Harvey Comics

Harvey Comics (also known as Harvey Publications) was an American comic book publisher, founded by Alfred Harvey. Among its best-known characters are Casper the Friendly Ghost and associated characters such as Spooky the Tuff Little Ghost, The Ghostly Trio, Casper's horse Nightmare, Hot Stuff the Little Devil, and Wendy the Good Little Witch; also Richie Rich, Baby Huey, Herman and Katnip, Little Audrey, Tommy Tortoise and Moe Hare, and characters from Modern Madcaps. Harvey also licensed popular characters from newspaper comic strips, such as Mutt and Jeff and Sad Sack.

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American - Comic book - Publisher - Alfred Harvey - Casper the Friendly Ghost - Richie Rich - Baby Huey - Herman and Katnip - Little Audrey - Tommy Tortoise and Moe Hare - Modern Madcaps - Comic strips - Mutt and Jeff - Sad Sack

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The successor to Harvey Comics is Harvey Entertainment, owned by Classic Media, which licenses characters from the Harvey library.

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Harvey's mascot is Joker, a harlequin jack-in-the-box character. This is reminiscent of the mascot/logo for Paramount Pictures/Famous Studios' Noveltoons series of animated cartoons of the 1940s-1960s. Harvey Comics had a close relationship with Paramount Pictures' Famous Studios animation division – many of their most popular characters, including Casper the Friendly Ghost, Baby Huey, Herman & Katnip, Little Audrey, and Tommy Tortoise & Moe Hare, all started as characters in Paramount cartoons during the 1940s, and were sold to Harvey in 1957.

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Mascot - Harlequin - Jack-in-the-box - Paramount Pictures - Famous Studios - Noveltoons - Animated cartoons - 1940s - 1960s - 1957

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