Dilton has always been very interested — just totally clueless about what to do about it, and most girls don't get beyond his intimidating intellect or small stature to help him out ...

Grimm (double episode season finale), Wynonna Earp and the pre-release episode 1 of Outcast ...

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 ...

Quote from: spazaru on May 21, 2016, 07:51:30 AM
I agree with that.  I guess I just think of bubblegum as bands that were studio musicians that didn't really play live or have personnel that everyone would recognize.   The Monkees just seemed out of place in this list.  But the way you explain it, it makes sense.

The number that had "names that you'd recognize" is far more extensive than most people realize 
Often the studio musicians  were future superstars who hadn't hit the big time yet (and this was part of their path to recognition) or even mid-level talent who moonlighting, with song from major players who wrote for the studios behind the scenes for years before going solo and producing their own material ...

Quote from: Mazz on May 20, 2016, 10:49:17 PM

  but "Dark Side of the Moon" was their best (and then "Wish You Were Here") 

Well, Archie meets the Punisher worked pretty well ...

Quote from: spazaru on May 20, 2016, 03:42:44 PM
"evolve or die" is basically the way things are now.

"Evolve/change/grow" or stagnate & die — That's the way all aspects of life have always been — the question is whether any of these changes work as "evolution" ...

Reading through a bunch of different issues from Wednesday, notably Jughead 6 .. I'd say the arc ended on a high note at least, though all things considered that wasn't difficult ...

Welcome & hope you enjoy the say 

Vampires are far too over-exposed — but rarely to the sun 

The joke would be her first exposure to Ms Beazley's cooking ... Everyone else has (presumably) built up a resistance

It was cafeteria food ...

Quote from: DeCarlo Rules on May 18, 2016, 12:26:00 PM
... Of course you could just enjoy looking at JPG images of the cover art, or ...

Seriously? JPG is so last decade (if not millennium) ... Not that being "stuck in the past isn't the condition of far too many people, but really, jpeg isn't a format that ought to be used for anything these days (especially not any sort of art) ...

Quote from: DeCarlo Rules on May 17, 2016, 08:08:48 PM

Quote from: invisifan on May 17, 2016, 06:20:30 PM
Starting a 10-pager: http://www.magickchicks.com/strips-mc/mc_soft_reboot_-_two_melissas_-_pg_1_of_10

If you haven;t read the story to this point you have to take the split at face value ...

I'll probably just wait until all ten pages are up. Just makes more sense... I like to read a complete story or a complete chapter. Most webcomics aren't really written in "newspaper strip" mode. I'm even kind of starting to feel that way about continued stories in monthly comics versus trade collections. It just seems so much more consistent and comprehensible that way (and the problem is compounded the more ongoing comics series you read).

Isn't Gisele calling the new EC/MC (since returning from hiatus) a "soft reboot" now? What split?

If you're up to date with the series the "soft reboot" means it's a good point to come in, with most previous plot threads resolved - I was referring to Melissa's condition at the end of it.

Starting a 10-pager: http://www.magickchicks.com/strips-mc/mc_soft_reboot_-_two_melissas_-_pg_1_of_10

If you haven;t read the story to this point you have to take the split at face value ...