I was thinking something like the Loch Ness monster or abominable snowman.

I think the Archie archives are finally at the end of the 40s now. Hopefully we will start seeing stories from the 50s and beyond. Especially Josie and the other female characters.

After I posted that I remember the pussycats stories were in the B&V Friends digests. I believe there are still some holes regarding which stories are where so I'll try to fill those in when I have time.

Quote from: DeCarlo Rules on May 05, 2016, 04:12:44 AM


I remember when we had the thread on DE collections I listed the contents of the SHE'S JOSIE digital exclusive collection. That reprints all the Josie stories (because the early ones were issue-long stories) from She's Josie # 1, 8, 9, 10, and 13. Wouldn't surprise me too much to find out they'd all been reprinted earlier in issues of WOADD. Do you find any stories from issues #2-7, 11 or 12 in those early World of Archie digests?

Went through some WOADD's and comics.org and was able to compile this list. All these WOADD's are on Unlimited on the Archie app. I wonder why they don't just put all these in hardcover volumes. They are almost complete on She's Josie and Josie. They could even compiled these into a digital exclusive and charge a boatload of money. For some reason I don't see the 70's stories of Josie and the Pussycats reprinted that much. Maybe they feel very 70's/dated and that's why?

WOADD #1 = No Josie. All Christmas stories.
She's Josie #1 = WOADD #2
She's Josie #2 = WOADD #3
She's Josie #3 = WOADD #7
She's Josie #4 = WOADD #44
She's Josie #5 = WOADD #4
She's Josie #6 = WOADD #5
She's Josie #7 = WOADD #6
She's Josie #8 = WOADD #8
She's Josie #9 = WOADD #9
She's Josie #10 = WOADD #10
She's Josie #11 = WOADD #12
She's Josie #12 = ?Not in a WOADD
She's Josie #13 = WOADD #11
She's Josie #14 = ?Not in a WOADD but one of the stories is reprinted in some digests from the 90s
She's Josie #15 = WOADD #40
She's Josie #16 = WOADD #41
Josie #17 = ?Not in a WOADD
Josie #18 = WOADD #35
Josie #19 = WOADD #13
Josie #20 = ?Not in a WOADD but one of the stories is reprinted in The Best of Dan DeCarlo Vol. 4
Josie #21 = WOADD #19
Josie #22 = WOADD #17
Josie #23 = WOADD #16
Josie #24 = WOADD #14
Josie #25 = WOADD #39
Josie #26 = WOADD #36
Josie #27 = WOADD #38
Josie #28 = WOADD #15
Josie #29 = WOADD #20
Josie #31 = WOADD #21
Josie# 32 = WOADD# 37
Josie #33 = WOADD #22
Josie #34 = WOADD #29
Josie #36 = WOADD #30
Josie #37 = WOADD #32
Josie #38 = ?Not in a WOADD
Josie #39 (only 3/4 stories included from #39; the fourth story is in a B&V Friends digest from 2012) = WOADD # 55 (story from Laugh #157 also in this issue)
Josie #40 = WOADD# 34
Josie #41 = WOADD #31Josie stories from Laugh:
WOADD #33 = Laugh #147, 152, 155, 159
WOADD #42 = Laugh #154, 158, 160, 161
WOADD #43 = Laugh #145, 146, 168, 151
WOADD #50 = Laugh #149, 148, 153 and Pep #161


Seems to be no more Josie after WOADD #50. Maybe they are thought she wasn't that popular after all? Or the recoloring/retouching cost was too high? Or maybe we will see her again in another digest like B&V Friends.

Quote from: DeCarlo Rules on May 05, 2016, 05:47:58 PMOops, I need to backtrack and talk about the new lead story in this issue (SPOILERS -- DO NOT READ ON IF YOU DON'T WANT THE STORY RUINED), "Hooray For Bollywood!"

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Now I'm too written-out to comment on the old Archie comics I read, so I'll just list them.

ARCHIE'S T.V. LAUGH-OUT #61 (Sept. 1978)

LAUGH #21 (June 1990)

SABRINA THE TEENAGE WITCH #28 (Oct. 1975)

SABRINA THE TEENAGE WITCH #57 (Dec. 1979)

BETTY AND VERONICA #66 (Aug. 1993)

LIFE WITH ARCHIE #195 (July 1978)

JUGHEAD #281 (Oct. 1978)

I can hardly ever find Sabrinas locally or within a 2h drive and if I do they're always at least $10 each even in fair condition. How much does your shop charge for them?


I hope they continue the Many Loves storyline but this sounds like it's the last one?

Quote from: BettyReggie on May 05, 2016, 09:07:05 PM
I saw it on Amazon, it's good. I wish it was real comic not just digital.

Did you read it digitally? Part 2.3 is out now.

I want to reread all these before the next part comes out.

