Quote from: BettyReggie on May 04, 2016, 07:53:36 PM
I read each of these for 12 minutes
Jughead & Archie Jumbo Comics Digest #15
The Best Of Archie Comics -75 Years 75 Stories
Archie-1000 Page Comics-75th Anniversary Bash
Betty & Veronica-Comics Double Digest #232
Betty & Veronica-Comics Double Digest #234

How's the 75th anniversary bash? Does it have lots of old stories?

I'm more of a fan of the discussion threads. I read the ones featuring the comics occasionally.

Quote from: BettyReggie on May 04, 2016, 08:52:01 AM
You can get it from www.midtowncomics.com  but I didn't see it on the web site yet. The crowds at that Forbidden Planet would be too much for me to handle because I will be in my power chair so I'll skip it.

Yeah it's too crowded on that day.

I'm hoping to pick up the Boom Comics one eventually. I probably won't go on FCBD though.

More Betty and Veronicas. Ran across an issue where Victor Gorelick mentions 9/11. I'm still convinced he made a cameo in Die Kitty Die #3. Also there really are tons of Canadian fans, evidenced by how much fan art they send in.

Quote from: DeCarlo Rules on May 03, 2016, 10:16:30 PM

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Quote from: BettyReggie on May 03, 2016, 09:07:44 PM
Who's the person she's related to?

That's what I'm asking. irishmoxie says it's nepotism, and that's when you hire (or promote) your relatives. That kind of thing sort of goes without saying when the publishing company is family owned and passed down (through several generations of Goldwaters and Silberkleits), but I'm asking who is Erica Henderson related to that she got hired because of nepotism?

Her dad worked for Archie for a bit but I'm sure he had connections into the comic world that helped her get where she is today. It certainly isn't her art which ranges from ugly to even worse inconsistent as people on here have pointed out.

Her dad wrote only a handful of stories for Archie, and that was back in the early 1990s. He also died a year or two back, before Erica really had any breaks in the industry. I'm sure he gave her some tips on how to submit work to publishers, but C. J. Henderson was never actually a huge name as a writer, either of prose or of comics -- he was kind of working the low end of both fields, although he managed to get a fair number of books published over a couple of decades or so, but it's not like we're talking about Stephen King or (for Archie Comics) George Gladir or something. His last comic work was for Moonstone Books, about as low on the comic publishing scale as you can get while still being distributed by Diamond.

Thank you Beard of Knowledge.

Quote from: DeCarlo Rules on May 03, 2016, 07:00:50 PM
Did anyone read GOLDIE VANCE from a few weeks ago? It's a Boom comic (#1 of 4) by Hope Larson (haven't read any of her previous stuff) and Brittney Williams (who draws Marvel's new PATSY WALKER comic). Not sure what it's about, but it looks like it might be some Nancy Drew-type mystery solving thing. I'm going to give it a try later and see if I like it.

Gotta read PATSY WALKER #5 from last week first, though...

I've read both of these. The art in Goldie was very cute. The story was like you said very Nancy Drew and ok enough. I'll support it because it's one of the few girlie comics. I especially like the Florida setting. Most comics seem to be set in NYC or big cities.

Quote from: DeCarlo Rules on May 03, 2016, 09:51:48 PM

Quote from: BettyReggie on May 03, 2016, 09:07:44 PM
Who's the person she's related to?

That's what I'm asking. irishmoxie says it's nepotism, and that's when you hire (or promote) your relatives. That kind of thing sort of goes without saying when the publishing company is family owned and passed down (through several generations of Goldwaters and Silberkleits), but I'm asking who is Erica Henderson related to that she got hired because of nepotism?

Her dad worked for Archie for a bit but I'm sure he had connections into the comic world that helped her get where she is today. It certainly isn't her art which ranges from ugly to even worse inconsistent as people on here have pointed out.

Inspired by this thread I looked up some stories featuring Wendy Weatherbee who I'd never heard of before and read a really cute story about her and Dilton called "Instant Chemistry." She's the main focus of only 2 other stories which are written and drawn by Fernando Ruiz: "Hair Apparent" and "Double W Exposure." Has anyone read any others where's not just a cameo?

Finally finished Betty and Veronica Jumbo #238... yes the orange Christmas one with the dog. Yes I'm a bit behind on digests. Was digging through some digests I had from when I was a kid and actually found Holiday Fun digest #1. Forgot I had that.

Quote from: playtape on May 02, 2016, 07:19:25 PM
The episode is up! Thanks for being a part of the conversation, folks!




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some Betty and Veronica single issues from the late 90s/early 2000s as I add them to comics.org

Quote from: DeCarlo Rules on May 02, 2016, 01:41:41 PM

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'? 

Just one question. Why is it that you find it necessary to make yourself feel better by hating on other people for what they like?
Hate a publishing company if you must for what they publish, or a genre of fiction. If you don't like it, that's your choice. You should have stopped after your first 2 sentences, which is your legitimate opinion.
Hating on people whose entertainment choices you disagree with? NOT COOL.
My advice? Get outside with the sun shining in a very public place and read your Archie comic books there. Then see how many people you impress with how much cooler you are than readers of other types of comic books.

I have read Archie during a slow night at work and was made fun of a bit.    But mostly my male co-workers wanted to see how slutty/not slutty Betty and Veronica were dressed.


I do wish there were less superhero comics or rather a greater proportion of other types of stories. I think Image and IDW are the big players in that (though I like the smaller pubs even better) and hopefully there will be even more choice in the future. If people find out I like comics they always assume I know all the Marvel lore and start talking to me about the movies of which I have seen none.

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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 

I don't think we've seen the last of Sabrina yet. I would love to see Gisele do a Josie series...even a thinly veiled copy/parody of The Pussycats.

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!

Is this a commission? I love it.