We scanned Golden Books today… First up was Huckleberry Hound Builds A House. Published in 1959, this was one of the earliest Hanna Barbera books, and it’s one of the best. These H-B characters were beautifully designed and perfectly suited to the TV medium. This book was laid out by Harvey Eisenberg and painted by Al White.
Here is another TV cartoon related Golden Book by Ben De Nunez and Al White.
Rocky And His Friends is interesting because it depicts the characters in a very different way than they appeared in the TV series. White sees the characters as solid objects, not flat designs, and he renders them in a variety of different lighting situations. This book also has a nice balance of textures.
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Look at how rich these color schemes are! Imagine a cartoon with colors these good!
Hey Steve, you think you could upload a copy of “Donald’s Toy Sailboat” to the site? It has gorgeous, tasty color schemes! I say it looks better than the cartoon short it was based on!
Man these colors are really inviting! Cartoons like these were just like candy for my eyes.