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- Ink on paper, plus digital work
- April 2020

These are animated cartoon characters that debuted on TV in 1960.

Left to right:

King Leonardo - King Leonardo and His Short Subjects

Hokey Wolf - The Huckleberry Hound Show

Fred Flintstone - The Flintstones

Dudley Do-Right - Rocky and His Friends
Popeye - Popeye the Sailor

Courageous Cat - Courageous Cat and Minute Mouse
Pinocchio - The New Adventures of Pinocchio

Mister Magoo - Mister Magoo

Tooter Turtle - King Leonardo and His Short Subjects

one of the Nutty Squirrels - The Nutty Squirrels Present
Q.T. Hush - Q.T. Hush

A little background:

1960 saw the debut of many beloved characters.

Hanna-Barbera once again created another masterpiece with The Flintstones, one of the most popular cartoons to come out of that decade. This was also Hanna-Barbera's third season of The Huckleberry Hound Show where they debuted Hokey Wolf.

While Rocky and His Friends premiered on TV in 1959, their first Dudley Do-Right segment didn't air until later that season, in January 1960.

The Courageous Cat cartoons were actually a Batman-spoof created by, oddly enough, the creator of Batman himself, Bob Kane. He was spoofing his own creation. And this was 6 years before the campy Adam West show.

While the King Leonardo cartoons were based on the title character, one of the segments each episode was based on Tooter Turtle, with his famous "Mr. Wizard!" line.

Mister Magoo actually appeared in theatrical short films a decade earlier, but 1960 saw the first Magoo cartoons animated specifically for television. Popeye was a similar situation. His first animated appearance dates back to the early 1930's when Max Fleischer was animating theatrical short films. But in 1960, new Popeye cartoons were being animated specifically for TV.

The Nutty Squirrels was a musical band essentially copying Alvin and the Chipmunks. The Squirrels characters got their short-lived animated cartoon a year before the Chipmunks got theirs, which was much more successful. Unfortunately, most of The Nutty Squirrels cartoons have been lost over the years. (As a lover of animation, I hate seeing that happen.)

Q.T. Hush was a private eye who solved crimes with the help of his dog. I read that the entire series has survived, but I can't seem to find it anywhere.

Lastly, The New Adventures of Pinocchio was a stop-motion animated show NOT connected to Disney's Pinocchio. This show had an entirely different take on the classic tale.

Thanks for taking the time to read this. If you want to see more, check out the "History of TV Animation" folder in my gallery.

Description
- Ink on paper, plus digital work
- April 2020

These are animated cartoon characters that debuted on TV in 1960.

Left to right:

King Leonardo - King Leonardo and His Short Subjects

Hokey Wolf - The Huckleberry Hound Show

Fred Flintstone - The Flintstones

Dudley Do-Right - Rocky and His Friends
Popeye - Popeye the Sailor

Courageous Cat - Courageous Cat and Minute Mouse
Pinocchio - The New Adventures of Pinocchio

Mister Magoo - Mister Magoo

Tooter Turtle - King Leonardo and His Short Subjects

one of the Nutty Squirrels - The Nutty Squirrels Present
Q.T. Hush - Q.T. Hush

A little background:

1960 saw the debut of many beloved characters.

Hanna-Barbera once again created another masterpiece with The Flintstones, one of the most popular cartoons to come out of that decade. This was also Hanna-Barbera's third season of The Huckleberry Hound Show where they debuted Hokey Wolf.

While Rocky and His Friends premiered on TV in 1959, their first Dudley Do-Right segment didn't air until later that season, in January 1960.

The Courageous Cat cartoons were actually a Batman-spoof created by, oddly enough, the creator of Batman himself, Bob Kane. He was spoofing his own creation. And this was 6 years before the campy Adam West show.

While the King Leonardo cartoons were based on the title character, one of the segments each episode was based on Tooter Turtle, with his famous "Mr. Wizard!" line.

Mister Magoo actually appeared in theatrical short films a decade earlier, but 1960 saw the first Magoo cartoons animated specifically for television. Popeye was a similar situation. His first animated appearance dates back to the early 1930's when Max Fleischer was animating theatrical short films. But in 1960, new Popeye cartoons were being animated specifically for TV.

The Nutty Squirrels was a musical band essentially copying Alvin and the Chipmunks. The Squirrels characters got their short-lived animated cartoon a year before the Chipmunks got theirs, which was much more successful. Unfortunately, most of The Nutty Squirrels cartoons have been lost over the years. (As a lover of animation, I hate seeing that happen.)

Q.T. Hush was a private eye who solved crimes with the help of his dog. I read that the entire series has survived, but I can't seem to find it anywhere.

Lastly, The New Adventures of Pinocchio was a stop-motion animated show NOT connected to Disney's Pinocchio. This show had an entirely different take on the classic tale.

Thanks for taking the time to read this. If you want to see more, check out the "History of TV Animation" folder in my gallery.