Bob Camp

Robert Camp (born February 7, 1956)^[1] is an American animator, writer, cartoonist, comic book artist, storyboard artist, director, producer, and voice actor. He is best known for founding Spümcø and his work for developing and serving as a showrunner for The Ren & Stimpy Show. He has been nominated for two Emmys,^[2][3] a CableACE Award, and an Annie Award for his work on The Ren & Stimpy Show.

Camp started his animation career as a designer for animated series such as ThunderCats, Silverhawks, TigerSharks, and several other series produced by Rankin/Bass.^[4] He then worked as a designer on The Real Ghostbusters for DiC, and later as a storyboard artist on Tiny Toon Adventures for Warner Bros. Television.^[4]

Camp was a co-founder of and director for Spümcø, the animation studio that created The Ren & Stimpy Show.^[4] He played a major role in the studio’s creative force (storyboarding the entirety of “Stimpy’s Invention” himself) until September 21, 1992, when he left to work for Games Productions (a.k.a. Games Animation), the animation studio Nickelodeon initially created to continue work on The Ren and Stimpy Show after the first season.^[4][5] At Games, Camp was promoted to creative director of The Ren and Stimpy Show and supervised the series’ production until its conclusion.^[4]

In the 1980s, Camp worked at Marvel Comics as an illustrator on many comic titles including G.I. Joe, Crazy Magazine, Bizarre Adventures, Savage Tales, Conan the Barbarian, and The ‘Nam.^[4] During this time, he also drew the cover art of Jam on Revenge, the 1984 debut album by the Electro–hip hop group Newcleus.

In the 2000s, Camp worked as a storyboard artist on animated feature films such as Looney Tunes: Back in Action and Ice Age: The Meltdown,^[4] and also as writer and director on Robotboy.