Animation writer and executive Joe Ruby, who created cartoon series including “Scooby-Doo” along with his partner Ken Spears, died of natural causes Wednesday in Westlake Village, Calif. He was 87. At ...

Ken Spears, co-creator of the beloved animated series “Scooby-Doo” and co-founder of Ruby-Spears Productions along with the late Joe Ruby, died Friday. He was 82. Spears’ son, Kevin Spears, tells ...

Scooby-Doo co-creator Joe Ruby has died of natural causes at 87. He is survived by his wife of 63 years, Carole, four children, and 10 grandchildren. His grandson Benjamin Ruby says he never stopped ...

The Scooby & Scrappy-Doo/Puppy Hour is a 60-minute package show, a Hanna-Barbera/Ruby-Spears co-production in 1982 for ABC Saturday mornings. It contained the ...

An unidentified Hanna-Barbera Productions painter works on an animation cel of Fred Flintstone. THE FLINTSTONES and all related characters and elements © & ™ Hanna ...

If you recognize these catchphrases, chances are you watched a lot of Saturday morning cartoons in the 1960s and ’70s. Hanna-Barbera Productions, Inc., the animation studio that created “The ...

Together with Spears, the pair brought a new class of cartoons to Hanna-Barbera Productions having been part of the team at the company since the late 1950s. “I did some magazine cartooning years ...

Animation writer and executive Joe Ruby, who created cartoon series including Scooby-Doo along with his partner Ken Spears, died of natural causes Aug 26 in Westlake Village, California. He was 87. At ...