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What comics & books do you like that not Archie related?

Started by BettyReggie, April 30, 2016, 10:34:12 PM

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DeCarlo Rules

#30
Quote from: daren on May 03, 2016, 04:02:12 AM
I have a complex about reading superhero stuff in public that I don't have about Archie, maybe Im just paranoid about looking like a loser fanboy and people associsate superhero comics with that instead of Archie stuff. And everyone knows superhero comics suck up all your time and money because of all the continuities so in additioin to looking like a loser you look like a loser in hock to Marvel and Image...I know it's stupid, everyone should just read what they want.  :)


And yet hundreds of thousands of people spend millions of dollars seeing Batman and Avengers movies. And let's not forget Star Wars. But if you READ it instead of see it on a theater screen (or stream it on your computer) then you're a LOSER. Oh yeah, clearly the moviegoer is the owner of superior genomes.

Archiecomicxfan215

Quote from: DeCarlo Rules on May 05, 2016, 12:12:53 PM
Quote from: Archiecomicxfan215 on May 05, 2016, 10:48:34 AM
Same strip :) . Apparently thats how Luann was drawn as a preteen/teenager in middle school/ early high school years

Currently Luann is a college student


It's not just that she's gotten older and so the story material has changed according to her interests as a college student. The entire style and type of humor seems different (but the old strip seems pretty dated compared to newer newspaper comic strips). I was interested to see that the same cartoonist, Greg Evans, is drawing it now (and owns it, according to his copyright notice - I see he incorporated himself) as when it first started, so he obviously make the decision himself to give his creation a complete makeover. Does it still appear in any newspapers, or is that a thing of the past now?
It appears in the local paper in my city, the Staten Island Advance. Not sure if it appear in others

Mr.Lodge

Quote from: daren on May 03, 2016, 04:02:12 AM
I have a complex about reading superhero stuff in public that I don't have about Archie, maybe Im just paranoid about looking like a loser fanboy and people associsate superhero comics with that instead of Archie stuff. And everyone knows superhero comics suck up all your time and money because of all the continuities so in additioin to looking like a loser you look like a loser in hock to Marvel and Image...I know it's stupid, everyone should just read what they want.  :)
Interesting and ironic. I said something similar upthread and I got smited and savaged for it.  >:(

I guess it proves and validates what I said earlier.  ;D

DeCarlo Rules

Quote from: Mr.Lodge on May 05, 2016, 05:47:41 PM
Quote from: daren on May 03, 2016, 04:02:12 AM
I have a complex about reading superhero stuff in public that I don't have about Archie, maybe Im just paranoid about looking like a loser fanboy and people associsate superhero comics with that instead of Archie stuff. And everyone knows superhero comics suck up all your time and money because of all the continuities so in additioin to looking like a loser you look like a loser in hock to Marvel and Image...I know it's stupid, everyone should just read what they want.  :)
Interesting and ironic. I said something similar upthread and I got smited and savaged for it.  >:(

I guess it proves and validates what I said earlier.  ;D


Or it proves you haven't got the slightest idea of what you're talking about. Yes, you should celebrate the fact that you and people like you make others feel BAD about themselves.


Why not be proud about it? You feel validated? You disgust me.

irishmoxie

Quote from: Mr.Lodge on May 05, 2016, 05:47:41 PM
Quote from: daren on May 03, 2016, 04:02:12 AM
I have a complex about reading superhero stuff in public that I don't have about Archie, maybe Im just paranoid about looking like a loser fanboy and people associsate superhero comics with that instead of Archie stuff. And everyone knows superhero comics suck up all your time and money because of all the continuities so in additioin to looking like a loser you look like a loser in hock to Marvel and Image...I know it's stupid, everyone should just read what they want.  :)
Interesting and ironic. I said something similar upthread and I got smited and savaged for it.  >:(

I guess it proves and validates what I said earlier.  ;D

B-ko is that you?

Midge Klump

The comic I enjoy is from Pixie Trix Comix(Gisele) and it is Menage' a 3.

daren

Quote from: DeCarlo Rules on May 05, 2016, 12:42:40 PM
Here's a cartoon I found by accident on www.GoComics.com (Great for the discovery of new comic strips -- if you were stuck in the hospital for a month, you might have time to familiarize yourself with all of them.)


