Inspired by radio serials and comics in the action-adventure genre, it featured more realistic art, characters, and stories than Hanna-Barbera's previous cartoon programs. It was the first of several Hanna-Barbera action-based adventure shows
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In 1964, Jonny Quest aired to rave reviews as the first, adult action/adventure cartoon in prime time. It had cool jazz music by Hoyt Curtin and terrific, high contrast pen and ink design work by Doug Wildey. As an animator and long time JQ junkie, I had always wanted a set of Jonny Quest action figures but, due to high production costs, the show only lasted one season; not long enough to spawn any kind of serious toys or other merchandising tie-ins. So, almost 50 years later, I made my own. Here is my Valentine to one of the coolest, if not THE coolest, cartoons ever to spin up the imagination of a 53 year old man now going on six. Enjoy!
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If you want to see behind the scenes on how this was produced, go to rogerevans.tv/jq_page2.html
The original intro
To be honest I never got into this show, but I do enjoy watching Adult Swim's
Venture Bros. when they feature their updated versions of the
Jonny Quest cast. They have Jonny as a drug addicted, who is mentally damaged after going through one dangerous mission after another with his father. But still not being much of a fan of the show I really enjoyed that fan made intro. It's very well made. Bravo!
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