Quote from: Mr.Lodge on May 05, 2016, 05:47:41 PM

Quote from: daren on May 03, 2016, 04:02:12 AM
I have a complex about reading superhero stuff in public that I don't have about Archie, maybe Im just paranoid about looking like a loser fanboy and people associsate superhero comics with that instead of Archie stuff. And everyone knows superhero comics suck up all your time and money because of all the continuities so in additioin to looking like a loser you look like a loser in hock to Marvel and Image...I know it's stupid, everyone should just read what they want. 

Interesting and ironic. I said something similar upthread and I got smited and savaged for it. 

I guess it proves and validates what I said earlier. 

B-ko is that you?

Quote from: BettyReggie on May 05, 2016, 07:15:43 PM
Wow you write a lot, you don't get tired.

Maybe he has a dictophone but I suspect he's just a fast typist.

Quote from: DeCarlo Rules on May 05, 2016, 07:38:27 AM

Quote from: irishmoxie on April 25, 2016, 09:46:25 PM
female driven comics
manga
90s pop culture
90s pop music
dogs especially Australian Shepherds
reading celebrity biographies
fandom and collector culture
Cantonese food
sushi
watching YouTubers

There have been a few books focusing on this topic (that tend to concentrated on the history, rather than the sociology), most of them written from the traditionally male perspective. One of the very earliest books to focus on fan activity was The World of Fanzines: A Special Form of Communication by Dr. Fredric Wertham (yes -- the same one who wrote Seduction of the Innocent).

I'm probably more interested in the psychology or sociology of it. And at looking at pictures of people's collections. I remember making a fanzine when I was a kid even though I didn't know it was called that. I think it was based on a girl band B*Witched I think. Last year I went to an indie book store in Chicago that had a huge section dedicated to fanzines. Unfortunately none of them were on topics I was interested in but it was neat to see how much effort people had put into them. It's a bit of a dying art.

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.

Quote from: DeCarlo Rules on May 05, 2016, 04:12:44 AM

Quote from: irishmoxie on May 04, 2016, 11:18:42 PM
reading some She's Josie stories from the early issues of the World of Archie digests. I didn't realize they reprinted almost complete issues of She's Josie in each digest sort of in order. They could easily put out an anthology of these, even digitally.

I remember when we had the thread on DE collections I listed the contents of the SHE'S JOSIE digital exclusive collection. That reprints all the Josie stories (because the early ones were issue-long stories) from She's Josie # 1, 8, 9, 10, and 13. Wouldn't surprise me too much to find out they'd all been reprinted earlier in issues of WOADD. Do you find any stories from issues #2-7, 11 or 12 in those early World of Archie digests?

Here's that listing again -

She's JOSIE: Before the Pussycats    124 pages        Dec. 2013

1-I    "A Gym Dandy"    8    JOSIE #1    Feb. 1963    Josie and Pepper try to get Alex to exercise.
1-II    "Neat Workers"    6    JOSIE #1    Feb. 1963    Josie's dad tells her to clean out the garage.
1-III    "Muscle Hustle"    5    JOSIE #1    Feb. 1963    Josie and Pepper are still trying to get the boys to exercise.
1-IV    "Track Down"    6    JOSIE #1    Feb. 1963    Melody succeeds where Josie failed.
                   
2-I    "The Unhappy Hero"    8    JOSIE #8    Sept. 1964    Alexander inadvertently saves Albert's life.
2-II    "Saved By The Belle"    6    JOSIE #8    Sept. 1964    Alex tries to escape from Albert with Josie.
2-III    "And Away We Go"    5    JOSIE #8    Sept. 1964    At the beach, Albert follows Alex everywhere.
2-IV    "Happy Ending"    5    JOSIE #8    Sept. 1964    Alex just can't help being a hero.
                   
3-I    "You're The Tops"    8    JOSIE #9    Oct. 1964    The gang collect box tops to win a prize.
3-II    "A Run For Your Money"    6    JOSIE #9    Oct. 1964    At the World's Fair, Alex drops his wallet and tries to get it back.
3-III    "Fair Play"    5    JOSIE #9    Oct. 1964    The gang wastes the day trying to help Alex recover his wallet.
3-IV    "Cereal Story"    5    JOSIE #9    Oct. 1964    Filling a swimming pool with Crispy Crunchies pays off for the gang.
                   
4-I    "Team Spirit"    8    JOSIE #10    Dec. 1964    The girls want to help the school football team.
4-II    "No Help Wanted"    6    JOSIE #10    Dec. 1964    Melody recruits a new player - Jinx Malloy.
4-III    "Sideline Stars"    5    JOSIE #10    Dec. 1964    Melody becomes a cheerleader - for the opposing team.
4-IV    "The Last Man"    5    JOSIE #10    Dec. 1964    Coach is so desperate, he takes Albert off the bench.
                   
5-I    "The Schemers"    8    JOSIE #13    Jun. 1965    Albert and Alexandra conspire to break up Josie's date with Alex.
5-II    "The Dreamers"    6    JOSIE #13    Jun. 1965    Alexandra dons a rocket pack!
5-III    "Now You See It"    5    JOSIE #13    Jun. 1965    Melody has her eye on a new boy who needs glasses.
5-IV    "Now You Don't"    5    JOSIE #13    Jun. 1965    Melody enjoys being fought over.

