PHINEAS & FERB Sketch Cards are HERE!

I did 15 Phineas and Ferb sketch cards soon after I created my own sketch card as the cartoon series returned the airwaves. Each card was thought out and drawn with care like I did with my Upper Deck/Fleer Scooby-Doo cards. I used the same process and materials to create them, but the interesting thing is that I had a hard time making the art "pop" off the cards as Phineas and Ferb doesn't use any character shading. They use color line holds instead which creates a great look, but you can't do that on a sketch card. Everything just looked flat. To get around this problem I decided to add a white outline around the characters which I painstakingly painted with a "0" size brush. The photo above shows me doing it. I used a small art brush as it worked much better than using a messy paint pen. Yes, this took time, but it was worth it!

I wanted to cover the icons of the show and when you look at them all together they almost form a storyline of an adventure. It was not planned that way, but the overall result looks great! I wanted them to be colorful and exciting!

Since I'll be selling them, I tried to think of scenarios that would be appealing to fans of the show. When I was done I took a photo of them all laid out before I scanned them.

I tried to create an equal balance of Phineas and Ferb cards and Agent P and Doof ones, with some love for Candace thrown in.

Here is a scan of the final inked cards! I left some pencil lines on the cards to use a guide for where coloring effects would be done. I took a good amount of time making a color key guide that matched the style guide colors for the characters and backgrounds. I think I nailed it well although it took a couple trips to the art store to buy the right marker colors. 

The end result was that they came out really cool and they really do pop off the cards! These should be available to purchase soon!

LOST SCOOBY PROJECT: Whatever Happened To "The Sneaky Easter Thief"?

It was back in early 2001 that I did the art for a second Little Golden Book for Scooby-Doo which was titled "The Sneaky Easter Thief." This is one of the "lost projects" I did that was fully completed and never saw the light of day, and then got lost to the ravages of time. 

While not nearly as cool as the "That's Snow Ghost!" Little Golden Book I did prior (and hold in high regard), this one was an original story focused specifically on the Easter holiday and had Scooby and Shaggy running around trying to find the missing Easter eggs before the Easter egg hunt they were having. Scooby was in a bunny suit (similar to Ralphie in A Christmas Story) for the entire affair. The villain was, literally, a generic Snidely Whiplash character who looked like he tied Daphne or Velma to the train tracks or something after he twirled and played with his mustache. It was not as inspired as it could have been, but it was aimed at kids.

I know the book was completed as I have a copy of the final galley to prove it existed. The art above was the opening title/credits page art. My designer mailed me a print out of it to see how the final version would look and if I spotted something that needed last minute fixing. That's all I actually have in my possession as I sold the original artwork for it many, many years ago.

To this day, I'm not sure whatever happened to it beyond the notion that it must have gotten lost in the Golden Books shake-up bankruptcy in 2001 which caused a lot of issues. That's what I'm thinking actually happened. But is it in the Warner Bros archives? I have no clue. This was one of a couple Scooby projects I did from that time period that are missing. The work was completed, and more importantly, I got paid for it.

Since this book never came out, I did wind up using the design of the villain (with a tweak or three) ten years later in a 2011 Scooby comic (Scooby-Doo, Where Are You? #14 for DC Comics) which was titled "The Long Nose of the Law." Waste not, want not.

I thought of posting the printouts I have but it's almost better to let it lie and let the mystery grow. Maybe one day, it will be found like the Dead Sea Scrolls... I doubt it though.

 

SCOOBY-DOO Sketch Cards are HERE!

I recently created some Scooby-Doo head shot sketch cards to sell to Scooby fans! I drew eight of them that have the same look and feel with the spider webs and purple background. They look super snazzy and will be up for sale on eBay in a day or so! I did head shots of Scooby thinking they would be easier to do, but they wound up taking the same amount of time to create and color. Rim lighting and shading really does make them pop more off the card! 

These head shots will be cheaper than my more intricate ones I did for Upper Deck, but the same care was taken in creating them. I'm using the same magic marker color key chart that I made and used for my Upper Deck cards. The good news is that if I screw it up one of my cards, I can just grab another one from the card box and start over! My personal branding makes it artistically unique and exclusive! These are hand drawn, one-of-a-kind pieces of art! Hence, why I added the "1 of 1" to the branding banner at the top of the card! 

It wasn't until I started to color them that I fell upon the idea to make them all have the same background elements. I might add that coloring at a table with natural light pouring in makes it easier on the eyes when inking and coloring.

Finally, I digitally scanned in my final cards so there is a record that I'll keep of the cards that I've personally done to note authenticity! 

