Hanna-Barbera Cartoons

Front cover of book
Hanna-Barbera Cartoons
Series	Non-Fiction
Publisher	Universe Publishing
Year	October 13, 1998
ISBN	ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0883631083 ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0883631089
Written by	Michael Mallory
Number of pages	239

Hanna-Barbera Cartoons is a hardcover non-fiction book by Michael Mallory, published on October 13, 1998 by Universe Publishing. It is a follow-up to Jerry Beck's similar book Warner Bros. Animation Art from 1996, and contains a detailed look at the history and output of Hanna-Barbera, illustrated with animation cels based on the cartoons.

Summary

Presents a history of Hanna-Barbera and discusses such shows as the "Flintstones", "Jetsons," "Top, Cat," and "Scooby-Doo, Where are You!"

Contents

The first portion of the book, "The Story of Hanna-Barbera", details the history of William Hanna and Joseph Barbera's partnership, including their biographies, the start of their careers with the Tom and Jerry cartoons, and descriptions for some of the studio's most famous cartoons:

• The 1950s:
  • The Huckleberry Hound Show
    • Yogi Bear
    • Pixie and Dixie and Mr. Jinks
  • The Quick Draw McGraw Show
    • Augie Doggie and Doggie Daddy
• The 1960s:
  • Snagglepuss
  • Wally Gator
  • The Magilla Gorilla Show
    • Ricochet Rabbit & Droop-a-Long
  • The Secret Squirrel Show
    • Squiddly Diddly
  • The Atom Ant Show
  • Peter Potamus
  • Space Ghost
  • Frankenstein Jr. and the Impossibles
  • The Herculoids
  • Birdman and the Galaxy Trio
  • The Banana Splits Adventure Hour
  • Wacky Races
  • Dastardly & Muttley in Their Flying Machines
  • The Perils of Penelope Pitstop
• The 1970s:
  • The Funky Phantom
  • Speed Buggy
  • Hong Kong Phooey
  • Josie and the Pussycats
  • Wait Till Your Father Gets Home
  • Help!... It's the Hair Bear Bunch!
  • Dynomutt Dog Wonder
  • Jabberjaw
• The 1980s:
  • The Smurfs
  • Richie Rich
  • The Biskitts
  • The Super Globetrotters
  • Snorks
• The 1990s:
  • Captain Planet and the Planeteers
  • 2 Stupid Dogs
  • SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron
  • The Addams Family

The book's second portion, "The Classic Shows", gives focus to Hanna-Barbera's most famous half-hour shows from the 1960s - The Flintstones, The Yogi Bear Show, Top Cat, The Jetsons, Jonny Quest, and Scooby Doo Where Are You! Each show's subchapter includes a detailed description of its premise and characters, accompanied by episode lists with full summaries. The Yogi Bear subchapter also includes lists of all the Yogi segments from the earlier seasons of The Huckleberry Hound Show for completion's sake; however, the episode lists for The Jetsons and Jonny Quest inexplicably only list their respective first seasons, and Scooby Doo Where Are You!'s list does not include its third season.

The last major portion, "The New Cartoons", features detailed descriptions for the then-new cartoons Hanna-Barbera was producing for Cartoon Network, including the World Premiere Toons, Dexter's Laboratory, Cow and Chicken, Johnny Bravo, and the then-soon-to-premiere The Powerpuff Girls.

The rest of the book is devoted to a gallery of all the Hanna-Barbera reproduction cels that were available at the time, many of which appear as illustrations throughout the book, and a timeline of the studio's chronology.

Errors

• The description for Frankenstein Jr. and the Impossibles states that Frankenstein Jr. was not assembled from human parts "like his namesake". Frankenstein was actually the surname of the scientist who created the monster; the original monster itself had no proper name.]