Artie Romero, ARG! Founder and President

Artie Who?

Timothy, Artie
and Ricky Romero
at the Spanish Peaks,
La Veta Colorado,
October 2005

ARG! Cartoon Animation Studio was founded by Artie Romero in 1994. Artie has been involved in comics and animation since the 1970s, and has screen credits for animation on 4 motion pictures, 2 TV series and one PBS special. Before entering the animation industry as an animator, producer and director, Artie was a comic book artist, publisher, and an illustrator of books and magazines.

After starting out in 1995 as just a few pages on Artie's AOL Web space, the artie.com website was launched in July, 1996, and quickly became one of the most popular animation sites on the Web. Don't take our word for it, see all the sites that link to artie.com. The ARG! studio has created over 40,000 original digital animations, and more than 15,000 of them are displayed on this web site. ARG! animation is available worldwide for download to your cell phone through AT&T, Verizon, Sprint, Tmobile and many other carriers, thanks to our representation by Wireless Developer Agency.

Since founding ARG! Cartoon Animation, Artie created the CityStar® brand and expanded his company's services into website development, web hosting, Internet access, SEO and online advertising. ARG! is now a division of CityStar® Group, Inc., a Colorado corporation, with Artie serving as CityStar's CEO and President. In January of 2008, CityStar® released a professionally produced, 5 DVD set of 10 one-hour workshops on Internet marketing called 'Net Profit$, featuring Artie and other Internet entrepreneurs explaining how you too can make a fortune online. And now for a bit of fun...

Artie Romero has a Bacon number of 3.*

Artie Romero did animation for Johnny Mnemonic (1995) with Keanu Reeves
Keanu Reeves was in Thumbsucker (2005) with Benjamin Bratt
Benjamin Bratt was in The Woodsman (2004) with Kevin Bacon

Artie Romero has an Arnie number of 2.*

Artie Romero animated main titles for Lost (1983) with Jack Elam
Jack Elam was in The Villain (1979) with Arnold Schwarzenegger

Artie Romero has an Elvis number of 3.*

Artie Romero animated main titles for Lost (1983) with Sandra Dee
Sandra Dee was in Doctor, You've Got to Be Kidding (1967) with Med Flory
Med Flory was in The Trouble with Girls (1969) with Elvis Presley

Artie Romero has a Ronnie number of 3.*

Artie Romero created special effects for Johnny Mnemonic (1995) with Keanu Reeves
Keanu Reeves was in The Devil's Advocate (1997) with Alan Manson
Alan Manson was in This Is the Army (1943) with Ronald Reagan

* If you allow stuff like a motion picture animation or special effects credit to be used for these connections, and not just acting. So since he is not an actor, maybe Artie Romero's number is "infinity!" Calculations are courtesy of The Oracle of Bacon at Virginia. Confused? Just read Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon on MSNBC, or the Wikipedia explanation.

"Good animation is not produced by machines or software. It is created by people who have studied life drawing for years, and understand how things look and how they move."
..........-- Artie Romero

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