Scooby-Doo, Where Are You? Becomes a Bimonthly Comic Series

4/26/2018

When the comic solicitations came out for July last week, many fans began to wonder if the long-running Scooby-Doo, Where Are You? comic was cancelled when it did not appear in the solicitations. The fact that the previous month's cover art was not released until a month later than usual only provided further confusion.

Bleeding Cool has revealed the explanation for this, as well as some other news regarding the series. It seems that Scooby-Doo, Where Are You? has become a bimonthly comic and will no longer becoming out every month. Oddly, DC has also completely cancelled all orders of the Where Are You comics and placed the series on a hiatus until August. This means that #93, which was supposed to come out on May 9, will instead come out sometime in August. #94, scheduled to come out June 20, will also be pushed back to October.

This may be a bit of bad news for the Where Are You series, which if not for the change, would have made it to its 100th issue in December. Some fans have also speculated that the series may be cancelled entirely, as comics which are pushed into the bimonthly
"death" slot after a long run of monthly issues are generally cancelled, as a way to slowly phase out the series.

Currently, no other comics will be affected by this change. Scooby-Doo! Team Up and Scooby Apocalypse will still keep their normal monthly release schedules.

13 Comments

Scoob16

4/26/2018 11:47:17 am

Kinda sad that Scooby's first DC series has fallen so low.
At least Apocalypse is doing fairly good.

WildwindVampire link

4/26/2018 02:25:58 pm

It is pretty sad, actually. I think the poor quality art and the reprints of previous stories certainly haven't helped it, but hopefully it won't completely end the series. Btw, did you delete your scoob_16 Instagram account? I just tried to check it the other day and it said the handle had been deleted. (Even though I don't check Instagram enough to make an account, I still occasionally look at certain Scooby accounts just for fun).

Scoob16

4/26/2018 03:10:33 pm

Oh, no, I've just changed the name to @scooby_comics, like I have it on Twitter and messaged you from there. ;)

WildwindVampire link

4/26/2018 03:34:03 pm

Oh! *facepalm* Totally forgot about that, as you can probably tell I haven't checked Twitter in a while lol. I just took a look at your new account and it looks great! :)

Btw, hope you are enjoying Twitter so far!

Scoob16

4/27/2018 12:29:43 am

Thanks! I decided to focus more on the comics, especially Apocalypse since it's the only one I'm keeping up with.

I thought I wouldn't use Twitter much, but I find myself checking it quite often! :P The only thing I don't like about it, is that it shows on my feed posts other people (that I follow) have liked, and my feed is often filled with Trump-hating tweets. XP
But other than that, it's good that I can finally share some Scooby news with fans I've known around the internet. :)

WildwindVampire link

4/27/2018 09:29:40 am

Scooby Apocalypse is the only one I keep up with as well, other than trying to stay updated on the release dates for Team Up/Where Are You so I can share them with people on the blog.

I'm so glad you're enjoying Twitter! I admittedly hate the political immaturity on Twitter as well. I have my own political views like everyone else does, but I would never want to shove them in anyone's face. People seem to have forgotten (on Twitter and in real life, sadly) that you can disagree with something and still be respectful about it.
I miss coming on Twitter a bit for that reason. I love talking to everyone on there and sharing news with other fans! One of these days hopefully I can find the time to be more active on there, as I haven't shared any news or posted anything since August lol.

DS-616

5/14/2018 08:31:50 am

I've really tried to get into Scooby Apocalypse but it feels like such a huge departure from basically every other version of the franchise.

I'm totally in favor of more dark and serious iterations like Mystery Incorporated (which is amazing for that exact reason) but everything i've seen and heard about Apocalypse so far just feels like it's The Walking Dead with the main characters names swapped out for the Scooby gang. Do they actually solve any mysteries throughout the series or is it solely focused on "surviving the end of the world" type stuff like finding new shelters and other potential survivors?

WildwindVampire link

5/14/2018 09:43:16 am

Yep, unfortunately it's just a "surviving the end of the world" type of thing. A lot of the first few issues is spent trying to escape the "Mall Mart" (a parody of Wal-Mart) and finding a new shelter. I agree that the gang is very off-character, however, if you're going by the original series or even SDMI. Daphne is very aggressive and constantly says she's going to punch people, and often follows through with it. I haven't read up to the latest issue yet, but supposedly they're also going to kill Fred off, which I can't say I'm too happy about.

