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A&A: The Adventures of Archer & Armstrong
A&A: The Adventures of Archer & Armstrong, Vol. 3: Andromeda Estranged
Beatdown in the bayou!
At long last, Valiant’s gallant adventurers have finally located Armstrong’s long-missing wife…in that dreaded land that dare not speak its name: Florida! But after centuries of thinking that his near-immortal bride, Andromeda, was just a booze-induced hallucination, how will Armstrong make up for years of lies, losses, and infidelities? And, as if that wasn’t enough, a nefarious new force is about to release an army of bathsalt-using “Florida Men” to finish off Archer & Armstrong once and for all!
It’s a true story (not really) ripped from today’s headlines (pretty much)! Pack your Crocs and don’t skimp on the lotion because the Sunshine State is about to hit Archer & Armstrong like a bad seafood buffet…and we only have Harvey Award-nominated writer Rafer Roberts (Harbinger Renegades) and acclaimed artist Mike Norton (Revival) to blame!
Collecting: A&A: The Adventures of Archer & Armstrong 9-12
At long last, Valiant’s gallant adventurers have finally located Armstrong’s long-missing wife…in that dreaded land that dare not speak its name: Florida! But after centuries of thinking that his near-immortal bride, Andromeda, was just a booze-induced hallucination, how will Armstrong make up for years of lies, losses, and infidelities? And, as if that wasn’t enough, a nefarious new force is about to release an army of bathsalt-using “Florida Men” to finish off Archer & Armstrong once and for all!
It’s a true story (not really) ripped from today’s headlines (pretty much)! Pack your Crocs and don’t skimp on the lotion because the Sunshine State is about to hit Archer & Armstrong like a bad seafood buffet…and we only have Harvey Award-nominated writer Rafer Roberts (Harbinger Renegades) and acclaimed artist Mike Norton (Revival) to blame!
Collecting: A&A: The Adventures of Archer & Armstrong 9-12
112 pages, Paperback
First published July 11, 2017
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September 30, 2019
Still not quite what I fell in love with when Fred Van Lente was writing Archer & Armstrong, but this doesn't suck, either.
The gist is that Armstrong's (forgotten) wife is a goddess who has retired to Florida. And she's changed her looks at tad.
Spoilery things happen, and they all have an adventure that involves Archer body-switching with Glub Glub and getting turned into a disembodied head with some wires sticking out of him.
Pfft.
Don't worry, it all works out.
It all leads up to something mysterious and important that's going to happen.
Sometime, somewhere, to somebody...
Who knows?
Guess we'll find out at some point!
The gist is that Armstrong's (forgotten) wife is a goddess who has retired to Florida. And she's changed her looks at tad.
Spoilery things happen, and they all have an adventure that involves Archer body-switching with Glub Glub and getting turned into a disembodied head with some wires sticking out of him.
Pfft.
Don't worry, it all works out.
It all leads up to something mysterious and important that's going to happen.
Sometime, somewhere, to somebody...
Who knows?
Guess we'll find out at some point!
January 21, 2019
Αυτό, ναι, να το παραδεχτώ. Δένει τα πάντα, ανακατεύει ό,τι υπάρχει και δεν υπάρχει, χωρίς ούτε στιγμή να ξεφεύγει σε side quests! Το mindtrip του Άρτσερ όλα τα λεφτά, h Ανδρομέδα απολαυστική ως το τελευταίο καρέ -προσοχή, όμως, υπάρχουν ένα δυο πλάνα που δεν είναι να 'χεις αδύναμη κράση :P - κι ο Gub Gub δομικό στοιχείο της αφήγησης κι όχι comic relief, όπως περίμενα. Άξιζε να το φτάσω ως το τέλος.
January 14, 2022
The first two volumes of this series were some of the worst alleged humor comics I've ever read. Any time the story seemed to be going somewhere interesting, Roberts had a "funny" idea, and there would be a terribly unfunny aside that just took all the air out of the story.
There are a couple of instances of that in this volume (I wish the whole Bobby The Mackerel, and the guy whose name I hope to never remember, pages were torn out of this volume. They were dumb, never funny, never interesting, and they ultimately retconned themselves from being relevant to anything.) but for the most part, Roberts stuck to plotting so he could wrap up his run, and this volume is the better for it.
There was even a several page journey through the mind of ... sigh ... Gub Gub, which allowed the artist to have some fun, and gave the story some visual flair.
It's still not my type of comic, but it was a readable adventure involving characters I like (and Gub Gub, and Bobby The Mackerel, and what's-its-face). It was several steps up from where the series started. I believe if you liked Archer & Armstrong, Volume 1: The Michelangelo Code, you'll think this story was pretty ok.
There are a couple of instances of that in this volume (I wish the whole Bobby The Mackerel, and the guy whose name I hope to never remember, pages were torn out of this volume. They were dumb, never funny, never interesting, and they ultimately retconned themselves from being relevant to anything.) but for the most part, Roberts stuck to plotting so he could wrap up his run, and this volume is the better for it.
There was even a several page journey through the mind of ... sigh ... Gub Gub, which allowed the artist to have some fun, and gave the story some visual flair.
It's still not my type of comic, but it was a readable adventure involving characters I like (and Gub Gub, and Bobby The Mackerel, and what's-its-face). It was several steps up from where the series started. I believe if you liked Archer & Armstrong, Volume 1: The Michelangelo Code, you'll think this story was pretty ok.
