Page 1

Panel one: Jingles the elf is introducing himself to the readers as he flies over a snow filled Riverdale and extends his arms for the reader to follow him as he prepares to fly downward. All the roofs have snow on them, several small snow man can be seen, and the town has several and various Christmas decorations lit up to help show how beautiful Riverdale is after a December snow.

Jingles: Happy Holidays, Folks.

Jingles: My name is Jingles. I’m one of Santa’s elves you hear about, and when I have time during Christmas Eve after making a few thousand toys, I like to venture into the wonderful town of Riverdale…

Panel two: Jingles is at the windows of The Chocklit Shoppe as Archie is giving Reggie a Christmas present as Reggie examines it as he is obviously not happy at the size of it. Pop Tate has a Christmas tree decorated and several Christmas reefs hanging on the walls. The outside of his tables and counter are decorated with red and green tinsel. Pop Tate is wearing a Santa hat as he is working on wrapping a pizza pan as a Christmas gift for someone.

Jingles: …to visit Archie and his crew since they’re always fun to hang with!

Panel three: Reggie is sticking his tongue out as he has ripped through the wrapping and box and is holding out a green and red sweater with various Christmas tree patterns on it. Archie glares at Reggie and motions like he’s going to punch him. Jingles frowns at Reggie.

Reggie: Yuck! What were you thinking, Andrews?! I wouldn’t be caught dead in this abomination of stitch work mishmash!

Archie: Why don’t you try it on, and we’ll go from there, Reggie!

Jingles: Well, at least of them at any rate--!

Page 2

Panel one: Jingles goes transparent as he flies into the Chocklit Shop window. Archie and the gang are near the counter. Each one of the crew has four gifts given to them from the others. Only Reggie has opened one of his gifts as he has casually left his gifts on the ground. Betty and Veronica are scolding Reggie as he rolls his eyes as he wads up the sweater into a ball. Jughead is sitting in his stool as he listens while sipping a soda through a straw. Archie lets out his empty pockets as he sadly looks over at Veronica in agreement.  Archie, Jughead, Betty, and Veronica all have a similar looking flat gift wrapped with blue wrapping with red R’s on them in their gift pile.  Pop Tate almost has the pizza pan decorated as he begins to tape it closed. Pop Tate has small pieces of tape with one end stuck to his chin.

Jingles: Better go invisible to where even children can’t see me…and elvesdrop. 

Betty: Reggie Mantle! That’s a horrible thing to say! After all, it’s the though that counts!

Veronica: Exactly, Betty! Besides, you know Archiekins is poor!

Caption: Christmas elf fact: Elves can only be seen by children and teens who believe. Hope you do.

Panel two: Reggie is boasting as he extends his arms as Jingles is flying overhead and shakes his head in disapproval.

Reggie: Hey when you’re the greatest human being alive, you deserve only the best! Because they broke the mold when they made me!

Panel three: Reggie glares over his shoulder as Jughead pokes fun at Reggie to Reggie’s disapproval. Above him, Jingles is trying to hold back from laughing at Reggie.

Jughead: I wouldn’t want to make the same mistake twice either.

Panel four: Reggie is storming out of Chocklit Shop with his gifts after having shoved the wadded up sweater into Jughead’s mouth as the others gather around Jughead as they look on in shock and amazement. Jingles is above trying vainly to fit his fist into his mouth as he can’t understand how Reggie was able to do that. Pop Tate is walking away from his completely wrapped gift as it has a tag reading: To Segarini From: Pop Tate—just because it’s Christmas!!

Reggie: I take it back, Arch. It’s not a bad gift. 

Reggie: I think I’ll spend a few hours in the ol’ trophy room and reflect on my grand accomplishments. I’ll open these gifts if I think of it later.

Jingles: Sheesh. Reggie’s ego is bigger than Santa’s bag before the first drop off!

Page 3

Panel one: Betty is helping Jughead get the sweater out of his mouth as Archie and Veronica each hold their gift from Reggie. It is small and flat with the same wrapping: Blue with red R’s.

Betty: You okay, Juggie?

POP

Jughead: Reggie left so that helps…!

Archie: Hey, anyone else notice how Reggie’s gifts for us look about the same?

Panel two: Archie and the rest of the gang begin to unwrap their gifts from Reggie as Jingles floats overhead to see what Reggie gave everyone.

