Thursday, March 6, 2025
Wednesday, March 5, 2025
I did an artist Interview with SCOOBYSNAX!
I recently did an artist interview with ScoobySnax!
ScoobySnax is a cool, fun fansite that covers all things in the world of Scooby! It was just posted this week, so check it out! It's a LONG interview, so grab some Scooby snacks and settle in! This is the first artist interview I've done in a long time and I think it turned out great! I cover a lot of ground as I've worked on a lot of stuff beyond my Scooby work. This may appeal to young artists or those interested in how the sausage is made! Click the link and be magically transported!
ScoobySnax Interview With Scott Neely
Tuesday, March 4, 2025
PHINEAS & FERB Comics are BACK IN PRINT!
In 2024, a year of major re-releases of my work it seems, Papercutz has released the Phineas and Ferb: Classic Comics Collection which collecting the comics that were produced for Phineas & Ferb’s Magazine! I did a lot of work on P&F as you know and these new editions look fantastic and are at a great price! Available as trade paperbacks, but I love that they made hardcover versions as well! My work is first seen starting in Volume 2, but I'm in Volumes 3, 4, and 5 as well!
Volume 3 was released on February 18, 2025!
School is out for summer, and stepbrothers Phineas and Ferb have decided to make each day an adventure! Their inventions end up causing trouble for their sister, Candace, who can never get their mother to see the evidence of their creations. Meanwhile, the family's pet platypus leads a double life as secret Agent P and faces off with the evil Dr. Doofenshmirtz, who is trying to take over the Tri-State Area.
AMAZON
Phineas and Ferb Classic Comics Collection Vol. 2:
https://www.amazon.com/Phineas-Ferb-Classic-Comics-Collection/dp/1545812527
Phineas and Ferb Classic Comics Collection Vol. 3:
https://www.amazon.com/Phineas-Ferb-Classic-Comics-Collection/dp/1545815968
BARNES & NOBLE
Phineas and Ferb Classic Comics Collection Vol. 2:
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/phineas-and-ferb-classic-comics-collection-vol-2-scott-peterson/1145984242?ean=9781545812525
Phineas and Ferb Classic Comics Collection Vol. 3:
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/phineas-and-ferb-classic-comics-collection-vol-3-the-disney-comics-group/1146297949?ean=9781545816899
Monday, March 3, 2025
SCOOBY-DOO "You Choose" Capstone Book Box Sets Available!
In August of 2024, Capstone released a second 4-book box set for the “You Choose” Scooby books I illustrated. I don’t think they were out of print but these are now presented in nice box sets. I did a lot of Scooby for Capstone! The first box set came out in January 2022.
You can get them at Amazon and Barnes and Noble and I posted the links below!
Get ready to read four interactive Scooby-Doo mysteries in one box set!
In each exciting story, Scooby-Doo and his friends of the Mystery Inc. gang set out to solve a spooky mystery. By choosing their path, you'll help Scooby and his friends crack the creepy cases in a truly dynamic reading experience.
Books Include:
- The House on Spooky Street
- The Mystery of the Mayhem Mansion
- The Case of the Fright Flight
- The Case of the Clown Carnival
Follow along with Scooby-Doo and the Mystery Inc. gang in this boxed set of four interactive chapter books!
In each exciting story, YOU CHOOSE how Mystery Inc. sets out to solve a spooky mystery. Will Bigfoot ruin the gang's camping trip? Is Velma's uncle lost in the Bermuda Triangle? Will a UFO crash Mystery Inc.'s road trip? Is there a sea monster on the loose at the gang's favorite beach? Follow the directions on each page and find out how your decisions change your fate. When YOU CHOOSE what to do next, the choices you make could mean the difference between success and failure. With dozens of choices and endings, each book in this YOU CHOOSE set is sure to keep Scooby-Doo fans captive for hours.
Books in This Set:
- The Terror of the Bigfoot Beast
- The Ghost of the Bermuda Triangle
- The Secret of the Flying Saucer
- The Secret of the Secret of the Sea Creature
Boxed Set 1 (Amazon):
https://www.amazon.com/You-Choose-Stories-Scooby-Doo-Boxed/dp/1666348740
Boxed Set 2 (Amazon):
https://www.amazon.com/You-Choose-Scooby-Doo-Boxed-Stories/dp/1669080056
Boxed Set 1 (B&N):
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/you-choose-stories-laurie-s-sutton/1139963489?ean=9781666348743
Boxed Set 2 (B&N):
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/you-choose-laurie-s-sutton/1144825971?ean=9781669080053
Saturday, March 1, 2025
A piece of my art to be on the TV spinoff show... SUITS LA!
The piece of art they had attached surprised me as it was something that has been sitting on my art blog for 14 years! I had to go back and read my original post to remind myself about the circumstances of its creation. I posted it back on September 9, 2010 and it was titled "The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of" - Maltese Falcon Sketch. I wrote the following:
As I was waiting for an approval on some sketches today, I did a still life drawing of the Maltese Falcon. I have a replica prop of it that I bought back in the mid 90's and it's a great conversation piece in my studio. Always been a fan of the movie as well so I thought why not sketch it. It's always better to do a still life of something you like as opposed to organizing a bunch of fruit on a table. It was penciled on cheap 11 x 17 copy paper and then lightboxed and inked onto good 11 x 17 art paper with a Pitt Brush Marker. After I scanned the artwork I then used a Photoshop brush to create a light gray background behind it to give it some push. Possibly I'll color it later on but it looks kinda cool in black and white.