I've liked the issues I've read, though I guess I have to keep the mindset that it's not anything like the Scooby we know. I love SDMI, but unfortunately it's nothing like that.

DS-616

5/14/2018 03:29:58 pm

Thanks for the info!

Yeah I also heard about the potential killing of Fred and i'm just like.......does anybody really need to see the death of a member of the Scooby gang? Isn't that maybe getting just a little bit too far away from the general plot and tone of this franchise? Lol

By the way, what's your opinion on Scrappy as a character in general? My personal history is I grew up enjoying him on the shows and animated films he was in but was seriously confused when he ended up being the villain in the 2002 movie. And then I found out about the whole internet hate for him and it just seemed absolutely ridiculous and blown way over the top. It feels like a ton of people say he sucks just to try and sound cool and because everyone else is saying it, which is all incredibly stupid.

WildwindVampire link

5/14/2018 03:58:37 pm

Well looking at the thread for that issue on ScoobyAddicts, it looks like he actually does die! I feel that's a little too far as well (though I won't judge it too harshly, since I haven't read up to that issue yet). It seems like they're just doing it to shock fans and stay consistent with the "T" rating, which IMO is (like you said) way off the deep-end and not consistent with the tone of the series at all.

My opinion on Scrappy has actually evolved since I first became a fan. I initially disliked him, though I had only seen a few of The Richie Rich / Scooby-Doo Show episodes he was in. Personally, I really dislike that series as it gets too formulaic at times and the endings always felt rushed or poorly executed. It felt like they would have been better as 22-minute episodes, because they were trying to do too much at once.

As I saw more episodes however, I began to like him, particularly in the New Scooby and Scrappy-Doo Show/New Scooby-Doo Mysteries and the 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo. I unfortunately saw the 2002 movie before any of these, so I initially sympathized with making him the villain. I agree about the Internet hate for him being overboard.

"It feels like a ton of people say he sucks just to try and sound cool and because everyone else is saying it, which is all incredibly stupid."
Isn't that the same with most things these days on the Internet though? *big sigh*

Overall, I think Scrappy is a good character. The three movies he was in (Reluctant Werewolf, and especially Boo Brothers/Ghoul School) are actually my favorite movies of the entire franchise to date. It's probably worth noting though that he was a bit more toned down in these movies, which I didn't mind. My one minor complaint for him, especially in the earlier shows (1979-1982) is that he could be a bit over-the-top and borderline obnoxious at times. These movies, as well as the 1983-1985 stuff, do a really good job at toning his character down. I think he's a really good character that could have had a lot of potential. I was glad "Scoobynatural" gave him the cameo without making a joke about him being evil.

DS-616

5/14/2018 05:12:56 pm

Yeah the majority of shows and movies I grew up watching him in were the 3 you mentioned and The New Scooby-Doo Mysteries. I never really saw much of the earlier shows where he had a different voice actor and was alot more cocky and maybe even a bit of a douche from what I could see.

I always thought The New Scooby-Doo Mysteries was one of the best shows in the franchise. Fred and Velma's presence was definitely missed, but I thought there was some really memorable episodes like the christmas special wth the creepy Ghost of Christmas Past and a bunch of others, it amazes me how they keep re-releasing certain shows like the original over and over again and yet that show hasn't had a single proper release on dvd or even any digital platforms either.

WildwindVampire link

5/14/2018 06:17:59 pm

Haha, I assume that probably came from the voice actor's real-life personality. I wish I remembered the article so I could link you to it, but I read in a "behind-the-scenes" show interview that Scrappy's original VO was fired after he demanded he have an outrageous salary increase. It was something like $1,000,000 per episode, so I'm going to go ahead and say that HB was right to fire him lol.

I love "The Nutcracker Scoob!" That's probably my favorite of the series, aside from "A Halloween Hassle in Dracula's Castle" and "Scooby's Peephole Pandemonium."

That has always shocked me as well, but I suppose WB wants to milk the originals for all the money they're worth. Select episodes have been released on DVD, but still its very few and they're in random order. You'd think if they took a chance on The Richie Rich / Scooby-Doo Show they'd take a chance on this series!

DS-616

5/14/2018 07:18:01 pm

Ha! Well it's nice to finally know why they replaced the actor for Scrappy. Plus I always preferred his second voice anyway.

I can understand that the original series keeps getting released because it's the most iconic and well known show in the franchise, but there's still god knows how many fans willing to pay for all these various shows!

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