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Title: My burning question. Post by: WindupAtheist on October 13, 2007, 12:05:18 AM I see Archie comics for sale in every single grocery and drug store I walk into. Places that would never dream of bothering to sell Spider-Man or Superman or any sort of real comic will have multiple Archie titles at the magazine rack and checkout counter. My question is, who the hell is buying them? They're fucking EVERYWHERE, but I couldn't name a single person who reads them. I mean if I knew even one person who had a crazy mom or a retarded cousin who buys Archie comics, I wouldn't be here asking. But I don't.
So like... what the hell? Title: Re: My burning question. Post by: Velorath on October 13, 2007, 01:49:01 AM They're impulse items that parents buy for their daughters. Marvel and DC stuff used to be available at grocery stores and 7-11's and places like that as well. Those days are gone for various reasons, but the Archie digests remain.
Title: Re: My burning question. Post by: UnSub on October 14, 2007, 07:42:12 PM I see Archie comics for sale in every single grocery and drug store I walk into. Places that would never dream of bothering to sell Spider-Man or Superman or any sort of real comic will have multiple Archie titles at the magazine rack and checkout counter. My question is, who the hell is buying them? They're fucking EVERYWHERE, but I couldn't name a single person who reads them. I mean if I knew even one person who had a crazy mom or a retarded cousin who buys Archie comics, I wouldn't be here asking. But I don't. So like... what the hell? Archie Comics outsell pretty much everything else in the market. They are to comics what Nintendogs is to games. Title: Re: My burning question. Post by: Triforcer on October 15, 2007, 06:57:09 PM They need a cover of Zombie Jughead eating Zombie Archie burgers.
Title: Re: My burning question. Post by: schild on October 15, 2007, 07:09:46 PM My mom used to buy me Archie comics all the time. I have a few hundred. There was some weird shit in some of them. I think they slipped bizarre moments in just to stay sane.
Title: Re: My burning question. Post by: Teleku on October 15, 2007, 09:58:36 PM (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/ac/ArchiePunisher.jpg)
Title: Re: My burning question. Post by: WindupAtheist on October 16, 2007, 08:05:11 AM !
Title: Re: My burning question. Post by: stu on October 18, 2007, 05:49:41 PM Oh, man! I forgot all about that one.
Title: Re: My burning question. Post by: schild on October 18, 2007, 05:57:08 PM I think Betty is licking her lips.
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