I review "Photo Finish" and "Hotshot Friend", the two new stories from Betty and Veronica Digest, No. 177.

I review "Drop The Shopping" and "Rerun Fun?", the two new stories from Betty and Veronica Digest, No. 176.

Quote from: Tuxedo Mark on November 18, 2019, 10:22:12 amIt doesn't help that issues that do come out are often delayed. The next issue of Archie, which is set to conclude the Archie and Sabrina storyline, was originally supposed to come out next week but has already been delayed an additional two weeks, leaving almost two months between issues.

Archie #709 has now been moved up a week to December 4. Still pretty erratic scheduling, though.

Quote from: Captain Jetpack on November 22, 2019, 06:56:52 amHave you have a special time in your life, when Archie Comics were important?

Not particularly. I really don't have anyone in my family that's into Archie. My mom bought me my first two digests, and I later learned my sister had bought her some Archies back in the 1970s or 1980s, so she could learn English, but she's not really into Archie. It's just something that I read for myself and discuss online.

It doesn't help that issues that do come out are often delayed. The next issue of Archie, which is set to conclude the Archie and Sabrina storyline, was originally supposed to come out next week but has already been delayed an additional two weeks, leaving almost two months between issues.

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On Halloween, I reviewed "When Archie Meets Archie..." from Archie Digest, No. 236 (but I couldn't post about it, due to the forum being down).

Today, I review "The Late Great Veronica!" and "2 For 1 Sale!", the two new stories in Betty and Veronica Digest, No. 174.

Not counting Archies, here's what I've gotten since the beginning of September (to not make this list absurdly long), both free and paid, grouped by category:

Movies/Shows:
Aladdin - 4K/Blu-ray
Maxie's World: The Complete Series
Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman (Blu-ray)
Coyote Ugly (The Double-Shot Edition) [Blu-ray]
Birds of Prey: The Complete Series
Doom: Annihilation - Blu-ray
The Outpost: Season One - DVD
Batman Beyond: The Complete Series (Blu-ray + Digital)

Music:
Lindsey Stirling - Artemis (Target exclusive)
Lover - Taylor Swift

Video Games:
Batman Arkham - Trilogy
LEGO Batman Trilogy
Minit
Surviving Mars

Ebooks:
Sword & Magic: Eight Fantasy Novels
Lips Unsealed: A Memoir - Belinda Carlisle
Unicorns of Balinor: Sunchaser's Quest (Book Two) - Mary Stanton
The Last Pendragon Saga Volume 1: The Last Pendragon/The Pendragon's Blade/Song of the Pendragon (The Last Pendragon Saga Boxset) - Sarah Woodbury
Kill the Queen (A Crown of Shards Novel Book 1) - Jennifer Estep
Crystal Doors Full Series Boxed Set: Island Realm, Ocean Realm, Sky Realm - Rebecca Moesta
The Tarot Witches Complete Collection: Caged Wolf, Forbidden Witches, Winter Court, and Summer Court - SM Reine
Doomed Cases Box Set: The Complete Collection Books 1- 4 & Prequel - Joanna Mazurkiewicz
Ascension: The Complete Trilogy - Justin DePaoli
The Mage Chronicles Box Set (Books 1-4) - Joanna Mazurkiewicz
The Forsaken Saga Complete Box Set (Books 1-4) - Sophia Sharp
500 Eternal Masterpieces Of Fairy Tales (Golden Deer Classics)
The Witching Hour Box Set: The Complete Collection (Books 1-5) - Joanna Mazurkiewicz
Marion Zimmer Bradley Super Pack - Marion Zimmer Bradley
The TruthSeer Archives: Complete series - Mike Shelton
Dragon Oracle Boxed Set (Dragon Oracle Omnibus) - Jada Fisher
Chronicles of Pelenor Trilogy Collection: (Heart of Dragons, Court of Shadows, Order of Valxiron) - Meg Cowley
Forgotten Gods Omnibus (Books 1-8) - ST Branton, CM Raymond, LE Barbant
Hunted Witch Agency Complete Urban Fantasy Collection - Rachel Medhurst
Spinning Silver - Naomi Novik
Hunters' Academy 1: Entrance Exam - Ivy Hearne
Hunters' Academy 2: Winter Break - Ivy Hearne
Hunters' Academy 4: Independent Study - Ivy Hearne
Hunters' Academy 6: Spring Break - Ivy Hearne
Dragons Be With You: Magic Be With You: Episode Five - Jamie Brindle and Penny Red
Mermaids Be With You: Magic Be With You: Episode Six - Jamie Brindle and Penny Red
A Kind of Miracle... - Emma Chamberlain and Blythe Stone
Janice Wallander: A Novella Retelling the Tale of Rumpelstiltskin - Aleese Hughes
iPagan - edited by Trevor Greenfield
All the Breaking Waves - Kerry Lonsdale
Ultraviolet - Yvonne Navarro
Toil & Trouble: 15 Tales of Women & Witchcraft - Tess Sharpe and Jessica Spotswood
The River's Gift - Mercedes Lackey
Pagans: The End of Traditional Religion and the Rise of Christianity - James J. O'Donnell
Witch One: A prequel to Witch Ways - Kristy Tate
Witch Ways - Kristy Tate
Moon Dog Magic - Jennifer Willis
Starheart: The Vale of Stars Book 1 - Hailey Griffiths
The City of Dreams: (Vale of Stars Prequel Novella #1) - Hailey Griffiths
Ahe'ey: The Complete Collection - Jamie Le Fay
Night Goddess: The Goddess Prophecies Fantasy Series Book 1 - Araya Evermore
The Fall of Celene: The Goddess Prophecies Fantasy Series Book 2 - Araya Evermore
Tala Phoenix and the School of Secrets - Gabby Fawkes
Tala Phoenix and the Dragon's Lair - Gabby Fawkes
Blood Magic Box Set: The Complete Urban Fantasy Action Adventure:
(Blood Magic Omnibus: Books 1-6) - JT Lawrence and MJ Kraus
School of Necessary Magic Full Boxed Set - Alison Brownstone: Entire Alison Brownstone School of Necessary Magic Series - Judith Berens, Martha Carr, and Michael Anderle
The Girl Who Sees (Sasha Urban Series Book 1) - Dima Zales and Anna Zaires
Summer Magic (The Thorne Witches Book 1) - T.M. Cromer
Lauraleigh's Secret (Anna the Girl Witch Book 0) - Vic Connor
Magical Arts Academy 1: First Spell - Lucia Ashta
Dragons are a Girl's Best Friend (Quarter Witch Chronicles Book 1) - Joynell Schultz
Dangerous Grounds: Lesbian and Werewolf Shifter Romance - Free Coman
Girl from the Stars Book 1- Daybreak - Cheree Alsop
Earth Space Service Space Marines Boxed Set - James David Victor
Ruby Callaway: The Complete Collection - D.N. Erikson
Dead Spots (Scarlett Bernard Book 1) - Melissa F. Olson
Dragon Assassin 1: Twin Fury - Arthur Slade
Dark, Witch & Creamy (BEWITCHED BY CHOCOLATE Mysteries ~ Book 1) - H.Y. Hanna
The Keeper Chronicles: The Complete Epic Fantasy Trilogy - JA Andrews
Daughter of The Night: A Norse Mythology Romance - Tiki Kos
Twilight's Spell (Vampire Magic Book 1) - Sela Croft
Stone Cold Magic: A Paranormal Urban Fantasy Novel (Ella Grey Series Book 1) - Jayne Faith
Phoenix (Prophecy Series Book 1) - Jessica Wayne
Resurrection (Immortal Soulless Book 1) - Tanith Frost
Sanctuary (Immortal Soulless Book 2) - Tanith Frost

