Bob Camp
Robert Camp (born February 7, 1956) is an American animator, writer, cartoonist, comic book artist, storyboard artist, director, and producer. 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, a CableACE Award, and an Annie Award for his work on The Ren & Stimpy Show.
Also recorded as Robert Frank Camp
Bob Camp

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- Birth Name
- Robert Camp
- Born
- February 7, 1956
- Birthplace
- Gregg County, Texas U.S.
- Full name
- Robert Frank Camp.
- Nationality
- United States
- Occupation
- cartoonist · comics artist · animator · screenwriter · television producer · television director
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Robert Camp (born February 7, 1956) is an American animator, writer, cartoonist, comic book artist, storyboard artist, director, and producer. 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, a CableACE Award, and an Annie Award for his work on The Ren & Stimpy Show.
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• Birth Name — Robert Camp • Born — February 7, 1956 • Birthplace — Gregg County, Texas U.S. • Area — Animator Cartoonist Comic book artist Storyboard artist Writer Production artist Director Producer • Write — y • Website — bobcampcartoonist.blogspot.com
Career
Career
Camp started his animation career as a designer for animated series such as ThunderCats, Silverhawks, TigerSharks, and several other series produced by Rankin/Bass. 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. Camp was a co-founder of and director for Spümcø, the animation studio that created The Ren & Stimpy Show. 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 Spümcø and creator John Kricfalusi had been fired. At Games, Camp was promoted to creative director of The Ren and Stimpy Show and supervised the series' production until its conclusion. After Ren & Stimpy ended in 1995, Camp and former Ren & Stimpy writer Jim Gomez began developing a new series for Nickelodeon titled Kid Komet and Galaxy Gal, which was never picked up for a full series. 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. 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, and also as writer and director on Robotboy. Camp previously taught at the School of Visual Arts in New York City.
Filmography
Filmography
• Illustration — Camp at the 2015 East Coast Comicon in Secaucus, New Jersey
Television
Television
• Year — Title — Role • 1985–1987 — ThunderCats — Development artist, design lead • SilverHawks • TigerSharks • Mini Monsters • Karate Kat • Street Frogs • 1986 — The Real Ghostbusters — Character designer • 1987 — Mighty Mouse: The New Adventures • 1988 — The New Adventures of Beany and Cecil • 1990 — Tiny Toon Adventures — Storyboard artist • Attack of the Killer Tomatoes — Storyboard director • 1991–1996 — The Ren & Stimpy Show — Story editor, story, storyboard artist, writer, director, producer, supervising director, creative director, voice actor • 1995 — Kid Komet and Galaxy Gal — Failed pilot; writer, storyboard artist, director • 1997–1998 — Space Goofs — Story, storyboard artist, co-story supervisor, voice director • 1997–1999 — Cow and Chicken — Storyboard artist • I Am Weasel • 1999 — The Cartoon Cartoon Show — Dialogue director, writer, director, storyboard artist (The Lucky Lydia Show) • 2001 — Evil Con Carne — Storyboard artist • 2001–2003 — Jackie Chan Adventures • 2002 — Ozzy & Drix • 2005–2008 — Robotboy — Director, writer • 2010 — Sym-Bionic Titan — Storyboard artist • 2010–2011 — Kick Buttowski: Suburban Daredevil • 2011 — Bubble Guppies — Storyboard supervisor • 2012 — YooHoo & Friends — Storyboard artist • 2015–present — SpongeBob SquarePants — Storyboard artist, character designer, supervising director • 2016 — Mighty Magiswords — Writer and storyboard artist • 2021–2024 — Kamp Koral: SpongeBob's Under Years — Storyboard supervisor • 2023–present — The Patrick Star Show
Life and career
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Life and career
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1956
Bob Camp born at Gregg County.
Film
• Year — Title — Role • 2000 — How the Grinch Stole Christmas — Storyboard artist • 2001 — Osmosis Jones • Cats & Dogs • 2002 — Scooby-Doo • 2003 — Looney Tunes: Back in Action • 2005 — Robots • 2006 — Ice Age: The Meltdown • 2013 — Epic • 2015 — The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water — Layout artist • 2020 — Happy Happy Joy Joy: The Ren and Stimpy Story — Himself • 2021 — Rumble — Storyboard artist
Influences
He was intrigued by Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton, Stanley Kubrick, Peter Sellers, Laurel and Hardy and Monty Python, but also Bill Plympton, Terry Gilliam, Don Martin, Chuck Jones, Bob Clampett, Walt Disney and Tex Avery.
Marvel Comics covers – selected bibliography
• The 'Nam (1986) Issues #14, #17, #20, #22 • Conan the Destroyer (1985) #1, #2

Artists (left to right) Bob Camp, Larry Hama and Herb Trimpe at the New York Comic Convention in Manhattan, October 9, 2010. Photo by Luigi Novi. This photo may be used, modified and published for any purpose, only if a easily visible credit to the photographer is placed near the photo in each instance in which it is used. Please maintain the original file name in all uses. (See licensing inform
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Comics artist Bob Camp at the 2013 Wizard World New York Experience Comic Con, at Pier 36 in Manhatan, June 29, 2013. This photo was created by Luigi Novi. It is not in the public domain, and use of this file outside of the licensing terms is a copyright violation. If you would like to use this image outside of the Wikimedia projects, you may do so, only if I am properly credited, either by link
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Bob Camp is recorded as cartoonist, comics artist, animator, screenwriter and television producer. Recorded at birth as Robert Frank Camp.
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