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?
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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.
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.
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.
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