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EqualMasonEqualMason Posts: 6
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i know theres already an archie thread but im new and wanna get to know you in a me talking to you and meeting all of you as comic collectors and have a start with archie

im silas 22 and i collect comic books

i play dc universe online pc on pve server so if you wanna play ill play with ya
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  • SolitaireRoseSolitaireRose Posts: 1,445
    Good to see you!
    I have been championing Archie the last few years, and I really think that they have done a great job with the property the last 5 years or so. The “Married Life” Archie magazine has been a lot of fun, and I like the two stories per issue, one where he marries Betty and one where he married Veronica. Lots of fun soap opera stuff and well worth the money. Hopefully the whole thing gets put into trades when they wrap it up.
    I’m also a HUGE fan of the “Afterlife With Archie” series. This could have been a massive failure, but they have done it right. It feels like a horror movie, and they give the Archie characters a level of depth that works, filling in backgrounds, taking bits and pieces from other stories and treating it all straight, not going for being goofy or over-the-top with the horror.
    I also pick up the digests, since you get a trade paperback worth of stories for a VERY cheap price. Just nice sit-com reading. Nothing brilliant, but entertaining. With my local library, I am reading the Archie Archives, which reprint the early stuff in order. It’s fun to see how everything started, but I am really not seeing why THIS teen humor series lasted when others didn’t…I need to dig into that, I guess.
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  • playdohsrepublicplaydohsrepublic Posts: 1,377
    I also enjoy The Married Life. Sad it's ending with #37.
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  • Mr_CosmicMr_Cosmic Posts: 3,200
    I'll buy the occasional digest for the kids when we're in line at the supermarket..'course I end up reading them too.
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  • EqualMasonEqualMason Posts: 6
    yeah i just got back from the comic book store i picked up archie as a kid i didnt even know sonic was archie i collected it but i walked into a stor when i was like 9 and they sold comics there and it was sonic and archie so i was down.

    and i got after life 1-5 ive read 1 and two just got back but i like it too i like the colloring and the blood

    and i got archie for this years free comic day and it said first issue single digest


    . im still wating for number 2 to come out , it might not ever happen?
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  • dubbat138dubbat138 Posts: 3,200
    edited June 2014
    SolitaireRose said:

    Good to see you!
    I have been championing Archie the last few years, and I really think that they have done a great job with the property the last 5 years or so. The “Married Life” Archie magazine has been a lot of fun, and I like the two stories per issue, one where he marries Betty and one where he married Veronica. Lots of fun soap opera stuff and well worth the money. Hopefully the whole thing gets put into trades when they wrap it up.
    I’m also a HUGE fan of the “Afterlife With Archie” series. This could have been a massive failure, but they have done it right. It feels like a horror movie, and they give the Archie characters a level of depth that works, filling in backgrounds, taking bits and pieces from other stories and treating it all straight, not going for being goofy or over-the-top with the horror.
    I also pick up the digests, since you get a trade paperback worth of stories for a VERY cheap price. Just nice sit-com reading. Nothing brilliant, but entertaining. With my local library, I am reading the Archie Archives, which reprint the early stuff in order. It’s fun to see how everything started, but I am really not seeing why THIS teen humor series lasted when others didn’t…I need to dig into that, I guess.

    Lots of the older Archie stuff is in the public domain now. So you can legally download scans of them from http://digitalcomicmuseum.com/. They are listed under MLJ. It is neat to see how little has changed since decades ago.

    As far as Archie,at least 3 times a year I will buy one of the digests. They are perfect of for bathroom reading. Sit down read a short story and get your business done.

    No idea if he posts here anymore but the host of http://riverdalepodcast.com/ does this great weekly Archie comics based show. It is a great show.

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  • DoctorDoomDoctorDoom Posts: 2,586
    Afterlife with Archie was fantastic.
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  • bralinatorbralinator Posts: 5,967
    DoctorDoom said:

    Afterlife with Archie was fantastic.

    Just got the first trade. Looking forward to it.
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