You get both the sketch card and a COA in a SINGLE trading card top loader! The COA also covers up the bleed through from the magic markers. These look simply AMAZING in your hand! I will be doing ones that are just pencil sketches, and some that are just inked and not colored. I'll try to cover any budget a fan may have!   

 

MY OWN SKETCH CARDS ARE HERE!

I decided to make my OWN sketch cards! Last month, I designed TWO sketch card trading cards: one with my personal branding and the other is a certificate of authenticity. Once I settled on the final design I went to a local printer who printed it all on the paper I provided! 

The end result is that they look BEAUTIFUL! You get a sketch card on card stock and then a COA on a lighter stock paper which will both go together in a single trading card top loader! The presentation for this product is TOP NOTCH! 

I can now do my own sketch cards of anything I want or I can do commissions! 

 

AGENT P: From Start to Finish!

 

I made a GIF of the three phases to my drawing process from start to finish. The process is the same if you are working traditionally or digitally as well. I'm using one of my warm up sketches I did of Agent P for some new Phineas and Ferb work I'm doing. 

The first step is drawing the character and getting it correct in terms of pose, attitude, or action. You keep it loose and rough, though my work is usually still clean looking. This step can take a few sheets of paper to get right... and it usually does. Drawing is a process! 

The next step is the clean up and inks. I grab another sheet of paper and ink on top of my rough (via my light table) and make any minor tweaks that I need to make as I ink. I do this to keep my inks CLEAN! If I make a mistake, I use Pro White with a brush to fix it. Usually I try to make it a game and see if I can do the final inks without needing any fixes. 

For the last step I scan the art in and prep the art for coloring. I drop in the flat colors first and then color the line holds next. Phineas and Ferb as a licensed property can take a lot of time as there are line holds for everything! Thankfully the characters don't have any shading! The end result though can look amazing! 

 

Phineas and Ferb Classic Comics Collection Vol. 4 is out today!

Phineas and Ferb: Classic Comics Collection, Volume 4 collects more of their comic adventures in their original release order—many never collected in a trade paperback before! My work is in it and I believe the story titled “Sir Buford” is in this one! It was a fun story that I drew that featured Buford and Baljeet after Buford finds a bag full of never-ending money fall, literally, from the skies. Hijinks and hilarity follow.

School’s out and stepbrothers Phineas and Ferb are determined to make every day an unforgettable adventure. Their over-the-top inventions drive their sister Candace to no end as she tries—and fails—to expose them to their mom. Meanwhile, their pet platypus Perry lives a double life as Agent P, taking on the villainous Dr. Doofenshmirtz and his latest schemes to conquer the Tri-State Area. 

Today is the day of release, and as I type this, Amazon has the hardcover version discounted! Links are below:

Papercutz: 
https://papercutz.com/product/phineas-and-ferb-classic-comics-collection-vol-4/

Amazon: 
https://www.amazon.com/Phineas-Ferb-Classic-Comics-Collection/dp/1545819629

Barnes & Noble: 
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/phineas-and-ferb-classic-comics-collection-vol-4-scott-peterson/1146385373?ean=9781545819623

 

 

BABY YOGI and BABY SCOOBY!

I'm posting these as we talked about them on the Scooby Addicts podcast I did a week ago. Years ago, I was invite to participate in The Hanna-Barbera Gallery Project that WB Consumer Products did. At the time, Disney was doing baby versions of their characters (a popular trend most places tried with their characters) and so I said why not do that with my two favorite characters... 

Hence, Baby Yogi and Baby Scooby were created (at least, my version of them)! 

Drawn on cheap copy paper in pencil and then scanned and colored in Photoshop. You emailed high-res PDFs for them to print out and hang on the walls there if they liked them. I was told that Baby Yogi was a major hit and went over extremely well when I inquired how my art was received a couple weeks later.

Looking back, it was nice to be invited to partake, but there was no pay for doing it, and it was why I did it on cheap paper and did the work fast. The purpose of it was to possibly inspire WB Consumer Products to use any art submitted as a launching pad to make possible future products. Regardless, they should have paid us something...  

Overall, I'm still quite proud of this work and how they turned out! So I got that going for me... 

 

 

New Podcast Interview with SCOOBY ADDICTS!

Last week, I did a new podcast interview with Scooby Addicts, which is a Scooby-Doo fan site! Hosted by Nikki Blake and Wendy Brydge, we covered a lot of territory in this LONG interview, which is close to 4 hours! Zoinks! Strap in! 

Click on the link to be magically transported to YouTube! 

Back in the backyard again...

 

March 2010 was the first time I found myself in the backyard with Phineas and Ferb. 

