caricature to make fun of something to be the entire point of cartooning. There's also a few unused strips that went up on John K's blog years ago that would be worth throwing in. 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