The Harvey Entertainment Company, which owns the rights to such characters
as Casper the Friendly Ghost and Richie Rich, has announced an agreement
with Spumco Inc. (the company founded in 1989 by John Kricfalusi to make
THE REN & STIMPY SHOW for Nickelodeon) to produce cartoons created
specifically for the Internet based upon classic Harvey characters. The
cartoons will run from two to seven minutes in length utilizing new
storylines written for Harvey characters such as Spooky, Little Audrey,
Little Dot, and Herman & Catnip. The cartoons will first be distributed
over the Internet via Spumco's online cartoon network located at
www.realcartoons.net, and then later on the Harvey Web site at
www.harvey.com. Family-friendly advertisers will be invited to sponsor the
new cartoons. Spumco and Harvey will also collaborate on creating new
merchandise tied into the cartoons, which will be sold on both the
realcartoons and Harvey Web sites.