October is about restraint. It's about resisting the urge to buy those giant bags of candy until the day before trick-or-treaters show up to collect it. Years ago, I learned – the hard way – that if ...

Seymour V. Reit, an author and illustrator whose most famous creation was the cartoon character Casper the Friendly Ghost, died Nov. 21 in New York City. He was 83. Reit died suddenly after treatment ...

Casper was originally created by Seymour Reit and Joe Oriolo, who intended the character as the protagonist of a children's book. Before the book could ever come out, the rights to Casper, the ...

Casper originated as an affable translucent ghost featured in a slew of animated movies by Famous Studios released between 1945 and 1959. That’s when the character was acquired by Harvey Comics, which ...

Despite being a little on the macabre side, a ghost called Casper became incredibly popular when he first appeared on cinema screens back in 1945. He was a reluctant member of the afterlife, one who ...

The New Casper Cartoon Show is a 1963 to 1969 animated television series that appeared on ABC's Saturday morning schedule. The show featured older 1959–62 Famous Studios cartoons, mostly Noveltoons ...

Ron Campbell watched cartoons for the first time at a local suburban movie theater in Australia. There in his hometown, characters like Tom and Jerry fascinated him. They weren’t real people like in ...

Vanessa Irino just wanted to be seen. If not for one Casper the Friendly Ghost, then for all 1,205 and counting. Now the 36-year-old San Antonian has the ultimate acknowledgment to her friendly ...