RRRRIPPP

Panel three: Jughead, Archie, and Veronica groan as they each hold up a picture of Reggie’s face smiling and winking at them. Above them Jingles is slapping his head in disappointment. Betty is examining her picture a bit more as she tilts her head and is surprised by it.

Veronica: How egotistical can one human being get?

Jughead: You’re the expert, Ronnie.

Panel four: Archie is looking over at Betty’s picture of Reggie as it’s the same thing only signed by him reading: TO A GAL WHO HAS A WONDERFUL PAL, REGGIE. Betty is shrugging her shoulders as she blushes as she tries to act humble. Ronnie is standing over Jughead and wiping her hands right after she had stuffed the sweater back into Jughead’s mouth as leans back in his stool, his left arm across the counter as he begins to gather himself back up. Jingles is turning back visible as he flies out of the Chocklit Shop. Pop Tate is back at the counter as he is unwrapping a frying pan with pizza decoration wrap to show it’s from Segarini. On the wrapping is a note: YOU NEED ALL THE HELP…merry Christmas….

Archie: Look who the favorite is!

Betty: Heh. I um…maybe his pen ran out of ink after my picture…?

Page 4.

Panel one: Jingles is full visible as he flies over the head of a mother and father walking their son home after shopping; the mother is carrying two toy bags while the father carries a train set box as the boy looks up and points at Jingles.

Jingles: Sheesh! That guy gets worse and worse every year!

Panel two: Jingles is soaring down towards Reggie’s house as there is a banner across the house reading: THE GREATEST GIFT OF ALL IS BEING IN THIS FAMILY. The house is decorated for Christmas with various oversized and bright lights that seem more like they belong in a rock concert light show as several people walking and driving by are blinded by the lights. Two Christmas trees are decorated inbetween the driveway leading to the Mantle home.

Jingles: He’s self-centered, uncaring, egotistical, rude every waking moment…

Panel three: Jingles flies into the mansion as half his body is in a room where a nearby trophy self is full of glistening and polished trophies. Jingles is taken by surprise a what he sees off- panel.

Jingles: !!

Panel four: Jingles is all the way in as he is sitting in air as he rubs his right hand in his beard as we are in Reggie’s trophy room as it is filled with various golden trophies of different figures such as football, soccer, baseball, smile, and other outrageous awards on several shelves that wrap around the room. Taped to the wall are various A papers. The paper closest to Jingle is a kindergarten drawing of a stick figure Reggie standing on top of the world with a golden star placed on the right hand side of the paper. Along the walls are several fat heads of Reggie and his face as he strikes various poses and different smiles and winks. On a wall is a mirror with a sign above it reading: THE WINNER.  In a glass case along the right wall is various family pictures of Reggie and his family as they celebrate various holidays and accomplishments. The only thing not decorated is a window showing the sun beginning to set. In the middle of it all is Reggie in a lazy-boy who has fallen asleep with the Christmas presents from his friends dumped at the right side.

Reggie: …zzzzz—I’m the greatest---zzz…

Jingles: …And even when he sleeps, too--!

Panel five: Jingles is floating over Reggie as he puts his index finger to his lip and squints his left eye as he begins to come up with a plan. Reggie is turning over to his side as he gets even more comfortable.

Reggie: …zzzzz—Better than you, mister world leader--?yep---zzzz…

Jingles: Dreaming, huh?

Jingles: Hmmm…

Page 5

Panel one: Jingles is shrinking down and going into Reggie’s ear as he prepares to enter Reggie’s dream as the edges of the panel begins to round off.

Jingles: I’ve just come up with a scheme for a rehabilitating dream!

Panel two: A close-up on Reggie as he begins to stir as it is now night out and only a dim light that comes from no where lights the room in Reggie’s dream.

Reggie: Uh…I was having the best dream…

Panel three: It is now night in the trophy room as Reggie stretches his arms and legs as he lets out a yawn. Unnoticed by him are three elf shadows stretching across the wall carrying an empty burlap sack towards him.

Reggie: How did I go from teen president to sugarplum faries..?!

Reggie: YYAAWWWN

Panel four: Three elves jump at Reggie from behind his lazy-boy with the burlap sack as they are within seconds of capturing him as Reggie turns his head in surprise.

