I'm curious where people are purchasing their rebooted ARCHIE, JUGHEAD, and BETTY AND VERONICA comic books.  Add further comments if you'd like. If you get them from more than one source, just choose the MAIN source where you would spend the most money on any of those rebooted titles (but only the rebooted titles).

Midtown Comics & Tfaw

I have purchased them at a local comic shop which will special order a variant if I want one of those. Now that people are talking up the digital comics on here I am going to look into that.

Quote from: GingerGal on April 24, 2016, 11:25:41 AM
I have purchased them at a local comic shop which will special order a variant if I want one of those. Now that people are talking up the digital comics on here I am going to look into that.

It's very interesting to hear your opinion because like DeCarlo Rules said in another thread you are pretty much the target demographic ACP is looking to sell the New Riverdale to: never read any other Archie comics before, teenager, and likely to watch the Riverdale TV show.

Quote from: irishmoxie on April 24, 2016, 11:29:32 AM

Quote from: GingerGal on April 24, 2016, 11:25:41 AM
I have purchased them at a local comic shop which will special order a variant if I want one of those. Now that people are talking up the digital comics on here I am going to look into that.

It's very interesting to hear your opinion because like DeCarlo Rules said in another thread you are pretty much the target demographic ACP is looking to sell the New Riverdale to: never read any other Archie comics before, teenager, and likely to watch the Riverdale TV show.

Thank You, that is very nice. Sometimes it feels I don't really have anything important to say or add because I haven't read much of the stories except the new stuff and the "Classic" stories in the back of those comics so it is nice to hear a comment like that.

Quote from: GingerGal on April 24, 2016, 11:43:55 AM

Quote from: irishmoxie on April 24, 2016, 11:29:32 AM

Quote from: GingerGal on April 24, 2016, 11:25:41 AM
I have purchased them at a local comic shop which will special order a variant if I want one of those. Now that people are talking up the digital comics on here I am going to look into that.

It's very interesting to hear your opinion because like DeCarlo Rules said in another thread you are pretty much the target demographic ACP is looking to sell the New Riverdale to: never read any other Archie comics before, teenager, and likely to watch the Riverdale TV show.

Thank You, that is very nice. Sometimes it feels I don't really have anything important to say or add because I haven't read much of the stories except the new stuff and the "Classic" stories in the back of those comics so it is nice to hear a comment like that.

I bet if Archie Comics could be granted a wish from its fairy godmother, it would wish for thousands of readers like you. New Riverdale, new generation of comics reader.

Quote from: DeCarlo Rules on April 24, 2016, 12:34:26 PM

Quote from: GingerGal on April 24, 2016, 11:43:55 AM

Quote from: irishmoxie on April 24, 2016, 11:29:32 AM

Quote from: GingerGal on April 24, 2016, 11:25:41 AM
I have purchased them at a local comic shop which will special order a variant if I want one of those. Now that people are talking up the digital comics on here I am going to look into that.

It's very interesting to hear your opinion because like DeCarlo Rules said in another thread you are pretty much the target demographic ACP is looking to sell the New Riverdale to: never read any other Archie comics before, teenager, and likely to watch the Riverdale TV show.

Thank You, that is very nice. Sometimes it feels I don't really have anything important to say or add because I haven't read much of the stories except the new stuff and the "Classic" stories in the back of those comics so it is nice to hear a comment like that.

I bet if Archie Comics could be granted a wish from its fairy godmother, it would wish for thousands of readers like you. New Riverdale, new generation of comics reader.

I guess they just need to go to countries like South Africa where Archie Comics are not widely available especially in Port Elizabeth and plop down a lot of the new Archie and Jughead comics in the local markets. Kids would buy them.

There aren't enough readers of the old type of Archie Comics. They know that much, so they need new ones like you. I have criticized the new comics from the point-of-view of a someone who likes the old type of Archie Comics, but everyone who reads comics had to start somewhere. One of the biggest mistakes that a lot of the comic book publishers make today is that they forget that every comic book is potentially someone's first comic book. As long as Archie Comics doesn't make that kind of mistake with the New Riverdale comics, they have a better chance with readers like you.

Quote from: DeCarlo Rules on April 24, 2016, 12:47:51 PM
There aren't enough readers of the old type of Archie Comics. They know that much, so they need new ones like you. I have criticized the new comics from the point-of-view of a someone who likes the old type of Archie Comics, but everyone who reads comics had to start somewhere. One of the biggest mistakes that a lot of the comic book publishers make today is that they forget that every comic book is potentially someone's first comic book. As long as Archie Comics doesn't make that kind of mistake with the New Riverdale comics, they have a better chance with readers like you.

