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Post by codystarbuck on May 8, 2019 16:37:08 GMT -5
Yeah; but, why did they need Hot Dog, as a conductor? What rock band uses a conductor? Just plain weird!
I preferred Josey and the Pusscats. They had long tails, and ears for hats!
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Post by badwolf on May 8, 2019 16:51:16 GMT -5
Maybe you Riverdale experts can help me out. I've been trying to track down a story I remember reading as a kid. It was called "The Silent Treatment" and it involved Archie not talking to his parents. He walked around the house and did his daily routine but didn't say a word to them. I had it in a digest, but it reprinted stories from different eras, so this story may have appeared elsewhere before. The book I had would have been from the mid to late 70s. The GCD shows a couple possibilities, but neither cover looks super-familiar. I'd prefer to get the exact digest issue but if I can get the story in its original comic (if it's not pricey) that would be cool too. Thanks in advance. Pep Comics #169. Pep 169. See end of list for digest reprints. Thank you! That's definitely the story. The digest cover sort of looked familiar, but didn't give me the "a-ha!" moment I usually get with other "lost" comics, so I wasn't sure.
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Post by tarkintino on May 8, 2019 17:10:13 GMT -5
Regarding The Archies, the rock band from the late 60s, I think they made a mistake having Reggie play bass and Jughead play drums. Those two would be temperamentally suited for each other's instrument. Drumming would give Reggie a chance to be flamboyant and loud, while Jughead will happily and unobtrusively keep the whole band together, as bass players do. I'm guessing Jughead was turned into the drummer because in the years predating The Archies' debut, Jughead was often painted as somewhat of a mild beatnik type; with bongo playing being one of the mainstream's stereotypes of beatnicks--along with Jughead and Archie's dynamic being rather close to Max Schulman's characters from the TV version of The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis... ...it could be suggested that making Jughead the drummer was a no-brainer, which would leave Archie and Reggie as "dueling" frontmen, since Reggie would never take a back seat to Archie in any situation.
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Post by Icctrombone on May 9, 2019 7:28:04 GMT -5
Never an Archie collector but I always had a soft spot for Little Archie.
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Post by Crimebuster on May 9, 2019 10:47:17 GMT -5
Jughead being a drummer has been a fairly important character point for him over the decades since that idea was introduced. It's not up there with "likes to eat burgers" as a defining trait, but it's a lot more interesting. In particular, there's a great story in Jughead #2 (1987 series) where he discovers the records of an obscure jazz drummer named Crazy Willie Jim. Jughead tracks down all his albums, so he can try to learn Willie Jim's playing style, but is shocked when he discovers the now-old Willie Jim is homeless and living at a shelter, busking on the streets for change. They become friends, and Willie Jim joins the Archies for a show, gaining a new audience and earning some money. It looks like Willie Jim has turned the corner, but the next night he dies suddenly - the years on the streets took too much of a toll on his health. At the end, Jughead sits in with Willie Jim's street band to play a final tribute to his mentor. That one always stuck with me. Here's the cover of Jughead #200 with him drumming:
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Post by shaxper on May 14, 2020 7:42:32 GMT -5
I have nearly reached my goal of owning Life with Archie (1958) #1-10 with the arrival of #2,9, and 10 in the mail this week. Still working on finding inexpensive copies of #6-8.
I am having SO MUCH FUN reading these, but it's strange to be reading books that are so important to me and yet are regarded as unimportant to the larger collecting community. Life with Archie #2 arrived in a plain media mail envelope with no board or protection, for example. And two of the three remaining issues I need haven't been available for sale anywhere on the web in ages now. You'd think, with the success of Riverdale, that these books would carry a little more clout in 2020.
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Post by brutalis on May 14, 2020 8:06:13 GMT -5
I have nearly reached my goal of owning Life with Archie (1958) #1-10 with the arrival of #2,9, and 10 in the mail this week. Still working on finding inexpensive copies of #6-8. I am having SO MUCH FUN reading these, but it's strange to be reading books that are so important to me and yet are regarded as unimportant to the larger collecting community. Life with Archie #2 arrived in a plain media mail envelope with no board or protection, for example. And two of the three remaining issues I need haven't been available for sale anywhere on the web in ages now. You'd think, with the success of Riverdale, that these books would carry a little more clout in 2020. I think many classic collectors consider Archie comics as a "guilty pleasure" and don't like to speak out loud of what many consider to be a "children"s comic book. Quite sure those who collect those old Archie's are holding onto them out of love and/or hoping for a big sale eventually. And any of the younger crowd today starting into Archie from Riverdale have no taste for the earlier style of Archie comics in general and especially anything before the 60's (hell, anything 5 years older than they are is usually ignored) and if they are picking up any Archie, it is more likely the TPB's collecting current renditions. I know for myself as a teen growing up buying comics Archie was never in consideration as my dollars spent went to Marvel and DC. I would read Archie through my cousin's collections or occasionally stealth reading at the stand while browsing. Only now as an adult do I have more respect and admiration and enjoyment of Archie. And personally I prefer the digest giant size collections currently for sale where you can get decades of stories from the classic Archie artists and writers where you can read lesser stories right alongside some of the greater ones rather inexpensively.
