Monday, June 30, 2008

HANNA-BARBERA STUDIO NEWSLETTER - OCTOBER 1967




Here's the October 1967 edition of THE HANNA-BARBERA EXPOSURE SHEET, the studio's newsletter. I've got a few more of these to post, so keep checking back. It's neat to see photos of TED CASSIDY and the HUCK FINN cast reading the very first edition of THE EXPOSURE SHEET on page one. I posted that edition back on June 13, 2008. It's interesting to see that HANNA-BARBERA background painter, ART LOZZI, designed interiors for three Hilton Hotels in Europe...and the animated feature, A MAN CALLED FLINTSTONE (the film was actually titled THE MAN CALLED FLINTSTONE), won two awards! To read the newsletter, click on each page for a larger view.

Sunday, June 29, 2008

LOONEY TUNES & BUGS BUNNY

Here's a great LOONEY TUNES / MERRIE MELODIES poster from 1951. Wouldn't this have looked cool as a cover to one of the LOONEY TUNES GOLDEN COLLECTION DVD sets?
Here's the original painted art for a 1960s BUGS BUNNY puzzle from Western Printing. Click on each image for a larger view! E-mail me at powsley@flash.net. Thanks! -- Patrick Owsley

Saturday, June 28, 2008

SUPERMAN IS 70 THIS MONTH!


Before the month of June ends, I wanted to to wish SUPERMAN a happy 70th birthday! SUPERMAN first appeared in ACTION COMICS #1 in June of 1938. Here's the cover to a 1960s SUPERMAN Color by Number book by Whitman and the original painted art for a 1960s SUPERMAN puzzle from Western Printing. Click on each image for a larger view!

Wednesday, June 25, 2008

HAPPY 80th BIRTHDAY, ALEX TOTH!



Happy birthday to the late legendary comic artist and animation character designer ALEX TOTH! In honor of TOTH's 80th birthday, I'm posting two of his model sheets for the 1967 HANNA-BARBERA production, SHAZZAN. As you know, TOTH designed just about all of the HANNA-BARBERA super-hero shows during the 1960s and 1970s, including SPACE GHOST, MIGHTOR, YOUNG SAMSON, MOBY DICK, SUPERFRIENDS, BLUE FALCON and more. I'm also posting the original art to a 1967 SHAZZAN puzzle from Western Printing. TOTH didn't do the puzzle art, but it is based on his sensational character designs! Click on each image for a larger view.

Thursday, June 19, 2008

SYLVESTER - WBCP LICENSING ART


This is my brush inking over Mike Fontanelli's pencils...for Warner Bros. Consumer Products. Click on each image for a larger view!

Wednesday, June 18, 2008

THE FUNNY COMPANY

Growing up in the Chicago area during the 1960s and 1970s, I used to watch THE FUNNY COMPANY on WGN-TV Channel 9's children's show, GARFIELD GOOSE AND FRIENDS. Hosted by FRAZIER THOMAS and featuring the puppets GARFIELD GOOSE, ROMBERG RABBIT, MACINTOSH MOUSE and BEAUREGARD BURNSIDE III, GARFIELD GOOSE AND FRIENDS also showed CLUTCH CARGO and JOURNEY TO THE BEGINNING OF TIME. Here's the original painted art for one of the 1960s FUNNY COMPANY puzzles produced by Western Printing. Below, I've re-posted a "portrait" of GARFIELD GOOSE that I did. Click on each image for a larger view!

HANNA-BARBERA STUDIO NEWSLETTER - SEPTEMBER 1967




Here's another edition of the HANNA-BARBERA studio newsletter, THE EXPOSURE SHEET. This is from September of 1967. I love the photo on the last page of BUD ABBOTT recording his voice tracks for the ABBOTT & COSTELLO cartoon series! To read the newsletter, just click on each page for a larger view. Let me know if you want to see more issues of THE EXPOSURE SHEET. E-mail me at powsley@flash.net. Thanks! -- Patrick Owsley

Monday, June 16, 2008

UP AND AT 'EM...ATOM ANT!

ATOM ANT...7 1/4" x 8"...brush & ink with white and black colored pencils on coquille board. Available to own! Click on the image for a larger view. E-mail me at powsley@flash.net.

STOP THAT PIGEON!


Be sure to check out my current eBay auction featuring the above character art that I created for a recent PlayStation 2 DASTARDLY & MUTTLEY video game from Blast Entertainment. Click on my eBay auctions link in my LINKS section! You can also e-mail me at powsley@flash.net. Thanks! -- Patrick Owsley

Friday, June 13, 2008

HANNA-BARBERA STUDIO NEWSLETTER - JULY 1967








I thought you'd enjoy seeing this first edition of the HANNA-BARBERA studio newsletter, THE EXPOSURE SHEET. I've got a few more of these, so let me know if you'd like to see them. E-mail me at powsley@flash.net. Be sure to click on each image for a larger view of the newsletter page.

Thursday, June 12, 2008

eBay AUCTIONS

PETER PERFECT wants you to click HERE to see my current eBay auctions! E-mail me at powsley@flash.net. Thanks! -- Patrick Owsley

Wednesday, June 11, 2008

CUBS @ DODGERS PHOTOS

DERREK LEE ready to swing! Leslie and I went to three of the four CUBS vs DODGERS games here in L.A. last week. We saw the CUBS win two of those three games. In no particular order, here are a few photos from the games. Click on each photo for a larger view! GO CUBS!
KOSUKE FUKUDOME fouls off a pitch from DODGERS Pitcher, BRAD PENNY!
The CUBS taking batting practice before the game!
ARAMIS RAMIREZ hit this pitch down the third base line for a double!
ALFONSO SORIANO!
DISNEYLAND!
Here comes KERRY WOOD to get the save! CUBS WIN!

Tuesday, June 10, 2008

FRANKENSTEIN JR. PUZZLE ART - 1967

Here's another cool 1960s TV cartoon merchandise character painting! It's Hanna-Barbera's FRANKENSTEIN JR. from Western Printing! Click on the image for a larger view!

FRANKENSTEIN JR. - ORIGINAL CHARACTER & LOGO ART AVAILABLE TO OWN!




Just want to remind you that this FRANKENSTEIN JR. character and logo original art is still available to own! I created this character and logo art for the box of the upcoming FRANKENSTEIN JR. 20" Bobble Bank from FUNKO! I also created character art of THE IMPOSSIBLES for the box...black and white line art of the color art that I posted on April 10. Of course, the black and white character art and logo will be colored for the bank's box. I want to thank Brian Mariotti at Funko, again, for the assignment! Click on each image for a larger view. E-mail me at powsley@flash.net.

Monday, June 09, 2008

REMINDER - H-B TITLE CARD SET AND ART AVAILABLE TO OWN!





Just reminding everyone that the 14-piece HANNA-BARBERA cartoon title card set and the 18" x 24" HANNA-BARBERA original art (both shown above) are still available for you to own! Each HANNA-BARBERA cartoon title card measures 8 1/2" x 11" and looks sensational when displayed. The 18" x 24" HANNA-BARBERA original art features all of the "animal" TV friends from 1958 - 1965! The art is brush, pen & ink on bristol board. E-mail me at powsley@flash.net for details and click on each image for a larger view! Thanks! -- Patrick Owsley

ATOM ANT PUZZLE BOX ART


Here's another cool 1960s TV cartoon merchandise character painting. This is the 1967 ATOM ANT jigsaw puzzle from Western Printing. Click on each image for a larger view!