Clark Haas

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Clark S. Haas, Jr. was a cartoonist and, from 1957 to 1965, owner of Cambria Studios, which produced the limited animation series, Clutch Cargo (1959).

1 Career
2 Notes
3 References
4 External links

[edit] Career

Before working professionally in cartoons, Haas was a pioneer jet pilot, according to Cambria Studios voice-actress, Margaret Kerry^[1]. Haas' cartooning career started with work on the Sunday editions of the comic strips Buz Sawyer, and Tim Tyler's Luck. From 1949-1951 he had his own comic strip, Sunnyside, which was distributed by Wheeler-Nicholson, Inc.

After starting Cambria Studios, he helped create and write Cambria's animated television series, Clutch Cargo (1959-1960), Space Angel (1962), Captain Fathom (1965), and The New Three Stooges (1965-1966). The first three of these series used the Syncro-Vox technique of animation developed by Haas' Cambria partner, Edwin Gillette in the early 1950s for producing animation quickly and at a minimal cost.

In later years Haas became associated with Hanna-Barbera and worked on their series The ABC Saturday Superstar Movie (1972), Super Friends (1973), and Speed Buggy (1973).

[edit] Notes

^ Margaret Kerry: Memorabilia & Collectibles - Clutch Cargo Cartoon Characters Montage Photo #2

[edit] References

Alberto's Page of American Animators active until 1970 - Letter H
Clark Haas at the Internet Movie Database
Clutch Cargo at toonopedia.com
THE CLUTCH CARGO STORY
"Don't believe your eyes! How 'Clutch Cargo' cuts corners as a television comic strip." TV Guide December 24, 1960, p.28-29.
Terrace, Vincent. Encyclopedia of Television Series, Pilots and Specials, 1937-1973. New York, New York Zoetrope. 1986.