Elf one: There’s the one Big Red wants!

Elf two: Grab’em!!

Reggie: Yikes! At least the sugarplum fairies were kinda cute--!!

Panel five: The three elves are carrying Reggie out as he is thrashing in the burlap sack as the three elves struggling to carry him as one is carrying him by the head, one is under him at his back, and the other has his feet and is nearly lifted off the ground.

Reggie: Yet me out of here, you little munchkins, and I’ll punt you all the way back to Oz!!

Elf three: We’re elves, Buster. Of the toys, not shoe, makin’ variety. And our boss wants a word with ya!

Page 6

Panel one: The burlap sack is coming off Reggie as he is on the ground on a floor made of wooden planks. On the ground at his hands are various decorated Christmas candy and a doll wearing a Santa hat.

Reggie: I am Reggie Mantle!! I do not deserve this sort of treatment!!

Panel two: Reggie looks up in shock at who he sees. Just behind Reggie are several elves in a jury and Jingles as the prosecutor as he spins a candycane on one finger as he looks on proudly of his dream weaving work.

Off-panel: Ho Ho Ho!! Is that so, Reginald Mantle!?

Reggie: Gulp!

Panel three: A full shot of the entire courtroom as Santa Claus is in the judge’s podium that stands twelve feet tall over Reggie as Reggie is still sitting on the ground as he looks up at Santa Claus. From Santa’s desk is a large scroll that stretches to the ground. Several elves are serving as juries. Two elves wearing purple sunglasses and a red police hat serve as the bailiffs. Santa’s judge pulpit has several red and green stockings on it. Santa’s judge gavel has a red and white striped handle. Various toys of different types are piled to the side with several toy cars and robot toys activated as they move about the courtroom.

Santa Claus: Well, Santa Claus has been watching you, and Santa will be the judge of that!

Reggie: I plead the 5th!! I’ll plead the 25th if it’ll help!!

Page 1

Panel one: Jughead is eating at the kitchen table with his family as the table is stacked with food from chicken, various pies, a roast, cakes, a roast and a stack of pancakes. Naturally, Jughead has the most on his plate of all the items listed. Jellybean, in her high chair, is right next to him as she is fiddling around with mashed potatoes and peas with her spoon and fork. Mr. Jones has pancakes, toast and a glass of orange juice as his breakfast. Mrs. Jones has a cup of coffee, a pancake, and cereal. Mr. Jones is reading a newspaper that has only one article WATCH KEVIN KELLER. Mrs. Jones is talking with Jughead as she seems thrilled about her news.

Jughead: Wow. Great breakfast, Mom. Finally got enough desert for my breakfast!

Mrs. Jones: Breakfast is the most important meal of the day, and what better way to celebrate that the entire family is going on a cruise to—

Off-panel: WRAP! WRAP IT UP!

Panel two: Suddenly a man dressed like a director (wearing a red beret, sunglasses, a red and black sweater, and kakis) is yelling into a megaphone as the Jones family turns towards him. The walls in the kitchen begin to shift and slant as if they are being moved away from the family.

Director: THAT’S IT! CUT! STOP WHAT YOU’RE DOING, YOU’RE NO LONGER GETTING PAID!!

Director: JUGHEAD HAS BEEN CANCELED!!!

Panel three: A top angle view as we can see that we are in a film studio as the walls of the kitchen are being carried away by several workers. The director is talking with Mr. and Mrs. Jones as they are both unhappy with what is going on. Jughead is looking on in shock as two crew members are carrying away the kitchen table from him. Jellybean is undoing her tied up hair as her eyebrows are furrowed and her cheeks are puffed up in rage. In the background of the studio, we can see a set for Katy Keene being set up as another director is going over what to do with Katy and her supporting actors. Also there is a snack table where Chuck, Dilton, Trula are at.

Mr. Jones: Canceled?! I actually have real daughters going into college this year! Yale! I need this job!

Mrs. Jones: Forget you! What about me! I do NOT want to go back to the soaps!

Jughead: Um…what is going on?

Page 2

Panel one: Jughead turns in his chair to watch his parents storm off the remainder of the set as the entire Jones house is being moved away. In the background of the studio, a guy wearing a Cosmos, The happy martian costume is skipping along with a line of kids wear the exact same Cosmo, The Happy Martian T-shirts and wearing Cosmo hats. Jellybean is climbing off her high chair.

