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Dolash posted:They're definitely trading on the absurdity of the squeaky-clean, painfully dull Archie Comics jumping into blood and guts, and there's probably a limit on the novelty of that. Once you've cashed in a long history of sincerity to do "Zombies/slasher villains, but with Archie" there's not really anywhere left to go, unless you have the guts to go full post-modern. Aren't they relaunching the whole line soon with Mark Waid writing? Not exactly post-modern, but depending on how that goes it seems like they're actually going to be trying to modernize the whole thing at the very least, with some real writing talent behind it. And Fiona Staples is drawing it too, I guess. 
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Dolash posted:They're definitely trading on the absurdity of the squeaky-clean, painfully dull Archie Comics jumping into blood and guts, and there's probably a limit on the novelty of that. Once you've cashed in a long history of sincerity to do "Zombies/slasher villains, but with Archie" there's not really anywhere left to go, unless you have the guts to go full post-modern. This is true, but Afterlife with Archie is also so improbably good on its own merits that it would be worth reading even if the characters had absolutely nothing to do with Archie comics. It might have had a much harder time launching with success if it wasn't jumping off of the novelty of "Archie w/zombies", but we'd be talking about it all the same if it was. Good craft is good craft.
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TheJoker138 posted:Aren't they relaunching the whole line soon with Mark Waid writing? Not exactly post-modern, but depending on how that goes it seems like they're actually going to be trying to modernize the whole thing at the very least, with some real writing talent behind it.
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SynthOrange posted:Someone get Grant Morrison on the line! This, but unironically.
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hiddenriverninja posted:Why can Archie of all things get so crazy? You know the idea of 'beware the nice ones' with the implicit 'when they snap, they REALLY snap'? Pretty much the same here. We're seeing them snap. After this it'll be another 50-500 years of normal.
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The Enigma of Riverdale Fault will be the tipping point.
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delfin posted:The Enigma of Riverdale Fault will be the tipping point. 
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Nothing can be weirder than those Archie comics where they're all suddenly fundamentalist Christians.
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Senior Woodchuck posted:Nothing can be weirder than those Archie comics where they're all suddenly fundamentalist Christians. Technically those weren't Archie comics, they were merely one of the strangest licensing deals ever.
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Man, I keep running across references to that lately. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ccZfZEnB9rk MikeJF fucked around with this message at 17:25 on May 23, 2015 |
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It's because loads of people who first read that story around 10 years ago or younger are now working in media.
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Just started reading Walter Simonson's Thor. In this issue he can no longer transform into Donald Blake, so Nick Fury is hooking him up with a new civilian persona.   The Mighty Thor #341
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Teenage Fansub posted:Just started reading Walter Simonson's Thor. Wait until you get to the part where his boss figures out his secret identity as Spider-Man.
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Skwirl posted:Wait until you get to the part where his boss figures out his secret identity as Spider-Man. I was hoping for the reverse Google, but y'know, this works too:  .
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AfroSquirrel posted:I was hoping for the reverse Google, but y'know, this works too: That's actually not what I was talking about, but it is awesome and I need to know what it's from.
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Skwirl posted:That's actually not what I was talking about, but it is awesome and I need to know what it's from. Marvel Adventures: Spider-Man. I forget which issue, but I remember Enchantress being involved.
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Worthy-man, Worthy-man, Possess the power of Thor he can.
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SilverSupernova posted:Marvel Adventures: Spider-Man. #40, sayeth the Google.  "Whosoever holds this hammer, if he be worthy, shall possess the power of -- Spider-Man?!?" When our webbed wonder unwittingly aids a devious demi-goddess, his reward is a one way ticket to Asgard. But things start going south as soon as Spidey starts going Norse! Prepare for an epic tale that the bards will sing of for centuries to come (most likely with an occasional unnecessary "thee" or "thou" thrown in for good measure)!
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Dolash posted:Worthy-man, Worthy-man, Though you for this. This really improved my mood 
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SilverSupernova posted:Marvel Adventures: Spider-Man. I should have known if it's Spidey in a funny hat, it's Marvel Adventures.
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mr.capps posted:A lot of Cheryl Blossom hate in this thread and I won't stand for it. Who's hating? She's my favourite Archie character.
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10 Beers posted:I'm intrigued. Tell me more, please. Cliff Notes: That's capital "D" Death, the personification or embodiment of death in the Marvel universe - who just happens to be an attractive woman when not doing the Skeletor look She and Deadpool met up a little while ago and something about him set her all a flutter However, her previous suitor is Thanos. You know, the guy who tried to kill everybody to impress her, just so she'd pay attention to him. And it didn't work, she still gave 0 fucks. Now along comes Deadpool, and suddenly Death is finally interested in someone. And it aint Thanos. So, through some means or another, (probably an infinity gem) Thanos manages to make it so Deadpool will never die, and thus he will be out of Death's reach forever
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CzarChasm posted:Cliff Notes: Actually, Thanos only killed half of everybody to impress her.  (At least, the time I'm thinking of, that's how it went down.)
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prefect posted:Actually, Thanos only killed half of everybody to impress her. Which half? 
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Yvonmukluk posted:Which half? And of course I can't find the issue of "What The?" where Thanos kills the bottom half of the universe.
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CzarChasm posted:Cliff Notes: Huh. Is this just the normal Deadpool book?
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prefect posted:Actually, Thanos only killed half of everybody to impress her. Right, I thought he was trying for everyone but got stopped half way, but that's not right. God, he's supposed to be this ultimate killer bad rear end, but he's just the weird, loner with low self esteem, who can't talk to women. Oh man, she's so cute. I've got to go talk to her. Aw, but I'm an idiot, and she's the personification of death. I can do this. I can do this. Deep breath. Go Time. "Hey Death, what's up?" "..." Oh God. Oh God. She's not saying anything. Oh, and of course Starfox is here. He just saw the whole thing. He never has any trouble with women. I'm so embarrassed. I wish I was dead. No, no, can't think like that... I wish everyone else was dead....Hey, wait a second... EDIT: Fixed some punctuation and spelling CzarChasm fucked around with this message at 17:28 on May 27, 2015 |
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