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What comics have you been reading?

Started by irishmoxie, March 30, 2016, 10:49:35 PM

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BettyReggie

#480
I only read it once but I'll try to read my digital copy it again tonight. I'm still waiting for my issue to come from www.archiecomics.com

DeCarlo Rules

#481
Thursday 7/28
B&V FRIENDS DOUBLE DIGEST #248 - This was a good one. Only one or two stories in here that I'd read before previously. Loved the lead story with Ethel at an open mic comedy night (and it was really nice to see new kids Chloe Mancuso and Carla Teal in a story, hanging out with B&V). There was another 10-page story in here starring Ethel too (Jughead was barely even in it, although she mentioned him several times), and it was a pretty good story. I think that the first Ethel solo story I've ever seen that wasn't a 1-page or 1/2-page gag strip. There were a lot of good stories in this one, and one that was particularly good, written by Kathleen Webb, titled "There's This Triangle", which was so well written it seemed almost like one of those early 1960s Frank Doyle stories where he used to do a little breakdown of the basic premise of the Archie/Betty/Veronica relationship, and in this one it gets a little meta with some 4th-wall breaking stuff. That really impressed me. I always thought Kathleen Webb was one of the better writers, but this story just raised my estimation of her, as far as the 1987-present ACP writers are concerned. I'd rate her just below Craig Boldman and Dan Parent overall, but this story could compare to one of the better ones by either of them.

Thursday/Friday
B&V FRIENDS JUMBO COMICS #250 - This is getting to be problem for me in general with any of the Jumbo digests, but there were quite a few stories in here that I'd read before. It was still a pretty good digest, though. Plenty of good stories even if I'd read maybe a half-dozen or more of them before. It was really nice to get a double dose of my fix of Josie stories with the previous issue together with this one. Both digests had Cheryl stories in them too, which is never a bad thing. I'd point out a few of the better stories in #250 but I don't have the digest here with me at the moment. There are a lot of summertime/beach stories, which I always look forward to at this time of year. The lead story, "The Perils of Pet Sitting" wasn't particularly noteworthy from a writing standpoint (Alex Simmons isn't one of my favorite ACP writers), but boy am I loving every single new story I see that's drawn by the Kennedy brothers. That is some stylish artwork. The Kennedys seem to be the most fashion-conscious of all the 21st century Archie artists (Dan P. is too, but mostly that shows more in his covers and pin-up/fashion pages rather than the stories themselves), and there's this one page where Veronica shows up in a brand-new outfit (it's the first panel on the page, and it takes up an entire third of the page) and she looks absolutely stunning in her ensemble as drawn by the Kennedys. But whether the characters are dressed casually or dressed to impress, the Kennedys always make them look good. They love drawing those sneakers, too. I also need to mention Dan Parent's cover, which while just a simple iconic image of B&V in their swimsuits is probably my favorite digest cover so far this year. I really like that background with the palm tree icons and the white outline around the figures of B&V which if you look at it for a few seconds, almost gives the cover a 3-D effect where the figures of B&V look like they're on a separate plane. I wouldn't be surprised to see this cover show up again on a B&V digital exclusive or trade paperback collection sometime down the road.


BettyReggie

#482
I read each of books for 12 minutes
🏯 1-Archie 1000 Page Comics Blowout
💕 2-Archie 1000 Page Comics Shindig
⛄ 3-Archie 1000 Page Comics 75th Anniversary Bash

DeCarlo Rules

#483
I read a bunch of the Hernandez brothers' comics I found in the bargain boxes at my LCS. Great stuff, and I didn't realize they did so many different titles in the late 1990s and early 2000s.
  • YEAH! #2, 4
  • MAGGIE AND HOPEY COLOR FUN SPECIAL #1
  • MEASLES #1, 2, 3
  • LUBA'S COMICS AND STORIES #2, 3, 4, 5
I still have a bunch more Hernandez comics that I didn't get to today, but hopefully tomorrow or Monday. In the meantime I'm going to read a little bit more of this book I picked up last Wednesday, THE OSAMU TEZUKA STORY - A LIFE IN MANGA AND ANIME by Toshio Ban. This is by far the longest graphic novel I've ever seen in one complete book, and it's a biographic novel in manga format. 865 whopping pages from beginning to end, without so much as a chapter break anywhere in it. The book is a softcover, but it's literally as thick as a brick. I've only read about 50 pages so far, but it's really interesting.

