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Post by Deleted on Nov 14, 2015 14:15:54 GMT -5
I've read my share as well. I read them too, but a collection, cmon.... I've got over 800 comics and 400 digests, deal with it.  |
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Post by Icctrombone on Nov 14, 2015 17:43:24 GMT -5
I read them too, but a collection, cmon.... I have a 1,000 page Archie digest from a year or two ago, collecting random issues from the 1940s up to the early 2010s. That's all the Archie I'll ever need to own. You've read one, you've kinda read 'em all.Thank you ! |
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Post by Reptisaurus! on Nov 14, 2015 18:21:58 GMT -5
I dunno... It seems like there's more variety to Archie plots than Marvel comics.
SPOILERS FOR EVERY SUPERHERO COMIC EVER!!
The villian almost defeats the hero but the hero comes back and wins.
Archie you can do sports stories, Archie vs. Ms. Grundy, Archie and his parents, Archie and girls. I remember Mark Waid (who was an editor at Archie a long time ago) talking about how you can actually get a lot of new stories with slight changes to the formula... Like pairing up Veronica and Jughead.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 14, 2015 18:42:33 GMT -5
If Archie's are unconsidered 'uncollectable' it suits me just fine. If they're pooled together and for sale I'll come nosing around.
I've got high grade bronze age issues for as low as 12c each when buying in fairly large lots.
I don't care if these will never be valuable books. They're adorable in their own way.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 14, 2015 21:32:03 GMT -5
Archie Comics are classic. I would say early Image stuff is the most uncollectable.
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Post by Icctrombone on Nov 15, 2015 7:12:39 GMT -5
I dunno... It seems like there's more variety to Archie plots than Marvel comics. SPOILERS FOR EVERY SUPERHERO COMIC EVER!! The villian almost defeats the hero but the hero comes back and wins. Archie you can do sports stories, Archie vs. Ms. Grundy, Archie and his parents, Archie and girls. I remember Mark Waid (who was an editor at Archie a long time ago) talking about how you can actually get a lot of new stories with slight changes to the formula... Like pairing up Veronica and Jughead. To their credit, Archie Comics has done other more serious stories and genres with their characters to add to their universe. But I can't imagine buying and keeping back issues to fill complete runs. |
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Post by Icctrombone on Nov 15, 2015 7:17:17 GMT -5
SPOILERS FOR EVERY SUPERHERO COMIC EVER!! The villian almost defeats the hero but the hero comes back and wins. Not quite. With the exception of a few books, there are different locales, supporting casts, cities, marital statuses that are subject to change. That doesn't really happen to the the world of Archie comics unless it's a "Elseworld" type of story. The Villian part of the Superhero genre is probably the most predictable, I'll grant you. |
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Post by wildfire2099 on Nov 15, 2015 7:53:27 GMT -5
I think the issue is it has to be something the non-comic reader recognizes. I'd agree that using 'Deathmate' or 'YOungblood' or even 'Chapel' would probably be better, but how many people are going to get that? I'm not going to debate the pros and cons of Archie (I've never really read any), but as a punch line it works.
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Post by Confessor on Nov 15, 2015 8:28:09 GMT -5
I remember Mark Waid (who was an editor at Archie a long time ago) talking about how you can actually get a lot of new stories with slight changes to the formula... Like pairing up Veronica and Jughead. That's true of any ensemble cast though. It's one of the pluses of working with a bigger central cast in fiction writing. |
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Post by Icctrombone on Nov 15, 2015 8:38:57 GMT -5
Now that I think of it, Archie has expanded their casts slightly with the gay character and that redhead.
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Post by shaxper on Nov 15, 2015 8:50:01 GMT -5
I think the issue is it has to be something the non-comic reader recognizes. Interestingly enough, I was thinking the exact opposite. If the layman can recognize it, that probably means it holds some significance to someone. You can still sell a Youngblood #1 by throwing it in a fifty cent bin. You can't do that with a comic nobody knows if the cover doesn't immediately grab their attention. |
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Post by MWGallaher on Nov 15, 2015 16:19:42 GMT -5
I think the issue is it has to be something the non-comic reader recognizes. I'd agree that using 'Deathmate' or 'YOungblood' or even 'Chapel' would probably be better, but how many people are going to get that? I'm not going to debate the pros and cons of Archie (I've never really read any), but as a punch line it works. I'd guess that the genuinely "least collectible" comic that's close to being a household name is Richie Rich. Harvey flooded the stands with a zillion different Richie Rich titles, and practically everyone who bought them treated them as disposable junk suitable for grubby, careless kiddies' hands. I doubt that any of the target audience was able to buy all of the Richie titles, so complete collections must be pretty uncommon. And unless a dealer got an impressively complete collection, the only hope they had of moving them was tossing 'em in the quarter bin, since no typical individual issue would be particularly prized over the others. |
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Post by shaxper on Nov 15, 2015 16:40:34 GMT -5
I doubt that any of the target audience was able to buy all of the Richie titles Irony savored. |
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Post by junkmonkey on Nov 21, 2015 19:04:07 GMT -5
It's not great comic art but it pleases me. Thanks for the help, guys.  Home by liam, on Flickr |
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Post by Gene on Nov 22, 2015 22:22:42 GMT -5
 This one has to be up there. |
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