On Feb. 10, 1940 — 85 years ago Monday — the first Tom & Jerry cartoon short and the first cartoon directed by the soon-to-be- famous team of William Hanna and Joseph Barbera was released in ...

Animation pioneer William Hanna - who helped create Yogi Bear, Tom and Jerry, Fred Flintstone and hundreds of other cartoons - died here Thursday, broadcast reports said. He was 90. Hanna and ...