Quote from: BettyReggie on September 07, 2016, 08:35:18 AM
That's so cool, Who made that? I'm going look on eBay. You should put in a comic frame & hang it on your wall. Amazon sells comic frames.

Thanks. It's by British artist Gary Parkin - not someone whose work I'm familiar with, but obviously I couldn't resist the subject matter. He seems to specialise in painting blank cover variants. I hadn't thought of hanging it on my wall, but you're right, I should

$20.50 on Ebay

Quote from: invisifan on August 12, 2016, 02:39:18 PM
24 specifically from ACP and the rest retailer and convention exclusives (including another Adam Hughes, an Andrew Pepoy. J.Scott Campbell and more).

Do you have a list of these other sixteen variants? Are you counting signed editions separately?

Quote from: DeCarlo Rules on August 10, 2016, 02:32:55 PM
I'm glad you mentioned SPIRIT OF WONDER...I liked the artwork, but I can't remember much about the story other than it had a little bit of a steampunk feel to it (before that genre had become as popular as it is today)

I realised when I read this, that I couldn't remember anything about the story either. So I'll have to dig out the issues and add them to the reading pile (Judge Dredd: The Uncensored Cursed Earth Saga is on top at the moment).

I did re-read Betty and Veronica 1 last night and found what could well be a reference to the storyline in Jughead , but it is very tangential

Wandering Island - Kenji Tsuruta: Slow-paced first volume from author not know for speed of publication (I really enjoyed Spirit of Wonder, also from Dark Horse, many years ago now). Beautifully illustrated with minimal dialogue. The story of a young woman who is co-owner with her grandfather of an airplane shipping service in the Japanese islands. When he dies, she finds a package addressed to her, but the address is for an island that doesn't exist. So begins her obsessive desire to find this mysterious island

Quote from: DeCarlo Rules on July 28, 2016, 03:47:40 AM
I'd have had no problem with this title being in its own separate continuity, but it's like it's got one foot in, the other foot out, of ARCHIE's continuity.

In the old days, continuity played almost no part in Archie comics so I'm all for the new Betty and Veronica having only a passing relationship to the Archie and Jughead titles. Neither of them seem to have a great deal of crossover, so it's possible they're all being treated as alternate versions by editorial

My expectations were mixed when I ordered this. I expected it to look good, but I had no experience of Adam Hughes as a writer. I didn't really expect to find it satisfying, given Mark Waid's comments that Betty and Veronica wouldn't be friends in the 'new Archie'.

I was very pleasantly surprised therefore, to enjoy this a great deal.

The artwork is not as 'realistic' as you might expect - there's a Kyle Baker vibe to my eyes. It's clearly comedic, so while not the classic Archie style, it's not that far removed from it.

The writing style is also comedic, with drama there to provide the context for the humour rather than the humour being dropped occasionally into the drama. The plot about Pop's closing is one that's been used many times in the past, so this feels familiar and the characters are the ones we recognise - Veronica sunning herself while Betty works, Archie and Jughead larking about and joking, Midge and Moose drinking sodas at Pop's.

So I'm encouraged. Betty and Veronica are clearly friends at the start of the story and Archie, Betty, Jughead, Midge, Moose and Veronica are clearly all comfortable in each others company.

Betty's quickness to violence will be something to keep an eye on, but in theory it's all in keeping with the slapstick nature of classic Archie (if you go back far enough) and may be foreshadowing how the argument develops over the next couple of issues.

For me, this is best of the 'new' Archie so far. It retains the heart and humour of the characters and Riverdale while offering a different look and feel, a different approach to the storytelling. I'll be even happier if Betty and Veronica are friends again at the end of issue three.

I joined the forum because I'm interested in topics about Archie comics, who wrote or drew what issues, themes, characters, historical information etc. I visit almost daily and read a number of threads, but I'm not really a 'chatty' person

I do wish Dan and J. Bone all the best with this and will be buying the print version when it turns up, but I have no interest in digital comics, I'm afraid

I suppose I do identify with Jughead more than any other male character, but, if I shipped, it would be Betty / Veronica...