Sandy Jarrell's cover of Jughead 15 is amazing.  I love the "Road To Ruin" homage on the Pussycats record.  I wanna shop at Riverdale Records!

Just read Jughead 13.  This, with the possible exception of the Sabrina issues, is the best one yet.  Derek Charm's art is amazing and Ryan North is the best and funniest writer currently working for Archie.


Unfortunately, he's leaving the book soon and will be replaced by Mark Waid.  I don't see how Mark Waid will equal what Ryan is doing but maybe he'll surprise me. 


Derek Charm will hopefully stay on the book for a long time.  His depiction of Archie is awesome, especially in this issue where Arch is wearing dark wraparound sunglasses.  He looks like such a jerk, in a good way! 

Quote from: BettyReggie on February 21, 2017, 06:04:22 AM
I watched esposide #4 of RiverDale again. I think that's my favorite one.

It was great.  I'm not sure of my favorite episode.  I love them all, but I think my favorite scene is still Veronica at the cheerleader tryouts telling Cheryl, "my specialty is ice."

Quote from: Archiecomicxfan215 on February 20, 2017, 08:49:13 AM
Found out through my email that I got hired for the new job i went on an interview for👌👌

Congratulations!

Quote from: Smurf on February 18, 2017, 08:35:44 PM
I would love a dollar for every time I heard that Archie comics was on its way out. The last time I checked they are still here and selling comics. I may not like the people running the company, but the bottom line is they re the ones running it and all I can do as a fan is either not read the comics or get enjoyment out of what they do distribute.

PREACH!

Well Cole Sprouse is 24.  About time he gets out on his own!

Quote from: BettyReggie on February 15, 2017, 01:31:14 AM
I just read my digital copy of Archie #17. And there was lot of Jason Blossom in it. He's adorable. So is the last issue from Joe Eisma. I love his art. I love his work in Morning Glories.

I know.  I wish he wasn't leaving the Archie title, but at least he'll be doing the art for RIVERDALE

Quote from: Fred99999 on February 13, 2017, 03:16:03 PM
Thanks!  I was just looking at those online and thought maybe they'd be my next purchases.

You might also try:

Archie's Comics from the Vault

and

Archie's Favorite High School Comics.

Those are both 400 pagers that are similar to the Best ofs.  The Comics From The Vault one is really good.  Probably my favorite 400 pager.

Quote from: JonInIowaCity on February 12, 2017, 08:20:00 PM
I love Veronica, Kevin, Jughead, and Cheryl on "Riverdale." Archie is okay, as is Betty. But that wig looked awful on her in the last episode. Maybe het guys like that, but it just looked odd on her to me.

My co-worker is in love with KJ Apa, so I'm trying to like him more and I do like that he just won't give up on Ms Grundy!  Hilarious.  I agree on the Betty wig, but for what she was trying to accomplish, it worked.  My taste definitely runs more toward traditional Betty. 

Quote from: JonInIowaCity on February 12, 2017, 06:50:06 PM
Welcome! I'm a fan of Kevin and "Riverdale," though I like Jughead too.

Oh I forgot to mention Kevin.  I LOVE him, especially in "Riverdale". 

Quote from: DeCarlo Rules on February 12, 2017, 11:47:09 AM

Quote from: Vegan Jughead on February 12, 2017, 11:23:58 AM
Not saying they're killing it now but compared to then, they're doing great.

Is that why they keep cancelling all the products they solicit? The rate of cancelled solicitations is ghastly. About the only thing that they seem to be doing great on is recycling. Reprinting the same material over and over again in multiple formats. If all you're doing is saying "Oh look, they used to have only classic Archie and classic B&V floppy comics back in 2015, and now they have New Archie, New Jughead, New B&V, and New Josie. So they must be doing awesome now, right?" Well, maybe if you don't count the number of issues they actually come out with over the course of a year (I guess this would be a good time not to mention the Archie Horror titles). But of course you're only comparing to 2015, not slightly earlier when they still had Life With Archie, Kevin Keller, Archie & Friends, or going back a couple more years, classic Betty, Veronica, Jughead and Sabrina. Digest sales have slipped in the last few years too, and that's ACP's real bread-and-butter money. And we're still waiting for that third issue of Adam Hughes' B&V, which launched with great hoopla last summer. Yeah, doing just great.

All good points.  I didn't join the forum to slam Archie Comics.  Besides you're doing a great job of it already!  LOL

Quote from: DeCarlo Rules on February 12, 2017, 11:19:22 AM

Quote from: Vegan Jughead on February 12, 2017, 09:25:26 AM
I think Archie will be here as long as they want to.  Maybe it won't be the Archie the old school fans prefer, but Archie Comics will most likely exist for the foreseeable future.

So, following that logic, if they are publishing fewer new comics and selling less copies of them than they were say, 10 or 20 years ago, it's because they "want" to? As in, the people who buy (or probably more to the point, don't buy) Archie Comics have no bearing on whether or not Archie Comics is going to be around for the next 10 or 20 years? 75 years may be a great run in the comics biz, but nothing is forever. Dinosaurs and the Roman Empire both had a great run too, but they're no longer around. Neither is vaudeville, pulp fiction magazines, or Big Little Books. Yeah, they were all great in their time, but that time passed.

totally agree; I didn't GUARANTEE they'll be around forever, but I think they're doing better right now than they were a couple of years ago.  I'd say they have the potential to survive and I happen to think they will.  And when you say they're publishing fewer comics etc, they're still publishing more right now than they were a couple of years ago, when it was down to Archie and a bi-monthly (if we were lucky) Betty and Veronica as their only 32 pagers (sporadic horror comics notwithstanding). 


Not saying they're killing it now but compared to then, they're doing great. 

Quote from: BettyReggie on February 02, 2017, 11:30:25 AM
I just bought 12 Issue Riverdale Subscription for $19.99,

Me too!  I usually do digital comics these days, but this was too good to pass up!

Been hearing about the end of Archie Comics for years now, and they're still here.  Even though RIVERDALE's ratings aren't good it's getting mostly positive reviews and that can't hurt. 


I think Archie will be here as long as they want to.  Maybe it won't be the Archie the old school fans prefer, but Archie Comics will most likely exist for the foreseeable future. 

So far, I'm listening to an 80s radio show and writing my wife's birthday/Valentine's Day card (they're the same day!).  Later gonna get some coffee and just enjoy the day.  Hope y'all have a great day!