31 Witches | The Swamp Witch

"So! You dared enter the swamp in spite of my warning signs!" -- The Witch of Swamp's End, Scooby Doo, Where Are You!: "Which Witch is Which?"

Mystery, Inc. hates cephalopods

From Scooby Doo, Where Are You? # 27.

Art Show: Meddling Kids

Bad Night for Graverobbing



By Pat Lewis.

Bear and Witch



By Andrea Tsurumi.

The Fly



By Francesco Francavilla.

Scooby and the Gang



By Andry Rajoelina. Have any of you guys seen the new Scooby Doo: Mystery Incorporated show? It's the best Scooby Doo show since Scooby Doo, Where Are You? and The New Scooby Doo Movies and there are times when I think it may be better than either of those. [Art Jumble]

Art Show: Zoinks!

Scooby and the Gang



By The Fake Henry.

There Wolf!



By Francesco Francavilla.

Frank



By Sam Hiti.

Art Show: Waaaallttt!

The Black Buccaneer



By Mead Schaeffer. [Golden Age Comic Book Stories]

Lost Island



By Greg Ham.

Centrosaurus brinkmani



By Mark Schultz [Love in the Time of Chasmosaurs]

GI Robot



By Declan Shalvey. [Comic Twart]

Bat Noir



By Andy Kubert. [DC Universe: The Source]

Daphne



By Kristin Palach. There seems to be a movement lately to proclaim Velma as the hot one, but Linda Cardellini aside, those people are crazy.

Hulk



By Otis Frampton.

Zatanna and the Demon



By Josh Eddings.

Mary Marvel



By Chris Samnee.

Painter of AHHHHHHH!



Artist Unknown, but Thomas Kinkade should be taking notes. [Brother Cal]

Genre comics odds and ends

One of the biggest topics in the comics blogosphere this week started because of this post by Noah Berlatsky about how there needs to be a happy medium between superhero comics and art comics: "Why on earth is autobio and memoir the standard for art comics? Is there an imaginable genre which makes less use of comics' inherent strengths — the ability to represent fantastic, magical situations with charm and ease?"

The conversation turned into a discussion on the merits (or lack thereof) of literary fiction and autobiographies in comics, which is too bad for me, because I'd rather have seen it turn into a discussion about worthwhile genre comics.

Horror

The drawing above is from a side project that Erik Larsen is doing to kind of take a break from Savage Dragon and stretch his legs next year. He's not telling what it is, and I totally don't think this is really it, but doesn't it remind you of Scooby Doo?

Fantasy

I interviewed my friend Alex Ness over at the Newsarama blog about a book he put together of narrative poems illustrated by some top comics talent. I'll follow it up later this week with a roundtable with the artists and some sample illustrations.

Science Fiction

I got into the Legion of Super-Heroes waaaay after Jim Shooter left it (Legion Lost, if you're interested) and I recently got out of it again after Mark Waid left, but I've heard so much praise for Shooter's run on the series that I can't help but think that maybe I should hold off a bit before completely dumping the series.

Superheroes

John Seavey nails the problem with Marvel's Thor comics. I've always like Thor the superhero and his interacting with the Avengers, but Thor the fantasy hero frankly bores me and any time the comic starts focusing too much on that aspect of him, I lose interest.