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#166
I'd probably buy them from any company.
#167
I could probably read them all in a couple of years if I had the time and made the effort.  There are nearly 7000 comics plus whatever new stories appeared in digests.
#168
All About Archie / Re: Free Comic Book Day
May 04, 2016, 06:28:10 PM
Veronica Fish drew a 1 page Betty Cooper 'story' for the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund free comic.  It really is just encouraging people to visit libraries, but it does feature an Archie character.  The CBLDF comic last year had Kevin Keller in it if I am remembering correctly.

My free comics arrived last week from my comic shop, though I still plan to visit a few shops to see what sales they have.  I've spent quite a bit at a couple of shops the last two years.
#169
I liked Computer Science, Math, History and Physics the most.  Phys ed was also fun, though I only had that my first two years.  i wasn't a big fan of English classes, though I did well in them.  Reading books for English class was fine, but I didn't like analyzing the text for symbolism and other stuff.
#170
A ban on shouts might be a good thing, at least for a while.
#171
I'm reading a couple of books at the moment:

Heart of the Comet by David Brin and Gregory Benford - a science fiction novel about a mission  to Halley's Comet in the middle of the 21st Century with the end goal  to change its orbit to eventually bring it to Earth to be mined for resources.  Things go wrong almost from the start.

The second book is:

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley.  You may have heard of this  book at some point.  It's been fairly popular for a couple of centuries now.
#172
Blankets was good.  I read it a year or so ago.


I'm reading Red Rising by Pierce Brown right now.  It's a very nice science fiction novel from a new writer.
#173
All About Archie / Re: Oldest Archie item you own
April 03, 2016, 12:01:28 AM
Quote from: invisifan on April 02, 2016, 11:58:10 PM
Most anything from the '90s is hard too — as bad as from the '60s at least — they tried to diversify and "re-invent" a lot of stuff then and people either loved it & kept it, or more often hated it and trashed any they had bought (a lot was pretty weird at the time)

I found it pretty easy to find '90s Archies.  Of course, that might be because I bought all of them in the '90s when they came out...   ::)
#174
I've watched a lot of movies over the past decade.  I've been working my way through all the movies ever nominated in one of the major categories for an Academy Award.  I've seen all of the Best Picture nominees (except for three that aren't available) and am working on Best Director, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor, Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress.  I've also been watching movies that make a number of the Best of lists from AFI or other sources.  I'll catch up on tv shows when I finish off the movie lists later this year or next year.

I read a lot of novels, mostly science fiction and fantasy.  I've averaged around 115 novels per year over the last 15 years.  A lot of them these days are audiobooks which I can listen to in the car, when I'm walking the dog, working around the house and so on.

I also play and watch a lot of sports.
#175
continuing with Image:

Invincible
Manifest Destiny
Nameless
No Mercy
Roche Limit Clandestiny

and others
#176
Welcome/Introductions / Re: Re-introduction
March 31, 2016, 06:23:48 PM
My name is Rusty and I'm an addict.  I'm addicted to comic books.

(Hello Rusty)

I've been reading comics for 39 years and was introduced to my older brother's Richie Rich comic collection when I was bored that summer.  After devouring all 800 or so comics over a two week period, I started collecting Richie Riches along with my brother and eventually completed that set.  I added Archies and other comics like Superboy and Superman to my collecting habits over the next couple of years and have been collecting ever since.

I worked at a comic book store from 1986-2005 in addition to attending school and eventually becoming a teacher.  I collect all sorts of comics in addition to Archies - Harvey, Dell, Gold Key, DC plus some Marvels and plenty of books from Dark Horse, Image, IDW, Boom, Dynamite, Valiant and others.

I have a complete set of Archie digests and need around 50 issues for a complete set of the regular comics featuring the Archie cast.  I don't expect to ever complete the run, though, since I am missing Archie #1-5 and most of the early Peps.  I'll keep looking, though.
#177
I just finished watching Southpaw.  It was decent.
#178
All About Archie / Re: Fraudulent Ebay listings
March 31, 2016, 12:52:30 PM
If the account was stolen or hacked then maybe the person would be able to get the money and withdraw it and then disappear before Ebay/Paypal caught up to them.  The buyer might get their money back at the expense of Ebay/Paypal.

The bidding was over $1200 with a couple of days to go when I reported it.  It could very easily have gone over $5000-$6000 before closing.
#179
Southpaw
#180
I've been catching up on Image Comics titles tonight:

Autumnlands
Birthright
Descender
Drifter
Wolf

and others