ARCHIE #581
"Forget Me Not": Miraculously, Archie remembers the anniversary of his first date with Veronica… but can he remember to get her a gift she doesn’t already have? 
"MESS-terpiece":  When Mr. Lodge’s favorite artist goes abstract, he suspects Archie of tampering with his paintings! 
"Surprise": Betty keeps slipping little surprises into Archie’s back pockets… leading Archie to wonder if he’s absentmindedly taking things he shouldn’t! 
"Just Plain Wrong": It’s "business" as usual when Veronica has to break a date with Archie to entertain the son of one of her father’s clients… but in the end, it’s Archie who makes the real power play! 
SCRIPTS: Craig Boldman.  ART: Stan Goldberg
Shipping Date: January 2nd, 2008
On Sale at Comic Specialty Shops: January 9th, 2008
On Sale on Newsstands: January 22nd, 2008
32-page, full color comic
$2.25 US.     






ARCHIE DOUBLE DIGEST #185
"Freeze Framed": Archie hopes the seasonal photos he submitted to the local newspaper’s "Winter Wonderland" competition don’t meet with a frosty reception! 
SCRIPT: Mike Pellowski.  ART: Randy Elliott. 
PLUS: Other new and classic tales!
BONUS: Puzzles, games and pin-ups!
Shipping Date: January 2nd, 2008
On Sale at Comic Specialty Shops: January 9th, 2008
On Sale on Newsstands: January 22nd, 2008
Full color digest format
$3.69 US.

Alright, I really shouldn't complain 'cause I can't draw to save my life, but is it possible for Randy Eliot to have more than just one facial expression? All of his art has the same phoney smile one it in spite of the dialogue. The rest of the art looks good, but he really needs to work on this. Compare Goldberg's cover on the digest with four distinct facial expressions to Eliot's 2 pages of art. Archie's face looks frozen!

Gregg

I kind of have to agree...it looks like Archie's doing an ad for Crest Whitestrips.

I don't get Archie DD so this is the first time I've seen his artwork. I'd attribute it to poor skills! Even Mary Andrews is afflicted with it.

Jim

Quote from: GWhitmore on January 02, 2008, 07:51:51 AM

Alright, I really shouldn't complain 'cause I can't draw to save my life, but is it possible for Randy Eliot to have more than just one facial expression? All of his art has the same phoney smile one it in spite of the dialogue. The rest of the art looks good, but he really needs to work on this. Compare Goldberg's cover on the digest with four distinct facial expressions to Eliot's 2 pages of art. Archie's face looks frozen!

Gregg

Well,... it *is* winter. Perhaps he's the victim of some temperature-induced paralysis?

But, wouldn't their faces be some shade of sickly purple?