I signed the release for them to use it (I retain all the rights to it) and then inquired about what episode it might be in so I could watch to see it on TV. I received a reply back that my art was to be part of the permanent set decoration for Samantha's office (Ted Black's ex-girlfriend / rival lawyer played by Rachelle Goulding) on the show and that I might be seeing it often!
I have no idea how the art will be used. I've seen the first two and not seen it yet. We did see part of her office in Episode 2, but the tight camera angles didn't show much. Keep an eye out if you watch the show!
To be updated!
Thursday, February 27, 2025
Celebrating Pokémon Day with this small tribute!
I didn't do much for it though (only three projects, but they were fun to do!) as I was soon
asked to do an art audition for Scooby-Doo in the fall of '99, and
that completely changed my life and career.
Tuesday, February 25, 2025
SCOOBY-DOO’S GREATEST MYSTERIES TPB Is Back In Print!
Scooby-Doo and the gang solve mysteries only as they can in their best comic adventures!
Riding around in their Mystery Machine van, Scooby, Daphne, Fred, Velma, and Shaggy team up to solve supernatural cases through a series of hijinks and misadventures. Jinkies!
In this collection the gang takes on everything from spooky ghostly activity to mysterious space alien invasions. They also meet up with beloved Hanna-Barbera characters, like the Flintstones and the Jetsons. They even team with some of DC's finest heroes and villains--including Superman, Wonder Woman, Batman, and Harley Quinn!
Celebrate Scooby-Doo with this compilation of the Mystery Inc. team's greatest cases--over 400 pages of 30 classic stories collected here!
Collects SCOOBY-DOO #1, 10, 35, 68 and 72, SCOOBY-DOO TEAM-UP #2, 5 7, 8, 9, 12, 18, 37 and 40, and SCOOBY-DOO, WHERE ARE YOU? #48, 51, 54, 71, 78, 79, 83, 85
Amazon:
https://www.amazon.com/Scooby-doos-Greatest-Adventures-John-Rozum/dp/177952790X
B&N:
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/scooby-doos-greatest-adventures-john-rozum/1145120862?ean=9781779527905
Monday, February 24, 2025
My 1995 Star Wars Galaxy Trading Card Art was reprinted in 2021!
Upon further research, I found that Topps had picked my artwork for something I did back in 1994 and reprinted it for a new card set in 2021! I knew it was good when I did it back in ‘94. I painstakingly took my time when I did that art as it was my moment in the Star Wars Universe, even though I had drawn some Star Wars material for West End Games (the role-playing game company) around that time.
The original 1994 title for the piece as I named it was “King for a Day.” They renamed it “New Friends” which works too. I must admit that I was, and still am, blown away that they had picked my card out of all the others artists in the 1995 Topps Star Wars Galaxy Series 3 Trading Cards! By the way, I was card #348 originally.
These pics in this post are not mine but from one of the many eBay sellers that are selling the card. If you want one, they are out there! Type in: 2021 Topps Chrome Star Wars Galaxy Base #33 “New Friends” Scott Neely and they should pop up. The base card is cheap, but the refractor cards go for some serious money if you got a low number!
The card set was called the 2021 Topps Chrome Star Wars Galaxy Trading Cards and you can find out more about it here:
https://www.cardboardconnection.com/2021-topps-chrome-star-wars-galaxy-trading-cards
https://www.beckett.com/news/2021-topps-star-wars-chrome-galaxy/
https://www.tcdb.com/Checklist.cfm/sid/265282
P.S. – I know some of you are asking how I didn’t know about it. Simple, they own the art. I have no rights to it. You signed them all over to Topps/Lucasfilm back when I drew it. I got paid for doing the art, and I got to keep the original artwork for the front and back of the card, and I got 50 singles of my card as a thank you. They don’t have to tell me about what they do with it now or in the future. I wish they would have sent me some of the new base card though! That would have been nice!
P.P.S. – I also sold the original Han Solo card art back in 2019 or so on eBay. I have no idea who owns it now.
Saturday, September 21, 2019
My Scooby Story In SCOOBY-DOO 50TH ANNIVERSARY GIANT 100-PAGE Walmart Comic!
UPDATE: I found out that they did two versions of this. One is the Mass Market edition that's in Walmart and has this cover with the giant Scooby on it.
The other cover, which is below, is the Direct Market version. This is the version that comic book shops would get.
My Art In The SCOOBY-DOO'S GREATEST MYSTERIES Trade Paperback!
Monday, May 8, 2017
SCOOBY-DOO - My Capstone Work... Thus Far...
SCOOBY-DOO - Capstone Final Covers
This also helps when people ask me about what I'm doing currently and it's hard to say sometimes as things change like titles and the art go through many tweaks to the final deal. I know what I turn in and am sometimes surprised when I see the final version. So I'm glad I have my blog where I can show it that way I liked it and you can decide.