“The freezers have been out for days! All the pizzas have gone bad! Not t’mention the cocktail fanks an’ ice cream! Oh the Humanity!!”

Back in 1969 there was an amazing Saturday morning cartoon show created by Hanna-Barbera called Scooby-Doo, Where are you? This cartoon followed 4 teenagers and an adorable great dane as they went about solving supernatural mysteries (Hint: it was always the grounds keeper or butler).

Although the original show only lasted until October 1970 that didn’t stop its popularity and in 1978 the show was revived, from that point on there was a steady stream of revivals to the series as well an avalanche of movies. Jump forward to around 2000 when a sweet 8 year old Jess is sitting on the couch watching re-runs of this amazing show on cartoon network and complaining when it’s over.
That is when my love for the Scooby-Doo franchise started and to this day if I stumble across it showing on TV I will stop, sit down and watch. So when I was on the DC website looking at comic books and noticed that they were releasing a Scooby-Doo comic taking place in an apocalyptic world it was an obviously must have for me.

So let’s talk about the comic itself now.

When I started out reading I was shocked by how much text there was, I understand that as it’s the first volume of the series they needed to get all the main information and the plot out of the way but it just kept going and if I’m being honest at points I found some of the information really repetitive. Apart from that I enjoyed the story line, it was creative and gave a nice twist to the personalities of the characters I have grown up with.

The characters themselves have changed as I was expecting, they have gone from a group of teenagers with a great dane, to a group of adult with a genetically altered great dane, and just like when I was a kid Scooby and Shaggy are my favourite characters.

They are both just so pure! They are my babies and I love them both to death, I don’t really mind what happens to the others, just as long as Shaggy and Scooby are together and well.

I loved the art style and found the redesign of the characters was very creative, I also loved the designs for the monsters and even the colouring of the comic was very fitting. They managed to make the world colourful while at the same time keeping it looking like the world was going to hell around them.

Rating: 3.5 Stars

I would recommend this comic to any lovers of the old Scooby-Doo TV show or for someone looking for a comic with a deep back story and creative look on an apocalypse.
I enjoyed the first volume and am looking forward to seeing where this story is heading and what will happen to the gang.

Happy reading everyone!
Jess