Trivia

Began his career as a layout and storyboard artist in the early 1980s.

Smith was also an accomplished musician. He played the guitar on the Ren & Stimpy theme song.

Co-founder of Spumco.

Jim Smith, was an American animator and musician. He worked on Mighty Mouse: The New Adventures with his long-time working partner John Kricfalusi.

He was notable for remaining faithful to Kricfalusi, having refused to join Games Animation (though he worked on The X's after its rebranding to Nickelodeon Animation Studio), working with Kricfalusi on his projects amid other work until Cans Without Labels (2017).