State native Larry Latham moves from cartoons to Web comic Lovecraft is Missing


Posted September 2, 2009 by Matthew Price Comment on this article Leave a comment

If you watched cartoons in the 1980s, odds are you were exposed to the work of Tulsa’s Larry Latham. The 1975 University of Oklahoma graduate is an Emmy nominee, working on shows including “DuckTales,” “Smurfs,” “TaleSpin” and “Super Friends.”

Witer and artist of comics and animation, Larry Latham Friday, June 12, 2009. Photo by Doug Hoke, The Oklahoman. ORG XMIT: KOD
Witer and artist of comics and animation, Larry Latham Friday, June 12, 2009. Photo by Doug Hoke, The Oklahoman. ORG XMIT: KOD

“I worked on a wide diversity of stuff,” Latham said. “When I started at Hanna Barbera, the first show I worked on was the Godzilla Power Hour, with Doug Wildey, one of the greats of comic books, and Dave Stevens of ‘The Rocketeer.’”

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