I'm adding these to comics.org as I go but so far I've read She's Josie issues #1, 2, 3, and 5 and they skip around like 1, 2, 5, 7, 3 or something like that in the early WOA digests. And they reprint pretty much the whole issue except some 1 pagers like Lil Jinx so you're not missing much. They even reprinted some of the fashion pages.

Quote from: DeCarlo Rules on May 05, 2016, 04:30:12 AM
A free copy of ARCHIE #1 doesn't interest me any more than it did last year at $3.99. Nor do any of the prior SONIC FCBD giveways (unless they are flipbooks with MEGA MAN on the opposite side).

However, now FCBD (and Jonathan's review on last Saturday's Riverdale Podcast) is making me think of ordering some of those older classic Archie FCBD giveaways that I missed (and the smaller, Halloween ComicFest ones, too).

Here's a list of those Archie FCBD comics (I haven't included any of the SONIC giveaways). There was no classic Archie giveaway for FCBD 2012 or 2015.

FCBD 2003    ARCHIE #1    "The Kid Who Wrecked Riverdale!"
FCBD 2004    ARCHIE #2    "I Was a Teenage Comic Book Character!"
FCBD 2005    BETTY & VERONICA #1    "Model Citizen" (guest-starring Katy Keene)
FCBD 2006    ARCHIE's 65th Anniversary Bash! #1   
FCBD 2007    Little ARCHIE #1    "Legend of the Lost Lagoon"
FCBD 2008    JUGHEAD #1    "Night at the Entertainment Museum"
FCBD 2009    ARCHIE presents The Mighty Archie Art Players #1   
FCBD 2010    ARCHIE'S Summer Splash! #1   
FCBD 2011    PEP COMICS #0 - featuring Betty & Veronica    "You've Been Clubbed!"
FCBD 2012    MEGA MAN: Origin of a Hero   
FCBD 2013    World of ARCHIE Digest #1   
FCBD 2014    ARCHIE Digest #1   
FCBD 2015    DARK CIRCLE COMICS #1

I have the Halloween themed one which has a pretty cute story. I've been wanting to get the Sabrina/Sonic one which I believe was their 1st FCBD but it's always expensive on eBay.

Space Battle Lunchtime #1 - very cute adventure story. Reminds me a bit of Adventure Time and Monsters Inc. More of a taste than a complete story. Hopefully issue #2 is longer.

reading some She's Josie stories from the early issues of the World of Archie digests. I didn't realize they reprinted almost complete issues of She's Josie in each digest sort of in order. They could easily put out an anthology of these, even digitally.

Quote from: BettyReggie on May 04, 2016, 09:07:09 PM
I can't wait till Betty & Veronica #1. I saw description of what issue #1 would be like. Pop's will changed into a gaundy place where they sell capachio drinks. Betty wants to save Pop's while Veronica wants this new place. So they go to war.

Where'd you hear this? So Pop's is turning into Sbux. This sounds very basic and just what I thought they'd do.

Quote from: DeCarlo Rules on May 03, 2016, 09:42:02 PM
About 5 to 10 years back, I really started getting into these hardcover books collecting older, classic newspaper comic strips. They're mainly published by about 5 different companies, so I'll list the ones I've been getting by publisher. (A few of these have 2 different series of books, one for dailies, and one for Sundays - like The Phantom and Buck Rogers.)

Dark Horse Comics:
TARZAN by Hal Foster
ALLEY OOP by V. T. Hamlin

Fantagraphics Books:
NANCY by Ernie Bushmiller
POPEYE by E.C. Segar (6 volumes)
Walt Disney's MICKEY MOUSE by Floyd Gottfredson

Hermes Press:
THE PHANTOM by Lee Falk
BUCK ROGERS in the 25th Century

IDW/Library of American Comics:
THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN by Stan Lee & John Romita (2 volumes)
ARCHIE by Bob Montana
BATMAN
SUPERMAN
WONDER WOMAN (1 volume)
LI'L ABNER by Al Capp
MISS FURY by Tarpe Mills (2 volumes)
POPEYE by Bobby London (2 volumes)
TARZAN by Russ Manning (4 volumes)
STAR TREK (2 volumes)
SECRET AGENT X-9 by Dashiell Hammett & Alex Raymond (1 volume)
X-9: SECRET AGENT CORRIGAN by Archie Goodwin & Al Williamson (6 volumes)
Walt Disney's SILLY SYMPHONIES
Walt Disney's DONALD DUCK by Al Taliaferro

Titan Books:
TARZAN by Burne Hogarth
MANDRAKE THE MAGICIAN by Lee Falk & Phil Davis
FLASH GORDON (Sundays) by Alex Raymond
FLASH GORDON (Dailies) by Dan Barry

(various publishers):
LITTLE NEMO IN SLUMBERLAND by Winsor McKay

At around $40 a pop that's quite a collection. How are the Popeye books? What made you want to get all 6? Are they the same as the reprinting of the classic comic they are doing monthly now? I read it occasionally.