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Happy Valentine's Day from Patrick, Leslie and that little devil, HOT STUFF!
Here's an early design of Hanna-Barbera's RICOCHET RABBIT. This design was done by DICK BICKENBACH. I took a print-out of the pencil art and colored it with markers, then inked it with a brush. I've been watching a lot of classic Hanna-Barbera cartoons lately. The classic H-B cartoons are some of my all-time favorite 1960s TV cartoons. Click on the image for a larger view! E-mail me at powsley@flash.net for details on how you can own this piece. Thanks! -- Patrick Owsley
I heard from BRIAN MARIOTTI, President of FUNKO, today. He showed me photographs of a new FRED FLINTSTONE vinyl figure that FUNKO is producing. The figure is based on the above FRED FLINTSTONE design that I did just over a year ago for Brian. Brian asked my opinion of the prototype figure and I felt that there were just a couple of minor adjustments. The FRED FLINTSTONE figure looked sensational and I hope to post photos here soon. FUNKO is doing some great figural product based on the old cool HANNA-BARBERA toys! Just the kind of stuff that classic HANNA-BARBERA fans have been wanting.
I just learned that character actor ALLAN MELVIN passed away on Thursday, January 17th of cancer. MELVIN was the voice of Hanna-Barbera's MAGILLA GORILLA, DROOPER of THE BANANA SPLITS and SGT. SNORKEL in the King Features BEETLE BAILEY cartoons. The actor was also known as SAM the Butcher on THE BRADY BUNCH. ALLAN MELVIN starred on SGT. BILKO with Phil Silvers and appeared on THE DICK VAN DYKE SHOW, THE ANDY GRIFFITH SHOW and ALL IN THE FAMILY. Another great TV icon is gone.
Just wanted to let everyone know that I have more Hanna-Barbera original art pieces available to own, including the above image of BILL HANNA and JOE BARBERA. Check my December 28, 2007 post for the large 18" x 24" Hanna-Barbera characters original art. That piece is still available. E-mail me at powsley@flash.net for details in obtaining any of my art. Also click on the link in my LINKS section to see my original cartoon art that I am currently offering on Ebay. Thanks! -- Patrick Owsley Jan. 22, 2008 UPDATE - The BILL HANNA & JOE BARBERA art and the 18" x 24" HANNA-BARBERA characters art (posted on Dec. 28, 2007 - check my December 2007 archive) are both still available to own! I also still have a few sets of the HANNA-BARBERA cartoon title card set available, as well! Check my Oct. 25, 2007 posting in my October 2007 archive for details. E-mail me at powsley@flash.net. Thanks!
A couple of people have recently asked me about this piece I did a while ago. It's all of the Hanna-Barbera "animal" characters that appeared between the years 1958 through 1966...from RUFF & REDDY to PRECIOUS PUPP. The original art piece measures 18" x 24" and it is available to own! The original art was too large to scan, so I had to photocopy the original in sections. Then, I pieced the photocopy together for scanning. You can see the lines where the photocopies were cut. Of course, the cut lines do not appear on the original art piece. The art is brush, pen & ink on bristol board and the classic HANNA-BARBERA logo is hand-lettered. E-mail me at powsley@flash.net for details. Thanks! -- Patrick Owsley
Leslie and I want to wish everyone a very MERRY CHRISTMAS! -- Patrick Owsley
Here's a QUISP color sketch that I just listed on Ebay. Click HERE to see all of my original cartoon art Ebay auctions! If you'd like for me to create a piece of cartoon character art for you, e-mail me at powsley@flash.net . My original cartoon art makes a great gift! Thanks! -- Patrick Owsley
Here's JACK from the 1979 RANKIN/BASS "Animagic" production, JACK FROST. Be sure to check out the RANKIN/BASS blog by clicking HERE! The RANKIN/BASS blog is run by my good friend, Rick Goldschmidt. Rick is the official RANKIN/BASS Historian and Biographer.
