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Benjamin Queair Jones (born 1977)[1] is an American director, fine artist, voice actor, animator, producer, writer and storyboard artist. He was a co-founder and member of the art collective Paper Rad from 2001–2008, as well as his own studio Ben Jones Studio, Inc. in 2008. He has worked on various animated television programs and web series for Animation Domination High-Def (ADHD). Since 2017, Jones is the creative director of Bento Box Entertainment.[2] He lives and works in Los Angeles, California.[2]

Ben Q. Jones
Born	Benjamin Queair Jones 1977 (age 44–45) Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Alma mater	Massachusetts College of Art and Design
Occupation	Director Fine Artist Voice Actor Animator Producer Writer Storyboard Artist
Years active	1999–present
Notable work	The Problem Solverz Stone Quackers Saturday Morning All Star Hits!

Biography

Jones was born in 1977 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and grew up in central Massachusetts. His family collected computers, a hobby initiated by his father, Frank, who was a software engineer. This influenced Jones a lot, so much that later he would draw inspiration for his future style of art and design.^{[clarification needed]}

Jones attended Massachusetts College of Art and Design, and graduated in 1999 with a B.F.A. in Studio of Interrelated Media (SIM).[3][4]

Career

While studying in Boston at Massachusetts College of Art and Design, he began working in an art collaboration with classmate Christopher Forgues (C.F.) under the name "Paper Radio".[1][5] Art in America magazine named Jones one of the, "most important cartoonists of their generation" for his work with Paper Radio.[6] In 2000, he founded the East Coast art collective Paper Rad, with the artists Jacob and Jessica Ciocci.[1] Paper Rad is best known for creating comics, zines, video art, net art, MIDI files, paintings, installations, and music with a distinct "lo-fi" aesthetic.

Ben Jones founded the animation studio Ben Jones Studio, Inc. in 2008 after Paper Rad had concluded in 2008.

Ben Jones collaborated with PFFR and Williams Street on a 2007 pilot for Adult Swim titled Neon Knome.[7] It was passed by the network and went on to become rebranded as a Cartoon Network show called The Problem Solverz.[7] Jones is the main creator and the voice actor of Alfe and Roba in the Cartoon Network show, The Problem Solverz.[8]

In 2013, Jones became the creative director of the Fox Saturday night programming block ADHD,[9] where he released his series, Stone Quackers. The program aired as sneak peek on October 27, 2014 on FXX[10] and a spin-off, Gothball, was premiered as a web-series on May 1, 2015 on the ADHD YouTube channel.[11]

In 2020, he was given a career at Bento Box Entertainment and Universal Animation Studios to co-create Saturday Morning All Star Hits! in 2021 for Netflix, alongside Kyle Mooney.

Jone's work in fine art painting includes psychedelic themed painting, described as brightly colored, often visually flat or with pattern.[3]

Filmography

Project	Show run	Channel(s)	Credited role	No. of episodes	Notes
Pick a Winner	2004	DVD only	Director (credited as Paper Rad)	5 episodes	[12]
I Dream of Zinedine Zidane	2005	Short only	Digital effect artist	Inexistent
Super Mario Movie			Director (credited as Paper Rad)
Wonder Showzen	2005–2006	MTV2	Animator	Unavailable
Trash Talking	2006	DVD only	Co-creator, Writer, Producer, Executive producer, Director, and Voice actor (credited as Paper Rad)
Yo Gabba Gabba!	2007	Nick Jr. Nickelodeon	Jingle animator	1 episode
Neon Knome	2008	Adult Swim	Creator, Animator, Writer, Executive producer, Director, Music composer, and Voice actor
The Problem Solverz	2011–2013	Cartoon Network	Creator, Executive producer, Director, Music composer, and Voice actor	26 episodes
			Storyboard artist	2 episodes
ADHD Shorts	2012–2016	Fox, FXX	Storyboard director	10 shorts
			Voice actor	4 shorts
			Designer	3 shorts
			Writer	2 shorts
Peanut Butter & Jelly	2013	Short only	Voice actor	Inexistent
Axe Cop	2013–2015	Fox, FXX	Creative director	22 episodes
Wander Over Yonder	2013	Disney XD		Voice actor	1 Episode
High School USA!	2013	Fox		12 episodes
Golan the Insatiable	2013–2015	Fox, FXX
Lucas Bros. Moving Co.	2013–2015		Creative director, and Director	17 episodes
			Storyboard director	2 episodes
			Voice actor	1 episode
Stone Quackers	2014–2015	FXX	Creator, Writer, Executive producer, Creative director, and Voice actor	12 episodes
			Storyboard director	2 episodes
Major Lazer	2014–2015		Creative director	11 episodes
The Adventures of OG Sherlock Kush	2015–2016	ADHD (Web only)	Director	20 episodes
Gothball	2015		Creator, Writer, Director, and Voice actor	10 episodes
Nerdland	2016	Film only	Sequence animator	Inexistent
OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes	2017–2019	Cartoon Network	Voice actor	14 episodes
Neo Yokio	2017	Netflix	Creative director, and Voice actor	6 episodes
Art Thiefs		TBS	Creator, and Director	1 episode	[13]
Saturday Morning All Star Hits!	2021	Netflix	Co-creator, voice actor, writer, director of animation, Creative director	8 episodes

Music videos

• Coldplay – "A L I E N S" (with Diane Martel)
• LSD – "Genius"

References

Further reading

• O'Leary, Shannon. (May 15, 2012) How Cartoon Network Became a Haven for Some of the Best Independent Comic Book Creators Working Today. Publishers Weekly.

External links

• Official website
• Ben Jones at IMDb

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