Product Description: Hailed as one of the fathers of Saturday morning television, Lou Scheimer was the co-founder of Filmation Studios, which for over 25 years provided animated excitement for TV and film. Always at the forefront, Scheimer's company created the first DC cartoons with Superman, Batman, and Aquaman, ruled the song charts with The Archies, kept Trekkie hope alive with the Emmy-winning Star Trek: The Animated Series, taught morals with Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids, and swung into high adventure with Tarzan, The Lone Ranger, and Zorro...read more

The first generation of American television programmers had few choices of Saturday morning children's offerings. That changed dramatically in 1963 when a Japanese animated television series called Tetsuan Atom was acquired for distribution by NBC. Fred Ladd adapted the show for American television and--rechristened Astro Boy--it was an overnight sensation. Astro Boy's popularity sparked a new industry importing animated television from Japan. Ladd went on to adapt numerous Japanese animated imports, and here provides an insider's view of the creation of an ongoing cultural and media phenomenon.

More than five hundred illustrations, images, drawings, and sketches offer a colorful overview of all thirty-one of Nickelodeon's innovative cartoons, with a collection of unique cells, storyboards, early prototypes, and anecdotes from the creators of every show. 25,000 first printing.

Presents a history of Hanna-Barbera and discusses such shows as the 'Flintstones', 'Jetsons,' 'Top, Cat,' and 'Scooby-Doo, Where are You!'

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Provides information on the world of animation, discussing the cartoonists, writers, techniques, voices, specific animated characters, and career advice.