Mr. Jones: I have a contract!

Director: Look, bud, the show’s got the reviews, but not enough views. It has to go! The studio plans on expanding Kevin Keller to a full hour.

Panel two: Jughead is standing up as a worker is taking his chair as he looks over at Jellybean has her arms folded at her chest as she glares off into the distance as a worker is carrying her high chair over his shoulders.

Jughead: Okay, Jellybean, I think that reality has done a flip and gone wonkers on us.

Panel two: Jellybean turns and yells at Jughead as Jughead is caught by surprise.

Jellybean: I ain’t yer sister, mac! Not even pretend no more!

Panel three: Jellybean is storming off as she pushes past two interns carrying coffee, causing the drinks to spill on the ground as several angry producers look on. Jughead is scratching his head as he looks on in confusion with his hat tilted to his left.

Jellybean: So I ain’t gotta put up wit’ your methodical like acting like none no more neither!

Panel four: Everything has now been removed as Jughead is a barren area of the studio as producers, writers, and various directors and staff rush around him, like a rock in the river. A camera man has lost control of fork lift as he chasing after a panicked actor dressed like Indiana Jones.

Jughead: My life is a show? My parents aren’t my parents? Jellybean can talk—well not grammatically well--?

Jughead: WHAT DOES IT ALL MEAN?!

Page 3.

Panel one: Jughead licks his lips as he looks over at the snack table as Chuck and Dilton are talking with one another as they talk with each other and don’t notice Jughead. Trula is at the table as she is drinking a glass of water.

Jughead: I think a bite or two will recharge my brain so I can figure out what’s going on!

Panel two: Jughead is skipping towards the snack table as Dilton and Chuck are continuing their conversation before they make room for Jughead.

Dilton: So I’m only getting a limited series, but I think it could get picked up for more episodes…

Chuck: Dilt, m’man, I thought the same thing with mine, but I’m just the occasional friend for Archie or—

Jughead: Pardon gents.

Panel three: Jughead looks over his shoulders as Dilton and Chuck look back at Jughead and whisper as they walk away.

Dilton whispering: Poor guy. He’s so immersed in his character…

Chuck whispering: Yeah, can you believe anyone would wear that hat outside of the studio?

Panel four: Jughead is adjusting his hat as he is about at the snack table as a depressed Trula is deep in thought.

Jughead: This is weird. Real weird—and I’m already a unique and peculiar type guy as is!

Page 4

Panel one: Jughead is getting a piece of cake as he talks with Trula, who looks like she is about to cry.

Trula: It was…it was nice working with you.

Jughead: Not for me it wasn’t.

Panel two: Jughead puts his plate down as he tries to regain himself and points an accusing finger at Trula as Trula responds in bewilderment.

Jughead: Ah-ha! Now I get it! This is all your doing! You got everyone to go along and got Mr. Lodge to set this up!

Trula: What? Mr. Lodge is just a character and…

Panel three: Trula begins to pull her hair off to reveal that it’s just a wig as she really has short blond hair. Jughead looks on in complete shock and has his hands holding down his hair just so it won’t come off as he lets the piece of cake with a giant bite out of it fall to the floor.

Trula: Sigh. The producers have gone over this with your for years. Why should I bother playing amateur psychologist when I’m fired from even acting like one from now on?

Panel four: Trula hands her curly haired red wig to Jughead as Jughead takes it hesitantly in both hands as he holds it away from his chest as his eyes are wide and his face is pale. Trula is leaving as tear rolls down her right face cheek.

Trula: Look, I don’t have a previous series to go back to and no one’s talked to me and I don’t think they will…so I’m just going to leave now.

Panel five: Trula is gone as Jughead looks at the wig as he begins to regain his senses.

Panel six: Jughead drops the wig and jumps away in pure fright. In the background, Wilbur is being carried off by four security guards as he twists and protests. On the ground is a sign that reads: GIVE WILBUR ANOTHER CHANCE!!

Jughead: YAAAHH!!

