DC Comics is doing new versions of The Flintstones, Johnny Quest, Scooby Doo, Wacky Races

[Marsden]

Well, I'll be skipping the Scooby. Minor complaints, but Fred's face is too fat for his body, Shaggy looks like Robin Hood, and Velma has no eyes like Professor Farnsworth.
Those emojis of Scooby's are undecipherable. The rog talk is still needed, but even so, he's talking before they give him that, which doesn't really seem all that original, anyway.


Moving to the Wacky Races, they are changed, but what they are changed to looks so cliché of other things, I'd hardly call this an original concept. I can think of many places, from Mad Max to the Cursed Earth of 2000A.D. (outside of Mega City One) that these guys would be right at home, not even particularly that interesting there, either.

Sorry, I'd just realized I've shown up to complain, not trying to dissuade anyone from the new things, I usually like to try to say something not completely negative.

 

[B.J.]

I believe that dog in the first panel is supposed to resemble Dynomutt.

 

[Admiral2]

I believe that dog in the first panel is supposed to resemble Dynomutt.

More like the hound from Clue Club...

 

[JD]

CBR has a preview up for Future Quest.

 

[B.J.]

The outfits for Jan & Jayce look different in the two covers they're shown on. The last one is similar to their original look, while the wrap-around has a slightly different design.

 

[Admiral2]

I'm in. That looks like Space Ghost's origin story in that preview...

 

[STEPhon IT]

I'm struggling to figure out who's the readership for this venture?

DC should be channeling on cartoon programs targeting kids are watching today instead of a reader-base which is declining rapidly.

 

[JD]

Comics readers who grew up watching the cartoons, or people who know of the cartoons but aren't necessarily familiar with them.

 

[Admiral2]

Comics readers who grew up watching the cartoons,

Namely me, STEPhon IT. You got a problem with that?

 

[JD]

IGN has reviewed Future Quest #1. It sounds like the Hanna-Barbera comics are off to a good start here.
Fun personal little factoid: According to my mother, my grandmother actually went out on a date with Joseph Barbera, and apparently she thought he had a lot of weird ideas about television.

 

[Zaku]

Wrong Winged Superhero Guy, DC Comics

Hawks are a kind of bird, yes. But Birdman and Hawkman are not the same character. This seems like something DC Comics should probably know.

Whoever’s in charge of DC Comics’ twitter account just messed up when they sent this tweet promoting the launch of Future Quest—a new series that teams up old-school Hanna-Barbera characters—which refers to Birdman as Hawkman. They both have wings but there are important differences:

Birdman

• needs the sun to recharge his powers
• shoots solar beams
• talks to one bird

Hawkman (Silver Age Version)

• needs Nth metal wings and belt to fly
  
• uses ancient weapons to fuck shit up
  
• talks to all birds

 

[Admiral2]

IGN has reviewed Future Quest #1. It sounds like the Hanna-Barbera comics are off to a good start here.
Fun personal little factoid: According to my mother, my grandmother actually went out on a date with Joseph Barbera, and apparently she thought he had a lot of weird ideas about television.

I'm encouraged by this review...

 

[Admiral2]

Future Quest #1 is out and I have read it. Liking it so far. The art's good but not great, and there are too many damn DC rebirth ads (at least in the digital version), but it managed to include Palm Key, Dr. Zin, Birdman and Space Ghost, so I'm all in.

 

[JD]

IGN has reviewed the first issue of Scooby Apocalypse, and they did not like it. They gave it a 4.6 out of 10, and said:

Scooby Apocalypse is not a good Scooby-Doo adaptation. It takes the source material far too seriously and builds a needlessly complicated post-apocalyptic sci-fi tale on that foundation. But even if you judge this book strictly on its own merits and not in the context of the Scooby stories that have come before, the book simply isn't very memorable. It focuses too much energy on world-building without actually offering readers a reason to become engaged with the characters.

I had been trying to be optimistic with this one, but unless it gets a much more positive reaction from other people, I'll probably be skipping it. Hopefully Flintstones will be better since that's the one of these I've been anticipating the most.

 

[Admiral2]

I just can't get past the handlebar moustache they gave Shaggy. There are lots of things wrong with the entire concept, but that damned moustache kills me every time I see this image. All it does is make me ask "why?"

 

[S.Gallagher]

Some of the "Scooby Apocalypse" interior art I've seen reminds me of Judge Dredd, (which I like), but in a different way than "Wacky Raceland", if that makes sense!

 

[Admiral2]

Some of the "Scooby Apocalypse" interior art I've seen reminds me of Judge Dredd, (which I like), but in a different way than "Wacky Raceland", if that makes sense!

Will you give Future Quest a go, S?

 

[S.Gallagher]

H'm - not looking like it...............

 

[publiusr]

Wrong Winged Superhero Guy, DC Comics

Yeah--Birdman's a lawyer played by Keaton...

 

[JD]

Haha, oops.