Even more covers!


http://panels.net/2016/04/15/exclusive-debut-betty-veronica-variant-covers/


I like the surfing, milkshake, and manga inspired ones.

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I do not know if it's true! 

"A sneak preview of BETTY & VERONICA # 2 by Adam Hughes"

Wow, okay this one is really pretty.

Very cool. Betty has a bit of a Selena Gomez face here or maybe Baby Spice and looks younger than Veronica.

Quote from: The Bee on April 14, 2016, 04:42:14 PM
I'm just waiting for this Josie and the Pussycats group on the 1st Riverdale episode to bust out into a Destiny's Child song like Bootylicious.

I'm waiting for them to bust out some TLC songs.

Harrow County #11 - Oh how I love thee. Still acting mysterious. I especially like the scary stories sent in by readers in the back.


Another Castle #2 - Beautiful art especially the colors. The story is standard princess fare/fairytale written by a man.

Quote from: BettyReggie on April 14, 2016, 06:09:54 PM
There's new covers by Genevieve F.T & Chrissie Zullo & Jenn St. Onge on www.hitfix.com that I would love to get.

Looks like you are going to get your wish BettyReggie. They sure are making a lot of variant covers. Not quite 22 but a lot. It would be nice if someone would post all the pictures of them in a thread and we could vote on them and discuss them. I would but every time I try to post an image on this site it says the image is too big.


Of the new covers on Hitflix the boxing one is cute. It's interesting to see how many artists are integrating phones in their cover art. I guess iPhone screams "teen" nowadays and it shows how "modern" Archie is now. A cell phone isn't something I usually associate with Archie. I remember the Midtown variant of Archie #1 featuring a cell phone too.

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In my attempt to try superheroes again I read Mockingbird #1. It was interesting. The first issue didn't explain much.

She has a long history (which isn't totally necessary) — nothing like Patsy of course and she's always been in the superhero side of things, but about 50 years I'd say ... I could do a summary if you want, but I doubt it's essential ...

Do you think I would like issue #2? I think it was released this week. I'm on the fence with continuing the series.

Goldie Vance #1 - Nancy Drew in South Florida. It's definitely an all ages comic and I wouldn't compare her to Veronica Mars. Not snarky enough.


I liked the preview in the back for the Lumberjanes and Gotham Academy crossover. I've been trying to catch up on Gotham Academy in preparation.

Heart Throb #1

In my attempt to try superheroes again I read Mockingbird #1. It was interesting. The first issue didn't explain much.

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QuoteHENCHGIRL #6 (Things take an interesting turn in this issue.)

Definitely — may you live in interesting times.

Just as I gave up on the series. Boo. Maybe I'll have to pick it up again. Too bad they don't do digital issues. I guess I'll slog through the web comic.

Webcomics are annoying to you to the point where you'd rather pay for a PDF (or whatever digital format it is you're used to reading) than to "slog" through it for FREE? Or you know, save a bunch of the webcomics as JPGs and put them in a file folder on your tablet where your comic reader app can access them? This I don't get. The fact that they're free is what keeps me reading webcomics. Other digital comics that are available in print, it's just easier to get the print copy. When they're not available (or hard to find) in print, then it's just annoying. Unless they're free webcomics.

The other thing I realized the other day when thinking about this is that I have absolutely NO sense of urgency about getting digital comics. They're not going to NOT be available next week, next month, or next year, or harder to find, or more expensive. (In fact, they occasionally are later on sale cheaper, for 99 cents or something, on ComiXology, or other places that have sales on digital comics.) That makes them a lot lower priority for me, because I need to find the stuff that won't be easy to find next week, next month, next year FIRST. So that stuff goes to the top of my list, while digital comics go to the bottom. A lot of the stuff I read and/or collect isn't available digitally anyway.

I don't like webcomics because you have to click from page from page. And I read fast so it disrupts my enjoyment having to wait for each page to load. I have an ad blocker so that isn't the problem. To read them fluidly I have to beg my husband for some computer science trickery to download the images through a command line. And he hates my comic habit. I believe in supporting things monetarily if I like them otherwise they will stop publishing them.

To buy physical comics I have to pay shipping which makes the comics cost double and as you said if you wait long enough there will be a sale on Comixology. I also read a lot of Kindle books and download from iTunes and digital items do disappear from these stores over time especially if they are from indie companies. It must cost money to host these things on these big websites and small companies can't afford it over time. I've learned that the hard way when I've waited to buy things digitally.

I have a lot of those deluxe hardcovers and they hurt my hands to read them. Also they take up a lot of space and in my field I have to move around a lot.

I'm going to be watching Rooney on the Today show.

More manga...My Love Story and Princess Jellyfish

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"0-day"?

The day when new comics hit the stores ...

QuoteWow, I read a few pages into SPIDEY #4 and then just gave up. What a difference the art of Nick Bradshaw made on the first 3 issues of that book (which are slated to be reprinted in a one-shot deluxe Marvel Treasury Edition). Unless Bradshaw's just skipping an issue or two before coming back, I guess I'm done with it.

I wouldn't say the art made a real difference to me, but I don't blame you for giving up — I thought the first issue showed a lot of potential, but with #2 it just seemed ...  aimless?  pointless?  I'll probably keep watching where it goes a while longer, but ... 

QuoteHENCHGIRL #6 (Things take an interesting turn in this issue.)

Definitely — may you live in interesting times.

Just as I gave up on the series. Boo. Maybe I'll have to pick it up again. Too bad they don't do digital issues. I guess I'll slog through the web comic.

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0-day so I've read (so far):

   
• Spidey #4
• Spider-Gwen #7
• The Unbelievable Gwenpool #1

Saving Princeless book 5 #1 for last ...

I liked princeless book 5 #0 even though it was more of a prequel.

How's gwenpool?

that's a hard question — it's definitely a strange book, self-referential mocking of the superhero genre; and that was the stated intent (more or less — do you know anything about it already?) ... I'd like it to succeed actually, but not sure if they're going to pull it off ...

Don't know anything about it or Marvel but the art looked cool.

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This morning I finished reading Archie Comics Spectacular Block Party.
I'm gonna start reading Archie 1000 Page Comics Gala.

I hate that they repeat the same stories in different books. I started reading 1000 page comics Gala and there are 8 stories in a row that I had already read on Block Party. 

I just shake my head at this. I just don't understand this at all with all the material they have you'd think they could pick different stories for what they are putting out. Do they not have a clue what material they are putting in there comics?

It costs money to hire someone to curate these stories. ACP just wants to make a quick buck.