![]() ![]() ![]() In this fashion he created the clean, minimalist look of such Saturday morning staples as Space Ghost, Super Friends and Jonny Quest, which in turn became the house style for many subsequent adventure cartoons. He would also provide character model sheets for other artists to follow. When Hanna-Barbera needed a quick set of designs for a new show they wanted to pitch to a TV network, they would call on him to prepare art boards to show to the network executives. Starting in 1960 as art director for Cambria Studio's Space Angel television series, by 1965 Toth had become chief character designer for Hanna-Barbera Studios. Finding his work ever less appreciated, although he would continue to contribute occasional tales for the likes of Warren Publishing, Marvel Comics, DC and Dell right up until the 1980s, he shifted his focus to animation. Comics legend Alex Toths piece de resistance, the complete Dell adventures of Zorro, is finally available in a full color archival hardcover reprint Toth, who defined how action/adventure. Comics legend Alex Toth’s piece de resistance, the complete Dell adventures of Zorro, is finally available in a 240-page full-color, archival hardcover reprint Toth, who defined how action/adventure stories are told, set the standard for comic book storytelling with his Zorro tales. ![]() However, by the early 1960s, this carefully crafted nuanced naturalism looked increasingly at odds with the resurgent bombastic superhero genre, which began to elbow aside the romance, mystery and western titles he had made his name on. ![]()
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