I do enjoy the old stories that are in the back of the new ones that is for sure. Right now though being a kid and having just having a small weekly allowance I have to pick and choose what I buy. I just so happened to come across the 1st new Archie as my first Archie comic and liked it so I stuck with that. When I saw one of the main characters Jughead was going to have a comic of his own I added that. If I would have picked up a "Classic" comic like a digest first it might be a totally different story for me. All I know is I am enjoying reading what I am able to read and that makes me happy and that I think is what is important. I have my whole life to pick up the other stuff once I have a job and more money to put towards these comics.

I can't imagine how ACP managed to wind up with copies of Archie comics in South Africa in the first place, now that I think of it. Did you get ARCHIE at a comic store in South Africa, or what type of store was it?  This is interesting, as I haven't spent much time thinking about where those comics might show up outside of North America. Most American comics publishers don't have much in the way of distribution outside of North America, unless they make a deal with some foreign publisher to reprint (and translate if needed) their comics, and distribute them with their own comics (or whatever type of magazines they publish) in their respective countries.

Quote from: DeCarlo Rules on April 24, 2016, 01:32:22 PM
I can't imagine how ACP managed to wind up with copies of Archie comics in South Africa in the first place, now that I think of it. Did you get ARCHIE at a comic store in South Africa, or what type of store was it?  This is interesting, as I haven't spent much time thinking about where those comics might show up outside of North America. Most American comics publishers don't have much in the way of distribution outside of North America, unless they make a deal with some foreign publisher to reprint (and translate if needed) their comics, and distribute them with their own comics (or whatever type of magazines they publish) in their respective countries.

I never got an Archie Comic from South Africa. It was not until last Summer when my family moved to America for my Dads job that I picked up Archie #1 at a local comic shop. In South Africa they are big on X-Men and Iron Man. Most of the Comic Books stuff is found in Cape Town which was over 8 hours away from where I lived in Port Elizabeth.

Quote from: GingerGal on April 24, 2016, 01:44:17 PM

Quote from: DeCarlo Rules on April 24, 2016, 01:32:22 PM
I can't imagine how ACP managed to wind up with copies of Archie comics in South Africa in the first place, now that I think of it. Did you get ARCHIE at a comic store in South Africa, or what type of store was it?  This is interesting, as I haven't spent much time thinking about where those comics might show up outside of North America. Most American comics publishers don't have much in the way of distribution outside of North America, unless they make a deal with some foreign publisher to reprint (and translate if needed) their comics, and distribute them with their own comics (or whatever type of magazines they publish) in their respective countries.

I never got an Archie Comic from South Africa. It was not until last Summer when my family moved to America for my Dads job that I picked up Archie #1 at a local comic shop. In South Africa they are big on X-Men and Iron Man. Most of the Comic Books stuff is found in Cape Town which was over 8 hours away from where I lived in Port Elizabeth.

Sorry, I guess I misunderstood that you found it first in South Africa, and then continued to get it when your family moved to the U.S. It sounds like South Africa isn't all that different than the United States as far as the type of comics they prefer there. I bet they probably like The Avengers, Spider-Man, and Batman, too.

Quote from: DeCarlo Rules on April 24, 2016, 02:11:36 PM

Quote from: GingerGal on April 24, 2016, 01:44:17 PM

Quote from: DeCarlo Rules on April 24, 2016, 01:32:22 PM
I can't imagine how ACP managed to wind up with copies of Archie comics in South Africa in the first place, now that I think of it. Did you get ARCHIE at a comic store in South Africa, or what type of store was it?  This is interesting, as I haven't spent much time thinking about where those comics might show up outside of North America. Most American comics publishers don't have much in the way of distribution outside of North America, unless they make a deal with some foreign publisher to reprint (and translate if needed) their comics, and distribute them with their own comics (or whatever type of magazines they publish) in their respective countries.

I never got an Archie Comic from South Africa. It was not until last Summer when my family moved to America for my Dads job that I picked up Archie #1 at a local comic shop. In South Africa they are big on X-Men and Iron Man. Most of the Comic Books stuff is found in Cape Town which was over 8 hours away from where I lived in Port Elizabeth.

Sorry, I guess I misunderstood that you found it first in South Africa, and then continued to get it when your family moved to the U.S. It sounds like South Africa isn't all that different than the United States as far as the type of comics they prefer there. I bet they probably like The Avengers, Spider-Man, and Batman, too.

Yep, it is a lot of the same stuff that is really popular here. I never really got into that sort of stuff that much. I mean I'll watch the movies and enjoy them, but they are not my favourites.

Like I pointed out in other threads I don't have a local comic shop in my area and I do not buy stuff online. My local Barnes and Noble does not carry the floppies so I just stick with the digests that they get in.

I find them at a comic book shop near me.  Its not that close ( i do not drive) but would be a 10-15 minute drive from me in a car. I love this shop. Another shop I go to is near the Staten Island Ferry, and ironically near my father's job. The only thing is that both shops sell the older issues too and the one near me has them for $3 while the one near my dad has them for $4 :/

But I would have better luck getting new issues at the one near my house. Or I can check Barnes and Nobles. I know they sell Archie