Jim Smith

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 longtime 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 codeveloped 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 Xs 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 coworker 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