Quote from: DeCarlo Rules on April 25, 2016, 11:04:59 AM

Quote from: irishmoxie on April 25, 2016, 07:30:54 AM
Re-reading Harrow County. I just love this series. The writing and art fit perfectly together.

What's it about?

It's kinda like Sabrina but more of a mystery. I first read it without knowing the plot and I think it's better this way. The art is watercolors which adds to the mystery. The writer is Cullen Bunn. Usually I care more about the art than the writing but the writing is really strong in this like a novel.

Quote from: Fernando Ruiz on April 24, 2016, 06:31:01 PM

Quote from: DeCarlo Rules on April 24, 2016, 02:56:33 PM
I wonder whatever became of Fernando Ruiz' reboot of Cosmo (it was supposed to be its own graphic novel, and shown in the back of NIGHT AT THE COMIC SHOP TPB, along with the reboot of Sam Hill). I think the Sam Hill reboot got released as a digital exclusive. I wonder why they didn't do that with Cosmo, unless it was never completed.

I always wondered what became of my reboot too.

I was asked to submit a series of Cosmo sketches as part of a proposal to resurrect The Merry Martian. A huge fan of Cosmo, I eagerly jumped into this and I drew a stack of sketches of Cosmo and his supporting cast. These sketches were submitted and as with other situations, I never heard anything again. Later I learned, that proposals and sketches from other artists were being entertained. At that point, it was safe to assume that my pitch had been either rejected or at least was no longer under consideration. Ultimately, no new Cosmo ever came of any of these proposals.

Last year I was told directly, "Our next big thing is going to be Cosmo and that's going to be all you."


Again, nothing.

I think there was a Cosmo app game that failed. That couldn't've helped.

Re-reading Harrow County. I just love this series. The writing and art fit perfectly together.

Quote from: GingerGal on April 24, 2016, 12:14:22 PM
When I woke up I reread the new Archie #1 & 2. Now I am about to reread #3.

Out of curiosity do you just have the regular covers for Archie and Jughead? If you have any variants, which ones?

Cleaning/packing up stuff for my move at the end of May.

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.

1. Sabrina
2. Valerie
3. Cheryl Blossom
4. Melody
5. Alexandra

Princeless Make Yourself #1 - not as good of a series as Vol 1 and 2 and the Raven books

Henchgirl #5 and 6 - Don't really get this comic. She's superglueing this guy back together and I have no idea where he came from and in the next issue she's kidnapped??

Loving Rachel Rising so far. It fills the "good but creepy story" vibe while I wait between issues of Harrow County. I don't usually like black and white but the art is so good. When she was walking through the forest I could practically hear the leaves crunching (without those sound effect words).

Quote from: DeCarlo Rules on April 23, 2016, 02:04:29 PM

Quote from: irishmoxie on April 23, 2016, 01:31:02 PM
Why do people buy tons of blank sketch covers (with the same internal material usually unrelated to the commission) when the artist could draw on any old piece of paper?

Let me venture a guess on this one. It's not that any of the people buying those sketch variants particularly care what the interior pages of that (NOT COMPLETELY*) blank sketch variant cover contain, the pages themselves could be blank as well, if it were more feasible (meaning cheaper) to print them that way (but it's not).

*WHY is a blank sketch cover "not completely" blank? Because it has a character's title logo on it, just like regular comic books do. The importance of the logo is this. A BETTY & VERONICA blank sketch cover variant is absolutely worthless to someone who only wants an artist to sketch a picture of SPIDER-MAN on it (unless that pic of Spidey ALSO has B&V in it, as well). That means when the cover gets sketched on by a pro, what the owner now has in his collection is in effect a "custom comic", a one-of-a-kind (as opposed to the unsketched blank) variant THAT NO ONE ELSE OWNS A COPY OF. That's true of the original sketch on an ordinary blank piece of paper as well, but here is the crucial difference (in the minds of those that care about such things, and the popularity of the blank sketch variant attests to this) -- no matter how nice the original art sketch on a blank sheet of paper, IT IS NOT A COMIC BOOK. That's about as simple as it is.

Thanks for explaining this. Your insights to comic culture are invaluable.

I download music from there. Especially unreleased or live tracks. Also music from youtube artists who do covers.

Quote from: invisifan on April 23, 2016, 02:16:07 PM
For those of an e-format collecting bent, it's easy enough to collect all the variants and they can be displayed in a video picture frame — they aren't as common as when they first got trendy, and the larger (comic sized) versions are harder to find, but still available ... so you could have a B&V frame on the wall that had it all — and always different, or a mix of whatever you want.

This is an interesting idea. I'll look into this. It seems more feasible than finding wall space for multiple comic frames.

A lot of collecting is about how you display it. Which is why it boggles my mind when people on American Pickers collect so much junk and throw it in a barn haphazard.

Why do people buy tons of blank sketch covers (with the same internal material usually unrelated to the commission) when the artist could draw on any old piece of paper?

I only bought 2 variants for Archie #1 because those were the only ones I liked. Coincidentally they both featured Betty on the cover. I'm just a bigger fan of Betty and Veronica. I only buy what I like. I don't indiscriminately collect all the variant covers.

Yes you could print out the covers but not many people have such high quality color printers and you would bankrupt yourself buying ink. Plus you gotta buy high quality paper or the paper will roll.

I can see how variant covers could eventually destroy the industry with your morbid story. I think comic publishers are giving consumers what they want. The covers usually feature art that is different from the regular interior art and they are trying to draw non-Archie fans into picking up a copy of Archie comics. 

IMO, buying variant covers is one of the few, only? reason to buy paper comics anymore. You can read the digital versions earlier and faster. I haven't been a comic collector for years and years so I'm not good at the delayed gratification comic shops insist on. Plus, to own a copy of Donald Duck or Silk wouldn't make me as happy as owning the variant cover of B&V.


It's all in what you like to collect. Shows like American Pickers boggle my mind. Why would you want to own something rusty and faded where you can't even see the colors anymore? I tend to be attracted to art that is really bright and colorful (i.e. Jem and the Holograms) so I like the variant covers. Going to conventions is extraordinarily expensive and even getting commissions done is the price of at least 10 variant covers.

Quote from: BettyReggie on April 22, 2016, 07:19:09 PM
I preordered these covers from Midtown Comics.com
B & V #1
1-Adam Hughes
2-Evely
3-Coover
4-Geneviene
5-Gonazles
6-Henderson
7-Martinez
8-Moritat
9-Onge
10-Sook
11-Zdarsky
12-Zullo
But from archie comics I'll preorder these
1-Asar
2-Bancroft
3-Buscema
4-Chaing
5-Isaacs
6-Mok
7-Perez

I went with these for now. Really excited for the relaunch. Hopefully it lives up to the hype. At least we know the art will be beautiful.


Adam Hughes
Cliff Chiang
Colleen Coover
Francesco Francavilla
Rian Gonzales  Probably like this one the best after Hughes'
Tula Latoy
Alitha Martinez
Audrey Mok
Moritat
Chrissie Zullo
Jenny Frison