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Camera-ready comic art drawing for The Flintstones

National Museum of American History

Object Details

graphic artist
Hazelton, Gene
publisher
McNaught Syndicate, Inc.
Hanna-Barbera
Description (Brief)
This pen-and-ink drawing prepared for The Flintstones comic strip shows Fred using his vehicle to squeeze out the last bit of toothpaste in the tube.
Gene Hazelton (1919-2005) worked as both an animator and a newspaper comic artist. In 1939 he was hired by Walt Disney Studios and contributed animation drawings to films such as Fantasia and Pinocchio. After the 1941 animators’ strike at Disney, Hazelton worked for Robert Clampett at Warner Bros., as well as for Hanna-Barbera at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios, Inc. During the 1950s Hazelton worked as a freelance illustrator and in the process developed his first newspaper comic panel called Angel Face. Beginning in 1961, and for over two decades, he served as the chief illustrator for both The Flintstones and the Yogi Bear newspaper strips for Hanna-Barbera, and assisted with the studio's The Jetsons.
The Flintstones (1961-1988) was a comic strip that was adapted from a television series. The show ran for six seasons between 1960 and 1966. It was the first animated evening series on network television, and until The Simpsons, the most financially successful one. The television show and the strip dealt with family issues in a prehistoric setting.
Location
Currently not on view
Credit Line
Joseph Gura, Jr. (through Carl Sandberg IV)
1962-11-27
ID Number
2010.0081.263
accession number
2010.0081
catalog number
2010.0081.263
Object Name
drawing
Physical Description
paper (overall material)
ink (overall color)
Measurements
overall: 18.7 cm x 57.6 cm; 7 3/8 in x 22 11/16 in
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National Museum of American History
Record ID
nmah_1400278
Metadata Usage (text)
CC0
GUID (Link to Original Record)
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ad-40f6-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

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Comic art by Gene Hazelton for Hanna-Babera, The Flintstones, originally distributed by McNaught Syndicate (possible Copyright Warner Bros. Animation / Hanna-Barbera)
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