The art of Gene Deitch

Occasional Deitch 2006



When CBS wanted a new series of cartoons for its Captain Kangaroo show,
it turned to its recently acquired TerryToons studio, and told Deitch,
who was running the place, to come up with something fast, cheap and
wonderful. He did, converting a former comic strip of his, "Terr'ble
Thompson!", into Tom Terrific, a tireless boy with a hat like a funnel
and an imagination without end.