Spümcø (Johnsonverse)

Spumco, Inc. (stylized as Spümcø) is an American animation studio which was active from 1988 to 2005 and again since 2015 and based in Los Angeles, California. The studio is best known for working on the first two seasons of The Ren & Stimpy Show for Nickelodeon, as well as its sixth season onward for Cartoon Network and for various commercials. The studio won several awards, including an Annie Award for Best Animated Short Subject for the music video of the song "I Miss You" by Björk.

Spümcø was founded by animators John Kricfalusi, Bob Camp, Jim Smith and Lynne Naylor. Kricfalusi named the company after the fictional person "Raymond Spum", whom he jokingly described as the inventor of animation. The golden age of American animation (exemplified by the 1940s cartoons by Bob Clampett and Tex Avery) served as inspiration for the surreal and highly expressive house style of which Spümcø became well-known.