Quote from: 60sBettyandReggie on May 05, 2016, 11:30:42 PM
When is this Free Comic Book Day?

It's always the first Saturday in May - tomorrow in this case.

Yes... (In Michigan)

Quote from: DeCarlo Rules on May 05, 2016, 12:03:25 PM

Quote from: irishmoxie on May 05, 2016, 11:17:36 AM
Another thing I remembered I'm interested in is unsolved mysteries and ghost stories. I was obsessed with the TV show of the same name along with the show Are You Afraid of the Dark? and the Goosebumps books. I remember Tales From the Crypt being too scary for me as a kid. But watching it now the acting is a bit lame. Funny how I didn't know or had more tolerance for that aspect as a kid. I was reading a cracked.com article today about unsolved cases.

Unsolved mysteries can be fun... but ultimately there are no resolutions, and every theory is purely speculative (once a case goes cold, there's hardly ever a chance for a more conclusive investigation). There have been a number of them examined in excruciating detail to the point where it can consume many years of a single person's life (and usually result in one if not several whole books on the topic). We all know the more famous ones - Jack the Ripper, the Marie Celeste, etc. I can't think of any examples of famous unsolved mysteries that later got solved by the discovery of new evidence or connections previously unsuspected.

There's a lot of previously unsolved cases (rarely notorious ones however) that are solved all the time — usually by DNA testing that was unavailable at the time, or finding a body or evidence somewhere unexpected by accident ...
It's actually easier to solve centuries old mysteries when new insights, forensics and information — and an objective view ...

QuoteI never really got too into ghost stories, but the paranormal in general (and psychic phenomena, cryptozoology and ufology in particular) have always interested me. UFO lore especially - there are some key links to people in the science fiction field that fascinate me.

Ghosts and UFOs are interesting but more easily proven false — still there's a ;ot that is up in the air (in many senses) ... ultimately there are almost certainly extraterrestrial intelligences, but there's really only one good case for a possible contact ... Hubbard's  followers would be laughable if they weren't potentially dangerous.
As for cryptozoology — it's hard to hide a breeding population of a significantly large species of anything in the modern world without it being found pretty easily; that said the largest living organism in the world is living in the US and almost no one even knows it exists ...

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Quote from: DeCarlo Rules on April 12, 2016, 02:57:46 PM
Personally I don't care what they do to the characters in the show at this point. I've read enough regarding their intentions that I have zero interest in watching it.

The only possibility that is potentially upsetting to me is that if the show (somehow, although the odds seem pretty well stacked against this) were to become a real hit. Why? Because if it does, it is virtually guaranteed to affect the comics published by ACP. They are sure to see that TV success as an indication that people want to read about characters who are similar to the TV show in the comic books. The last thing I want to see is Aguirre-Sacasa's version of Archie and the gang as comic book characters (AWA is quite enough of that), because you can pretty much bet that it would then become the main version of Archie. I'm not losing TOO much sleep over that possibility right now, since as I mentioned, the odds of the TV show becoming a real hit seem pretty slim.

How do you think it could become the main comic book version? A new series drawn in the reboot style or drawn in the classic Archie style?

it would have to be reboot style - classic would confuse retailers and fans of both styles...

Quote from: Original Sin on May 03, 2016, 09:01:08 AM
I love Tintin. Lifelong fan.

Tintin is great, but I prefer Asterix ...

Just binged through Grace Randolph's Supurbia ... 

Quote from: DeCarlo Rules on May 02, 2016, 12:48:45 PM
I kind of let my reading of PixieTrix webcomics slide a bit after they finished up the most recent volumes of Eerie Cuties and Magick Chicks, which for a while I was reading kind of intensely trying to catch up. As it happens, I managed to catch up right before they took a little break to do a new Kickstarter for the print versions, and I kind of drifted off a bit, distracted by other reading. I never really did get much into reading MA3, because the single-strip format (as opposed to the manga page format, like in EC, MC and Dangerously Chloe) kind of put me off it a little. It's not as convenient for me to read that way as webcomics (or save to read later), since I don't remember to check up on the site regularly, and there was already a huge backlog of older MA3 strips to catch up on. One of these days I'll give it another go, as I didn't get all that far the first time.

But surely you are reading the current EC?  Colour, the page format you prefer, and by Fernando ...

Quote from: HarryLuceyFan on May 02, 2016, 05:30:38 PM
This could be the best interpretation of Sabrina I've ever seen. Give Gisele her own Sabrina title!

Sabrina's gotten thrust firmly into the horror titles realm ... but of course they are unrelated, so a third unrelated title to even the balance wouldn't hurt (not that there's a hope they'd do it) ... but maybe Josie? Gisele likes her too 

Quote from: Mr.Lodge on May 02, 2016, 07:24:29 AM
And you think smiting someone for having an opinion you don't like is good? 

Thanks for making my point (and my day). 

For being generally dismissive of other's opinions and experiences sight-unseen, and not considering what "a life" or "nice" means to others, yes ...

if a knee-jerk smite is all you can muster then so be it — I really had thought better of you ...

I agree, the blog is a nice general overview, but I don't see that it adds much of anything really ...

Quote from: Mr.Lodge on May 02, 2016, 01:29:02 AM
Anything not related to MARVEL or DC. Too much Superhero trash out there. 

Get a life guys. Being outside when the sun shines is nice. Ever hear of a 'girl' or a 'date'? 

   
• You can write unreadable trash in any genre and conversely there is good writing in every genre as well — you do realize that what you're saying is exactly what nearly everyone says about Archie comics?
• I personally find nothing pleasant or nice about being outside when the sun shines. 

Quote from: irishmoxie on May 01, 2016, 03:03:35 PM

Quote from: DeCarlo Rules on May 01, 2016, 02:07:38 PM
I reread Archie vs Predator to see whether I'd like it any better the second time, reading the whole thing together. I didn't.

Mr. Lodge has a bunker beneath the mansion that he built "after that Russian arms deal went sour"? (Because, c'mon... we all know that's how he got so rich, by selling weapons to the Russians, right?) With some kind of sci-fi machine that turns an almost-dead Archie into Arnold Shwarzenegger on crack? And it can also turn the Predator into Archie? Because even though he spent the entire story picking them off one by one, he's repented his evil ways at the end and is a good guy now? WTF? That's the kind of writing that turns the phrase "comic book writing" into a venomous slur to sling at any hack writer. Utter tripe.

I've tried reading this several times and can never get past the first issue. The writing is just bad.

Like it or hate it, it's one for the "Crazy Betty" thread in the end ...

Quote from: Meldarwin on April 30, 2016, 08:28:41 PM
Hi, I'm Mel and from Australia. Since the recent Hargrove/server issue it said no one with my email address was a member??? Yet I have been on here as a lurker and infrequent poster for years. Reregistered and glad to be back

"Wynonna Earp" — another show based on a comic (from IDW this time) ... quite different supernatural premise, but reminds me a fair bit of iZombie (with a dash of Grimm) ... started recently tonight will be the 5th episode and I've binged to get up to speed ...

Irishmoxie — you'd probably like it;  female lead(s) and supernatural ...

Quote from: Ronnie on April 29, 2016, 02:09:31 PM

Quote from: 60sBettyandReggie on April 29, 2016, 02:05:43 PM
"No one old, fat, or ugly on this show please. Oh, but do get plenty of black people, Hispanics and Asians." --TPTB

Diversity by numbers..... 

How about Jughead going down on Archie in the can? 

It seems to be implied that he wants to ...