No copyright Infringement intended I wasn't able to find this anywhere so I decided to upload it for other Alex Toth fans. Please share this with other fans
This is a wonderful film! I had the fortune of working with Alex when I was a young layout artist working at Hanna Barbera Productions from 1977--80. I drew full-sized layout drawings working off of his storybards for the "Superfriends" series. Alex worked at home, but would occasionally stop by and walk through our layout department and ask, "...are my boards helpfull to you guys?" Of course they were! Alex was the king to us and we all loved his drawing and spectacular staging and compositions. I spent many hours going through the H&B model department file cabinets studying his designs. I learned a lot about drawing head turns from his model sheets, which I kept pinned up by my drawing board. On one occassion, I had the fortune of having a drink with him at a bar along with my late-friend and mentor Moe Gollub (another master draughtsman from the Golden Age of comics). I appreciate that I was able to be part of that era and to have known Mr. Toth --Mark
Cmon!!! I didn’t expect to be weeping like a baby for an Alex Toth autobiography😭😭😭 God, what a genius and REAL Artist! Beautiful work. RIP Mr. Toth 🙏🏾
The only things I would've liked to have seen/commented upon, was Toth's desire to work in film, to storyboard movies. Also, his work on a couple of films, as a storyboard artist and designer, namely PROJECT X (the one done in the mid-60's) and THE ANGRY RED PLANET (which we interviewed him about back in the early 80's. I treasure the 3 original boards of his I have from that film; they are so cleanly and precisely done! Too bad most of the rest of them have disappeared. (Also, didn't he design and illustrate a comic done entirely in "widescreen" panels, a kind of CinemaComicScope, in the early 50's/mid-50's? It's just a dim memory, but i swear it was Toth who invented that format (Kirby later did another version of this idea called The Wide-Angle Scream, for Harvey's THE FLY.
A beautiful, touching bio. I teared up right along with his son. But seeing b&w stills of his artwork, the economy of light & shadow, his mastery of showing action & emotion with just a few strokes of his pen truly fascinated me. Of course I was familiar with the HB work he did when i was a kid, but it was through the Warren publications (Creepy, Eerie) that I got to experience his artistry as an artist & storyteller, and to notice his influence on current comic artists, most noticeably the French artist Moebius...one of my favorites. Thank you so much for putting this on YT.
How touching...how significant! Alex Toth is the real deal. The real comics died in the late 70s and Toth was one of the grandmasters. Today we have corporate rubbish that began in the 80's. Toth represents the ne plus ultra...the best form...the comics field has ever seen achieved.
Happy birthday to the late, great Alex Toth! He would've turned 94 today (were it not for his death in 2006 at the age of 77)! May he continue to rest in peace...he is still missed!
This is so beautiful and inspiring so many lessons to learned not just from a artistic perspective this made me love Paul Pope even more to see how affected he was by toth Just broke my heart but I'm glad he took the positive from it cuz I'm pretty sure Alex didn't mean to hurt him I think the bottom line is Alex wants to teach you something and he doesn't want you to get anything misconstrued and he'll drill it in aggressively but he means the best unfortunately at times it would be at the cost of your feelings It must have been fate that I stumbled upon Paul Pope's battling boy and I loved it because of the art how amazing is that that I stumbled upon his inspiration Alex toth an artist whose art I loved and didn't know the name of the artist till now
Hadn’t seen this..this was great.. I worked in animation as a character designer…and now in film doing the same ..back in 1985 I started at Ruby and Spears the sister company to Hanna Barbera. Man I wished he was still there when I started.. I would have been able to just walk across the street and say hello ..My world was design not comics so I knew him as the character designer.. he set the mark for me how to design in simple shapes.. between him and Kirby both whom i never got to meet..my foundation , my rudiments come from them..,again…this was great ..thank you…
i somehow got it into my head that Toth wasn't into letter-writing, replying etc. So, I never followed up (beyond a single interview) with him. A shame/kicking myself. I do have a couple original pieces of his that I really enjoy, a couple of his storyboards for THE ANGRY RED PLANET, (tho I now seem to be mysteriously missing a few of them!) . Great artist! Thanks for sharing this.
Happy to see this I’m Christian toth !
Hey I’m max toth I am 11 and my dad you know who he is Eric toth my grandpa is you got it Eric toth👦
This is a wonderful film! I had the fortune of working with Alex when I was a young layout artist working at Hanna Barbera Productions from 1977--80. I drew full-sized layout drawings working off of his storybards for the "Superfriends" series. Alex worked at home, but would occasionally stop by and walk through our layout department and ask, "...are my boards helpfull to you guys?" Of course they were! Alex was the king to us and we all loved his drawing and spectacular staging and compositions. I spent many hours going through the H&B model department file cabinets studying his designs. I learned a lot about drawing head turns from his model sheets, which I kept pinned up by my drawing board. On one occassion, I had the fortune of having a drink with him at a bar along with my late-friend and mentor Moe Gollub (another master draughtsman from the Golden Age of comics). I appreciate that I was able to be part of that era and to have known Mr. Toth --Mark
Finally someone made a documentary of this great master draftsman.
Alex Toth has made history as the man who made your Saturday morning cartoons in the 60s, 70s, and 80s looks cool.
They were the best!
