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The Hanna Barbera Treasury nominated for Book of the Year award

Congratulations to animation historian Jerry Beck whose book The Hanna Barbera Treasury has been named a finalist in ForeWord Magazine’s Book of the Year Awards. The book is nominated in…

Hanna And Barbera: A Cartoon Appreciation, Part 2

…similar shortcuts for their earlier Crusader Rabbit, too.) Still, practically all the major networks and studios turned down Hanna and Barbera repeatedly. HannaBarbera (the name order was decided by a…

Hanna And Barbera: A Cartoon Appreciation, Part 1

…glory years of the 1930’s through 1950’s theatrical cartoons. Bill Hanna and Joe Barbera made contributions in all those eras. Today, many people remember HannaBarbera only for ushering in cheap…

The Flintstones: The Complete Series

…about Bill Hanna and Joe Barbera, and The Flintstones, in Randall Cyrenne’s Animated Views articles: • HannaBarbera: A Cartoon Appreciation – Part One of Three • The Pebbles And Bamm-Bamm…

Hanna Barbera sculpture unveiled

Check out Mark Evanier’s site for photos and an account of the unveiling Wednesday of the wall sculpture dedicated to animation legends Bill Hanna and Joe Barbera held at The…

Huckleberry Hound Show: Volume One

HannaBarbera (1958), Warner Home Video (November 15, 2005), 4 discs, 624 mins plus supplements, 1.33:1 original full frame ratio, Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono, Not Rated, Retail: $44.98 Storyboard: A slow-talking…

Hanna And Barbera: A Cartoon Appreciation, Part 3

…the following books, which include their autobiographies: My Life In Toons by Joe Barbera A Cast Of Friends by Bill Hanna (with Tom Ito) The Art Of HannaBarbera by Ted…

The Flintstones: The Complete First Season

HannaBarbera (1960), Warner Home Video (March 16, 2004), 4 discs, 737 mins plus supplements, 1.33:1 original full frame ratio, Dolby Digital 1.0 Mono, Rated G, Retail: $39.98 Storyboard: Fred Flintstone,…

Wacky Races: The Complete Series

…is a full listing of the disc contents as well. This release unveiled the new title for the HannaBarbera Collection; no longer the “Hanna Barbera Golden Collection”, it became the…

Jonny Quest: The Complete First Season

HannaBarbera (1964), Warner Home Video (May 11, 2004), 4 discs, 659 mins plus supplements, 1.33:1 original full frame ratio, Dolby Digital 1.0 Mono, Rated G, Retail: $39.98 Storyboard: A boy…

The Art Of Tom And Jerry: Volume Two

…it is! By way of interesting comparisons, the new ratio allowed Hanna and Barbera the opportunity to revisit several of their previous shorts. It seems that most of the animation…

Heidi’s Song

HannaBarbera Productions (November 19 1982), Warner Archive Collection (2012), single disc, 94 mins, 1.85:1 anamorphic widescreen, Dolby Stereo, Rated G, Retail: $17.95 from the Warner Archive Storyboard: Little orphaned Heidi…

Hey There, It’s Yogi Bear!

HannaBarbera Productions (June 3 1964), Warner Home Video (December 2 2008), single disc, 89 mins plus supplements, 1.78:1 anamorphic widescreen, Dolby Digital Surround, Rated G, Retail: $19.98 Storyboard: Yogi Bear…

The Hanna-Barbera Treasury

The HannaBarbera Treasury: Rare Art And Mementos From Your Favorite Cartoon Classics By Jerry Beck Insight Editions November 20, 2007 Hardcover $45.00 I love HannaBarbera cartoons. I always have. Oh,…

Tom & Jerry: The Chuck Jones Collection

…and Joe Barbera’s MGM careers that it was labelled as a Rudolf Ising production. Hanna and Barbera had been at the MGM studio by this time for a few years,…

Tom & Jerry: Deluxe Anniversary Collection

…Bill Hanna and Joe Barbera’s cat and mouse have still not been treated to the kind of DVD respect that other characters under Warners’ more watchful eye have been awarded….

2017 San Diego Comic Con Exclusive

…would provide a better appreciation for Hanna and Barbera’s understanding of timing. While the panel did talk a bit about the legacy the HannaBarbera studios itself, which included explaining how…

Anka receives scholarship from Warner Bros., Hanna-Barbera

Hanna and Joseph Barbera, and the great animation legacy of both HannaBarbera Studios and Warner Bros. Animation. Hanna passed away in March 2001, and Barbera died in December 2006. As…

Tom & Jerry: Golden Collection Vol 1

…happy to do this as long as the cat and mouse make ’em money, and thankfully Bill Hanna and Joe Barbera’s team are so timeless that they continue to do…

Top Cat: The Complete Series

…on this set are pretty impressive and a great step up from the first HannaBarbera Golden Collection wave. Case Study: One thing you have got to enjoy about these HannaBarbera

Saturday Morning Cartoons – 1980s: Volume 1

…that they probably know what to do with, which include the HannaBarbera and Ruby-Spears cartoons that dominate this set. Sure, there were other players in the 1980’s, but HannaBarbera was…

Warner Bros. Academy Award Animation Collection: 15 Winners, 26 Nominees

…from Warner’s own Leon Schlesinger Productions, the Tex Avery and HannaBarbera units at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, and fine examples from the Fleischer Brothers’ two leading character series, as well as a further…

Tex Avery’s Droopy: Complete Theatrical Collection

…didn’t lead to any breakout character stars other than the slightly anaemic Barney Bear. MGM finally struck gold with HannaBarbera’s Tom & Jerry and was hungry for another series. When…

Scooby-Doo: Where Are You! The Complete Series (Mystery Machine Edition)

HannaBarbera (1969-1978), Warner Home Video (November 9 2010), eight disc gift set, 902 mins plus supplements, 1.33:1 original full frame ratio, Dolby Digital Mono, Not Rated, Retail: $79.98 Storyboard: The…

Wait Till Your Father Gets Home: The Complete First Season

HannaBarbera (1972), Warner Home Video (June 5, 2007), 4 discs, 569 mins plus supplements, 1.33:1 original full frame ratio, Dolby Digital Mono, Not Rated, Retail: $44.98 Storyboard: In the midst…

Joe Barbera, RIP

Legendary animation producer Joe Barbera, of HannaBarbera fame, died Monday at 95. Along with Bill Hanna, Barbera was responsible for such animated classics as Tom and Jerry, The Flintstones, The…

Harvey Birdman, Attorney At Law: Volume One

…Storyboard: Yesterday’s hero is today’s lawyer-with-wings. Retired superhero Birdman now makes a living representing other HannaBarbera stars whose fortunes have taken a turn for the worse. The Sweatbox Review: First…

Saturday Morning Cartoons – 1970s: Volume 1

…as a result. Complicating matters further, the main cartoon studios (particularly HannaBarbera) got so overwhelmed by demand for product, that their talent pool was getting stretched pretty thin, in an…

Saturday Morning Cartoons – 1960s: Volume 1

…the rights to a great many cartoon shows (particularly HannaBarbera cartoons), making this DVD more complete than anyone else could have made it. Some might quibble with the inclusion of…

Thundarr The Barbarian: The Complete Series

…that this was not a HannaBarbera series at all! The same error is made on each episode as well, as each has a HannaBarbera tag at the end, initially placed…