Oh, Archie. How COULD you?
This event has spurred many collectors to *destroy their collections*, apparently. It was on local news on Monday.
I'm so evil and... skanky. And I think I'm kinda gay.
Willow ,'Storyteller'
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StuntHusband - Aug 21, 2009 6:15:29 am PDT #2403 of 5059
Electromagnetic candy! - Stark
le nubian - Aug 21, 2009 6:23:45 am PDT #2404 of 5059
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
oh, you need to stop it. Destroying their collections?
Frankenbuddha - Aug 21, 2009 6:34:29 am PDT #2405 of 5059
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
"Archie is *not* fucking Mr. Weatherbee!"
"Deny, deny."
StuntHusband - Aug 21, 2009 6:36:48 am PDT #2406 of 5059
Electromagnetic candy! - Stark
Destroying their collections?
That's what the news said. "Many" may be an exaggeration. SEVERAL I would believe.
I did find 3 auctions on Ebay of entire Archie comic collections. Irked collectors ditching the entire franchise.
I think it's a bit goofy. But then, I am not a comic collector. I'm a fan of Neil Gaiman (specifically), Frank Miller (specifically), and anything where the Joker gets good lines. That's *it*.
le nubian - Aug 21, 2009 6:53:06 am PDT #2407 of 5059
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
So, I read about this in more detail on Wikipedia. Do the collectors understand this is an alternate universe kind of thing and likely not to stick?
I don't get it.
victor infante - Aug 21, 2009 6:59:06 am PDT #2408 of 5059
To understand what happened at the diner, we shall use Mr. Papaya! This is upsetting because he's the friendliest of fruits.
I'm sure these are the same people who thought Superman would stay dead. Or Capt. America. Or Batman ...
Frankenbuddha - Aug 21, 2009 7:28:01 am PDT #2409 of 5059
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Or fucking Barry Allen.
They did finally bring him back, right? I swear I heard they had done that after promising never ever ever.
Steph L. - Aug 21, 2009 7:34:57 am PDT #2410 of 5059
I look more rad than Lutheranism
They did finally bring him back, right? I swear I heard they had done that after promising never ever ever.
They did. Fucking Dan DiDio. (I say this as a hypocrite with 2 months' worth of DC comics sitting next to me, ready to be packed for vacation reading.)
victor infante - Aug 22, 2009 3:58:37 pm PDT #2411 of 5059
To understand what happened at the diner, we shall use Mr. Papaya! This is upsetting because he's the friendliest of fruits.
Or fucking Barry Allen.
Well, yeah, but they held out around 20 years, and at least it's proving to be a good story. Bruce Wayne, Steve Rogers, Clark Kent back in the day -- they were transparently temporary.
Fay - Aug 28, 2009 10:20:35 am PDT #2412 of 5059
"Fuck Western ideologically-motivated gender identification!" Sulu gasped, and came.
Okay, I have just read the second Serenity graphic novel, and I have no idea what the fuck actually HAPPENED.
And, seriously, following plots is not normally something I find tricky. But that was some exceptionally shit storytelling, on top of the shoddy colouring. Or so it seemed to me.