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Benito Cereno posted:Spoilered for gross: Sounds like typical marital sex to me, man.
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So the Archie comics thread was archived because of lack of activity. Can anyone articulate what the gently caress is going on with that company? Like, I picked up this years B&V Christmas double digest and what the gently caress books do they still have running now? Just Archie?  Is Archie Comics dying despite Riverdale putting new eyeballs on the brand?
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Dec 5, 2017 06:52
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Basically, yeah. Despite putting out surprisingly good experimental stuff and having a massively successful televised tie-in, their comic sales are in the gutter. Have been for a while, really. Even Sonic finally died, thank god.
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Dec 5, 2017 07:49
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I'm really shocked their sales are so low considering the reboots quality is pretty up there for me. Certainly better than New 52 and most of what Marvel has been doing. So if Archie Comics dies, who is most likely to buy them? Warner Brothers because of the CW ties?
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Dec 5, 2017 08:06
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Himuro posted:I'm really shocked their sales are so low considering the reboots quality is pretty up there for me. The 90s have taught me that these two things are largely unrelated.
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Dec 5, 2017 09:12
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I blame Ken Penders. Is his still trying to make his ORIGINAL FANFIC DO NOT STEAL into a thing?
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Dec 5, 2017 11:29
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Checking the Archie site you can currently subscribe to: Riverdale Archie Betty & Veronica: Vixens The Archies Archie & Me Comics Digest (reprints) Archie Comics Digest (reprints) Betty & Veronica Comics Digest (reprints) World of Archie Comics Digest (reprints) B & V Friends Comics Digest (reprints) Riverdale Digest (reprints) Cosmo The Mighty Crusaders Jughead: The Hunger Chilling Adventures of Sabrina Afterlife With Archie So six new comics that at least seem to be shipping regularly (at the moment), a bunch of reprint collections, and three ongoings that ship a combined four issues a year maybe.
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Dec 5, 2017 14:43
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Himuro posted:I'm really shocked their sales are so low considering the reboots quality is pretty up there for me. Certainly better than New 52 and most of what Marvel has been doing. So if Archie Comics dies, who is most likely to buy them? Warner Brothers because of the CW ties? New 52 was 6 years and 2 reboots ago man. Your terminology needs an update.
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Dec 5, 2017 14:45
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And there's an Archie Humble Bundle with a bunch of the new books right now, which I grabbed instantly. And I am psyched about the Netflix Sabrina TV based on the newer, darker Sabrina.
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Dec 5, 2017 16:21
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Aphrodite posted:New 52 was 6 years and 2 reboots ago man. Your terminology needs an update. Hahaha, I'm sorry, I don't follow DC. Endless Mike posted:Checking the Archie site you can currently subscribe to: So what happened to the other Jughead title? Jupiter Jazz fucked around with this message at 17:50 on Dec 5, 2017 |
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Dec 5, 2017 17:44
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After a year away from comics I'm gonna try to get back in. Going back to my old pull lists can someone tell me what of these comics are worth catching up on/still ongoing? BATMAN GREEN ARROW NIGHTWING SUPERMAN TRINITY ALL NEW WOLVERINE BLACK PANTHER CAPTAIN AMERICA SAM WILSON DEADPOOL INFAMOUS IRON MAN JESSICA JONES HELLCAT SILK THANOS UNBEATABLE SQUIRREL GIRL UNCANNY INHUMANS SHADE THE CHANGING GIRL AVENGERS NOW CHAMPIONS DEADPOOL AND THE MERCS FOR MONEY FOOLKILLER OCCUPY AVENGERS SPIDER-WOMAN UNWORTHY THOR ULTIMATES CAPTAIN MARVEL SPIDER-GWEN TOTALLY AWESOME HULK GWENPOOL MIGHTY THOR NEW SUPER MAN WONDER WOMAN DOOM PATROL BIRDS OF PREY ALL STAR BATMAN DETECTIVE COMICS BATGIRL loving hell I pulled a lot of loving comics. Also how are the line wide crossovers since September 2016? I stopped reading mid-CWII, but how was Death of X and whatever line-wide crossovers DC has had? Basically I'm trying to get back in after a year away but want to cut down my backlog to be more manageable to catch up while including any new stuff that launched in the meantime that's good. I'm also trying to avoid spending time reading lines that were cancelled or end unsatisfyingly so I can get caught up more quickly. But yeah.
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Dec 6, 2017 20:33
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Lick! The! Whisk! posted:[...] All-Star Batman and Unworthy Thor concluded (in a good way) and Gwenpool is getting cancelled soon. Champions and Captain America: Sam Wilson aren't really worth catching up on because they got really bad really fast. Superman, Nightwing, Spider-Gwen, and Mighty Thor are all still quite good. I can't comment on the rest because I don't read them.  Don't worry about any of Marvel's recent events. Civil War 2, Death of X, IvX and Secret Empire were all pretty wretched. Night of the Monster Men was a pretty cool DC event that is worth checking out. JordanKai fucked around with this message at 20:51 on Dec 6, 2017 |
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Dec 6, 2017 20:43
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Lick! The! Whisk! posted:After a year away from comics I'm gonna try to get back in. Going back to my old pull lists can someone tell me what of these comics are worth catching up on/still ongoing? quote:Also how are the line wide crossovers since September 2016? I stopped reading mid-CWII, but how was Death of X and whatever line-wide crossovers DC has had?
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Dec 6, 2017 20:48
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Has DC had no line-wide events? Also is it safe to just read the individual lines without reading the crossovers and still get it? Like I heard that Secret Empire sucked poo poo and Nick Spencer revealed himself to be a gigantic loving piece of garbage over the past year so I don't want to read his bullshit but will I be completely lost if I don't?