Page 5

Panel one: Jughead is eating a cupcake as he is watching a group of writers at a table writing on their laptops. One of the writers’ laptop screens has: ARCHIE LIKES BETTY. ARCHIE LIKES VERONICA. ARCHIE FALLS DOWN. REGGIE MAKES JOKE.  The other writer is just playing solitaire as he looks over and gives the other writer a thumbs up.

Jughead: That does read like a typical day for Arch…

Panel two: Jughead turns around as Archie runs towards him.

Archie: Hey! I just heard the news about your show! 

Jughead: Hear anything about my mental breakdown?

Panel three: Archie puts an arm around Jughead’s shoulder as he begins to lead him away from the writers as each one is now typing using only a finger at a time with one writer furious that an animated paperclip is on the screen.

Archie: Look amigo, you had a good run. Hey when you spin off from the flag ship, the boat will stay afloat for awhile, but it’ll leak eventually.

Panel four: Archie is continuing to act arrogant as Jughead turns his head as he sees Reggie wheeling a child around and skipping along as he does so. Jughead turns his head to see Reggie as he looks on incredulously.

Archie: I mean, you had to know that no matter how hard you put yourself into the character, it had no legs, right?

Jughead: I walk just fine. I just don’t like moving in general.

Panel five: Jughead is walking away as Archie begins to text on his cellphone. Reggie has stopped and is being nice as he hands the kid a piece of cake and a balloon as he reacts like he scored a game winning touchdown after seeing the child smile as he jumps up in the air. Jughead’s head is swimming as he dimly walks away.

Archie: For old times sake, I’ll see if I can get you back on my show a bit more.

Jughead: Archie is Reggie, Reggie is nice…

Jughead: It’s like throwing a twilight zone into the outer limits!

Page one:

Panel one: The setting is Pickens Park. Trula Twyst is standing by a hot dog cart as the hot dog cart bender is giving some six year old kid a two foot long hot dog as he holds out both arms to grab it. Trula is looking at her watch as she waits patiently.

Trula Twyst: It is just past one, the wind is carrying the smell of hot dogs in a northwestern degree at 2 mph…

Panel two: Trula sees Jughead walking along a path with Archie as Jughead blissfully is sniffing the air. Trula looks on as everything is happening as she summerized. The small boy is holding the hot dog up and is taking it down by giant bites as the hot dog tender looks on in awe.

Trula Twyst: Do I know that nose.

Panel three: Jughead notices Trula as Trula is confidently walking towards him and Archie. Jughead is dismayed while Archie jokes with Jughead.

Archie: Looks like you’re Trula’s tracking device is at full capacity, huh, Jughead?

Jughead: Grummble.

Panel four: Jughead zooms past Trula, taking her by surprise as she raises both eyebrows as her hair is blown back. Jughead leaves a trail of dust behind him as Archie jumps back.

Jughead: Let’s see if her tracking device is any match for my warp drive!!

ZOOOM

Page 2:

Panel one: Trula looks on in awe with Archie as they watch Jughead streak across the park, zooming past several people, leaping over people having a picnic while grabbing a  chicken drumstick from someone and circling around several trees before continuing to run away.

Archie: He’s first at the lunch line for a reason.

Panel two: Trula begins to run after Jughead as Archie has turned his attention to two attractive female joggers who wave at him.

Trula: If he thinks he can run away from me like that, he’s got another thing coming!

Panel three: Jughead is in heavily forested area as he looks around nervously.

Jughead: I think I got a good head start on her…but I’ve seen locations like this in horror movies that never bode well for the innocent.

Panel four: Jughead turns his head in surprise as he hears Trula’s voice.

Trula off-panel: Y-you (huff puff) just…wait…!

Panel five: A completely exhausted and fatigued weakly runs towards Jughead. Her face is red cheeked and beading with sweat, she is breathing heavily, and her hair is a mess. Jughead looks on as he happily notes the situation.

Trula: …there…! Right (huuufff huff) there…!!!

Page 3:

Panel one: Jughead has his chest pushed out as he looks on happily as Trula Twyst is bent over in front of him trying to catch her breath after running as fast as she could after Jughead.

Jughead: Trula, why it doth seem that you are a wee bit out of shape.

Panel two: Trula glares up at Jughead as she is sucking in air as Jughead pats her on her back as he soaks in the situation and the advantage he has over Trula.

Jughead: Hey! Don’t give me that look! All criminal masterminds have henchmen do their leg work for a reason!

