I've long been a fan of cartoonist Craig Kellman's take on the Flintstones characters from the mid-nineties. If you feel the same, then I hope you'll be as delighted as I was with today's find. From around 1994, here is a style guide filled to the brim with Kellman's Flintstones art. The entire guide can be found here, but I thought I'd look at some of the more interesting pages.
The first legitimate page is an interesting one. In it, the history of The Flintstones is discussed, as well as the impetus behind these redesigns. The background is adorned with several Wilmas, all with a clear Ed Benedict influence.
Another cool detail in this style guide is that there are pieces based on moments from specific episodes. Below are two examples, taken from the episodes "Hot Lips Hannigan" and "Fred Flintstone Before and After" respectively.
And, as is typical with these guides, a few pages depict the art used on merchandise. In this particular instance, it's t-shirts. I don't know about any of you, but I would have definitely loved to rock any of these! Overall, it's a really cool little book, and it's a shame that there doesn't seem to be one for Kellman's take on other Hanna-Barbera characters.
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