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Hanna Barbera size chart
Check this out: A size chart of about 600 different Hanna-Barbara characters – from Ruff and Reddy (1957) to The Powerpuff Girls (1998) – drawn to scale by Chilean-based graphic designer Juan Pablo...
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“Jonny Quest” Titles Remade in Stop Motion By a Fan
Roger Evans, a Western artist who lives in Utopia, Texas (population: 241), also happens to be an obsessive fan of Jonny Quest. He’s given himself the challenge of reanimating the 1960s opening titles...
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“The Dukes” on DVD
How’s this for a merchandising ploy? This came in today’s email: “Warner Archives is offering the first 400 pre-orders for Hanna Barbera’s The Dukes: The Complete Animated Series, autographed by actor...
View ArticleHanna Barbera’s Lost “Rock Odyssey”
Michael Sporn led me to a new blog by Frank Forte solely devoted to Hanna-Barbera’s oddest and rarest production: Rock Odyssey (1987). Produced in the wake of Ralph Bakshi’s more adult animated...
View Article“Wacky Races Forever” unaired pilot
Here’s an unaired pilot from a few years back for an update to Hanna Barbera’s 1968 series, Wacky Races. It features the sons and daughters of the original cast and heck, its pretty good. How do I know...
View Article“Invitation to the Dance” on Warner Archive DVD
Just released on Warner Archive’s on-demand line of DVDs is Gene Kelly’s ambitious ballet film Invitation to the Dance. The film’s third segment, “Sinbad the Sailor,” is a half-hour combination of...
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Buy Joe Barbera’s Studio City Estate
Sheila Barbera, the wife of the late Hanna-Barbera co-founder Joe Barbera, has listed their Studio City estate for $6.795 million dollars. According to the LA Times, Mrs. Barbera “will be making her...
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Popular Mechanics on Hanna Barbera (1960)
Here’s another one of those wonderful articles from Popular Mechanics magazine (September 1960) explaining the tricks behind creating animated cartoons: “TV Hit From A Cartoon Factory” by Thomas E....
View Article“Jonny Quest” Opening Remade by Roger Evans
This thing’s gone viral in the past week. Amid first posted about it back in November, and I have been getting flooded with readers sending me the link to the final product. So, here it is – a superb...
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The Greatest Cartoon Album Cover of All-Time
I think we have a winner – “Makin’ with the Magilla”: No song could possibly live up to the cover, but if you must: If you have a more perfect cartoon-themed album cover, share it in the comments. (via...
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Dick Clark is Selling His Flintstones Home
File this one under “Things I Did Not Know About Dick Clark.” Apparently, he owns a one-bedroom Flintstones-inspired home in Malibu, and the LA Times reports that he’s selling it for $3.5 million,...
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Warner Bros. Anniversary DVD Set salutes Hanna Barbera
This year, Warner Home Video is releasing several DVD boxed sets designed to celebrate the film studio’s 90th anniversary. A few of them will actually compile cartoons. They’ve just announced one of...
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Gallery: The Organic Architecture of “The Flintstones”
The Flintstones (1960) have been duly celebrated throughout the years, but one part of the Hanna-Barbera series that hasn’t received much attention is its iconic architectural setting: those...
View Article“Wacky Races” Peugeot Ad by Partizan
Here’s a recent car commercial for the Peugeot 208 produced by Partizan and commmissioned by Y&R Brazil, where the car outperforms the cast of the 1960s Hanna-Barbera TV series Wacky Races. While...
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Disney Animator Don Lusk Turns 100 Today!
Celebrating the centennial of a great animator is something we don’t get to do very often, so it’s a particularly joyful occasion that today we are able to wish a happy 100th birthday to Don Lusk. Don...
View ArticleThis Poster Glorifies Animation Artists As Movie Stars
Young ladies, put down that issue of "Tiger Beat" because this is the only poster you'll ever need to hang above your bed.
View Article7 Quirky Animation and Comic-Related Programs At This Year’s San Diego Comic-Con
Comic-Con International: San Diego is almost upon us, and the organizers have released the event's mammoth program schedule. The madness, taking place from July 24-27, includes hundreds of panels,...
View Article15 Unpublished Photos of Hanna-Barbera Making ‘The Flintstones’
In November 1960, "LIFE" magazine published an article about the breakout success of Hanna-Barbera's seminal primetime animated series "The Flintstones." The piece featured three photos of the studio,...
View ArticleMexican Studio Anima Will Make CGI ‘Top Cat’ Feature
Mexican animation producer Anima Estudios has announced production on "Top Cat Begins," a sequel to its 2011 hit "Top Cat: The Movie."
View ArticleWalt Peregoy, ’101 Dalmatians’ Color Stylist, RIP
Walt Peregoy, the influential animation artist who was the color stylist of Disney's "One Hundred and One Dalmatians" and headed up Hanna-Barbera's background department for a time during the...
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