Remembering the life and career of animation legend Lou Scheimer

woMorrows Publishing joins with the family and friends of Lou Scheimer in remembering the animation pioneer’s life, and remarkable body of work. Scheimer passed away last Thursday at the age of 84.

TwoMorrows released Lou Scheimer: Creating The Filmation Generation just over a year ago, documenting the life and career of the founder of the renowned Filmation animation studio. Hailed as one of the fathers of Saturday morning television, Scheimer devoted over 25 years to providing animated excitement for TV and film. Always at the forefront, Filmation created the first DC Comics cartoons with Superman, Batman, and Aquaman, ruled the song charts with The Archies, kept Trekkie hope alive with the Emmy-winning Star Trek: The Animated Series, taught morals with Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids, and swung into high adventure with Tarzan, The Lone Ranger, and Zorro. Forays into live-action included Shazam! and The Secrets of Isis, plus ground-breaking special effects work on Jason of Star Command and others. And in the 1980s, Filmation single-handedly caused the syndication explosion with He-Man and the Masters of the Universe and its successors. In the book, Scheimer tells his entire story, including how his father decked Adolf Hitler, memories of schooling with Andy Warhol, and what it meant to lead the last all-American animation company through nearly thirty years of innovation. For more information, go to www.twomorrows.com.