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,Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. "Primetime Emmy Awards Nominations for 1992 - OUTSTANDING ANIMATED PROGRAM (FOR PROGRAMMING ONE HOUR OR LESS)" . Retrieved on July 27, 2013.Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. "Primetime Emmy Awards Nominations for 1994 - OUTSTANDING ANIMATED PROGRAM (FOR PROGRAMMING ONE HOUR OR LESS)". Retrieved on July 27, 2013. a CableACE Award, and an Annie Award for his work on The Ren & Stimpy Show.

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."'Ren & Stimpy' go on without their creator", USA Today, September 25, 1992 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.

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.

Filmography

Television Year Title Role1985–1987 ThunderCatsDevelopment artist, design lead SilverHawks TigerSharks Mini Monsters Karate Kat Street Frogs 1986 The Real GhostbustersCharacter designer 1987 Mighty Mouse: The New Adventures 1988 The New Adventures of Beany and Cecil1990 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 director1997–1999 Cow and ChickenStoryboard artist I Am Weasel 1999 The Cartoon Cartoon Show Dialogue director, writer, director, storyboard artist (The Lucky Lydia Show) 2001 Evil Con CarneStoryboard artist 2001–2003 Jackie Chan Adventures 2002 Ozzy & Drix 2005–2008 Robotboy Director, writer 2010 Sym-Bionic TitanStoryboard 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 YearsStoryboard supervisor 2023–present The Patrick Star Show

Film Year Title Role 2000 How the Grinch Stole ChristmasStoryboard artist2001 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

Marvel Comics covers – selected bibliography The 'Nam (1986) Issues #14, #17, #20, #22 Conan the Destroyer (1985) #1, #2

References

External links

Bob Camp's blog Bob Camp's Bob Lab Website Bob Camp interview with Super Hero Speak - 2016 Lambiek Comiclopedia article.