tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post587898283751200443..comments2024-03-27T01:21:03.543-07:00Comments on Yowp: Yogi Bear, Sunday, May 1961Yowphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09264605351878574044noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post-22275800948011354722011-05-06T00:19:44.639-07:002011-05-06T00:19:44.639-07:00The general rule at Gold Key (not always followed)...The general rule at Gold Key (not always followed) was that the first issue or two of a Hanna-Barbera comic would adapt episodes from the show and thereafter, they wouldn't. The reason was that the studio had approval rights but rarely paid much attention after the first issue or two. So to have those issues adapted from episodes would mean that the studio wouldn't say, "Your writer doesn't understand the show." I did the first issue of THE AMAZING CHAN AND CHAN CLAN and was handed a storyboard to adapt.Mark Evanierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08294096494779171404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post-90118924637852793482011-05-05T05:04:31.938-07:002011-05-05T05:04:31.938-07:00It's interesting the way the writer(s) of the ...It's interesting the way the writer(s) of the strip played out variations of the cartoons without outright copying them. Circa late 1960s-early 1970s Gold Key Comics, who was the main adapter of H-B properties of the time, would lift entire episodes of WACKY RACES, SCOOBY-DOO, HARLEM GLOBETROTTERS and the like, for their stories. Granted, the titles were changed and the stories were often heavily condensed. But anyone who wacthed the actual cartoons would make the connection very quickly.<br /><br />At least Gold Key stayed on model with most characters- unlike Charlton, which produced a horribly drawn Flintstones comic book beginning in 1972.Howard Feinnoreply@blogger.com