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] 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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