Lou Scheimer

Hailed as one of the fathers of Saturday morning television, Lou Scheimer was the co-founder of Filmation Studios, which for over 25 years provided animated excitement for TV and film. Always at the forefront, Scheimer's company created the first DC cartoons with "Superman", "Batman", and "Aquaman", ruled the song charts with "The Archies", kept Trekkie hope alive with the Emmy-winning "Star Trek: The Animated Series", taught morals with "Fat Albert" and the "Cosby Kids", and swung into high adventure with "Tarzan", "The Lone Ranger", and "Zorro".Forays into live-action included "Shazam!" and "The Secrets of Isis", plus groundbreaking special effects work on "Jason of Star Command" and others. And in the 1980s, Filmation single-handedly caused the syndication explosion with "He-Man" and the "Masters of the Universe" and its successors. Profusely illustrated with photos, model sheets, storyboards, presentation art, looks at rare and unproduced series, and more - plus stories from top animation insiders about Scheimer and Filmation's past - this book will show the Filmation Generation the story behind the stories!