Trula: Juggers…!!

Panel three: Jughead zooms away from Trula as he mockingly motions for her to follow. Trula’s hair is kicked up by the back draft of Jughead’s running speed.

Jughead: Tell you what, I’ll wait for you at the other end of the park!

ZOOOOMMM

Trula: !!!

Panel four: Trula begins to jog as she is now carrying her high heel shoes in one hand and is taking breaths in and out as she vainly tries to catch up with Jughead. Archie and the female joggers are running past Trula. Archie is in between the two and he is skipping along happily

Trula : I hope he trips over a tortoise and a hare mistakes his nose for a carrot!!

Page 4.

Panel one: Jughead is drinking a soda in a Styrofoam cup as he is lying on a park bench happily enjoying the day as a penguin and a line of ducks walk past him. By the bench is a litter bin. The bin is filled with Styrofoam cups, supplied by Jughead.

Jughead: Ah.

Jughead: Summersault cola! Refreshing energy boost that makes my taste buds go topsy turvy!

Panel two: Jughead looks down the path as Trula looks like she is about to collapse as she vainly keeps running to catch up with Jughead. Jughead is throwing the cup away in  the nearby trash bin.

Jughead: I’d almost admire her determination if I didn’t detest the rest of her.

Panel three: Jughead looks up as Trula’s arms hang loosely and she is about to give way it seems as beads of sweat are pouring from her face.

Trula: weezzz weezzz

Jughead: What, is that some sort of new language?

Panel four: Jughead sits up and gives Trula room to sit on the bench. Trula practically collapse on the bench as she has her head tilted just over the bench and her arms stretched along the top.

Jughead: Take a seat. You’ve earned it.

Trula: huff huff huff puff!

Page 5

Panel one: Jughead is stretching his legs as Trula weakly looks over at him as she is still trying to get her wind back and cool off.

Jughead: You’re brain is a little too busy telling your lungs to breath in and out fresh air, so I’ll just run things down for you:

Panel two: Jughead begins to run in place as Trula snarls at him.

Jughead: I’m the hare, you’re the tortoise. And this little hare can eat and sleep all he wants because we’re not racing. We’re playing keep away.

Panel three: Jughead points at Trula as Trula turns away, not liking that what Jughead is saying is true.

Jughead: Go ahead and plan where I’ll be and wait. For every one step of yours, I’m taking twenty!

Trula: Hmph. You’re mistaking cowardice for intelligence.

Panel four: Jughead turns his head to his right to see Ethel waving and blowing kisses at him as she is running at him from a good distance away.

Ethel: Loverboy!

Jughead: Yikes!

Panel five: Jughead is zooming off again as Trula jumps off the bench as Ethel is zooming down the hill.

Jughead: And she actually can match me step for step!

Trula: Get back here!! We’re not finished, Forsythe Pendleton Jones the third!!

Page 6

Panel one: Trula looks towards Ethel as Ethel is running straight at Trula at full steam ahead.

Trula: …I now sympathize with roadkill.

Panel two: Trula bends his waist and shields herself with her arms as she prepares to get run down. Ethel stops on her heels just inches from Trula.

SKRRREEE

Ethel: Oh. Hi, Trula!

Panel three: Trula straightens up and brushes herself off as Ethel kindly talks with her. In the sky the penguin, now using a hand glider, is flying in the lead of a V formation with the ducks from earlier

Ethel: A great day in the park, huh? Bright shiny day and Jughead Jones playing hard to get.

Trula: Oh, it’s been just wonderful, Ethel.

Panel four: Trula begins to chase after Jughead again as Ethel cups her chin as she wonders what is going on.

Trula: Now, if you’ll pardon me, I’m going to catch Juggers and break his kneecaps for him!

Page 1

Panel one: Reggie, Betty, and Archie are walking home from school as they pass by an open gate leading to a haunted house on a hill as several elementary kids are racing up the hill with a piece of candy each. The landscape around the house is barren with thin branchy trees that make it seem something you’d see in a horror movie. Reggie and Archie are wearing their Riverdale jackets and Betty is wearing a typical green jacket with a hood. A swirling wind blows several brown and red leaves at the feet of the gang. One elementary girl is motioning for the other kids to go to the house. Archie and Betty smile at the kids while Reggie rolls his eyes.