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Post by Crimebuster on May 14, 2020 21:18:51 GMT -5
I have nearly reached my goal of owning Life with Archie (1958) #1-10 with the arrival of #2,9, and 10 in the mail this week. Still working on finding inexpensive copies of #6-8. I am having SO MUCH FUN reading these, but it's strange to be reading books that are so important to me and yet are regarded as unimportant to the larger collecting community. Life with Archie #2 arrived in a plain media mail envelope with no board or protection, for example. And two of the three remaining issues I need haven't been available for sale anywhere on the web in ages now. You'd think, with the success of Riverdale, that these books would carry a little more clout in 2020. You're doing better than I am! I have most of the run at this point past #35 or so, but I still haven't been able to find copies of #1 or #2 that I'm happy with — i.e. not too expensive, but not trashed. They are both legit keys, though for me, #2 is bigger than #1 because of the classic cover. I do have #7 and #8 though. #8 is a bit tricky because it's an Elvis cover, but hopefully you'll find one soon! I'll keep an eye out for you in case I stumble on one.
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Post by Deleted on May 14, 2020 21:37:22 GMT -5
It's funny I read Archie Comics as a kid then went 2 decades without reading them until I bought them for my kids. And now a couple of decades later I am reading them again. They are like comfort food to me. Like going back home to visit your parents and getting some of your mom's great homecooked meals.
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Post by shaxper on May 14, 2020 22:38:28 GMT -5
I'll keep an eye out for you in case I stumble on one. I sincerely appreciate it!
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Post by shaxper on May 14, 2020 22:40:16 GMT -5
It's funny I read Archie Comics as a kid then went 2 decades without reading them until I bought them for my kids. And now a couple of decades later I am reading them again. They are like comfort food to me. Like going back home to visit your parents and getting some of your mom's great homecooked meals. You're not wrong. Familiar characters, familiar tropes with just slightly new twists. It's less about the art and writing, less about the individual stories, and more about returning to a warm and fuzzy place. That being said, the main reason I love the Life with Archie books is that they do provide unique and memorable (often full-length) adventures. It's a real treat having gone through the other stuff first and then getting into this run!
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Post by electricmastro on May 16, 2020 18:15:24 GMT -5
Archie and Jughead’s often overlooked contribution to the war effort (Pep Comics #39, May 1943):
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Post by electricmastro on May 21, 2020 15:42:07 GMT -5
First cover with Archie Andrews on the cover (Jackpot Comics #4, Winter 1941), which shows quite a contrasts in comparison to how much MLJ would later shift their priorities after placing less focus on their original heroes. Art by Bob Montana.
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Post by Batflunkie on May 21, 2020 19:00:15 GMT -5
First cover with Archie Andrews on the cover (Jackpot Comics #4, Winter 1941), which shows quite a contrasts in comparison to how much MLJ would later shift their priorities after placing less focus on their original heroes. Art by Bob Montana. Funny, I thought he first appeared in PEP It's funny I read Archie Comics as a kid then went 2 decades without reading them until I bought them for my kids. And now a couple of decades later I am reading them again. They are like comfort food to me. Like going back home to visit your parents and getting some of your mom's great homecooked meals. Same, loved Archie Digests as a kid. There was a little mom and pop bookstore that I used to pester my grandparents to let me go into after church and Wendy's in the early 00's and they had ooodles upon oodles of Archie Digests. Shame that they're like seven bucks a pop now :X
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Post by electricmastro on May 21, 2020 19:02:56 GMT -5
First cover with Archie Andrews on the cover (Jackpot Comics #4, Winter 1941), which shows quite a contrasts in comparison to how much MLJ would later shift their priorities after placing less focus on their original heroes. Art by Bob Montana. Funny, I thought he first appeared in PEP He did, though Pep Comics #22 didn’t feature him on the cover interestingly.
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