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Post by Rob Allen on Jan 17, 2017 3:22:08 GMT -5
That's the real charm of Betty -- she's the best human being in that universe and no one seems to know it (sadly including Betty). Al Hartley knew it! His Spire Christian Comics in the 70s always showed Betty as the one who was on the right path.
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Post by Roquefort Raider on Jan 17, 2017 7:20:57 GMT -5
I always saw it as Archie being too good for Veronica but not good enough for Betty, whereas the social hierarchy of high school made it so that Archie only had a chance with Betty but thought Veronica was the better prize. That's the real charm of Betty -- she's the best human being in that universe and no one seems to know it (sadly including Betty). Jughead knows it! Well, usually, different writers and eras and all that. But he's usually the character who knows what's what. Absolutely! I was dismayed when the series Life with Archie didn't explore the possibility of a Betty-Jughead match. Thos two had a nice complicity going back in the day.
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Post by Nowhere Man on Jan 17, 2017 7:22:07 GMT -5
I never got the appeal of Archie. Reading the adventures of a bunch of otherwise well adjusted high-school kids just never appealed to me. There. I said it!
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Post by Trevor on Jan 17, 2017 7:48:09 GMT -5
I never got the appeal of Archie. Reading the adventures of a bunch of otherwise well adjusted high-school kids just never appealed to me. There. I said it! I get that, but have enjoyed all incarnations of Archie, even the Christian propaganda. But everyone should check out the recent Chilling Adventures of Sabrina. Great stuff.
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Post by adamwarlock2099 on Jan 17, 2017 9:28:10 GMT -5
I never got the appeal of Archie. Reading the adventures of a bunch of otherwise well adjusted high-school kids just never appealed to me. There. I said it! I never have either. I've picked up some random issues over the years just if the cover caught my eye, but it's just meh. Much like, outside of some great art or pretty gals, I'd never be interested in romance comics. It's bad enough romantic melodrama gets in superhero comics. No way I'd care to read an entire issue of it.
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Post by Nowhere Man on Jan 17, 2017 9:33:55 GMT -5
I never got the appeal of Archie. Reading the adventures of a bunch of otherwise well adjusted high-school kids just never appealed to me. There. I said it! I never have either. I've picked up some random issues over the years just if the cover caught my eye, but it's just meh. Much like, outside of some great art or pretty gals, I'd never be interested in romance comics. It's bad enough romantic melodrama gets in superhero comics. No way I'd care to read an entire issue of it. I think I have a bias against most "reality-based" high-school settings in comics. I don't mind romance in small doses in something like Spider-Man, but for the most part I was looking to escape from reality into fantasy worlds throughout junior high and high school. That said...I was a fan of Saved By the Bell as a teenager. Yeah. In my defense, Zack Morris was clearly a super-human, given his ability to stop time on a whim.
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Post by adamwarlock2099 on Jan 17, 2017 9:37:58 GMT -5
I never have either. I've picked up some random issues over the years just if the cover caught my eye, but it's just meh. Much like, outside of some great art or pretty gals, I'd never be interested in romance comics. It's bad enough romantic melodrama gets in superhero comics. No way I'd care to read an entire issue of it. I think I have a bias against most "reality-based" high-school settings in comics. I don't mind romance in small doses in something like Spider-Man, but for the most part I was looking to escape from reality into fantasy worlds throughout junior high and high school. That said...I was a fan of Saved By the Bell as a teenager. Yeah. In my defense, Zack Morris was clearly a super-human, given his ability to stop time on a whim. I'm pretty much the same way too. Why war comics, outside of supernatural stuff, never appealed to me either. Comics are escapism. Like booze. I don't want to face reality for a bit. :-)
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Post by brutalis on Jan 17, 2017 10:28:42 GMT -5
I think I have a bias against most "reality-based" high-school settings in comics. I don't mind romance in small doses in something like Spider-Man, but for the most part I was looking to escape from reality into fantasy worlds throughout junior high and high school. That said...I was a fan of Saved By the Bell as a teenager. Yeah. In my defense, Zack Morris was clearly a super-human, given his ability to stop time on a whim. I'm pretty much the same way too. Why war comics, outside of supernatural stuff, never appealed to me either. Comics are escapism. Like booze. I don't want to face reality for a bit. :-) Never collected or followed Archie comics in my youth. Would pick an issue up here and there if it caught my interest but had cousin's who had subscriptions and would read their copies when i visit. Now as an adult more than ever i consider Archie comics of the past and current as more escapism than ever. It is quite nice to read issues of the past with a sense of fun and whimsy within their own world which was supposed to promote showing there is more to life than the misery and pain we daily face. It might be a fictional world but damn if i wouldn't prefer the Archie world to the real world of today. And a world full of Dan DeCarlo and Harry Lucey ladies and gents is a pretty darn wonderful place to visit or live in!!!
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Post by Confessor on Jan 17, 2017 18:41:57 GMT -5
I had never even heard of or seen Archie comics prior to discovering this community back on the old CBR forum days. I was somewhat surprised to find out how popular and well known the characters are in America. I don't think Archie comics were reprinted over here in the UK and if the U.S. comics were ever sold here in the 70s or 80s, I never saw them.
These days, I have one of those 1000 page Archie digests that collects random stories from the '40s through to the 2000s and that's pretty much all the Archie I need. I do enjoy reading the stories, in so far as they are harmless escapism with endearing characters. But Archie will never be one of my all-time favourite series, even though I do enjoy reading it from time time.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 17, 2017 19:00:29 GMT -5
If I combine Archie comics and Archie digests I'll come up to about....oh....1800. Give or take a few dozen.
It's the one genre where I like the Golden-Age most of all.
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Post by Icctrombone on Jan 17, 2017 19:43:00 GMT -5
IT'S THE SAME STORY OVER AND OVER AGAIN !!!!!!!
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Post by Deleted on Jan 17, 2017 20:01:35 GMT -5
IT'S THE SAME STORY OVER AND OVER AGAIN !!!!!!! And....?
Some people like routine. Tradition. Familiar concepts.
Most sitcoms are the same handful of stories told over & over yet people like them.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 17, 2017 20:19:31 GMT -5
IT'S THE SAME STORY OVER AND OVER AGAIN !!!!!!! Deal with it.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 17, 2017 20:29:56 GMT -5
IT'S THE SAME STORY OVER AND OVER AGAIN !!!!!!! So was pretty much every Superman story through the silver and Bronze Age or any super-hero comic for that matter, just change the costume of the bad guy each issue and it's an infinite repeat loop, yet you collect and read those. Most American comic books that are ongoig are formulaic repeats of the same story over and over again with different window dressing. Archie is no better or worse than those, it just plays something different on it's repeat loop. -M
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Post by Phil Maurice on Jan 17, 2017 21:37:23 GMT -5
Eyeeeem. . .pretty sure Icc is being ironic. His avatar for one thing. . .
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