HAPPY 68th BIRTHDAY, RINGO STARR!

Born July 7, 1940...HAPPY BIRTHDAY, RINGO!

POPEYE STUFF

Brian Mariotti at Funko recently sent me their 12" POPEYE Talking Bobble Bank. It's a neat looking piece of new POPEYE merchandise! The back and sides of the bank's box features great character art of POPEYE, OLIVE OYL, SWEE'PEA, WIMPY, BRUTUS and JEEP! I believe the art was done by POPEYE licensing artist, STEPHEN DeSTEFANO. Get one today!
And speaking of neat looking POPEYE merchandise...here's a cool POPEYE t-shirt that my lovely wife, Leslie, picked up for me at Target today. Very nice POPEYE art...looks like it was also done by DeSTEFANO. Check your local Target store! Click on the photos for larger views.

THEN THE RED AND WHITE AND THE BLUE'LL COME THROUGH...

Leslie and I want to wish everyone a safe and HAPPY 4th OF JULY! Here's the 1966 CAPTAIN AMERICA coloring book by Whitman. E-mail me at powsley@flash.net. Thanks! -- Patrick Owsley

LARRY HARMON - 1925-2008

LOONEY TUNES

I love the checkerboard design of this WARNER BROS. LOONEY TUNES cartoon poster! This would have looked sensational as a cover to one of the LOONEY TUNES GOLDEN COLLECTION DVD sets. Or at least as a nice postcard in the set. Makes me want to watch these cartoons!

FLINTSTONES PUZZLE ART

Yesterday, I posted another edition of the old HANNA-BARBERA studio newsletter, THE EXPOSURE SHEET. It was reported in the newsletter that the animated feature film, THE MAN CALLED FLINTSTONE, had won two awards. Here's the original painted art for a puzzle based on the film. Click on the image for a larger view!

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.

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

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!

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.

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!

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

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

HOPE EVERYONE HAD A NICE FATHER'S DAY!

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.

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

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!

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!