Douglas S Wildey was an American cartoonist and comic book artist best known for creating the 1964 animated television series Jonny Quest for Hanna-Barbera Productions.
13 Facts About Doug Wildey
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Doug Wildey did World War II military service at Naval Air Station Barbers Point in Hawaii, where he began his art career as a cartoonist for the base newspaper.
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Doug Wildey went on to draw primarily Western stories for Youthful Magazines comics including Buffalo Bill, Gunsmoke, and Indian Fighter.
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Doug Wildey contributed to the publishers Master Comics, Story Comics, Cross Publications and possibly others, puckishly observing that he'd worked for every publisher except EC, "the good one".
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Doug Wildey's art appeared in the Atlas horror-fantasy comics Journey into Unknown Worlds, Marvel Tales, Mystery Tales, Mystic, Strange Tales, Uncanny Tales, and others.
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The Outlaw Kid was a monthly opportunity for Doug Wildey to hone and develop his burgeoning art skills.
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Doug Wildey had this glamorous European background, and raced on American tracks.
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Doug Wildey eventually worked on the series for "about 12 or 14 weeks", after which, he recalled in 1986,.
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Doug Wildey wrote and drew a presentation, using such magazines as Popular Science, Popular Mechanics, and Science Digest "to project what would be happening 10 years hence", and devising or fancifully updating such devices as a "snowskimmer" and hydrofoils.
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When Hanna-Barbera could not obtain the rights to Jack Armstrong, the studio had Doug Wildey rework the concept.
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Doug Wildey did not design the more cartoonishly-drawn comic relief pet dog, Bandit, which was designed by animator Richard Bickenbach.
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Doug Wildey went on to work on animated series including The Herculoids, Jana of the Jungle, Return to the Planet of the Apes, Godzilla, Mister T, and Chuck Norris: Karate Kommandos.
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Doug Wildey died of heart failure in Las Vegas, Nevada, on October 5,1994.