And “Justice” For All: The 50th anniversary of “Super Friends”
Just hearing that line of booming narration from none other than Ted Knight means DC superheroes for many a generation.
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We, Robots! (Part 14): Freaks and Finks
Time to close out the prolific 60’s, and move on.
We, Robots! (Part 3) – Unfinished Business
It’s time to return to the subject of cartoons featuring robots, and the advances of mechanization into the war years.
In His Own Words: Dave Tendlar on Superman
Tendlar worked not only on the Fleischer Superman cartoons, but on the character for Filmation and Hanna-Barbera. Here’s what he said about that.
Flights of Fancy (Part 12) – More Yankee Doodling
Many a cartoonist stayed well behind the lines, each winning the war single-handedly – at least with the imagery created from their drawing boards.
Flights of Fancy (Part 10): Pass the Ammunition
We progress further into 1942, the planes kept rolling out of the factories and into the air, inspiring animators and providing our continued focus for this series.
Filmation Superman
The New Adventures of Superman, produced by Filmation in 1966, literally changed the face of Saturday morning cartoons.
Reign of the Supertoons (Part 2)
We continue our survey of the super-heroic character in the classic Hollywood cartoon.
Reign of the Supertoons (Part 1)
Many a toon has donned mask and cape, either in the hopes of fooling others into belief that they’re a superhero, or in a psychological effort to fool themselves into believing it too.
Ruby-Spears “Superman”
No one seems to talk about the 1988 Saturday morning television series entitled produced by Ruby-Spears created to coincide with the character’s 50th anniversary.