Girl: C’mon, let’s hurry and give Johnny his candy!

Betty: Aw, isn’t that cute?

Reggie: Are you telling me kids are still doing that?

Panel two: Archie is talking with Reggie as Reggie waves him off in disgust.

Archie: Aw, lay off, Reg. It’s a Riverdale tradition.

Reggie: Yeah, kids are traditionally wasting time and money when they leave a piece of candy at that broken down hovel. 

Panel three: Betty points to the haunted house as Reggie motions for Betty to stop as Archie seems content to listen as he obviously likes the story.

Betty: There’s nothing wrong with being part of a Halloween tradition. In fact at the Halloween Fest tonight, I plan on telling the story of Little Johnny Jeter…

Page 2

Panel one: A black and white panel of a small boy wearing a typical ghost sheet style costume and waving a large empty trick-or-treat bag while he happily skips out of his home—the haunted house only not in ruins like it is now.

Caption: Little Johnny Jeter loved Halloween of all days. He’d wear the same costume each and every year…

Panel two: A black and white panel still as Little Johnny Jeter has a full trick-or-treat bag that is nearly as big as him in both of his arms as he happily skips back inside his home.

Caption: …And every year little Johnny would collect the most candy out of all the children in Riverdale.

Panel three: A black and white shot of a ghost costume lying on the a wooden floor where it looks like the ghost is sad by the way it’s crumpled and Johnny’s empty Halloween bag lying right next to it .

Caption: One Halloween, Little Johnny Jeter got sick and never got better—

Panel four: Back to the present. A shot of children from earlier putting candy in Johnny’s Halloween bag, which is now old and faded, just outside the front door of the haunted house. Archie and the rest of the gang are in the background as Betty is pointing towards them.

Betty: So all the children in Riverdale left a piece of candy for him.

Betty: Now, as the legend goes, if you don’t leave one piece of candy at the door of Little Johnny, his ghost will come to your house and trick-or-treat!

Page 3.

Panel one: Reggie is feigning being afraid as he hides behind a not amused Archie. Betty has her hands at her hips as she glares at Reggie.

Reggie: Yikes! Whatever shall I do when the little sickly ghost boy interrupts my monster movie marathon when he comes for his candy--!!

Panel two: Reggie motions at the house as the Elementary kids are coming back down the hill and out the gate. The Elementary girl from before glares at Reggie.

Reggie: Look, there was never a Johnny Jeter. It’s just some stupid story that even stupider kids believe!

Panel three: The kids are leaving in a huff as the girl is sticking her tongue out at Reggie. Archie is talking with Reggie as Betty nods in agreement with the girl’s response towards Reggie.

Archie: If you live in a house made of glass, you shouldn’t throw rocks.

Reggie: Yeah, I know. You do it in someone else’s house.

Panel four: Archie and Betty leave Reggie as Reggie glares at them.

Archie: Make with the jokes, but when you were a kid, you were right with everyone else believing in that ghost story and walking up that hill just the same.

Reggie: Grrrr

Page 4

Panel one: Reggie watches as Betty and Archie part ways and wave goodbye to one another. Reggie has hands cupped over his mouth as he shouts at them.

Reggie: Yeah, well…at least I stopped believing in ghosts, the toothfairy, and Santa Claus when I got older!

Panel two: Reggie looks over his shoulder; his eyes are rolled to his left as he is thinking.

Reggie: If I felt like it, I’d go up that stupid hill tonight and take the candy to prove the superstitious yahoos wrong…


Reggie: Hmmm…

Panel three: Reggie is rubbing his hands together as he is planning to carry out his thought as he smirks to himself and his eyes turn shifty and beady. Behind him the wind is blowing more heavily as the gate begins to swing wildly and several more dead leaves are blown in the air. Behind Reggie we can see that Archie is glaring at Reggie suspiciously.

Reggie: Now that’s a thought…


Page 5.

Panel one: Reggie is walking up the hill on Halloween night as he is approaching the house and the large Halloween bag filled with candy that is left on the door step.

Reggie: Wow! And I thought we were in a recession! Poor people can complain and yet leave out this much candy to waste!

Panel two: Reggie smirks as he bends down to grab the Halloween bag as he chuckles to himself.

