Hello lords and ladies.
Welcome back to Cartoon Hangout, your place
for all things cartoon.
A few days ago it was confirmed that Scooby
Apocalypse, the post-apocalyptic Scooby-Doo
comic book series published by DC Comics,
was cancelled.
I didn’t think too much of it at the time
on account of it being a crap comic that I
stopped reviewing when I realized it was going
nowhere.
That and the worst incarnation of Daphne the
franchise has ever seen, but you can watch
my Daphne is an Abuser video for more on that.
However, according to Bleeding Cool this may
have been done not due to sales or a natural
conclusion of the story, but because Warner
Bros execs are NOT happy with how its Hannah
Barbera properties have been reinvented by
DC Comics.
And if that is the case, I really wouldn’t
be shocked.
DC Comics turned Snagglepuss gay, Flintstones
into a political satire, and of course Scooby-Doo
into a post-apocalyptic story.
If I owned these series I’d be pissed, too.
The only slight negative to this story is
that ALL Hanna Barbera comics are seemingly
going the way of the dodo at DC Comics, not
just these.
This could also mean the end of their Where
Are You Scooby comic, which for awhile now
has just been coasting by on stock images
for a lot of the characters.
Whether this means that DC is losing the license
to these characters and shows is still up
in the air, as far as I know.
I wouldn’t cry too hard about that, unlike
Bleeding Cool who continues to suck the proverbial
dick of these awful reimaginings.
DC hasn’t handled these comics all to well
the past few years and maybe it IS time for
a changing of the guard.
It’s hard to come up with a list of comic
companies who could right the ship, so to
speak, since many of them have been chasing
the dollar of people who just don’t read
comics but are happy to complain about ones
they don’t like in a hopes of getting them
canned.
Which leaves out Marvel, IDW, Image, and more.
Maybe someone a little more indie that hasn’t
been invaded by parasites.
Anyway, that’s all the news I have on the
topic, so I turn it over to you lords and
ladies.
Are you sad to see Apocalypse go, possibly
along with DC’s other Hanna Barbera series,
or is this good riddance to bad apples?
Let me know down in the comments.
Thanks for tuning in and take care.
