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Monthly Archives: November 2007

ARCHIE NEWS

 
SONIC X #27
“Conquest is Like a Box of Chocolates”: Evil genius Dr. Eggman continues to enjoy his “retirement” from villainy while relishing his secret new career as the mighty luchador, El Gran Gordo! With Eggy preoccupied in the ring, the door is left open for a new evil to arise, and once-faithful sidekick Bokkun seizes […]

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News

 DR MASTER

 PUBLICATIONS

Hmm,got this one from Dr Master and….ta-daaa! It’s the final issue so hard to actually get into the story.  Big eyes,lots of action and some very slick artwork from Mori and I can see why Manga fans would love this!

I think I’ve seen this one in Forbidden Planet [Bristol] but there are so many […]

ARCHIE

 
 
BETTY #170
“A Case of Stressmas”: Betty decides to relieve Archie’s math stress by giving him the gift of tutoring, but wait until you see the gift she gives to relieve Veronica’s stress!
SCRIPT: Barbara Slate. ART: Stan Goldberg.
“The Collector”: When Archie and Adam learn Betty likes collecting penguin figures, no flea market or antique […]

BCBA -up-date

I have to admit that the US and US comic book fans/historians  are very lucky.  Bill Nolan and Richard Boucher have brought Golden Age US comics to those interested via their sites and even DVDs.  Some of those interested could hardly afford some rip-off prices and so would never have known the joy of The […]

ARCHIE -February 2008 News

THIS FEBRUARY, ARCHIE AND HIS FRIENDS “GO GREEN!”
 

For years, stories in Archie Comics have explored the benefits of being environmentally friendly – from anti-pollution tales of the 1960s and ‘70s, up through tales of recycling and conservation in the ‘80s, ‘90s and the millennium, Archie Comics has always been at the forefront of the “green […]

 
BICS 2007 
This just through from Paul Birch 
 
 
BICS 2007 went over Big! The Birmingham International Comics Show (BICS) 2007 proved a resounding success at Millennium Point’s Thinktank over the weekend of October 13-14th.  Scheduling the
UK event earlier in the year proved popular with dealers, publishers, creators and fans alike. From babies in pushchairs to pensioners and […]

CBO

 Because of some of the technical problems involved with Wordpress I have set up an alternative CBO-comicbitsonline site.
The link is:
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Archie,Green Lama & Dan Dare!

 NEW ARCHIE BOSS
 
 
Victor Gorelick is named Archie Comics’ new Editor-in-Chief and Mike Pellerito is promoted to Managing Editor.
 
In the late 50’s, Victor Gorelick, a graduate from The School of Industrial Art, was hired to work in the production department at Archie comics. In a few years, Victor moved on to become the Art Director and […]

Is This Fun Yet?

Running CBO is not always a joy. 
Sadly,Wordpress appears to allow large images but not allow text to spread out naturally.  This results in a certain problem that can take a very very long time to post a brief item. 
Add a picture to an item and text can get jumbled about –words appearing out of sentence […]