All of the ebooks starting with Crystal Doors were bought due to receiving a promotion in the Kindle app on my phone: buy $60 worth of ebooks in a certain time frame (which I did), get a $40 ebook credit (which I didn't). I contacted their support, and they said, if I didn't receive an e-mail about the promotion (I didn't), I'm not eligible. Then why was the notification sent to me in the app? Why did it tell me to click Activate and then Shop Now? I feel like I've been ripped off, especially since I spent a lot of time going through my digital wish list and selecting precisely which books to buy in order to maximize content.

Quote from: Oldiesmann on November 04, 2019, 01:31:50 amSocial media probably plays a large part of it - there are Archie Comics groups on Facebook (I'm in at least two of them though I don't post much in either), subreddits, etc.

On top of that, Archie isn't putting out as much content as they were 10 years ago - the only new stories we get are either specials/mini-series, stuff related to the TV series or one or two new stories in a Digest. This compares to a dozen or more new stories each month back before they stopped publishing the "floppies" (full-size comics like Archie, Jughead, etc.)

True dat (I'm showing my non-existant '90s street cred). Stuff like the Riverdale reddit is where most of the discussion of Archie's most popular property is taking place. That should, theoretically, leave us no worse off than before, but, as you said, Archie doesn't put out at much as it used to (or perhaps it does, with all of the various miniseries, although I doubt it, and anyway it's more fragmented, what with all of the alternate universes, rather than a "cohesive whole" (which I'm not sure it ever was)). So, I guess my basic point is, without as much new "canon" (classic Archie) material coming out, discussion is naturally gonna slow down.

I review Archie, No. 699 (the recap issue).

I review "The Facts of Leaf" from World of Archie Double Digest, No. 93.

I don't think so. I think it's due to a few things. When the old forum was wiped out, ten years' worth of real-time Archie fandom history was wiped out, so that discouraged a lot of people. Combine that with the fact that everyone had to sign up for a new account, and a lot of people simply chose not to.

Then there's Riverdale and ChAoS (and soon Katy Keene), which is responsible for the biggest output of new content; they have their own Reddits.

That leaves us to discuss:

*older stories
*older shows and movies
*the storyline in the current Archie title
*the various miniseries that come and go
*the new classic-style stories in the digests

If anyone's up for starting topics on these things, I'll gladly join in.

I review "Pranktober 31st" from Archie Double Digest, No. 303.

I review "Fake 'N' Bake" from Archie Double Digest, No. 302.

I review "Name Fame!" from Archie Double Digest, No. 302.