My DC COMICS Talent Directory page needs some updating!

If you do work for DC Comics, they have a talent directory page on their website that shows what you worked on. I went to mine to take a peek and saw that it was missing some stuff. Not to mention the chaos of stuff not being in any order by title is a bummer. I don't know what that's about, but it seems like it's just thrown together. It's not just mine, it's like this on every creative's page. DC needs to up their game here!

There are five covers I did that are not on here... 1 Scooby and 4 Cartoon Cartoons are missing. Coincidentally, the books that are not listed here are hanging on the walls of my studio.

Anyway, here's the link and if you click on the "Talent Directory" link at the top of their page, it will show you ALL the creatives who have worked for DC. 

https://www.dc.com/talent/scott-neely 

 

SCOOBY-DOO DVD cover art repurposed for JustWatch.com in Brazil

Recently, I saw that the DVD cover art I did for Scooby-Doo's 13 Spooky Tales Around The World was repurposed after all these years and is now being used as stock art on JustWatch's streaming news in Brazil. They're using it to advertise Season 3 of the original Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo cartoons!

Never let a good piece of art go to waste! It's why these corporations love having a huge backlog of material to pull from. 

For newer followers, you can see my original post I did way back on May 22, 2012! Check it out here! 13 Spooky Tales Around The World

It's the same art, but eagle-eyed viewers will notice that Fred, Daphne, and Velma were removed to focus on just Scooby and Shaggy. As much love that fans have for the other three, it all comes down to Scooby and Shaggy. Hence, why a lot of my Scooby art focuses on these two characters. It comes down to clarity of the image and how busy a final composition can be by adding too much. 

Every aspect of the art for the DVD cover was done on separate layers, so it would be easy to take out the three members of Mystery Inc. with a simple click to three.

It's odd that they left the other stuff on there though... Was there a UFO, Aztec/Mayan temple and stone warrior, etc in Season 3 of the Scooby-Doo & Scrappy-Doo? Maybe I'm reading too much into it. The art is small on the JustWatch site, so I'm guessing it was just used to plug a hole with a visual image. 

You can check it out on the JustWatch site, Click here!

Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo Season 3  

 

Checklist Insider has one of my SCOOBY sketch cards on their 2025 Fleer SCOOBY-DOO Checklist Guide!

I came across ChecklistInsider.com who has a complete listing of the 2025 Upper Deck/Fleer Scooby-Doo trading cards set! They're using one sample card for each section to show what they look like. When you scroll down and get to the "S-S-Scared S-S-Sketches" sketch cards, they're using one of my original sketch cards! WOW! They picked the one I drew of Scooby/Shaggy with the Zombie to represent! Pretty cool!

I took a couple screengrabs for my blog, but you can see the WHOLE checklist for the Scooby cards at their site! if you keep scrolling (it's really long!) you'll come across the list of names for the 74 artists who did sketch cards for the set.

https://www.checklistinsider.com/fleer-scooby-doo

 

 

My Disney work travels further than I do... and it goes around the world!

Through the glory of eBay, I found yet another gem that had my work in it! While it looked exactly like any other version of my Mickey Mouse work (which was printed out the wazoo)... this one was different. 

How was this one different, you ask?  

It was was printed in 2011, in Mumbai, by Disney (India)! On the inside cover, it says that it was for sale only in India. Wow! Someone must have traveled to India in 2011 and brought this back to America with them and eventually put it up on eBay. I bought it last week to add to my archive!

Needless to say, I bought it as it was one of those foreign rarities that had my work and  name in it, and I don't come across that stuff often. I only have a couple pieces like this in my archive so I didn't mind the slightly rough condition of it. It reminded me, yet again, of how far the work I do can go! 

Originally, the Mickey Mouse (and Winnie the Pooh) work I did in America had my art credit on all the early printings. This printed copy from Disney (India) still retained my credit on it, which is rare! Usually once it goes back to the company archive they can remove any credit and the work gets thrown in with all the other art (since Disney owns it all anyway). Yes, some artistic credits remain but it varies here and there. Bendon Publishing, who publishes a lot of my older work in America, doesn't give any artistic credit on anything from what I've seen. Hence, why I bought multiple copies of anything I originally did back when the work was first released! 

My SCOOBY-DOO Little Golden Book is back in print!

Another surprise I just found out about is that my Scooby-Doo Little Golden Book I did way, way back in 2000 is now BACK IN PRINT!

On September 7, 2021, Penguin Random House re-released a new printing of Scooby-Doo That's Snow Ghost! Exciting news as I've always been quite proud of the work and having the honor of worked on an official Little Golden Book.

In fact, this book was the LAST Little Golden Book produced and released before Golden Books had shut down in 2001. In a previous post, I talked about the second Scooby Little Golden Book I did in 2001 which never did see the light of day. 

When Golden Books sadly folded, Random House took it over, and to their credit, they continued the line of Little Golden Books ever since. This is a treasured line of children's books to be sure!

For those who may not know, this story is an adaptation of the classic "That's Snow Ghost!" episode from 1970. The original first two seasons of Scooby-Doo produced in 1969-1970 have the best stories and painted backgrounds to my mind. While this is adapted, we did tweak some things to make it work as a children's book with the page count we had.

Amazon also has a version of it available for Kindle users! 

You can buy it on Amazon and Barnes & Noble! Links below: 

Amazon: 

https://www.amazon.com/Thats-Ghost-Scooby-Doo-Little-Golden/dp/0593425367

Barnes & Noble:

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/thats-snow-ghost-golden-books/1138717936?ean=9780593425367

 

 

Upper Deck / Fleer SCOOBY-DOO Trading Cards NOW ON SALE!

The Scooby-Doo trading cards are NOW ON SALE! 

I wrote Upper Deck yesterday to confirm that the release date posted on card-selling sites was correct. They wrote back that it was and the release date is, in fact, July 2! 

It's been a long time coming, but if you are a new follower, scroll down or hit "older posts" to see my in-depth Scooby sketch cards art post I did previously!