Bob Jaques

Robert Paul Jaques (born November 2, 1956) is a Canadian–American animator and director. He is best known for the television series The Ren & Stimpy Show, The Baby Huey Show and SpongeBob SquarePants. He also was nominated for two Emmys in 1992 and 1993 for his contributions to The Ren & Stimpy Show.

Early life and career Jaques' fascination with animation began by watching the Fleischer Popeye cartoons as a kid, and he never thought of animating as a profession. He also did some stop motion animations since he was a fan of Ray Harryhausen films. One day, he got sick with mononucleosis and did nothing but watch cartoons. Jaques didn't "draw religiously" like other children his age but he was basically self-taught. He got curious in traditional animation when he was older and applied for an animation course in Sheridan College which didn't work the first time but when he drew with more effort it worked the second time. At Sheridan, he met with John Kricfalusi and Jaques showed 16mm prints during lunch hours of shorts from the Golden age of American animation, which a crowd of people would come in and John would be one of the regulars. Kricfalusi saw one of Jaques' animated shorts, which was based on a Robert Crumb comic called Tales from the Land of Genitalia, in which Jaques animated a penis with arms and legs jerking itself off, and Kricfalusi, when he saw the short, immediately thought he could animate. Eventually, Kricfalusi and Jaques became great friends because they both had an interest in golden age cartoons.

Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes 1983 Rock & Rule Assistant Animator 1984 The Care Bears Battle the Freeze Machine Assistant Animator 1985 Strawberry Shortcake Meets the Berrykins Animator 1985 The Care Bears Movie Animator 1986 Care Bears Movie II: A New Generation Animation Posing Artist 1986 Star Wars: The Great Heep Character Posing Artist 1997 The Brave Little Toaster to the Rescue Animation DirectorAnimator Uncredited 1998 The Brave Little Toaster Goes to Mars Animation DirectorAnimator Uncredited 2009 The Haunted World of El Superbeasto Animation Director N/A

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