The Eight Nights of Comic Book Hanukkah, Night Three: Aun ikh volt zikh aoykh dermit avekgevorfn, ven nisht, vos ir hot zikh ayngemisht kinder!

Mystery Inc., America's only Scooby Gang, has been invited to a Hanukkah at their local synagogue! Of course, some of 'em are just there for the food:


from "Fright One Candle" in Scooby-Doo, Where Are You? (2010 series) #28 (DC, February 2013), script by Sholly Fisch, pencils by Robert Pope, inks by Scott McRae, colors by Jason Lewis, letters by Saida Temofonte

Today in Comics History, September 13, 1968: Very first occurrence of crooked land developer foiled by meddling kids

from Comic Book History of Animation #4 (IDW, February 2021); script by Fred Van Lente; pencils, inks, and letters by Ryan Dunlavey; colors by Adam Guzowski

Today in Comics History, September 3: Happy birthday, Sholly Fisch!

Born on this day: Sholly Fisch, writer for Marvel Age...

(Note: his birthday is on the 3rd, not the 5th)


from Marvel Age #93 and 105 (Marvel, October 1990 and October 1991), text by Chris Eliopoulis & Barry Dutter (#103) and Mike Lackey (#105), pencils and inks by Ron Zalme, colors by Marie Javins (#93) and Renee Witterstaetter (#105)

Today in Comics History, May 6: Happy birthday, Orson Welles!

Born on this day in 1915: American screenwriter, actor, producer, director, newspaperman, advertising spokesman, magician, and perhaps the largest personality of the twentieth century: Mister Orson Welles.


I can hear you asking, though: Was he great? Have you ever seen his him in a comic book? Hmmm? How can you say someone is great who's never been in a comic book?


Ladies and gentlemen, I give you a birthday celebration of Orson Welles in Comic Books. (Mercury Theatre On the Air overture begins playing)


The Mercury Theatre on the Air overture

If I Ran DC Comics

Scooby-Doo: Futures End #1 (one-shot) (November 2014), incorporating cover art from Scooby-Doo #113 (December 2006), art by Scott McRae and Robert W. Pope
And here's the variant lenticular version!:

365 Days of DC House Ads, Day 274: Meddling Kids to the Rescue

House ad for Scooby-Doo (DC series); printed in Cartoon Network Block Party #18 (April 2006)

A Hanna-Barbera Christmas, Day 24: Also, the new k.d. lang album

Cover of Scooby-Doo (DC series) #17 (December 1998), art by Manny Galàn and Mike DeCarlo

A Hanna-Barbera Christmas, Day 21: Getting revenge on those meddling kids at last

Cover of Scooby-Doo (DC series) #115 (February 2007), cover art by Scott McRae and Robert W. Pope

A Hanna-Barbera Christmas, Day 18: Scooby's going to be talking to his agent about this

Cover of Cartoon Network Christmas Spectacular one-shot (Archie series, 1997), pencils by Iwao Takamoto

A Hanna-Barbera Christmas, Day 16: Jinkies Bells, Jinkies Bells

Cover of Scooby-Doo #67 (DC 1997 series, February 2003

A Hanna-Barbera Christmas, Day 12: The Year Santa Claus Got a Hideous Skin Disease

Cover of Scooby-Doo #127 (DC series, February 2008), art by Scott Neely

A Hanna-Barbera Christmas, Day 10: Headline: Four meddling kids and a dog discovered with their heads bitten off

Cover of Scooby-Doo #43 (DC series, February 2001)

A Hanna-Barbera Christmas, Day 7: I promise you this is the final appearance of Scrappy-Doo in this feature

Cover of Scooby-Doo #6 (Archie series, March 1996), pencils by Scott Jeralds, inks by Scott Awley

A Hanna-Barbera Christmas, Day 5: I promise you there will only be one more appearance of Scrappy-Doo in this feature

Front and back covers of Exciting Christmas Stories with Scooby-Doo and Friends (Peter Pan Records, 1978)

A Hanna-Barbera Christmas, Day 2: That Snow Ghost

Cover of Scooby-Doo #103 (DC series, February 2006), art by Joe Staton

Hellmouth: Hanna-Barbera, Night 31

Cover of Scooby-Doo (DC 1977 series) #113 (December 2006

There you go...another month of Hellmouth Halloween covers! Where will the Hellmouth land next year...Gotham City? The Smurf Village? Springfield? Or maybe...your town? Bwah-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha! We'll see you then!

Hellmouth: Hanna-Barbera, Night 28

Cover of Scooby-Doo #153 (April 2010), pencils and inks by Vincent Deporter

Another spine-tingling Countdown to Halloween site to visit: Toyriffic presents Halloween-themed Hot Wheels cars, action figures, cartoons and other cool creepy stuff! (And don't forget to check out the whole graveyard of ghoulish Countdown to Halloween features!)

Hellmouth: Hanna-Barbera, Night 24

Cover of Scooby-Doo, Where Are You? (Charlton 1975 series) #7 (April 1976), pencils and inks by Bill Williams

Another spine-tingling Countdown to Halloween site to visit: I-Mockery.com has a cornucopia of Halloween-related products and merchandise for us to gape in astonishment at, not to mention a proposal suggestion for the most fantastic Doritos chip ever, "Hallo Cheese" flavored Halloween Doritos!! Let's get a Kickstarter going for this flavor! (And don't forget to check out the whole graveyard of ghoulish Countdown to Halloween features!)

Hellmouth: Hanna-Barbera, Night 18

Cover of Scooby-Doo Mystery Comics (Gold Key/Whitman 1973 series) #20 (August 1973), pencils and inks by Dan Spiegle

Another spine-tingling Countdown to Halloween site to visit: Collecting Candy...a subject near and dear to my heart! (And tummy!) Here you'll find spooky Halloween candy and bubble gum, and today you'll find a few installment of Wacky Wednesdays, featuring Halloween Wacky Packages! I love those things! (And don't forget to check out the whole graveyard of ghoulish Countdown to Halloween features!)

Hellmouth: Hanna-Barbera, Night 12

Cover of Scooby-Doo (DC series) #46 (May 2001), pencils by Joe Staton, inks by Dave Hunt

Another spine-tingling Countdown to Halloween site to visit: Cinema du Meep has 31 Days Of October Terror Images! Be sure to look away when you click through to the blog! Oh wait, that kind of defeats the whoel point. Then STAR INTO THE FACE OF EVIL with stills from thirty-one frightful films! Arroooo! (And don't forget to check out the whole graveyard of ghoulish Countdown to Halloween features!)