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Post by Crimebuster on Dec 15, 2014 20:22:11 GMT -5
I really dislike that the central concept in this reboot is to make Archie more in touch with the youth of today. The entire point of Archie is that, while the times have changed, the characters and their town have remained timeless. I'm assuming, though, that there will still be Double Digests on sale at checkout counters, so it's not like the real Archie and his cast won't still be in print. Yes, in an interview with CBR today, Jon Goldwater said that they will still be putting out the digests, and in fact, the current group of Archie creators like Dan Parent and Jeff Shultz will be doing new stories for the digests in the classic Archie style. So it seems like there's basically going to be two Archieverses - the classic one in the digests, and the new one in the regular comics. |
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Post by hondobrode on Dec 15, 2014 23:18:04 GMT -5
Fiona Staples has been doing some great variant covers for Archie for a couple years now. She did this series of rock covers based on Josie and Pussycats and The Archies:    She also did this Little Mermaid variant for Betty and Veronica #262:  Quoting you just to give more screenplay to her beautiful work  #646 Andrew Pepoy EC tribute!  Mate, I loves me that cover ! Totally great ! I'm going to get these. I'll be getting at least this first arc. Hopefully more later. It's so amazing what they've done with this set of characters. |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 16, 2014 21:19:09 GMT -5
I am so there.
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Post by Pharozonk on Dec 16, 2014 23:23:59 GMT -5
This has me worried. I feel like they're trying too hard to appeal to "my generation".  |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 17, 2014 0:14:35 GMT -5
I think they did that once before, with my generation. It didn't last. If this doesn't work it won't last either. The classic Archie style can always be brought back. The only problem is it doesn't seem to be appealing to this generation at all.
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Post by the4thpip on Dec 17, 2014 2:15:45 GMT -5
I just can't believe that Mark Waid is writing Archie. He scripted the Archie/Red Circle hero The Fox earlier this year and it was pretty good. I am always surprised Waid does not have a bigger "built in audience." Both The Fox and his Green Hornet deserved better sales. |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 17, 2014 9:45:47 GMT -5
I just can't believe that Mark Waid is writing Archie. He scripted the Archie/Red Circle hero The Fox earlier this year and it was pretty good. I am always surprised Waid does not have a bigger "built in audience." Both The Fox and his Green Hornet deserved better sales. I do enjoy his Green Hornet's books and I have a sizable collection of them and I do agree with you that they deserve better and more respected! |
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Post by Reptisaurus! on Dec 20, 2014 21:49:47 GMT -5
I just can't believe that Mark Waid is writing Archie. He's written Archie before, hasn't he? I know he was an edtior there for a while. |
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Post by dupersuper on Apr 3, 2015 19:49:08 GMT -5
When's the next Afterlife With Archie issue already?
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Post by Pharozonk on Apr 3, 2015 20:58:42 GMT -5
This new "style" for Archie has me really worried. Part of the appeal of Archie comics was always the perpetually retro vibe that Riverdale and it's residents gave off. The 1950's nostalgia vaccum that the characters seemed to exist in for much of their existence is what the stories so fun to read.
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Post by Crimebuster on Apr 4, 2015 0:20:53 GMT -5
When's the next Afterlife With Archie issue already? May 6. |
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Post by cromagnonman on Apr 4, 2015 4:30:21 GMT -5
I hated Afterlife with Archie, it was written to fit TPB format so suffered from it
Archie was perfect as it is why change it
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Apr 4, 2015 11:11:32 GMT -5
I hated Afterlife with Archie, it was written to fit TPB format so suffered from it Archie was perfect as it is why change it To reach an audience that wasn't reading Archie. Which is a goal it accomplished. |
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Post by shaxper on Apr 4, 2015 13:09:52 GMT -5
I hated Afterlife with Archie, it was written to fit TPB format so suffered from it Archie was perfect as it is why change it To reach an audience that wasn't reading Archie. Which is a goal it accomplished. The problem is that such tactics tend to only work in the short term. Fans sweep in to speculate when we see Archie get married, fight zombies, or gain a gay friend, but no matter how quality the work, the sales don't stick. so the new approach gets scrapped in favor of the next big stunt. RIP Life with Archie |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 4, 2015 13:34:54 GMT -5
To reach an audience that wasn't reading Archie. Which is a goal it accomplished. The problem is that such tactics tend to only work in the short term. Fans sweep in to speculate when we see Archie get married, fight zombies, or gain a gay friend, but no matter how quality the work, the sales don't stick. so the new approach gets scrapped in favor of the next big stunt. RIP Life with Archie And sometimes without the influx of revenue and attention in the short term, there isn't a viable long term. We live in a neophile society where all the attention and money flows to what's new. Same ole same ole is not a business strategy that works in the current environment unless there is something new to bring the attention to what's already there. Ignoring short term needs is a way to guarantee long term extinction. You can't get to the long term unless you survive in the short term. Archie had become largely irrelevant to the comic buying public and the the mass audience. They had barely 3 inches of copy in the entire Previews catalog and no coverage on any comics news site. You rarely saw Archie in a comic shop and there were no newsstands aside form the shelf of a big box grocery store or the check out aisle that maybe carried a digest or two. Those who didn't already know about Archie would never discover it. Now they are relevant. People are paying attention and buying their new offerings. They are drawing established talent with a built in audience to work for them and people are looking forward and seeking out their product. The talent they had working for them is gaining a new audience. They are in a much better place to have a long term future now than they were 5-10 years ago. -M |
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