This was the most comprehensive autobiographical video I've seen on Alex Toth. Thank you for sharing it.
Cmon!!! I didn’t expect to be weeping like a baby for an Alex Toth autobiography😭😭😭 God, what a genius and REAL Artist! Beautiful work. RIP Mr. Toth 🙏🏾
The only things I would've liked to have seen/commented upon, was Toth's desire to work in film, to storyboard movies. Also, his work on a couple of films, as a storyboard artist and designer, namely PROJECT X (the one done in the mid-60's) and THE ANGRY RED PLANET (which we interviewed him about back in the early 80's. I treasure the 3 original boards of his I have from that film; they are so cleanly and precisely done! Too bad most of the rest of them have disappeared. (Also, didn't he design and illustrate a comic done entirely in "widescreen" panels, a kind of CinemaComicScope, in the early 50's/mid-50's? It's just a dim memory, but i swear it was Toth who invented that format (Kirby later did another version of this idea called The Wide-Angle Scream, for Harvey's THE FLY.
Toth was an absolute master of his craft.
One word, WOW!!! What a fantastic documentary on an artist I deeply enjoyed! Thank You so much for posting this.
A beautiful, touching bio. I teared up right along with his son.
But seeing b&w stills of his artwork, the economy of light & shadow, his mastery of showing action & emotion with just a few strokes of his pen truly fascinated me. Of course I was familiar with the HB work he did when i was a kid, but it was through the Warren publications (Creepy, Eerie) that I got to experience his artistry as an artist & storyteller, and to notice his influence on current comic artists, most noticeably the French artist Moebius...one of my favorites.
Thank you so much for putting this on YT.
Somebody should re-edit this video replacing the low resolution images with higher resolution ones, now that they have become more widely available.
I first saw his work on DC's 'Witching Hour', then saw his work on HERCULOIDS.
Toth work is amazing .... I've been trying to chase that style for years
yeah, it's difficult to simplify everything and give it flair the way he did. are you part of the Alex Toth group on facebook?
@@onomoto88 I'm not but I would gladly like to be post the link and I will join
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THANK YOU FOR THIS!
How touching...how significant! Alex Toth is the real deal. The real comics died in the late 70s and Toth was one of the grandmasters. Today we have corporate rubbish that began in the 80's. Toth represents the ne plus ultra...the best form...the comics field has ever seen achieved.
Toth was always right, crybabies.
what a wonderful tribute to one of my heroes ; i feel completly with his Children
Just simply wow. Thank you for sharing this.
Thank you for sharing!
Happy birthday to the late, great Alex Toth! He would've turned 94 today (were it not for his death in 2006 at the age of 77)! May he continue to rest in peace...he is still missed!
This is so beautiful and inspiring so many lessons to learned not just from a artistic perspective this made me love Paul Pope even more to see how affected he was by toth Just broke my heart but I'm glad he took the positive from it cuz I'm pretty sure Alex didn't mean to hurt him I think the bottom line is Alex wants to teach you something and he doesn't want you to get anything misconstrued and he'll drill it in aggressively but he means the best unfortunately at times it would be at the cost of your feelings It must have been fate that I stumbled upon Paul Pope's battling boy and I loved it because of the art how amazing is that that I stumbled upon his inspiration Alex toth an artist whose art I loved and didn't know the name of the artist till now
I've been wanting to see this documentary for years but didn't care enough to buy the DVD set it was included with. I know what I'm watching tonight!
Good stuff!
Thanks for uploading this!
is this from the Space Ghost & Dino Boy dvd?
This was a fun documentary to watch. It's enlightening the personality behind the art.
Very comprehensive and very well done. Thanks!
Wow, amazing work! Thanks!
Hadn’t seen this..this was great.. I worked in animation as a character designer…and now in film doing the same ..back in 1985 I started at Ruby and Spears the sister company to Hanna Barbera. Man I wished he was still there when I started.. I would have been able to just walk across the street and say hello ..My world was design not comics so I knew him as the character designer.. he set the mark for me how to design in simple shapes.. between him and Kirby both whom i never got to meet..my foundation , my rudiments come from them..,again…this was great ..thank you…
This was great. Thank you.
My name is Alex Toth too...
Thank you so much for sharing this.
Great video. Thank you! 🙏🏼
Thank you so much. I had no idea the guy had influenced so many of the cartoon shows I grew up with and absolutely loved!
one of my heroes
I loved the story of Alex and Jack meeting, two kings open to learn from each other but didn't speak the same language
Cómo dibuja tan bien Anatomía!!!!!!! simple y exacto!!!!
the man is a master i love his work, toth is the best.
i somehow got it into my head that Toth wasn't into letter-writing, replying etc. So, I never followed up (beyond a single interview) with him. A shame/kicking myself.
I do have a couple original pieces of his that I really enjoy, a couple of his storyboards for THE ANGRY RED PLANET, (tho I now seem to be mysteriously missing a few of them!) . Great artist! Thanks for sharing this.
to som ja XDDDDDDDDDDDD
Thanks. Wish it wasn’t cropped on the sides. Some sort of transcoding error?
if you know the specific settings, I can do it over
I’ll never understand why people look for simple things to nitpick. It really doesn’t matter ,& most folks really ... don’t care . Just enjoy it .