JONNY QUEST Hanna Barbera SIGNED Limited Edition Cel

•  "Jonny Quest"
  
• Edition #133 of only 200!
• Johnny Quest, Bandit, Race Bannon, Hadji, Dr. Benton Quest
  
• Hand-Painted Limited Edition Celluloid (Cel)
  
• 16 Field Cel (16.5" x 13")
  
• Double Matted Using Acid Free Materials (22" x 19.25")
• Personally Signed by Bill Hanna & Joe Barbera
  
• Certificate of Authenticity (COA) from The Cricket Gallery
  
• Photographic Reproduction Background
  

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"Jonny Quest" (1964)
Dr. Benton Quest is a research scientist who is frequently called upon for missions that require his scientific and technical expertise. He is usually accompanied by his son Jonny, his tutor/bodyguard Race Bannon, their bulldog with the distinctive mask-like eye markings named Bandit, and Hadji, an Indian orphan who has special abilities of his own. Together, they investigate mysteries, perform rescues and battle nefarious villains around the world, most notably Dr. Zin. Written by Kenneth Chisholm {kchishol@home.com}

Hanna-Barbera Productions, Inc. (also called Hanna-Barbera Cartoons, Inc., Hanna-Barbera Enterprises, Inc., or simply Hanna-Barbera), was an American animation studio that dominated North American television animation during the second half of the 20th century. The company was originally formed in 1957 by MGM animation directors William Hanna and Joseph Barbera and live-action director George Sidney as Hanna-Barbera Enterprises in order to produce sponsored films and later television commercials. Today, Hanna-Barbera is now an in-name-only unit of Warner Bros. Animation.
After MGM shut down its animation studio in 1957, Hanna-Barbera Enterprises became Hanna and Barbera's full-time job, and the company was re-named Hanna-Barbera Productions in 1959. Over the next three decades, Hanna-Barbera Productions produced many successful cartoon shows, including The Flintstones, The Yogi Bear Show, Scooby-Doo, The Jetsons, Top Cat, The Magilla Gorilla Show, The Huckleberry Hound Show, Wacky Races, The Smurfs and Jonny Quest. In the mid-1980s, the company's fortunes declined somewhat after the profitability of Saturday morning cartoons was eclipsed by weekday afternoon syndication.
In 1991, the company was purchased by Turner Broadcasting System. Joseph Barbera and Bill Hanna both went into semi-retirement, yet continued to serve as ceremonial figureheads for the studio, as well as remaining active as producers and sporadically as writers and directors. During the late 1990s, Turner turned Hanna-Barbera towards primarily producing new material for its Cartoon Network, which had been built around reruns from the Hanna-Barbera library, as well as Looney Tunes. In 1994, the company was renamed Hanna-Barbera Cartoons.
In 1996, TBS owner Ted Turner merged with Time Warner. With Bill Hanna's death in 2001, Hanna-Barbera was absorbed into Warner Bros. Animation, and Cartoon Network Studios assumed production of Cartoon Network output. Joe Barbera remained with Warner Bros. Animation until his death in 2006. The Hanna-Barbera name and studio is today used only to market properties and productions associated with Hanna-Barbera's "classic" works such as The Flintstones and Scooby-Doo. {from Wikipedia}