tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post6169525678431377137..comments2024-03-28T21:16:57.556-07:00Comments on Yowp: How Yogi Bear Made Christmas MerryYowphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09264605351878574044noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post-70893969642752957412014-12-19T18:32:58.162-08:002014-12-19T18:32:58.162-08:00I thought it was a nice tribute that two names Boo...I thought it was a nice tribute that two names Boo-Boo tries out are "Bill" and "Joe".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post-2386978930822508792014-12-19T10:18:27.419-08:002014-12-19T10:18:27.419-08:00"Budgewick Bear" might have been explain..."Budgewick Bear" might have been explained thusly:<br /><br />"My namesake will be a fake, so the contract we're signing won't be binding!"Mike Kazalehnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post-86363630857783254222014-12-18T19:15:49.257-08:002014-12-18T19:15:49.257-08:00Christmas comics are my collecting genre. I have ...Christmas comics are my collecting genre. I have about 800 of them with more than half of them being Archies. But my favorite are the Hanna Barberas.DwWashburnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03057278992504418291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post-61791927607580359672014-12-18T14:03:45.053-08:002014-12-18T14:03:45.053-08:00I'm also recognizing the Harvey Eisenberg'...I'm also recognizing the Harvey Eisenberg's artwork on this <i>Yogi Bear</i> Christmas special edition, published by Gold Key in late 1962 (besides appearing as being edited in January 1963). <br />rodineisilveirahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07751345474415214163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post-61106555610270728552014-12-18T03:12:19.170-08:002014-12-18T03:12:19.170-08:00I am so glad to see you covering comic BOOKS, whic...I am so glad to see you covering comic BOOKS, which were once a significant part of Hanna-Barbera’s marketing juggernaut. And, in YOGI BEAR # 11, you certainly picked a fine one to highlight! As an 80 Page Giant Comic, there were 7 stories of Yogi, 2 of Yakky Doodle, 1 of Snagglepuss, and one Yogi and Snagglepuss team-up. Great reading and gems all! <br /><br />As for the art, it was indeed Harvey Eisenberg. Other artists in the issue appear to be Kay Wright and Fred Abranz. However, this was the second issue of YOGI BEAR to be released after the transition from Dell to Gold Key and, at that time, the interior art of the comics underwent a transition of its own. Here’s an excerpt from my <i>“50 th Anniversary of Gold Key Comics”</i> blog post of a few years back that may explain things:<br /><br /><i>“The “new look” Gold Key Comics adopted a peculiar, almost UPA-influenced graphic style! This is characterized by reduced background detail, panel backgrounds (and often the incidental objects within) covered over in ONE FLAT COLOR, square dialogue balloons, and wider gutters. Panels were often “borderless”, or alternatively surrounded by thick borders of PASTEL COLORS! <br /><br />“The work of better artists like Carl Barks, Harvey Eisenberg, and Paul Murry particularly suffered under this system. The lone example of Carl Barks straining against his publisher’s imposition can be seen in UNCLE SCROOGE # 40. After that, Barks’ visuals would return to normal, though the coloring quirks, outside of Barks’ control, would remain for a short time longer.”</i><br /><br />This style would be imposed on every book to one extent or another. During 1963 it would slowly “evolve back”, and by 1964 more resemble it’s old self again – in time for Harvey Eisenberg to do his artistic masterpiece with Yogi: <i>“Yogi Bear Joins the Mounties”</i> (YOGI BEAR # 22, October, 1965). He was doing such wonderful work on the YOGI and FLINTSTONES comic books at that time – and, tragically, he passed away and we would never know what wonders would follow. <br />Joe Torciviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00421096229407174474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post-1717657558232526492014-12-17T23:23:41.485-08:002014-12-17T23:23:41.485-08:00This looks like Harvey Eisenberg's art work to...This looks like Harvey Eisenberg's art work to me. Different style, a little more simplified than the Yogi Sunday pages. Mark Kauslerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10198724482452376069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post-57241907629557563342014-12-17T18:36:50.737-08:002014-12-17T18:36:50.737-08:00Yes!, I can just hear Don Messick doing the voice ...Yes!, I can just hear Don Messick doing the voice of " Whitey ". Same voice he did when Ranger Smith dressed up as a Polar Bear trying to sneak some info out of Yogi in an earlier H-B short.This would have made a great Yogi Christmas special.Errolnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post-23770231363311291542014-12-17T08:46:06.426-08:002014-12-17T08:46:06.426-08:0012/17/14
RobGems.ca Wrote:
Another missed opportun...12/17/14<br />RobGems.ca Wrote:<br />Another missed opportunity for Screen Gems Productions to distribute with H-B; This would have been a swell TV holiday special, and would have beaten "Yogi's First Christmas" special from 1981 beat by a mile! I bet Daws ,Don, Hal, and maybe John Stephenson and Howard Morris would have loved to voice the characters if they had the chance. I can picture Jean Vander Pyl, Janet Waldo, and Mel Blanc in this imaginary TV special too. Oh, the missed opportunities.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com