http://peur_evol.insanejournal.com/ ([identity profile] peur_evol.insanejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] scans_daily,
@ 2009-04-11 04:19 pm UTC
Entry tags:char: archie andrews, char: betty cooper, char: veronica lodge, publisher: archie comics


Lately, with all of the other Archie posts, the question was raised, "Was Archie always a Christian dickweed?".
The answer is NO, he's usually a secular dickweed.







from BETTY AND VERONICA #39, November 1958


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[identity profile] icon_uk.insanejournal.com
2009-04-11 07:42 pm UTC (link)
I confess I've never once seen the appeal of the Archie characters. They're just so... dull and lifeless. And the main character sets my teeth on edge.

It's the same sort of thing as "Everybody Loves Raymond", where the main character is flat and irritating, but is surrounded by people who either love him for no obvious reason, or are such extreme caricatures they're almosy universally beyond caring about.

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[identity profile] dr_hermes.insanejournal.com
2009-04-11 08:32 pm UTC (link)
It's a strip that's sleepwalking through the undead existence of a zombie. Back in the 1940s, ARCHIE had some broad slapstick, slightly risque jokes and a bit of Good Girl art. But it's been coasting along as a safe, bland warm-milk-and-toast pablum for decades. That seems to be what a lot of people will buy, though.

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[identity profile] magus_69.insanejournal.com
2009-04-11 09:51 pm UTC (link)
I think that the blandness really set in during the 70's. That's when the edge (such as it was) vanished. There have been a few good stories since then, though. Few and far between, but they were there.

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[identity profile] sailorlibra.insanejournal.com
2009-04-11 08:56 pm UTC (link)
I confess I've never once seen the appeal of the Archie characters. They're just so... dull and lifeless.

I think it's all a matter of taste. I still read Archie and so does my mom. I would never argue that the stories are good, but most are adorable in their badness.

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[identity profile] filbypott.insanejournal.com
2009-04-11 10:06 pm UTC (link)
It's the blandness that's Archie's biggest selling point. Archie comics are perfectly clean and spotless, making them the ideal funny-books for middle-American white-bread parents to bring home to their good little offspring.

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[identity profile] sandoz_iscariot.insanejournal.com
2009-04-11 10:41 pm UTC (link)
The Betty and Veronica digests got me though many a long, boring car trip when I was 8-9, so I can attest to that.

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[identity profile] wheresmything.insanejournal.com
2009-04-12 08:39 am UTC (link)
Me too! I enjoyed Betty and Veronica's friendship, which could be strained even when Archie wasn't around.

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[identity profile] icon_uk.insanejournal.com
2009-04-12 05:36 am UTC (link)
At least in the UK, our kids comics like the Dandy and the Beano had a somewhat anarchic streak, like OUR Dennis the Menace (Not to be confused with his saccharine US namesake), the Bash Street Kids, or Minnie the Minx!

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