Monday

Robert Hack's doing art for a scarier Sabrina


I am so happy for my Cinematic Titanic fan forum friend Robert Hack, who has worked on IDW's Doctor Who comics and the zombie Archie series, and he is now going to be the artist on Archie comics' new Sabrina series, which is taking one of my favorite characters in a fun and gothic new direction:


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I love that this article says someone will find out Sabrina's secret in the first issue, and that there will be grim consequences.  But I'm even more excited about Hack's moody art style balancing out the once too-sweet Archie universe with dark, heavy inking.  He likes drawing mobsters and Lovecraftian monsters too, so I am laughing so hard with gleeful anticipation about his brand of evil happening to insipid Archie characters.


The series starts this October, so now I gotta figure out whether a comic subscription fits into my annual budget and find a way to subscribe.  But I also want to subscribe to Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles :(  I am possibly doing comics fandom wrong.  I want to subscribe but haven't since we subscribed to Sovereign Seven back in the late 90s.  I typically just go to a store once a year or so, set a limit that I'm willing to spend and estimate when I've reached that limit on picking up single issues.  I also limit myself to either old bagged comics or the new wall, not both.  And I have no idea about price checking etiquette.  It always feels like I am guessing and am really good at guessing what is quality writing at this point but also at finding what will cost me an arm and leg at the register.