November 14, 2017
Total. Madcap. Mayhem.
Loved every second of this story that starts out simple but then goes wild with ancient Gods, Armstrong's bottomless bag of holding, a dark wizard who wants to take over the world with his designer hand-bags, soviet talking bears, a circus, the 1% and just... an endless sea of creative craziness.
I would recommend this to anyone who's ever liked these characters, been curious about them or just wants a plain old good time and a good, entertaining heroic (sort of) adventure. It left me wanting more and I believe that is the hallmark of a good story.
Loved every second of this story that starts out simple but then goes wild with ancient Gods, Armstrong's bottomless bag of holding, a dark wizard who wants to take over the world with his designer hand-bags, soviet talking bears, a circus, the 1% and just... an endless sea of creative craziness.
I would recommend this to anyone who's ever liked these characters, been curious about them or just wants a plain old good time and a good, entertaining heroic (sort of) adventure. It left me wanting more and I believe that is the hallmark of a good story.
May 30, 2017
3.75.
I still by far prefer Van Lente but this was quirky and matched some of what I need from this duo.
There's a lot going on, some of it a little weird, some part of a long game, some honesty not even getting wrapped up here that does not have much to do with our heroes.
I still by far prefer Van Lente but this was quirky and matched some of what I need from this duo.
There's a lot going on, some of it a little weird, some part of a long game, some honesty not even getting wrapped up here that does not have much to do with our heroes.
November 6, 2024
A fun but chaotic end to this series. You can definitely tell that this is not where it was supposed to end.
September 1, 2018
Finally reunited with his long-lost wife, Armstrong finds himself trapped in yet another insane adventure as the 1% and the Soviet Scientists combine their forces to try and track him and Archer down. But in the background, a darker plot is brewing and the literal fate of the universe may rest on Armstrong's drunken shoulders. That'll end well.
God, this volume's weird. Everything Rafer Roberts has seeded over the last eight issues combines in these final four to give...something. Even that Davy The Mackerel plot line becomes semi-important, although it's a bit more of a fake-out than expected. Meanwhile Mary-Maria gets her own subplot that doesn't seem to play into anything but frees her from all of her previous ties so that she can turn up elsewhere without readers wondering what happened to her.
I can see why this series didn't last as long as the previous one. It's good, and wacky, but there's always something off about it. I think it might be that Armstrong doesn't seem invested in anything he's doing, even having met his wife again after thousands of years. It's hard to take everything seriously when your main character is constantly bemoaning his life. Armstrong's always been fun-loving and a go-with-the-flow kind of guy, but he comes across as a different character here entirely. I did enjoy his wife though, so I'd like to see her again sometime.
The art here is mostly Mike Norton again, which is a treat, while Ryan Lee does a few fill-in sequences here and there. His art is a lot grittier so there's a big contrast between the two, but he's always doing stuff that isn't the main A&A plot, so it doesn't distract too much - I'd have liked a bit more consistency though; sometimes he does the Mary-Maria plot, sometimes he doesn't, so it's not as well put together as other books that have dual artists.
A&A's not a bad series, but the first one is clearly superior. The writing's pretty good, but there feels like a fundamental misunderstanding of one of the main characters that prevents the reader really identifying with what's going on.
(Just read that issue from volume 2 with Archer & Faith and move on, if you have to read anything)
God, this volume's weird. Everything Rafer Roberts has seeded over the last eight issues combines in these final four to give...something. Even that Davy The Mackerel plot line becomes semi-important, although it's a bit more of a fake-out than expected. Meanwhile Mary-Maria gets her own subplot that doesn't seem to play into anything but frees her from all of her previous ties so that she can turn up elsewhere without readers wondering what happened to her.
I can see why this series didn't last as long as the previous one. It's good, and wacky, but there's always something off about it. I think it might be that Armstrong doesn't seem invested in anything he's doing, even having met his wife again after thousands of years. It's hard to take everything seriously when your main character is constantly bemoaning his life. Armstrong's always been fun-loving and a go-with-the-flow kind of guy, but he comes across as a different character here entirely. I did enjoy his wife though, so I'd like to see her again sometime.
The art here is mostly Mike Norton again, which is a treat, while Ryan Lee does a few fill-in sequences here and there. His art is a lot grittier so there's a big contrast between the two, but he's always doing stuff that isn't the main A&A plot, so it doesn't distract too much - I'd have liked a bit more consistency though; sometimes he does the Mary-Maria plot, sometimes he doesn't, so it's not as well put together as other books that have dual artists.
A&A's not a bad series, but the first one is clearly superior. The writing's pretty good, but there feels like a fundamental misunderstanding of one of the main characters that prevents the reader really identifying with what's going on.
(Just read that issue from volume 2 with Archer & Faith and move on, if you have to read anything)
September 25, 2018
Andromeda Estranged (9-12). The finale of A&A is the strongest. That's in part because we've got a culmination of the plot to date, with the pseudo-cloning of Armstrong drawing to a conclusion as does the tale of our bag-escapee. Meanwhile, we've got an intriguing new plot about space beings, or some such, that I'd like to learn more about (but apparently in some future comic). There may not be as much strong humor in this volume, but there's some, and there's less silliness too [4/5].
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