Quote from: invisifan on May 21, 2016, 12:38:40 PM

Quote from: DeCarlo Rules on May 21, 2016, 02:14:48 AM
Not all other companies are equal. I see vast differences in the publishing philosophies of Marvel & DC, Image and IDW and Dark Horse. Interestingly, DC is currently rebooting a bunch of Hanna-Barbera properties (Scooby-Doo Apocalypse, The Flintstones, Wacky Raceland) that seem to be informed by the same sensibilities as Archie's various retakes on its classic characters. I don't see IDW doing the same sort of Archie reboot that ACP is doing.

Marvel (who I love in general) would be a terrible fit for ACP — they would primarily be interested in the horror & dark circle lines and might continue an improved version of the reboot to see if it was marketable, but notice that after the initial hype even the "Star Wars" material there us being quietly phased out ...
   DC has a long history with the Dark Circle & other heroes — even tried to integrate them into the DCU at one point before the licensing agreements came apart ... those and the Horror titles might be shunted to Vertigo (and better treated) or introduced to their main line (which they've stsated will no longer be as concerned with continuity if the story is good ... 
   Image ... will never happen — they publish creator own material that they consider worthwhile — ACP is the antithesis of creator owned ...
   Dark Horse & IDW have a history with ACP on several levels and with the various types of material ACP publishes, from classic to reboot, horror and superhero, so either might be a good fit if they were willing and the finances could be worked out ...

I agree to a point, but IDW has more experience publishing all ages titles. The trick here is to market classic Archie to both nostalgic adults and to parental units willfully encouraging and sharing the comic book experience with their kids. Apart from the "Itty Bitty" titles by Art Baltazar, DH has little experience. Should they get hold of it, I'd be afraid they'd be more interested and inclined to expanding the Archie Horror titles into a mini-imprint ala ARCHIE VS PREDATOR.

Quote from: Chic Cooper on May 21, 2016, 01:50:39 AM
Well, we already have Mark Waid & Ryan North & soon Adam Hughes writing/drawing Archie comics so how would it be different from another company exactly? These are the people from the other companies.

I was talking about the classic style Archie stories, if another company put out Archie I think they'd at least try to start with that.

Quote from: DeCarlo Rules on May 20, 2016, 05:17:06 PMMark Waid pushed for a Batman '66/Archie team-up, but it's hard for me to imagine how that would work. I'm not feeling the vibe between those two.

He might have been thinking a Batman '66/Pureheart-Super Teen-Captain Hero plot, which would work just fine.

That would work.

Quote from: Chic Cooper on May 22, 2016, 04:38:17 PM

Quote from: DeCarlo Rules on May 20, 2016, 05:17:06 PMMark Waid pushed for a Batman '66/Archie team-up, but it's hard for me to imagine how that would work. I'm not feeling the vibe between those two.

He might have been thinking a Batman '66/Pureheart-Super Teen-Captain Hero plot, which would work just fine.

I'd buy that!

Not if it was the Disney Octopus.
Nor Marvel.

Quote from: Captain Jetpack on May 23, 2016, 07:24:36 AM
Not if it was the Disney Octopus.
Nor Marvel.

Same octopus, different tentacle. 

If another company would be willing to put out new material in the classic style I'd definitely read that.