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Dec 6, 2017 20:54
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Lick! The! Whisk! posted:After a year away from comics I'm gonna try to get back in. Going back to my old pull lists can someone tell me what of these comics are worth catching up on/still ongoing? Those ones I know for sure. As for crossovers they're mostly forgettable. Marvel had none of interest, Lazarus Contract and Superman Reborn were both terrible. The Button is fun for what it is if you're interested in the Watchmen stuff. Doomsday Clock is too early to call but I thought the first issue was good for a major event comic. Dark Nights: Metal ranges from fun to edgy garbage.
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Dec 6, 2017 20:56
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What about any new lines that started between when I quit and now? Like, is the new hawkeye ongoing good? Etc
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Dec 6, 2017 21:26
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Lick! The! Whisk! posted:What about any new lines that started between when I quit and now? Like, is the new hawkeye ongoing good? Etc The new Hawkeye is really good.
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Dec 6, 2017 22:53
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Lick! The! Whisk! posted:What about any new lines that started between when I quit and now? Like, is the new hawkeye ongoing good? Etc Super Sons is real good if you like Damian and Jon. Bug: The Adventures of Forager is great 4th World stuff, and Mister Miracle is all around fantastic. From Marvel, Black Bolt has been a surprise hit, Runaways is genuinely great, and Hawkeye, Peter Parker: The Spectacular Spider-Man, All-New Guardians of the Galaxy, The Defenders, Iceman, and X-Men Blue are pretty good roo.
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Dec 6, 2017 22:57
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Lick! The! Whisk! posted:What about any new lines that started between when I quit and now? Like, is the new hawkeye ongoing good? Etc Black Bolt, Mister Miracle.
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Dec 6, 2017 23:02
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Wait New runaways... is good? Huh?
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Dec 6, 2017 23:03
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Don't read any of Geoff Johns Takes A Dump On Watchmen
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Dec 6, 2017 23:03
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Lightning Lord posted:Don't read any Geoff Johns
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Wait Geoff Johns writes the Watchmen crossover? Yeah gently caress that then. Also I thought he was retired from comics writing.
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Dec 6, 2017 23:09
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Lick! The! Whisk! posted:Wait Geoff Johns writes the Watchmen crossover? Yeah gently caress that then. Also I thought he was retired from comics writing. He didn't write The Button but he's writing Doomsday Clock and is nominally plotting the whole thing.
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Dec 6, 2017 23:12
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If Marvel hadn't just gone through with Secret Empire, then I'm pretty confident the reaction to Doomsday Clock would be significantly worse here and everywhere else.
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Dec 6, 2017 23:13
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It's at "shatter people's kneecaps" levels for me.
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Dec 6, 2017 23:34
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I mean, it's one issue in right now? I didn't think it was all that bad.
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Dec 6, 2017 23:37
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It's probably going to end with Rorschach joining the JLA, isn't it?
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Dec 6, 2017 23:39
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It's terrible as a sequel to Watchmen, but as an event comic it's not all that bad. I'm mostly just reading it out of curiosity than because I think it's really good.
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Dec 6, 2017 23:39
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I haven't read it. Does Geoff Johns write in his own style or does he try to emulate Alan Moore?
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Dec 6, 2017 23:41
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It's real bad, and it's going to get worse. It's Civil War II, but if Civil War actually was what people who hold it in high esteem think it is
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Dec 6, 2017 23:43
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Wheat Loaf posted:I haven't read it. Does Geoff Johns write in his own style or does he try to emulate Alan Moore? More the latter than anything else. It's weird. On a positive note, I think I would like to meet Geoff Johns at some point. Seems like a nice guy.
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I would like to meet Johns too, I wonder what someone who has the cast iron balls to actually go forward with Hamlet 2 is like
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Dec 6, 2017 23:45
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Roth posted:If Marvel hadn't just gone through with Secret Empire, then I'm pretty confident the reaction to Doomsday Clock would be significantly worse here and everywhere else. DC still wouldn't have been people talking about event fatigue, and (so far) it looks like Doomsday Clock is going to be fairly self-contained and not run roughshod over the entire line.
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Dec 6, 2017 23:46
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Wheat Loaf posted:I haven't read it. Does Geoff Johns write in his own style or does he try to emulate Alan Moore? Most of the first issue was written from Rorschach's perspective and does a pretty embarrassing imitation of it. Tbf they might actually be going somewhere with that since it's some kind of new Rorschach, but it's more likely incompetence.
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Dec 6, 2017 23:47
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I would hang out out and eat cereal with Geoff Johns and when he had a mouth full of apple jacks or whatever I would punch him square in gut and make him spit milk everywhere
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Dec 6, 2017 23:48
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Doctor Spaceman posted:DC still wouldn't have been people talking about event fatigue, and (so far) it looks like Doomsday Clock is going to be fairly self-contained and not run roughshod over the entire line. Nah, but I think people would be more bothered by the concept if Nazi Cap didn't make it look look tame in comparison.
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Dec 6, 2017 23:51
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Roth posted:Nah, but I think people would be more bothered by the concept if Nazi Cap didn't make it look look tame in comparison. You mean here or in general? The mouthbreathing contingent of comics readers think its some kind of sick own on that beard guy who said mean things about superhero comics
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Lightning Lord posted:You mean here or in general? The mouthbreathing contingent of comics readers think its some kind of sick own on that beard guy who said mean things about superhero comics In general, but I suppose I'm mainly going off my own circle of friends since a lot of us have said something similar.
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