Back كاسبر الشبح اللطيف Arabic Casper det venlige spøgelse Danish Casper (Geist) German Casper the Friendly Ghost Spanish Kasper kiltti kummitus Finnish Casper le gentil fantôme French Casper (personaggio) Italian 出てこいキャスパー Japanese Casper het vriendelijke spookje Dutch Casper the Friendly Ghost Portuguese
| Casper the Friendly Ghost | |
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| Created by | Seymour Reit Joe Oriolo[1][2] Vincent E. Valentine II[3] |
| Adapted by | Harvey Comics |
| Voiced by | See voices actors |
| In-universe information | |
| Race | Ghost (deceased human in some versions) |
| Gender | Male |
| Title | The Friendly Ghost |
| Family | The Ghostly Trio (uncles) |
Casper the Friendly Ghost is a fictional character who serves as the protagonist of the Famous Studios theatrical animated cartoon series of the same name. He is a translucent ghost who is pleasant and personable,[4] but often criticized by his three wicked uncles, the Ghostly Trio.
The character was featured in 55 theatrical cartoons titled The Friendly Ghost from 1945 to 1959.[5] The character has been featured in comic books published by Harvey Comics since 1952,[6] and Harvey purchased the character outright in 1959. Casper became one of Harvey's most popular characters, headlining several comic book titles.
Following Harvey's purchase of the character, he appeared in five television series: Matty's Funday Funnies (1959–1961), The New Casper Cartoon Show (1963–1970), Casper and the Angels (1979), The Spooktacular New Adventures of Casper (1996–1998) and Casper's Scare School (2009–2012).[7] The character made his theatrical film debut in a live-action adaptation of the series by Universal Pictures: Casper (1995), to where he became the first computer-generated character to star in a film.[8] He would later appear in four direct-to-video and made-for-TV follow-up films.
- ^ "Cartoonist Joseph D. Oriolo, Creator Of Casper The Ghost". Chicago Tribune. December 27, 1985. Retrieved March 4, 2016.
- ^ "Man Who Produced First 'Casper' Ghost Film Dies". Articles.latimes.com. December 27, 1985. Retrieved March 5, 2016.
- ^ "Creator of "Casper the Ghost" and Jungle Land". December 9, 2017.
- ^ Nash, Eric P. (December 17, 2001). "Seymour V. Reit, 83, a Creator of Casper the Friendly Ghost". The New York Times. Retrieved August 21, 2010.
- ^ Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 63–64. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
- ^ Schelly, William (2013). American Comic Book Chronicles: The 1950s. TwoMorrows Publishing. p. 61. ISBN 9781605490540.
- ^ Erickson, Hal (2005). Television Cartoon Shows: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1949 Through 2003 (2nd ed.). McFarland & Co. pp. 188–191. ISBN 978-1476665993.
- ^ "12 Movies That Revolutionized Visual Effects". November 20, 2014.