Joe Barbera Dies at the age of 95.

 A Sad day for cartoon lovers, one of the men who brought us all the classic cartoons of the 50's and 60's and up to the 80s; Died Monday Dec 18 at his home in LA Cailf, with his wife and family at his bed side at the age 95 -I hope I live that long!.  Joe Barbera was a master of cartoons with his partner William Hanna who formed Hanna barbera Studio. They brought us such classics as the Flintstones, Johnny Quest, Yogi Bear, Top cat, Acura Man, Tom and Jerry, Adem Ant, Scoby Doo and so many other classic animation.  You can read about Barb era and his work with the links below. Hanna Barbara studio was in LA Calif, that started in the late 50's and kept creating  great cartoons until the 80's  they were taken over by WB's in the 1980's. he started his animation work in 1933 at MGM Studio, where he worked with William Hanna. They worked at MGM Until  the mid 1950's when MGM closed their Animation Dept and were out of a job, then formed the Hanna barbera Studio in 1956.

 
Joe Barbera and Friends at the studio.

One of my favorites is Johnny Quest with Johnny, Huji -the name was taken for Jihad meaning Holy war-, Bannit the little freasky dog with the mask, Race the tough and take charge guy and the  Dr. Quest.  This show was created 1962 but produc tion wasn't started until 1964 and went on for many years.  In the 90's they had the new Johnny Quest but it wasn't like the 1960's version and it didn't hold up to The classic that was made in the 60's.  Both men were great Amintiors as was Walt Desney (Dec 5 1901--Dec 15, 1966) and other great cartoon and Animatiors of their time.

Back in those days, all the work was done in Pen and ink and every cell was done one at a time.  Every movement and every look had to be still drawn and shot on to film one at a time.  There's a nice site where you can take a tour of the studio and see behind the scen photos of  the making of cartoons at Hanna barbera Studio. Studio tour click here 

Joseph Barbera, left, with his animation partner, William Hanna

The news of his Death CNN: Click here  The sad new of his Death at CNN.com.

Studio info link: Click here  Note: you can watch clips of the cartoons that you enjoyed as a kid.

Bio of the man Click Here 

Quote of the day:  "I disklike a picture that is too suave or too skilfully done. But, contrariwise, I also dislike a picture that looks too inept or blundering."-- Robert Motherwell (1915--1991).