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NEWS: More "Archie Manga"


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Emichan



Joined: 09 Mar 2005
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PostPosted: Sun Mar 13, 2005 3:15 pm Reply with quote
Wow, that is scary. I like how the Sabrina Character designs look, but the Josie artwork is awful. It looks like really bad fanart. Anime dazed
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NomortaL



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PostPosted: Sun Mar 13, 2005 3:21 pm Reply with quote
i have the EXACT same feeling.
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RadicaLElly



Joined: 24 Aug 2004
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PostPosted: Sun Mar 13, 2005 3:22 pm Reply with quote
I know. Josie's got horrible proportions.
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Ohoni



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PostPosted: Sun Mar 13, 2005 3:34 pm Reply with quote
That looks like ass. Why can't American companies get it?
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midori kou



Joined: 22 Oct 2004
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PostPosted: Sun Mar 13, 2005 3:38 pm Reply with quote
Talk about destroying a series that was already decent to begin with. Archie Comics had really lost it.
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jay saenz



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PostPosted: Sun Mar 13, 2005 3:38 pm Reply with quote
I can remember that in the old Jossie and the Pussycats cartoon the girls were hot. Even the stupid live action movie features some hot girls (Rachel Leigh Cook is so cute). But this... "manga"... whatever it is looks awfull... they look like a bunch of drag queens from the 70´s...
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Effect



Joined: 01 Oct 2004
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PostPosted: Sun Mar 13, 2005 4:00 pm Reply with quote
The new Sabrina designs look pretty good. I've always liked the live action tv sereis and cartoon but only read a few of the comics. The Josie cover looks bad I feel then again its just a cover and covers arent' usually the best thing to go by when it comes to the inside of a comic, at least from what I've seen.

I hope the actual panel designs are better. I want to see what the different Archie series will look like with revamped designs though.
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ping



Joined: 21 Aug 2004
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PostPosted: Sun Mar 13, 2005 4:01 pm Reply with quote
Jimmy jam, they could have at least got someone who could draw... Rolling Eyes
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Beatdigga



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PostPosted: Sun Mar 13, 2005 4:10 pm Reply with quote
This whole manga design for the sake of manga design simply does not work. It's one thing to get a fan like Adam Warren use the design in properties that could benefit from it, it's another to slap it on 40 year old properties.
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slickwataris



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PostPosted: Sun Mar 13, 2005 5:58 pm Reply with quote
I could have sworn this was announced last fall.
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s_j



Joined: 18 Oct 2004
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PostPosted: Sun Mar 13, 2005 6:25 pm Reply with quote
Forget the cover art. Every time I see that cheap Chinese restaurant pseudo font, I feel like my head is going to explode. Mad
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Ataru



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PostPosted: Sun Mar 13, 2005 7:03 pm Reply with quote
*Makes plans to kidnap Jughead.* What this about turning them in to manga? Razz Melody really scares me. She got that whole "Mihoshi" look in her eyes, well, more then ever now.
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Rio Takeuchi



Joined: 07 Mar 2005
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PostPosted: Sun Mar 13, 2005 7:51 pm Reply with quote
weird x_x
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Treeloot



Joined: 16 Jan 2005
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PostPosted: Sun Mar 13, 2005 7:52 pm Reply with quote
I hate it when American comics and cartoons use the manga or anime art style to try to sell.

I wouldn't really mind, if the art didn't really suck (like that Josie and the Pussycats thing) or if the story didn't suck (Totally Spies, Teen Titans, that new Avatar show).

Another thing that bugs me, is that my sister will watch pseudo anime all day and Inuyasha (which is a pretty lousy show in my opinion), and will read a few rather meh manga series, but then upon seeing or reading something really good for a minute or even looking at it she'll be like that's boring. She wouldn't watch Cowboy Bebop because of the smoking for Christ's sakes.

With little going for them, I think my sister simply likes the artwork in these series or something, because almost no other girls her age watch these series with the exception of Inuyasha fans (she's 14), and the plots are utterly horrible. I think the fake anime style does sell, although I think a show or comics quality should be judged by how good the story is, not the art style.
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Rio Takeuchi



Joined: 07 Mar 2005
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PostPosted: Sun Mar 13, 2005 7:58 pm Reply with quote
Treeloot wrote:
She wouldn't watch Cowboy Bebop because of the smoking for Christ's sakes.


O_o! That's sad... Crying or Very sad Bebop's great.
But yeah... aside from Teen Titans, I've never liked it when Americans tried to use japanese-style art.
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