6/ Ren Seeks Help is autobiographical to expand on the limiting "7 Stories" cartoons stuck to in the 80s. Ren’s dad was based on John K’s own father—and Ukrainian grandfather, an Orthodox priest. The couch interrogation comes from when John got caught with cigarettes at age 12.

One of the most ambitious lost Ren & Stimpy episodes was Life Sucks (2004). Ren tries to “cure” Stimpy’s optimism by dragging him through biology, religion, history & evolution—featuring stunning art by Nick Cross in a Mary Blair Golden Book style. #AnimationHistory

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In the unfinished Ren & Stimpy episode, Life Sucks, Ren secretly watches Stimpy and grows furious at his naive optimism. He “educates” him about the world’s harsh realities. Overcome with despair, Stimpy seeks an audience with Cat Jesus. #AnimationHistory #RenAndStimpy

Ren, ashamed of pushing Stimpy into despair, tries to comfort him the only way he knows how — by reading him a storybook: The Children’s Crusade. A darkly ironic choice! Ren knew what he was doing... #RenAndStimpy #AnimationHistory

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Ren selects the seemingly innocuous “The Children’s Crusade” to read to Stimpy in hopes of cheering him up… but it proves to be anything but uplifting. #AnimationHistory #RenandStimpy

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In Life Sucks—one of the finest Ren & Stimpy stories ever conceived yet never made—one of Ren’s “educational” lessons to Stimpy is a reading of The Children’s Crusade, illustrated by Nick Cross in the style of Mary Blair’s Golden Books, as seen below. #AnimationHistory

(1/2)Ren's reading of The Children’s Crusade turns grim fast. What starts innocently becomes a tale of kids drowning, freezing, & finally slaughtered in a holy war. #AnimationHistory

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