Product DescriptionHere, for the first time, is a showcase presentation of the best of the art from the legendary Hanna-Barbera studio.
The Hanna-Barbera Treasury celebrates the legacy of Bill Hanna and Joe Barbera through more than five decades of rare drawings, storyboards, concept art, and memorabilia from studio archives and private collections. It includes more than 24 removable artifacts and facsimile reproductions, as well as photographs, sketches, comic book covers, brochures, and posters. Vintage art, rare merchandising images, retro product packages, and archival newspaper and magazine ads transport the reader back in time to an era when a brave new medium invaded our living rooms to create a new art form: the prime-time family cartoon.
In a world flooded by rapidly changing images, few are able to maintain the appeal that has defined the characters of Hanna-Barbera for more than 50 years. Since first joining forces as a pair of young animators, Bill Hanna and Joe Barbera won the hearts of more than three generations. The duo won seven Academy awards at MGM during the golden age of the Hollywood cartoon, and still, decades later, their best-loved characters, having made their debut in television's early days, are household names.
Today, it is not uncommon for three generations to share the joy of Hanna-Barbera's creations, including such classics as Huckleberry Hound, Tom and Jerry, Scooby-Doo, Yogi Bear, The Flintstones, The Jetsons, Jonny Quest, Magilla Gorilla, Top Cat, and Space Ghost. Written by animation historian Jerry Beck, The Hanna-Barbera Treasury will be eagerly sought by those who grew up with these characters as well as a new generation of cartoon fans.
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Rating: - HB At It's Best
This is really a good book. It's informative, it's fun to look at, and there are neat little surprises here and there. What I really loved about this book was some of the old story boards, character sketches, and production materials. Most HB books have screen shots from the cartoons. There was only one thing I didn't like about it, and it's really just me being picky. The section on "Frankenstein Jr. & The Impossibles." The Impossibles is one of my favorite HB cartoons, and the lack of "fun ... Read More
Rating: - CLASSIC CARTOONS OF HANNA BARBERA
On of the trends among higher end collector's books over the past couple of years have been to pack them with all sorts of extra treasures and trinkets. I guess since if DVD's have extra features, why not books as well. The latest such book is Insight Editions' The Hanna-Barbera Treasury which spotlights the legendary animation company with a look at their history, its many famous cartoons and characters, and including all types of interesting memorabilia.
Rating: - LOVE everything but the cover...
GREAT Vintage look at HANNA-BARBERA and the BEST H-B book out there. I am possibly doing the RANKIN/BASS TREASURY with the same publisher! EXCELLENT QUALITY!
Rating: - H B Classics
The Hanna Barbera Treasury
The team of Bill Hanna and Joe Barbera are legends in the animation industry. Their production of Tom and Jerry, Yogi Bear, Scooby Doo, the Flintstones, Johnny Quest, Magilla Gorilla, Top Cat, Huckelberry Hound, Space Ghost, Hong Kong Fooey, The Jetsons and Wacky Races over three decades has branded any H-B Production with a quality few can achieve.
Animation industry expert, Jerry Beck, has compiled an impressive...no, a very impressive tome that ... Read More
Rating: - I CAN'T BELIEVE THE TWO NEGATIVE REVIEWS
One of the reviews for this book said this and I quote: "Nice to Look At, But There Are MANY Factual Errors" What a line of Bull. I am also a Hanna Barbera fan. If a reviewer is going to make such a stupid comment, then, WHY DIDN'T HE BACK IT UP WITH FACTS IN HIS REVIEW!!!
The second negative comment and I quote is..."Great Looking- Short on entertainment". After making the statement short on entertainment he or she went on to explain all the entertaining segments this book has.
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- HB At It's Best
- CLASSIC CARTOONS OF HANNA BARBERA
