[2] She said that "comics are so segregated now" and that she wanted to create something that both young readers and adults could enjoy.

[2] She decided to create something with a Halloween theme after looking for a Halloween-themed children's book for her niece and not finding anything that she liked.

[3] Thompson does the interiors as well as the covers for Scary Godmother, and she said that planning ahead and meeting deadlines can be a challenge.

The first, Scary Godmother: Halloween Spooktakular, premiered on television in Europe, Latin America, Australia, and Canada in 2003.

[1] However, the mostly static backgrounds used in the film more closely resemble traditional cel animation or the illustrations in Thompson's books.