John Kricfalusi Latest Celebrity News & Gossip

LOS ANGELES -- The brazen humor of “The Ren & Stimpy Show” will be revisited in a new Comedy Central version of the animated series. The original program that was a hit for Nickelodeon will be reimagined in partnership with Nickelodeon Animation Studio, Comedy Central said Wednesday.

The Ren & Stimpy Show. Though the series originally aired for five seasons on Nickelodeon as part of the kids' lineup, a big element of the reimagining seems to be that it will be fully targeted toward adults.The Ren & Stimpy Show was created by John Kricfalusi and followed the adventures of its titular characters.

Over the past few years, audiences have been asked to grapple with authorship in increasingly complicated ways. As more creators have had their off-screen actions pushed into the spotlight – or, more accurately, as we have belatedly come to realize that art does not excuse creators from consequence – fans have had to grapple with the impact of those actions on the work they love.

Happy Happy Joy Joy — the Ren & Stimpy Story, a documentary premiering at the Sundance Film Festival, has a John Kricfalusi problem.Based on watching Happy Happy Joy Joy — the Ren & Stimpy Story, "having a John Kricfalusi problem" seems to have been a common affliction for those working on and associated with the iconic animated series TheRen & Stimpy Show.Happy Happy Joy Joy follows Kricfalusi and the supernova that was Ren & Stimpy, which arrived at a moment when animation had become a