Monday, April 14, 2014
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POST # 55 - Alex Toth's character designs
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THE APOCOLYTE!
Alex Toth was the artist behind some of the 60's and 70's coolest animated series'. Let us take a few moments and peek at some of the many storyboards, layouts, and character designs he did for some of Hanna-Barbera's greatest cartoons ever, namely THE HERCULOIDS, SPACE GHOST, BIRDMAN, SUPER FRIENDS, MIGHTOR, THE FANTASTIC FOUR, SPACE ANGEL, and more!
Though it isn't black and white, I decided to show you this fascinating early concept of the HERCULOIDS, with Zandor (then Zartan) and clan riding on flying, double-trunked mastedons, Dumbo style!
In the early stages of the Herculoids, the name of the series was tentatively called ZARTAN, a thinly veiled play on the name TARZAN, which eventually was nixed. Zartan then became ZANDOR, and the show became THE HERCULOIDS.
Simply Fantastic!
Labels:
Alex Toth,
Birdman,
Fantastic Four,
Galaxy Trio,
Hanna-Barbera,
Herculoids,
Mightor,
Shazan,
Space Angel,
Space Ghost,
Super Friends
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