Spümcø

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Spümcø International

Spümcø Logo
Company Name: Spümcø International
Founder: John Kricfalusi
Country: Flag of Canada Canada & Flag of United States United States
Company type: (Defunct) Animation Studio
Available: Flag of United States United States, Flag of Canada Canada
Owner: John Kricfalusi
Key People: John Kricfalusi | Lynne Naylor | Bob Camp | Jim Smith | Vincent Waller | Richard Pursel | Eddie Fitzgerald | Katie Rice
Launch Date:  ?, 1988
Closure Date: July 18, 2005

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 Ren and Stimpy cartoons claim that Spümcø (or "spum") is the Danish word for quality, but no such word exists. The Danish word for quality is actually kvalitet. 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, but Kricfalusi stills owns the rights to the characters and recently moved back to Los Angeles. On July 18, 2006, Kricfalusi stated in his blog that "Spumco 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]

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[edit] Works produced by Spümcø International

Spümcø produced and designed animation and products for just about every medium during its inception, from television, internet to comicbooks. For a period Spümcø even designed and released toys based on their characters and other classic characters such as The Three Stooges

[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 Flash 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

  • Various animated ID's for NBC (Available on Youtube)
  • Aoki Pizza Commercial
  • Nike Commercial
  • Probono advertisement for UFC starring George Liquor
  • Barqs Rootbeer Commercial starring George Liquor
  • Quisp Cereal
  • Old Navy Big Hood / Flares / Big Pocket Jeans / Girls Fleece Commercial
  • Cadbury Commercial
  • Village Pantry Commercial
  • Wagwells Dog Treats Commercial

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ "Lost Episodes are Out" all kinds of stuff (john k blog), July 2006 (retrieved October 14, 2006) Kricfalusi, John (2006).

[edit] External links

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