This one's from a strip called SCENES FROM A MULTIVERSE.



Here's another that's more typically my sense of humor from OFF THE MARK.



Here's another goodie... SAVAGE CHICKENS.



Why am I not getting the last one?

daren

Quote from: Mr.Lodge on May 05, 2016, 05:47:41 PM
Quote from: daren on May 03, 2016, 04:02:12 AM
I have a complex about reading superhero stuff in public that I don't have about Archie, maybe Im just paranoid about looking like a loser fanboy and people associsate superhero comics with that instead of Archie stuff. And everyone knows superhero comics suck up all your time and money because of all the continuities so in additioin to looking like a loser you look like a loser in hock to Marvel and Image...I know it's stupid, everyone should just read what they want.  :)
Interesting and ironic. I said something similar upthread and I got smited and savaged for it.  >:(

I guess it proves and validates what I said earlier.  ;D




Quote from: DeCarlo Rules on May 05, 2016, 01:01:14 PM
Quote from: daren on May 03, 2016, 04:02:12 AM
I have a complex about reading superhero stuff in public that I don't have about Archie, maybe Im just paranoid about looking like a loser fanboy and people associsate superhero comics with that instead of Archie stuff. And everyone knows superhero comics suck up all your time and money because of all the continuities so in additioin to looking like a loser you look like a loser in hock to Marvel and Image...I know it's stupid, everyone should just read what they want.  :)


And yet hundreds of thousands of people spend millions of dollars seeing Batman and Avengers movies. And let's not forget Star Wars. But if you READ it instead of see it on a theater screen (or stream it on your computer) then you're a LOSER. Oh yeah, clearly the moviegoer is the owner of superior genomes.




I dont know how I missed these posts earlier but let me explain I don't think reading superhero comics is anything to be ashamed of and I still do it sometimes. Fanboy is one of those words that has a way of ringing in your head you so I'm paranoid but like I said that's stupid. Superhero stories are awesome, the greatest mix of adventure, humor, drama, romance and sometimes social commentary, yeah, that's why they're clogging up the movie theaters now, and I like comics better than watching movies, reading and looking at art is better for your mind than zoning in front of some screen (not that I don't do that too). It was reading comics that made me try to learn to draw, I bet a lot of other fans would say that too, the only thing movies ever really made me accomplish is eating corn chips.  :P  Maybe comics cost money but you can always sell or donate them or borrow them from the library.

DeCarlo Rules


Quote from: daren on June 26, 2016, 03:05:55 AM
Why am I not getting the last one?

Star Wars joke. Boba Fett gets eaten when he falls into the sarlacc pit (it's later revealed that he escaped at the last moment).

DeCarlo Rules

#39
Quote from: daren on May 03, 2016, 04:02:12 AM
I have a complex about reading superhero stuff in public that I don't have about Archie, maybe Im just paranoid about looking like a loser fanboy and people associsate superhero comics with that instead of Archie stuff. And everyone knows superhero comics suck up all your time and money because of all the continuities so in additioin to looking like a loser you look like a loser in hock to Marvel and Image...I know it's stupid, everyone should just read what they want.  :)

QuoteAnd yet hundreds of thousands of people spend millions of dollars seeing Batman and Avengers movies. And let's not forget Star Wars. But if you READ it instead of see it on a theater screen (or stream it on your computer) then you're a LOSER. Oh yeah, clearly the moviegoer is the owner of superior genomes.

Quote from: daren on May 03, 2016, 04:02:12 AMI dont know how I missed these posts earlier but let me explain I don't think reading superhero comics is anything to be ashamed of and I still do it sometimes. Fanboy is one of those words that has a way of ringing in your head you so I'm paranoid but like I said that's stupid. Superhero stories are awesome, the greatest mix of adventure, humor, drama, romance and sometimes social commentary, yeah, that's why they're clogging up the movie theaters now, and I like comics better than watching movies, reading and looking at art is better for your mind than zoning in front of some screen (not that I don't do that too). It was reading comics that made me try to learn to draw, I bet a lot of other fans would say that too, the only thing movies ever really made me accomplish is eating corn chips.  :P  Maybe comics cost money but you can always sell or donate them or borrow them from the library.


