COMMENTS
Ren and Stimpy Show “Big House Blues" Production Drawing Animation Art (1991).

From the Season One pilot episode directed by John Kricfalusi, this great drawing features Ren and Stimpy (with party hats on) inside the big house.

This is a one-of-a-kind piece that was used in the making of this Ren & Stimpy episode. Freeze-frame your DVD or Video, and you will see where this drawing was used to create the finished cel, which appears on screen around the 02:46 mark. We have provided a screenshot of the scene as reference.

This drawing was rendered in graphite and blue pencil on 12 field 3-peghole animation paper, with lots of animation notations. The drawing has handling and wear, and there is some production tape on both the front and the back of the paper, which does not detract from the impact of the drawing (please refer to the image scans). There is very little art surviving from this episode. The drawing measures 10.5 inches by 12.5 inches wide with three-peg punch holes. It has the official Nickelodeon embossed seal imprinted on the paper, and is accompanied with the Nickelodeon certificate of authenticity.

PLEASE NOTE:  
The screenshot shown is for reference ONLY, and the drawing is NOT accompanied with any full size colour print out.

Episode Synopsis:
"Big House Blues" is the first season PILOT episode of The Ren & Stimpy Show that originally aired on September 15th, 1991 and was the seventh broadcast episode in the series.
In the eight-minute pilot, Ren Hoek, a short-tempered chihuahua and Stimpy, a tailless dim-witted cat get caught by the dogcatcher and are sent to the pound where they meet Jasper and briefly Phil until he has to take "The Big Sleep". Ren initially doesn't understand, but after Jasper explains this to Ren, their lives seem to be on a thin thread until a sweet girl adopts them both.