Here in 2025, I'm now back in the backyard again as a new TV revival of Phineas and Ferb is set to begin on June 5. I have some new art that was finally approved and will show it when announced! More to come! 

 

SUITS LA was cancelled...

Well, that was short-lived! Suits LA was cancelled last week, not that many probably noticed, and I never did know if my art was seen in Samantha's office or not. I watched the first two episodes and that was a real struggle to get through. I contend that NBC should have paid me to sit through them. When episode three was to be aired I thought life was just too short to sit through another and so I didn't see the remaining episodes. I like Stephen Amell ('cause he was Green Arrow) but he sure looked weird clean-shaven. It was kind of off-putting. That and the bad writing... I almost got to a point of just contacting actress Rachelle Goulding on her Instagram and asking her direct if she saw my art on her office set. Sadly, I never got up the gumption to do that.

Oh, well...

Did any of you happen to see it on TV? If so, let me know.

SCOOBY-DOO Trading Cards: Still no release date yet...

Wanted to post an update that I have still not heard anything since Upper Deck let us know that the cards were delayed yet again on April 30th. Frustrating to be sure and I don't have anything more to share on it with Scooby fans at this point. As far as I know, it's a distribution problem. The cards were all printed and all that had to be done was inserting the original sketch cards from all the artists into the various single packs. I don't know how trading cards are distributed to outlets and stores.

In the comic book industry, I know Diamond Distribution has been a mess for a while, and as I write this, Diamond is completely done as we knew it. Things are changing for sure all over...

NOW ON SALE! Phineas and Ferb Classic Comics Collection 3 in 1 - Vol. 1

A GIANT-SIZED three-in-one volume that collects 76 stories from Phineas and Ferb: Classic Comics Collection, Volumes 1 through 3! It has 272 pages of P&F excitement and my work is in it! Just another great looking collection from Papercutz taking all three single volumes and putting them together in one!

Phineas Flynn and his stepbrother, Ferb Fletcher, make every day of their summer vacation an adventure. From ambitious new inventions to helping those in need, they always get into something fun. Meanwhile, across town, the wannabe-evil scientist Dr. Doofenshmirtz continually attempts to take over the Tri-State Area with his various “inator” devices, and Perry the Platypus, the boys’ pet and a secret agent, consistently foils his plans on behalf of the O.W.C.A and his commanding officer, Major Monogram.  

Papercutz:
https://papercutz.com/product/phineas-and-ferb-classic-comics-collection-3-in-1-vol-1/ 

Amazon:
https://www.amazon.com/Phineas-Ferb-Classic-Comics-Collection/dp/1545818428

Barnes & Noble:
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/phineas-and-ferb-classic-comics-collection-3-in-1-vol-1-scott-peterson/1146474474?ean=9781545818428

The Things You Find Out About By Accident...!

Don't know if any of my followers knew this, but I just found out about it a week ago! Apparently, about ten years ago, IDW got the rights to the Cartoon Network comic archives (from DC Comics/Cartoon Network) and they produced a massive 300-page omnibus trade paperback in 2015! 

The Cartoon Network All-Star Omnibus trade paperback was released in May 2015.

It's an All-Star collection featuring your favorite shows and characters from Cartoon Network! Cow & Chicken, Johnny Bravo, Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends, Codename: Kids Next Door, The Grim Adventures of Bill and Mandy, and Ed, Edd n Eddy get their due in this reader-friendly omnibus collection.

There are FOUR comics in it that I drew: 1 Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy and 3 Ed, Edd n Eddy stories... on nice paper stock too!

Needless to say, they don't tell you about this stuff (ah, that work-for-hire agreement) and I'm sure there are no royalties either! If there are, I've not gotten any in a long, long while. It would be nice if they (at least) gave you a complimentary copy if you had any work in it. 

I was able to find a mint, unused copy of it on eBay and got one for my own archives.

Thought I'd let you all know! IDW did some new comics with the Cartoon Network characters back then as well. I wish they'd (or someone) would do some new stuff again in 2025! Those old shows were great!

SCOOBY-DOO Trading Cards Delayed Yet Again!

Well, this is disappointing news to report to Scooby fans! At 3pm EST, I got an email from Upper Deck's Talent Relations saying that the Scooby-Doo Trading Cards are delayed and they don't have a new release date yet. They will let us know (when they know) and that we were to let our followers know about it! 

The release date was originally back in March, then due to a lot of final approvals from WB coming in really late, it got moved to April 30 (today) and then I get the email that it's pushed back. I've seen new release dates online and a full card checklist but I'm not going to believe the release date listed until someone tells me that they are actually on sale in a actual store.

I updated my pic above with the actual box art packaging which was finally released.