Just a quick reminder to let everyone know that I still have a few sets of the 14-piece HANNA-BARBERA CLASSIC CARTOON TITLE CARD set still available! Take a look at my October 25, 2007 posting (in my OCTOBER 2007 ARCHIVE link to the right) for photos of all of the title cards. Pictured above is the PIXIE AND DIXIE and MR. JINKS title card from the set. If you're interested in a set, e-mail me at powsley@flash.net for all of the details. Thanks! -- Patrick Owsley
If you'd like to give a piece of my classic cartoon character art as a gift this holiday season, please let me know ASAP. I want to be sure to get your art to you in time. Click on the links in my LINKS section (to the right) for my Ebay auctions and my MySpace page to see samples of my cartoon art. E-mail me at powsley@flash.net and let me know what you're interested in. Thanks! -- Patrick Owsley
The legendary BORIS KARLOFF was born on this day in 1887! The above image was something I did a while ago...it's the KARLOFF "Animagic" puppet from the classic Rankin/Bass movie, MAD MONSTER PARTY. It's brush, pen & ink on gray linen paper. The MAD MONSTER PARTY logo is hand-lettered. My pal, Karswell, who runs the blog THE HORRORS OF IT ALL, gave me the heads-up about Uncle Boris' birthday. If you haven't already, be sure to check out THE HORRORS OF IT ALL blog by clicking HERE! You can e-mail me at powsley@flash.net. Thanks! -- Patrick Owsley
Leslie and I want to wish everyone a HAPPY THANKSGIVING! -- Patrick Owsley
I just want to wish my beautiful wife, Leslie, a happy first wedding anniversary! It was one year ago tonight that we became Husband and Wife. I love you, Baby! -- Patrick
Legendary voice artist DAWS BUTLER would have been 91 years old today! DAWS is best known for his brilliant work voicing the HANNA-BARBERA characters YOGI BEAR, HUCKLEBERRY HOUND, QUICK DRAW McGRAW and many more! Take a look at the above image to see many of the characters voiced by DAWS BUTLER. Click on the image for a larger view! Happy Birthday, Daws!
Click on the link in my LINKS section to see what I currently have up for auction on Ebay! You can e-mail me at powsley@flash.net . Thanks! -- Patrick Owsley
Here's a new logo design that I did recently for ODD RODS. Click here to check out ODD RODS! Thank you to Dave Hart, Zoila Hart and Terry Retin for the assignment! Need a logo?...e-mail me at powsley@flash.net . Thanks! -- Patrick Owsley
Here's a great item from my files. It looks like the cover to an MGM Studio Club benefit dinner dance program from March 1952. I love how the stylized background images are designed around TOM & JERRY. Click on the image for a larger view!
In an effort to get back to posting more often than I have been lately, I'm posting these front and back views of a BUGS BUNNY figural product design. I'm not exactly sure when this design was done. The yellow gloves on BUGS could date it back to the 1950s or early 1960s. Looks like this could be a really cool BUGS BUNNY vinyl figure today! This also gives me the chance to recommend the recently released LOONEY TUNES GOLDEN COLLECTION VOL. 5 DVD set! I just finished watching Disc 1 and really enjoyed seeing the General Foods commercials for Post Cereals and Tang featuring BUGS BUNNY! Pick up the DVD set today. Thanks! -- Patrick Owsley
HAPPY HALLOWEEN! Here's WACKY WITCH wishing you a frightful fun day! Recently, I've been looking through a few of the old Gold Key WACKY WITCH comic books...great stuff! Hope you enjoy my WACKY WITCH HALLOWEEN greeting and have a safe, fun HALLOWEEN! -- Patrick Owsley
I hope everyone is having a safe and fun Halloween! Here's a few spooky photos that I thought I'd post...it's LON CHANEY as THE WOLF MAN...BORIS KARLOFF as THE FRANKENSTEIN MONSTER and CHRISTOPHER LEE as DRACULA! A few years ago, CHRISTOPHER LEE made an appearance at the old CREATURE FEATURES store in Burbank, CA and he was kind enough to sign the above photo for me.
Here's a QUICK DRAW McGRAW that I did recently. It's based on the QUICK DRAW pose that you see on the QUICK DRAW title card in my previous post. I still have a few sets of the H-B title cards available...e-mail me at powsley@flash.net . Thanks! -- Patrick Owsley
UPDATE ON 12-15-08 -- This Rankin/Bass FROSTY THE SNOWMAN original art is available to own! Makes a great holiday gift. It's $19.99 plus $3 First Class mail shipping. Priority Mail shipping is $5. Just send payment via Paypal to powsley@flash.net. Please put FROSTY THE SNOWMAN ART in the payment subject line. Thanks! -- Patrick Owsley 
Here's a couple of character color sketches that I did recently...ROGER RAMJET and FROSTY THE SNOWMAN. Hope you enjoy seeing these! Visit my LINKS section (on the right) for the link to my cartoon art Ebay auctions. E-mail me at powsley@flash.net . Thanks! -- Patrick Owsley
I've been re-watching many of the all-time great HANNA-BARBERA classic cartoons, including the theme of this posting...PETER POTAMUS and SO-SO. The top image appears to be a 1964 publicity painting for the PETER POTAMUS TV cartoon show. I'm not sure who painted it, but it's a very cool painting. I'd love to see that in color! Also, here's the colorful cover for the 1964 PETER POTAMUS Little Golden Book, with art by Hawley Pratt and Bill Lorencz. I'm also posting a few pieces of PETER POTAMUS and SO-SO character art from their 1998 licensing style guide. I had the honor of inking Iwao Takamoto's PETER POTAMUS and SO-SO pencil art for that style guide, which was produced at Warner Bros. Consumer Products. Be sure to click on each image for a larger view!
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