Warner Home Video will offer a bit of cartoon nostalgia and offer sneak peeks and new productions as it hosts several animation-related panels this week at the San Diego Comic-Con. In addition to looking back at the lives of William Hanna and Joseph Barbera and introducing the long awaited Popeye DVD set, the company will take attendees behind the scenes of the upcoming DVD features Superman: Doomsday and Babylon 5: The Lost Tales.
Hanna Barbera
Thursday, July 26
2:45-3:45 p.m.
Room 6B
Former colleagues and friends of William Hanna and Joseph Barbera will examine the toon titans’ nearly 70 years in the industry with a panel Q&A that will include the Tom and Jerry: A Nutcracker Tale producer/director team of Spike Brandt andTony Cervone, as well as casting/voice director Andrea Romano, Space Ghost voicer Gary Owens, author and animation director Tom Sito and Hanna-Barbera Cartoons author Michael Mallory.
Popeye The Sailor 1933-1938 Volume 1
Thursday
4:00-5:00 p.m.
Room 6B
The spinach-chugging seaman is coming to DVD with a proper send-off nearly 75 years after his silver screen debut and Wanrer Home Video will show clips from the set, followed by a panel discussion with King Features Syndicate’s Frank Carus, Hearst’s Stephen DeStefano, animation historian Jerry Beck and El Tigre creators Jorge Gutierrez and Sandra Equihua. Also joining in is Tom Hatton, who hosted the Popeye show in Los Angeles from 1954 to 1964, and 1976 to 1988.
Superman: Doomsday
Thursday
8:30-10:30 pm
Room 20
Warner Home Video, Warner Bros. Animation and DC Comics present the world premiere of the first made-for-DVD release in the PG-13 DC Universe series. The screening will be followed by a panel Q&A with producer Bruce Timm, directors Brandon Vietti and Lauren Montgomery, writer Duane Capizzi, Superman voicer Adam Baldwin, DC Comics exec Gregory Novek and casting/voice director Andrea Romano. Afterward, there will be a special sneak peak at future DC Universe films.
FRIDAY, JULY 27
Babylon 5: The Lost Tales
Friday, July 27
6:00-7:00 pm
Room 6CDEF
This program will include clips from the original made-for-video movie and a Q&A with J. director/writer/producer Michael Straczynski, exec producer Doug Netter, producer Samm Barnes and stars Bruce Boxleitner, Tracy Scoggins and Peter Woodward.
Alex Toth Documentary
Saturday, July 28
3:30-4:30 pm
Room 3
WHV will host an exclusive screening of the documentary Simplicity: The Life and Art of Alex Toth. The film will illuminate what made Alex such a unique and beloved artist. Following the screening will be a brief panel discussion featuring Toth’s sons Eric and Damon Toth, as well as friend Rubin Procopio, DC Comic’s Mark Chiarello and special features/documentary producers Jon Mefford and Alex Gray.
