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Yogi Bear Weekend Comics, October 1963
This month, I’m not going to provide commentary on these Yogi Bear Sunday pages from 50 years ago this month. Read what Mark Kausler has to say. He has the bottom two rows of each comic in colour on...
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Pixie and Dixie — Light-Headed Cat
Produced and Directed by Bill Hanna and Joe Barbera.Credits: Animation – Lew Marshall, Layout – Paul Sommer, Backgrounds – Dick Thomas, Written by Warren Foster, Story Director – Alex Lovy, Titles –...
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Tally Lah Lah Lah
Mike Lah animated the first Yogi Bear cartoon put into production (“Pie Pirates”) and picked up scenes in a number of others without any screen credit. His style was pretty distinctive, as he tended to...
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Huckleberry Hound — Astro-Nut Huck
Produced and Directed by Joe Barbera and Bill Hanna.Credits: Animation – Lew Marshall, Layout – Paul Sommer, Backgrounds – Dick Thomas, Written by Warren Foster, Story Director – Alex Lovy, Titles –...
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Flintstones Weekend Comics, October 1963
Hanna-Barbera didn’t waste any time promoting its latest product for the Ideal Toy company in its Flintstones Sunday comics, did it? The first TV show featuring the Rubbles’ adopted Bamm-Bamm aired on...
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Tony Benedict’s Hanna-Barbera Documentary
Tony Benedict arrived at Hanna-Barbera during the studio’s best period. Huckleberry Hound and Quick Draw McGraw cartoons were still being made (the originals, not watered-down team-ups that were...
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Snooper and Blabber — Flea For All
Produced and Directed by Bill Hanna and Joe Barbera.Credits: Animation – La Verne Harding, Layout – Don Sheppard, Backgrounds – Art Lozzi, Written by Mike Maltese, Story Director – Alex Lovy, Titles –...
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How to Make a Hanna-Barbera Cartoon
No, the response to today’s topic is not “Hold a cel of Ranger Smith’s body underneath two drawings for blinking eyes,” though I admit there were some scenes where that did happen. You will find the...
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Yogi Bear — Slap Happy Birthday
Produced and Directed by Bill Hanna and Joe Barbera.Credits: Animation – George Nicholas, Layout – Dick Bickenbach; Backgrounds – Dick Thomas; Written by Warren Foster, Story Director – Alex Lovy,...
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Huckstralia
Hanna-Barbera cartoons have fans around the world; a check of the location of the people who visit this blog can attest to that.We’ve reprinted a number of newspaper articles about the studio from the...
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Augie Doggie — It’s a Worm Day
Produced and Directed by Bill Hanna and Joe Barbera.Credits: Animation – Ed Love, Layout – Walt Clinton, Backgrounds – Bob Gentle, Story – Mike Maltese, Story Director – Alex Lovy, Titles – Art Goble,...
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Yogi Bear Weekend Comics, November 1963
It’s a little hard to believe at one time NASA didn’t want news people anywhere near its space launches. Maybe it was paranoia over the Russians or concern reporters might actually report something...
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Storyboard Fun and Pushing Pebbles
Storyboards, model sheets and other things involved in the production of cartoons weren’t designed for fans to see, but they’re always fun to look at. And it’s fortunate these kinds of things were...
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Quick Draw McGraw — Twin Troubles
Produced and Directed by Bill Hanna and Joe Barbera.Credits: none. Animation – Ken Muse, Layout – Walt Clinton, Story – Mike Maltese, Story Director – Alex Lovy, Titles – Art Goble, Production...
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The Hound Loved By Adults and Island-Namers
The Huckleberry Hound Show was a huge hit when it debuted in 1958, not only with kids but with college students and even adults. Reviews expressed surprise at the age of the audience, as if columnists...
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Pixie and Dixie — Crew Cat
Produced and Directed by Bill Hanna and Joe Barbera.Credits: Animation – Brad Case; Layout – Paul Sommer; Backgrounds – Dick Thomas; Written by Warren Foster; Story Direction – Alex Lovy; Titles –...
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Where the Jetsons Live and Work
It wasn’t unusual for Hanna-Barbera cartoons to open with an establishing shot of a background drawing before getting to the first bit of action. There are some nice pan shots of Jellystone Park that...
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Flintstones Weekend Comics, November 1963
“Yabba Dabba Doo!” is the exclamation of you-know-who. But in the weekend comics for quite some time, Fred Flintstones uttered the phrase “Abba Dabba Doo!” Why there was a difference, I don’t know, but...
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Huckleberry Hound — Lawman Huck
Produced and Directed by Joe Barbera and Bill Hanna.Credits: Animation – Bob Carr; Layout – Tony Rivera; Backgrounds – Bob Gentle; Written By – Warren Foster; Story Director – Alex Lovy; Titles – Art...
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Huck-san
Hanna-Barbara cartoons have been enjoyed the world over. I wouldn’t want to estimate the languages they’ve been translated into, but Japanese was one of them. Charles Brubaker sent along these pictures...
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