Review: Scooby-Doo! Where Are You? #100
[Editor’s Note: This review may contain spoilers]
Writer: Jack Briglio and Sholly Fisch
Artists: Roberto Barrios, Walter Carzon and Dave Alvarez
Colors:Â Heroic Age and Silvana Brys
Letters:Â Travis Lanham and Saida Temofonte
Reviewed by: Carl Bryan
Summary
What better way to celebrate Scooby’s anniversary issue of Scooby Doo! Where Are You? #100 than by going back to where it all began for him – dog obedience school? But there was school alumnus even more famous than Scooby – Ring Ding Ding, canine movie star from over 70 years ago. So why is the ghost of Ring Ding Ding haunting Scooby’s reunion? And how is the gang going to put a phantom dog on a leash?
And what’s this? There is a new gang in town. Does the 100th issue mean a conclusion for Scooby and the Gang? It’s Secrets Unlimited – a new reality series crew with Snookie Loo and her supply of Snookie Snacks?
Positives
Scooby-Doo Where Are You? has finally found a great addition to its formula. Both Poochiversity and Secrets Unlimited are pretty topical in addressing high school reunions and reality TV series. I love the high brow humor as the gang visits sets like “What You Won’t Do!” or “Last Person Standing”.
Jack Briglio and Sholly Fisch both pen some funny stories and provide some fresh adventure for Scooby and the Gang to explore. Considering this cartoon has been around since 1969 (ahem….fifty years), it takes great writing to make the Scooby formula fresh – both Briglio and Fisch do it! And I love the fact that Rin Tin Tin is paid homage to as he is from 70 years ago, so kudos to them for doing their homework!
The art work is to be commended as Scooby never looked better and more familiar. And as Secrets Unlimited provide an “update” of sorts to the formula (Shaggy versus Snaps), we still crave our “darn kids”!
This is the 100th issue. That doesn’t happen much! Congrats to DC for keeping Scooby alive and well for more generations!
Negatives
None here! It’s the 100th issue with two solid stories that are both fun and topical.
Verdict
I think it is great that DC is carrying a line for it’s junior audiences. Scooby-Doo, Where Are You?, Scooby-Doo Team-Up, Looney Tunes and Teen Titans Go! It’s great as a parent to see that kids have a place to go for some fun and some challenging reading and sleuth skills. And the artists make these characters so “traceable” that you can see how these books become the building blocks to a new age of fans, artists, and writers!