I don't need to explain that I was being sarcastic, do I? I HATE it when people have some kind of attitude about feeling superior to others because of something as stupid as a person's choices of entertainment. It aggravates me even further when fans buy that kind of BS negatory attitude coming from others as if they "should" be ashamed about or something. If you enjoy something or believe in something, you gotta OWN it, and wear it like a second skin, not "change your colors" to blend into the background like some cowardly chameleon, or even worse, begin to believe in the crap they're selling you as having some basis in reality. Let your freak flag fly. Say it loud, you're fanboy and proud! If other people can't deal with it, screw them.

daren

Thanks De, I try.  :)



QuoteI don't need to explain that I was being sarcastic, do I?



Oh yeah that came through!

invisifan

#41
I just realized that I got "distracted" and never actually answered this thread. so current on-going series  ...

• Lazarus — global politics and social & genetic engineering in a dystopian near future (also great story and characters)
• PS238 — story of an elementary school for the children of superheroes and other lids with "abilities" — and the kids (and their teachers) trying to cope;  a great mix of serious and fun with more plot, continuity and characterization than anything from Marvel or DC, and likeable characters as well even a lot of the villains ... (also available as a web comic)
• Raven The Pirate Princess & Princeless — 2 series, 1 world, though you'd hardly know it most of the time ...
• Tomboy — Not for everyone ... psychotic bloody vengeance & gore in the manga magical girl tradition ...
• Invincible — superhero done right ...
• Paper Girls — time travel weirdness at its best ...

Probably more ... DC & Marvel also have some good stuff, but too much backstory/sidestory to recommend ...
And just FYI I wasn't expecting to like the first 2 ... with Lazarus I read an issue and dropped for months but when I went back and tried it again I was hooked ... some of them take an effort to get going ...

steveinthecity

#42
Quote from: DeCarlo Rules on May 05, 2016, 02:31:20 AM
Quote from: irishmoxie on May 04, 2016, 09:40:20 PM
At around $40 a pop that's quite a collection. How are the Popeye books? What made you want to get all 6? Are they the same as the reprinting of the classic comic they are doing monthly now? I read it occasionally.

There are three different series of Popeye hardcovers. The first (chronologically, in the history of the strip) is the 6-volume collection of books from Fantagraphics. Those reprint the entirety of original creator E.C. Segar's work on Popeye. Popeye was originally a quite minor character, introduced into the ongoing THIMBLE THEATER strip (whose main characters were Castor Oyl and his sister Olive, and her boyfriend Ham Gravy). He proved to be so popular with readers that he eventually took over the strip and became its star. Segar died relatively young (age 43) in 1938.

Bud Sagendorf was a teenager when he was recruited by Segar as an assistant, and later he became primarily responsible for the Popeye comic books, beginning in the late 1940s through the 1960s, while someone else took over the newspaper strip (eventually Sagendorf did get his shot at the more prestigious newspaper strip). It's the Sagendorf original Popeye comic books that are reprinted in IDW's ongoing Popeye Classic Comics (and those are later collected into hardcover volumes as well, published by IDW). I didn't even list those, although related, on my list (because they're not reprinted from the newspaper strips, but the comic books), but I highly recommend them. Comparing Segar's original Popeye strips with Sagendorf's comic books, you'll notice some differences. In between those two came the famous Fleischer Brothers Studio animated cartoon, which took some liberties with Segar's Popeye - and some of the animated cartoon elements were so popular and identified with the character that Sagendorf incorporated them into his comic book stories.

The final series of collected Popeye hardcovers are the much later strips by cartoonist Bobby London (these are collected in 2 volumes from IDW/LoAC in the horizontal format), done in the late 1980s. These update Popeye to make him topical (much like Archie, always keeping up with current trends) for the late 1980s - something that hadn't been done in the strip up to that time, and the results are quite funny, at least for anyone who can appreciate the topical references.
@irishmoxie- the E.C. Segar Popeye stuff is fantastic.  Never read any until last year.

Also a fan of older Ernie Bushmiller Nancy, any Peanuts, classic Blondie, and I'd give a thumbs up to 70's Hagar The Horrible, and older Beetle Bailey and Hi And Lois comic strips.

As for comic books, that's another list entirely.
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