BettyReggie

I love the book Love & Rockets. I rented a lot of their books from the library. There's actually going be a new comic coming out soon. I hope it's good.

BettyReggie

No reading for me today. It was too hot to do anything. My brother came over . So no time for reading. He did change my poster near my bed to the where Archie becomes a girl. I really wish that story had more issues to it. I loved Reggie as girl & Archie as a girl.

irishmoxie

Quote from: DeCarlo Rules on July 27, 2016, 01:35:30 AM
MICKEY MOUSE SHORTS: SEASON ONE #1 (of 4)


How are these different than the regular Mickey comic? Shorter stories?

Csnapp2019

HELP! I have trying to rember this for years! Does anyone know the name of the Archie comic where their is an angry old man who gets shot outside his mansion before he dies he vows to return in 100 years. He returns and then starts haunting Archie and his friends Sabrina is also in the comic and I think it is a 4 part series

DeCarlo Rules

Quote from: irishmoxie on July 31, 2016, 08:43:22 PM
Quote from: DeCarlo Rules on July 27, 2016, 01:35:30 AM
MICKEY MOUSE SHORTS: SEASON ONE #1 (of 4)


How are these different than the regular Mickey comic? Shorter stories?

No, it's a four-issue miniseries, each issue featuring several stories adapted from the new Mickey Mouse animated shorts being produced by Disney since 2013, which you can watch here:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLC6qIbU1olyXQe1WOKt8UJ4hErx3D7qt8
Season One (19 episodes, of approx. 03:45) of these cartoons was also released on DVD in 2104. They're really good cartoons.

DeCarlo Rules

#489
Quote from: Csnapp2019 on July 31, 2016, 10:26:59 PM
HELP! I have trying to rember this for years! Does anyone know the name of the Archie comic where their is an angry old man who gets shot outside his mansion before he dies he vows to return in 100 years. He returns and then starts haunting Archie and his friends Sabrina is also in the comic and I think it is a 4 part series

Sounds a little bit like "House of Riverdale" (a.k.a. Archie's Haunted House in trade paperback), but that was only a 3-parter. I didn't remember Sabrina being in it, but according to GCDb, I guess she was. I'll have to re-read that sometime.





BettyReggie

#490
Why isn't Reggie on a cover?
I'm going read some of the Betty & Veronica #1's I got on Saturday & then change my wall around again .
I read
Betty & Veronica #1-Rebecca Isaacs
Betty & Veronica #1-Audrey Mok

60sBettyandReggie


BettyReggie

Even when Archie was rebooted. Reggie wasn't on any of the covers. I wish he was on Sanford Green's Archie #1 cover but he wasn't. 

DeCarlo Rules

BLUE MONDAY VOL. 1: THE KIDS ARE ALRIGHT TP (Image, 2016) by Chynna Clugston Flores
- This was a pretty cool comic that I'd never read before, and it had a 'teen humor comic' vibe to it, but done in a modern style (even though the story is taking place in the early 1990s). There was even a reference on the last page (and in the introduction as well) to Archie Comics, although the style of art (somewhat manga-influenced) and writing here isn't particularly reminiscent of Archie Comics. It was funny and felt fresh and 'indie', though. It did make me wonder what an Archie reboot done by Chynna Clugston might have been like. They should have asked her, or maybe someone like Bryan Lee O'Malley (SCOTT PILGRIM) or even Scott McCloud (ZOT!, UNDERSTANDING COMICS).

steveinthecity

Quote from: DeCarlo Rules on August 02, 2016, 08:51:00 PMIt did make me wonder what an Archie reboot done by Chynna Clugston might have been like. They should have asked her, or maybe someone like Bryan Lee O'Malley (SCOTT PILGRIM) or even Scott McCloud (ZOT!, UNDERSTANDING COMICS).
Sounds cool. I'll add Blue Monday to my pickup list this month.  A Scott McCloud Archie is intriguing.  I enjoyed Zot! and Eclipse in general. (DNAgents and I think Crossfire were favorites.)  Also, whatever happened to Cat Y.? Did she just retire from comics after the company shut down?  I first remember her as a prolific LOC contributor.
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