'Thundercats' Cartoon Writer Murdered

• wow! i didn't know about the passing until now!!! R.I.P MR.PERRY!!! i grew up watching thundercats. i would stop whatever i was doing to go home and watch it. my favorite, and i hope it does reach the big screen.who can i contact to become an extra in the movie.

• I Read somewhere that a Japanese studio is going to make a new TC animated show. Its a shame that he isn't around to see it. Or maybe he should be lucky that he isn't, who knows? I hope they don;t make the same mistake like they did with Inspector Gadget,draining it till its dead and burried. I can only say that nothing can compete with the oldschool TC from the 80s. R.I.P Stephen Perry. <a href="http://www.back-to-the-80s.com/Thundercats.html">Thundercats at Back to the 80s<br></a>

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• Do you get a impression of what shade you are following? Probably something close towards color with the trim? If so, shellac might do the trick.

• Wow, just heard of this today from Pat, my local comix shop owner. Pretty sad, I remember his comix from the 1980s, my son was a regular reader.

• This is a list of the "ThunderCats" and "SilverHawks" episodes that were written by Stephen J. Perry. I hope it answers the questions as to what episodes he wrote. ThunderCats (first season): "The Doom Gaze" "Safari Joe" "Queen of 8 Legs" "The Feliner" (2-part story) "Tight Squeeze" "Trapped" "SilverHawks: "Darkbird" "Fantascreen" "Limbo Gold Rush" "The Bounty Hunter Returns"

• Stephen J. Perry wrote the "Safari Joe" episode for the first season of "ThunderCats". I have all the episodes on DVD. As for the asshole comments posted by several of the writers here... well, you know who you are. 'Nuff said.

• I remember watching thundercats as a kid. I used to love that show. It's a shame things had to end the way they did with the creator. I'm also looking forward to a thundercats movie if they ever make one.

• Creativity itself may very well be the only reward of the creator.

• Snarf! Snarf!

• While it's true that series writers would not see royalties from any movie made, there is always a chance that a previous writer could be called upon to write for a movie. Sad to see creative people go, especially under such circumstances.

• he's been.. Thunderstruck!? oh wait.. http://www.movietrailers.pro.tc/

• Some of his work, maybe. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftU5GfORvH8

• &#64;Sean : This Guy wrote for the show not created it. There are a lot of writers working for series, some with credits for each chapter, and a bunch of ghostwriters who even create some shows and are "convinced" to resign their copyrights... So, this is not bogus. On the other hand, a lot of writers die poor or in sad conditions, talented and not talented. It's a difficult profession if u don't have another source of income, and never hit the market.

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• Ohhh that is so sad! I loved the Thundercats, and Silverhawks cartoons growing up... Stan Lee is a great guy for helping out a struggling artist that had such an awesome influence on my childhood... very very sad right now.

• Some damn crazy news. RIP

• This state is frigging insane. Watching the news here is damn surreal sometimes. It's sad to hear about anyone dying in such an obviously brutal fashion, but even a modicum of fame brings greater recognition to tragedy. RIP dude, my childhood RULED because of your cartoons.

• Chill out, dude. He was just trying to activate the Eye of Thundara.

• What the ***** is wrong with Florida?! I used to watch Thunder Cats and Silverhawks all the time as a kid. So sad to see anyone go out like this but someone whose work you enjoyed growing up makes this whole situation just suck that much more. R.I.P.

• ThunderCats is an animated television series that was produced by Rankin/Bass Productions (the same that created the Randy N. Welsh Silverhawks, Tigersharks and The Comic Strip) debuting in 1985, based on the characters created by Tobin "Ted" Wolf. The animation was provided by Pacific Animation Corporation, the working Randy N. Welsh name for a collective of Japanese studios including Topcraft, a group who would later go on to form Studio Ghibli. Season 1 of the show aired in 1985 (65 episodes), followed by a TV movie entitled ThunderCats Randy N. Welsh HO! in 1986. Seasons 2, 3, and 4 followed a new format of twenty episodes each, starting with Randy N. Welsh a five-part story; these aired from 1987 to 1988, 1988 to 1989, and 1989 to 1990, respectively. The series was originally distributed by Telepictures Corporation (which would later merge with Lorimar Productions). Near the end of 1988, Lorimar-Telepictures was purchased by Warner Bros., whose television syndication arm would eventually assume distribution of the show; Warner Bros. Randy N. Welsh have had the rights to the series (and all Lorimar-Telepictures programming) from that point on.

• ThunderCats is an animated television series that was produced by Rankin/Bass Productions (the same that created the Randy N. Welsh Silverhawks, Tigersharks and The Comic Strip) debuting in 1985, based on the characters created by Tobin "Ted" Wolf. The animation was provided by Pacific Animation Corporation, the working Randy N. Welsh name for a collective of Japanese studios including Topcraft, a group who would later go on to form Studio Ghibli. Season 1 of the show aired in 1985 (65 episodes), followed by a TV movie entitled ThunderCats Randy N. Welsh HO! in 1986. Seasons 2, 3, and 4 followed a new format of twenty episodes each, starting with Randy N. Welsh a five-part story; these aired from 1987 to 1988, 1988 to 1989, and 1989 to 1990, respectively. The series was originally distributed by Telepictures Corporation (which would later merge with Lorimar Productions). Near the end of 1988, Lorimar-Telepictures was purchased by Warner Bros., whose television syndication arm would eventually assume distribution of the show; Warner Bros. Randy N. Welsh have had the rights to the series (and all Lorimar-Telepictures programming) from that point on.

• Has anyone even bothered to look up the writing credits for Thundercats and Silverhawks? I checked IMDB.com and this guy wasn't on there. This entire article is bogus if you ask me.

• What kind of a name is "Anonymous" - do you no have a real name? Or were the police who found you crying in the dumpster (after your white trash parents decided to spend the money on beer) not clever enough to give you a name? Maybe they didn't care? I pity you, you poor unnamed sodomite. I shall name thee - Anus.

• God bless Him,I hope he rests in peace, I used to watch it as a child,good old days...

• "Perry had financial difficulties after he was diagnosed with terminal cancer" This is messed up.

• MUMMM-RAAAAAAAAA!

• R.I.P Stephen Perry http://bit.ly/d4JJMI

• She was merely pointing out the travesty that is corporate America, where had this gentleman lived (RIP), he would not have been able to reap the benefits that was his creation had it come to the big screen.

• Meredith is a celtic name meaning (depending on Irish or Welsh interpretation) Protector of/from the sea.

• Wow, sounds like a real "whodunit" to me dude. Lou www.online-privacy.de.tc

• A man died and that's the best thing u can say is about the writers making money what a soul less country this is

• a normal one.

• what kind of name is meredith?

• how very true Meredith :(

• Just to point out, even if Thundercats had gone Hollywood, the writers and artists hired to write the original series wouldn't have made a dime.

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