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[01TheDude]

@Ivan Ivanstein just realizing it took almost two weeks for that picture to get from Phoenix to San Fran - the mail really is slow right now!

[Ivan Ivanstein]

21 minutes ago, 01TheDude said:

@Ivan Ivanstein just realizing it took almost two weeks for that picture to get from Phoenix to San Fran - the mail really is slow right now!

I'll say! I'm still waiting for a bunch of 35mm comic book slides I ordered on eBay 2 months ago!! Shipping is nuts these days. Thanks a million for the Cap shirt pic... it's awesome!

[Timely]

Here's me & my dad at the San Diego ComicCon in 1993 (being interviewed by Gary Carter!).

Funny thing is, I'm now 2 years older than my dad was in this pic! Time flies!

 

 

Edited December 17, 2020 by Timely

[BMoreLauren]

These were taken when I was probably around 8/9/10 -- as most of you know I'm a hardcore Archie fan, and have been for 30 years now. 

[Ivan Ivanstein]

Those Archie comic pix are stellar! I dig Archie and the gang myself.

[BMoreLauren]

10 hours ago, Ivan Ivanstein said:

Those Archie comic pix are stellar! I dig Archie and the gang myself.

Thanks! I was very proud of being so young and owning a Life With Archie #2. To quote my dad (who bought the book for me after negotiating with the comic shop) "You're going to destroy this book and I'm going to regret this purchase". It's still in the same condition! 

[WolverineX]

18 hours ago, Timely said:

Here's me & my dad at the San Diego ComicCon in 1993 (being interviewed by Gary Carter!).

Funny thing is, I'm now 2 years older than my dad was in this pic! Time flies!

 

 

Do you look just like him now?

[silverweb]

Have you seen this one from 1942 taken at the Tule Lake Japanese internment camp?

 

 

[Comics4All]

16 hours ago, BMoreLauren said:

These were taken when I was probably around 8/9/10 -- as most of you know I'm a hardcore Archie fan, and have been for 30 years now. 

I was never a big Archie fan, but since you are:

Who should Archie be with? Betty or Veronica?

[BMoreLauren]

3 minutes ago, Comics4All said:

I was never a big Archie fan, but since you are:

Who should Archie be with? Betty or Veronica?

I might have written about this in a prior Overstreet, but in case I didn't:

Neither. He should be by himself. Archie, at his core, is too caught up with the impossible dream of being rich and famous at the expense of Betty. Veronica herself is also a jerk for allowing her "best friend" to be manipulated so easily. 

Then again I'm looking at these comics too deeply. 

[Timely]

1 hour ago, Wolverinex said:

Do you look just like him now?

Umm, no. I still have all my hair!

Edited December 18, 2020 by Timely

[WolverineX]

Just now, Timely said:

I’m, no. I still have all my hair!

Nice, won the genetic lottery!

[Comics4All]

27 minutes ago, BMoreLauren said:

I might have written about this in a prior Overstreet, but in case I didn't:

Neither. He should be by himself. Archie, at his core, is too caught up with the impossible dream of being rich and famous at the expense of Betty. Veronica herself is also a jerk for allowing her "best friend" to be manipulated so easily. 

Then again I'm looking at these comics too deeply. 

Ok, I wanted an answer & I got one from an authority on it! 

Veronica always seemed like the OG Mean girl! 

[BMoreLauren]

30 minutes ago, Comics4All said:

Ok, I wanted an answer & I got one from an authority on it! 

Veronica always seemed like the OG Mean girl! 

She is, but she's my favorite. Her and Jughead would honestly make the most dynamic couple -- in fact, during the Golden Age, she did develop a slight crush on Juggie. Canonically tho Jughead has admittedly had a thing for Betty, and they would also be a cute couple (which they were/are in Riverdale).

[THE_BEYONDER]

1 hour ago, Comics4All said:

I was never a big Archie fan, but since you are:

Who should Archie be with? Betty or Veronica?

Neither

 

[Comics4All]

2 hours ago, BMoreLauren said:

She is, but she's my favorite. Her and Jughead would honestly make the most dynamic couple -- in fact, during the Golden Age, she did develop a slight crush on Juggie. Canonically tho Jughead has admittedly had a thing for Betty, and they would also be a cute couple (which they were/are in Riverdale).

I thought Juggie only liked Cheesburgers?

The only Archie comics I have are afterlife with Archie. Those were pretty cool.

[Comics4All]

2 hours ago, THE_BEYONDER said:

Neither

 

Now here is one crossover you will never see!

 

[THE_BEYONDER]

2 minutes ago, Comics4All said:

I thought Juggie only liked Cheesburgers?

The only Archie comics I have are afterlife with Archie. Those were pretty cool.

Didn’t they make Jughead asexual recently?  A more interesting twist on Jughead would have been to make him go vegan.  

[BMoreLauren]

4 minutes ago, Comics4All said:

I thought Juggie only liked Cheesburgers?

The only Archie comics I have are afterlife with Archie. Those were pretty cool.

So throughout the decades Jughead has indicated that he genuinely likes Betty, and would pick her if he was into dating. In 1988 Jughead shares a first kiss with his childhood sweetheart, Joani. He has even shown romantic interest in Ethel through the years, but because Archie Comics have 0 continuity these romantic storylines were usually abandoned quickly. 

[BMoreLauren]

1 minute ago, THE_BEYONDER said:

Didn’t they make Jughead asexual recently?  A more interesting twist on Jughead would have been to make him go vegan.  

Yes -- but only in the reboot. Chip Zdarsky was the driving force behind that IIRC, tho I personally look at the Bob Montana canon and reboot are separate universes.