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Post by Deleted on Jul 9, 2018 21:46:22 GMT -5
News about Archie Comics. The Archie title will revert to it's "legacy" numbers with #699 recapping the New Riverdale series , then #700 starting with the new creative team of Nick Spencer & Marguerite Sauvage. Also a new Betty & Veronica series. Archie #700 |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 9, 2018 22:18:47 GMT -5
I hope it will be good -- but, the art is little on the weak side and I'm concerned about it -- I saw the picture of Veronica and Betty and I'm okay with it; but its seems a bit plain to me. If the writing is good to excellent -- I've can ignore it completely. I'll definitely check this out and thanks for sharing it.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 23, 2020 20:12:34 GMT -5
It looks like the New Riverdale direction is done after 5 years. #713 was solicited before Covid and other than Sabrina there has been no new Archie New Riverdale titles solicited through Oct 2020.
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Post by shaxper on Jul 24, 2020 11:55:56 GMT -5
That's one hideous cover:  I've checked out a few sites discussing this, including The Official Archie Site itself, and I'm not clear on what makes it a brand new era beyond abandoning the previous direction. I got into (classic) Archie after the franchise had already moved away from the classic direction and would love to be excited about buying new Archie each month, but I'm not seeing what I'm supposed to be excited about here. |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 24, 2020 12:57:53 GMT -5
I liked the Waid written stories better than the stories written by Spencer. The art fluctuated in quality. I enjoyed the Jughead series the most.
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Post by Crimebuster on Aug 5, 2020 8:34:10 GMT -5
As usual, the Jughead series was better than Archie.
The "new direction" beginning in #700 was to make the series more like the show Riverdale. The characters began to be drawn more like the show, and there were mystery plotlines as well — I think Reggie's dad had vanished and Jughead and Reggie were investigating the weird mystery behind it. Jughead in particular was done more like the show.
It wasn't great, I liked the Waid stuff a little better. I didn't mind the stuff with Archie himself — having him date Sabrina was kind of an interesting twist, though frankly Sabrina has (and has always had) more chemistry with Jughead in his series. They also brought in Katy Keene, just to make it clear that the comic was now tied into every Archie TV show in existence.
All of Archie's floppy titles were struggling, and it wouldn't surprise me if they were losing money on all of them. My hope is that after the pandemic ends, they'll at least relaunch Archie again to keep the flagship going. I mean, a Jughead series would be even better, but there doesn't seem to be support for that unfortunately.
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Post by steveinthecity on Aug 18, 2020 12:16:56 GMT -5
Without thinking on it too much, One anthology title(like Pep) with several features done in the classic style would give the brand and different characters continued exposure.
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Post by shaxper on Aug 18, 2020 12:38:58 GMT -5
It's amazing they got as much mileage as they did out of the basic approach of "Archie + shock value". Looks like it's finally becoming tedious. I tried to get into a few of the horror titles - Judghead the Hunger and Vampironica, and I found both utterly lacking in execution. You can only sell a comic on premise and covers for so long.
Fortunately, there's SO MUCH vintage stuff that I will never run out of quality Archie stories to read. I don't particularly care what happens to the company in 2020, but they've sure got their work cut out for them.
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Post by brutalis on Aug 19, 2020 2:34:29 GMT -5
It's amazing they got as much mileage as they did out of the basic approach of "Archie + shock value". Looks like it's finally becoming tedious. I tried to get into a few of the horror titles - Judghead the Hunger and Vampironica, and I found both utterly lacking in execution. You can only sell a comic on premise and covers for so long. Fortunately, there's SO MUCH vintage stuff that I will never run out of quality Archie stories to read. I don't particularly care what happens to the company in 2020, but they've sure got their work cut out for them. Have to agree with you Shax. I have bought many of the new Archie titles since the change and NONE have staying power. They have a "unique" idea or initial concept as a jump on to grab your attention and yet if not for the history and classic characters being so well known, NONE of these newer series would even exist. They all "play" off already existing concepts, only trying to be updated for modern tastes to make sales. The reason Archie comics always sell is they are ETERNAL and ICONIC in capturing the essence of the times for ANY youth. All they are doing these days is to essentially SHRINK the potential readership. How well is dark, horror or adult relationshops of teens going to sell to future readers? The great part of Archie is they are humorous touchstones of every moment in the time they were created. I truly love seeing the gang joking around and living life as teens laughing in the face of reality. I have enjoyed seeing the TWISTS of late, but these same stories we are seeing now as INDIVIDUAL series would have been in the past short stories in the overall ongoing comics. Which would make Archie comics much more "collectable" in the long run and probably less immediately profitable for the company. Personally I would rather see a funny and silly Jughead the Hunger with a story every so often appearing as Caveman Archie and the gang did under Harry Lucey. Vampironica isn't anything new, she is just playing off the more adult, sexier, bloodier horror for a quick sale. Sabrina was sold as the good witch playing off the idea witches are evil and now she is right in the thick of it as an almost anti-hero of sorts. Gimme the silly, fun, happier group any day please. A return to basics is more likely to keep Archie comics lasting. That is what always carried Archie through as NEW young readers are born every day and older adult collectors are fewer every day... |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 19, 2020 10:12:59 GMT -5
News about Archie Comics. The Archie title will revert to it's "legacy" numbers with #699 recapping the New Riverdale series , then #700 starting with the new creative team of Nick Spencer & Marguerite Sauvage. Also a new Betty & Veronica series. Archie #700I’ve never read an Archie comic. As you may well know more than me, do you think they’ll stick with the legacy numbering? I found it embarrassing when Marvel reverted back to legacy numbering but didn’t make it last (it must have lasted a year or less). |
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Post by steveinthecity on Aug 22, 2020 5:07:43 GMT -5
News about Archie Comics. The Archie title will revert to it's "legacy" numbers with #699 recapping the New Riverdale series , then #700 starting with the new creative team of Nick Spencer & Marguerite Sauvage. Also a new Betty & Veronica series. Archie #700I’ve never read an Archie comic. As you may well know more than me, do you think they’ll stick with the legacy numbering? I found it embarrassing when Marvel reverted back to legacy numbering but didn’t make it last (it must have lasted a year or less). No. If they keep publishing the single issues, at some point they’re going to want the news, social media buzz, and freshness that a #1 seems to bring along with it. |
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