Archie Comics' flagship series will relaunch with a new #1 in 2015, from the high-profile creative team of Mark Waid and Fiona Staples.
Full article here.
Archie Comics' flagship series will relaunch with a new #1 in 2015, from the high-profile creative team of Mark Waid and Fiona Staples.
Full article here.
Suuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuper hesitant about this. One of Archie's appeals was the fact that it called back to a bygone era.
Also, updating the franchise for the modern day includes giving Jughead a Buger King crown? Aren't we passed that?
Regardless, the art does look good and the creative team seems solid...
Still... Hesitant.
Well, I'm torn.
I like Waid's writing, but Staples is so perfect on Saga that I kind of don't want her working on anything else. I guess that's kind of selfish.
I mean, Archie's been doing pretty good lately, with Afterlife and Sabrina and the Dark Circle relaunch looks interesting.
But yeah, what does this mean for Saga?
Well...I'm at least curious about it.
I used to read Archie all the time when I was younger. This will probably get me reading again, so I'm excited.
I've been an Archie fan for forty years and find this relaunch to be....curiously interesting. Mark Waid's track record speaks for itself, despite the misstep that was Indestructible Hulk, as for Fiona Staples, I have no idea who she is, that said, I wasn't too terribly impressed with that art sample. I guess I'll have to wait until this book comes out before I pass judgment.
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This sounds good, a more modern take on archie, they've been moving forward a lot these days. I just hope waid doesn't deviate from the original too much.
I just hope that Fiona Staples will still be the regular artist on Saga...
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I've only read the Archie horror books, but this is intriguing.
Read Prophet, live Stray Bullets.
Oh WOW guess I'm reading Archie now then! It doesn't mention if Staples is just doing pencils or colouring herself too, does it? The sample art seems to suggest she does, and no colourists mentioned in the article... Anyway I'm hyped for this, don't really care for Archie too much but if anyone can make me care it'll be Waid & Staples.
Think you'll be pleasantly surprised. Even the people who dislike Saga for its occassional vulgarity tend to agree that Staples is a fantastic artist.
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