You're bidding on CHESTACLESE SKETCHBOOK #1 by JIM SMITH
Jim Smith, co-creator of Ren and Stimpy and The Ripping Friends presents this 64 page extravaganza featuring the Mighty Chestaclese, a massive barabarian from a long forgotten age. This tome reveals rare sketches, Chestaclese comic pages, storyboards, sexy figure studies, muscle bound barbarians, notorious villains, never before seen concept art, and more. Also featured are sketches from Weekend Pussy Hunt, The Ripping Friends, hilarious celebrity caricature. Special cartoon background design section. A must for all Spumco fans. Features 16 page color section.
Jim Smith has worked as a storyboard artist and animator for over two decades. Jim worked beside animator John Kricfalusi on The Ren and Stimpy Show. Jim is credited as co-creator, writer and executive producer and art director for 2 seasons of Ren and Stimpy. Jim’s comic book work can be seen in the Dark Horse publication of Spumco’s COMIC BOOK. An oversized tribute to comic books of yesteryear featuring George Liquor, Jimmy the idiot and Cigarettes the cat among others. Jim’s storyboard and gag writing skills can be seen on the web series Weekend Pussy Hunt. Jim was also co-creator of the Ripping Friends TV series on which he served as writer and art director. Jim cartoon credits include The New Adventures of Mighty Mouse, Samurai Jack, The X’s, Ren and Stimpy’s Adult Party Cartoon, Rob Zombie’s The Haunted World of El Superbeasto and the New Tom and Jerry Tales for Warner Brothers.
Jim’s latest creation, Chestaclese, is being produced independently as a comic book and animated cartoon.
Frank Forte Bio
Frank Forte is an artist, writer, and storyboard artist. His work has been exhibited at La Luz De Jesus Gallery (LA, CA), COPRO GALLERY (SANTA MONICA, CA), CASS Contemporary (Tampa, FL), DARK ART EMPORIUM (LONG BEACH, CA), STAN LEE’S COMIC UNIVERSE (SHANGHAI, CHINA), Sally Centigrade Gallery (Denver, CO), Arch Enemy Arts (Philadelphia, PA), The Gabba Gallery (LA, CA), Dream Factory Art (Frankfurt, Germany), The Phone Booth Gallery (Long Beach, CA) Night Gallery Fine Arts, Cannibal Flower and the Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery among others.
Frank’s film and TV credits include: SOLAR OPPOSITES, LOVECRAFT COUNTRY, Bob’s Burgers, 3 Below (Trollhunters spin-off), Truth or Dare, Insidious: The Last Key, Despicable Me 2, The Emoji Movie, LEGO Guardians of the Galaxy: The Thanos Threat, LEGO Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Out, The Super Hero Squad Show, Marvel Heroes 4D, and more. Frank is also the publisher of Asylum Press an indie graphic novel and comic book
publisher. Frank has written, illustrated and published such comics as; Bob's Burgers, Heavy Metal, The Vampire Verses, Warlash, Fearless Dawn, Billy Boy, The Cletus and Floyd Show.
Inspired by a steady diet of classic cartoons, comics and horror films, Frank Forte continues to explore the realm of disturbed characters that seem trapped in a nightmarish animated world. His most recent series of Neo-Pop paintings incorporate the reappropriation of figures and images we know from the yesteryear of the animated film, comic books, TV, advertising and pop culture as well as introducing Frank’s original characters.