A sad piece of news came across the wires today: Alex Toth, a comic book artist who designed Hanna-Barbera characters such as Space Ghost, Jonny Quest, The Herculoids and The Superfriends, died on May 27 at the age of 77. According to his son Eric, Toth died at his drawing table -- the way most artists would love to go, I'm sure -- and the cause of death is yet to be determined.Toth's style was very simple compared to most comic artists of the '50s through the '70s (and even today), which made it perfect for the animation style of H-B's "serious" cartoons of the '60s-'70s era. He has legions of fans, many of whom have left their rememberances at Toth's official web site. I encourage you to go over there and see some of his remarkable work.
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6-06-2006 @ 4:31PM
Brent McKee said...
You just found this out now??? Most people with any ties at all to comic books - where Laex Toth wa a highly respected creator - have known about this since at least last Monday, and writer Mark Evanier (who worked with Alex Toth both in comic books and on TV) mentioned it on May 28 - and the only reason he didn't mention it sooner was that Mark was in hospital.
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6-06-2006 @ 5:08PM
Joel Keller said...
Most news organizations didn't have it until yesterday, Brent. I heard about it on the Howard Stern show this morning. I don't follow the comics world, so that was the first I heard about it.
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6-06-2006 @ 5:14PM
Lampbane said...
The news of his death has been up on the Adult Swim bumps for a week now.
No comic books necessary.
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6-06-2006 @ 9:29PM
Peter said...
Pretty pathetic that this news somehow turned into a pissing contest to see who knew he was dead first.
Bummer.
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6-06-2006 @ 9:36PM
Akbar Fazil said...
I dont think it is a pissing contest more than readers are saddend that such a memorable death is being reported so late.
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6-07-2006 @ 4:23PM
Brent McKee said...
"I dont think it is a pissing contest more than readers are saddend that such a memorable death is being reported so late."
That was my only intention in making the initial comment. It seemed so late given how it was handled by others. Admittedly Alex Toth wasn't as famous as some other people but still it's depressing that news organizations only bothered to report it a week after the fact (to me, almost as depressing as finding out about it from Howard Stern, but then I'm not a Howard Stern fan or listener).
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