Benjamin Queair Jones (born 1977) is an American artist, animator, filmmaker, and voice actor. He was a co-founder and member of the art collective Paper Rad from 2001 to 2008, as well as his own studio Ben Jones Studio, Inc. in 2008. He has worked on various animated television programs and web series for Animation Domination High-Def (ADHD). Since 2017, Jones is the creative director of Bento Box Entertainment. He lives and works in Los Angeles, California.
Biography Jones was born in 1977 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and grew up in central Massachusetts. His family collected computers, a hobby initiated by his father, Frank, who was a software engineer. This influenced Jones a lot, so much that later he would draw inspiration for his future style of art and design.
Jones attended Massachusetts College of Art and Design, and graduated in 1999 with a B.F.A. in Studio of Interrelated Media (SIM).
Career While studying in Boston at Massachusetts College of Art and design, he began working in an art collaboration with classmate Christopher Forgues (C.F.) under the name "Paper Radio". Art in America magazine named Jones one of the, "most important cartoonists of their generation" for his work with Paper Radio. In 2000, he founded the East Coast art collective Paper Rad, with the artists Jacob and Jessica Ciocci.Nadel, Dan (April 4, 2011). "Artistic Modern Funnies: Ben Jones' Problem Solverz". Tcj.com (April 4, 2011). Paper Rad is best known for creating comics, zines, video art, net art, MIDI files, paintings, installations, and music with a distinct "lo-fi" aesthetic.
Ben Jones collaborated with PFFR and Williams Street on a 2008 pilot for Adult Swim titled Neon Knome. It was passed by the network and went on to become rebranded as a Cartoon Network show called The Problem Solverz. Jones is the main creator and the voice actor of Alfe and Roba in the Cartoon Network show, The Problem Solverz.
In 2013, Jones became the creative director of the Fox Saturday night programming block ADHD,Animation Domination High-Def ('ADHD'). WonderCon Anaheim 2013. (March 30, 2013). where he released his series, Stone Quackers. The program aired as sneak peek on October 27, 2014, on FXX and a spin-off, Gothball, was premiered as a web-series on May 1, 2015, on the ADHD YouTube channel.GOTHBALL TRAILER - Youtube
Since 2017, he began working at Bento Box Entertainment, and co-created Saturday Morning All Star Hits! with Kyle Mooney for Netflix and Universal Television.
Jones' work in fine art painting includes psychedelic themed painting, described as brightly colored, often visually flat or with pattern.
Filmography Project Show run Channel(s) Credited role No. of episodesNotes Pick a Winner 2004 DVD only Director (credited as Paper Rad) 5 episodes I Dream of Zinedine Zidane 2005 Short only Digital effect artist Inexistent Super Mario Movie Director (credited as Paper Rad) Wonder Showzen 2005–2006 MTV2 Animator Unavailable Trash Talking 2006 DVD only Co-creator, Writer, Producer, Executive producer, Director, and Voice actor (credited as Paper Rad) Yo Gabba Gabba! 2007 Nick Jr.Nickelodeon Jingle animator 1 episode Neon Knome 2008 Adult Swim Creator, Animator, Writer, Executive producer, Director, Music composer, and Voice actor The Problem Solverz 2011–2013 Cartoon Network Creator, Executive producer, Director, Music composer, and Voice actor 26 episodes Storyboard artist 2 episodesADHD Shorts 2012–2016 Fox, FXX Storyboard director 10 shorts Voice actor 4 shorts Designer 3 shorts Writer 2 shorts Peanut Butter & Jelly 2013 Short only Voice actor Inexistent Wander Over Yonder Disney XD Voice actor 1 episode High School USA! Fox Creative director12 episodes Axe Cop 2013–2015 Fox, FXX Creative director 22 episodes Golan the Insatiable Creative director Fox, FXX 12 episodesLucas Bros. Moving Co. Creative director and director 17 episodes Storyboard director 2 episodes Voice actor 1 episodeStone Quackers 2014–2015 FXX Creator, Writer, Executive producer, Creative director, and Voice actor 12 episodes Storyboard director 2 episodes Major Lazer Creative director 11 episodes The Adventures of OGSherlock Kush 2015–2016 ADHD (Web only) Director 20 episodes Gothball 2015 Creator, Writer, Director, and Voice actor 10 episodes Nerdland 2016 Film only Sequence animator OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes 2017–2019 Cartoon Network Voice actor 14 episodes Neo Yokio 2017 Netflix Creative director, and Voice actor 6 episodes Art Thiefs TBS Creator and director 1 episode Saturday Morning All Star Hits! 2021 Netflix Co-creator, voice actor, writer, director of animation, Creative director 8 episodes Koala Man 2023 Hulu Executive producer 8 episodes
Music videos Coldplay – "A L I E N S" (with Diane Martel) LSD – "Genius"
References
Further reading O'Leary, Shannon. (May 15, 2012) How Cartoon Network Became a Haven for Some of the Best Independent Comic Book Creators Working Today. Publishers Weekly.
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