Harvey Comics

Harvey Comics (also known as Worth Carnahan Comics, Greenwald Publications, Harvey World Famous Comics, Harvey Publications, Harvey Comics Entertainment, Harvey Hits, Harvey Illustrated Humor, and Harvey Picture Magazines) was an American comic book publisher, founded in New York City, originally by Worth Carnahan in 1939, then handed over to editor Leo Greenwald in 1940, and finally by Alfred Harvey in 1941, after buying out Worth Carnahan's comics group and the small publisher Brookwood Publications. His brothers, Robert B. and Leon Harvey, joined shortly after. Though the company was founded to publish original comics, by the 1950s, it was focused on licensed content, largely from cartoons produced by Paramount Pictures' Famous Studios. The artist Warren Kremer was closely associated with the publisher. Harvey Comics' most notable characters are mostly former Famous Studios properties, such as Casper the Friendly Ghost, in addition to original characters like Richie Rich. Harvey's mascot is named Joker, a harlequin jack-in-the-box character and mascot of the cartoon shorts series Noveltoons. He also appeared as a cameo in the ending scene of the film Who Framed Roger Rabbit, alongside many other famous cartoon characters.