Reggie: Or should I have said, “would have been wasted”?

Panel three: Reggie turns to leave as he is startled by a kid wearing an old ghost costume looking up at him. The boy is wearing an old dirty sheet style ghost costume with a black marker used for the eyes and mouth and looks to be around seven or eight.

Reggie: Yipe! Where’d you come from?

Panel four: A shot of behind the ghost boy as Reggie happily displays the Halloween bag. The ghost boy is looking at the Halloween bag and reaching up for it.

Reggie: Oh wait. I get it! You’re supposed to be “Little Johnny Jeter”.

Reggie: Well, JJ, Reggie Mantle here is going to take this big bag full of treats home to check your candy to see if it’s safe!

Panel five: Reggie begins to run down the hill as the ghost boy tilts his head to his right and looks on from on top of the hill.

Reggie: You just come over to my house and come and get it back!

Reggie: HA HA HA!

Page 1

Panel one: Betty Cooper, wearing a Little Red Riding Hood costume, is talking on her cellphone as she is preparing to go into the Riverdale gymnasium as several kids in costumes (one dressed like a power ranger, a princess, and an Olympic gold medalist with way too many medals on his neck) run past her. On the double doors of the gymnasium are cut ups of a black cat and a green ghost. Above the door is a banner, in orange and black writing: RIVERDALE HIGH HALLOWEEN FEST

Betty: Yeah, Ronnie, sure, you can borrow my scarf—but it’s not coud enough to—oh, it’s part of your costume…?

Betty: Well, sure. Just go over to my house and pick it up.

Panel two: Betty is beginning to go inside as she is about finished with her call. As she is about to enter, a ghost boy, wearing a dirty sheet with eyes and mouth made out of a black marker, walks into the room as he has his arm over his eyes as if he here looking for someone. Betty has a thought balloon of Veronica in her Cleopatra costume showing off the red and black striped scarf as it obviously doesn’t belong.

Betty: Well, I guess Veronica could make it work…

Panel three: A big panel of all the gym as we can see several stations have been set up with various kids in costumes and their parents walking around or staying at a station. One station (The Jack-o-Lantern carving station) is two tables with Moose and Midge, dressed as Tarzan and Jane, with several small pumpkins stacked behind them with several kids dressed like farmers and scarecrows wheeling another pile of small pumpkins in a wagon right behind them. They already have a line with Midge getting the most and Moose only having the ghost boy as they wait for everyone to begin. Another section is Nancy, dressed like a pop singer, at a station with several backgrounds (The inside of the haunted house, a graveyard, and a darkened sky with an orange moon shaped like a jack-o-latern.) hung up and she has a canvas and her water colors as she begins to paint. A small girl dressed like a witch is getting drawn with the night background as several kids (dressed like a dog, the phantom of the opera, and a zombie) wait on. A snack table is prepared with Miss Beazley dressed like a sailor. The items on the table appear to be black apples, jell-o with plastic eyes in it, orange and black cupcakes with bat and pumpkin figures on various individual cupcakes, and orange punch. A group of kids dressed like the café staff at Jughead’s Diner look as the kid dressed like Mr. Bones look at his jell-o with the eyes in disgust. Ms Grundy and Ms. Petra Lauriette (dressed like Gandalf the white and a witch wearing black garb and a black pointy hat) look on.

Betty: But right now, I’ve gotta help keep the Riverdale High Halloween Fest from getting out of control!!

Page 2.

Panel one: Betty is walking over to Ms. Grundy and Ms. Lauriette as Ms. Grundy waves her staff to signal hello. Ms. Lauriette tips her glasses as she looks back at a group of boys who have small hearts over their eyes. The three boys are dressed like the three stooges. Behind them are three girls dressed like princesses as they glare at them.

Betty: Wow! I can’t believe how well we’re doing! We have more kids in here then on the streets.

Panel two: Ms. Grundy is talking with Betty as Ms. Lauriette walks towards them as she chuckles to herself as she sees the three princesses grab their respective stooge kid by the ear and lead him away as the stooge kids each jump on one leg as they are pulled along.

Ms. Grundy: This was a great idea you had, Betty. Having a safe place for parents to take their kids on Halloween and to teach them important Halloween safety tips in a safe, fun environment.

Betty: I couldn’t have done it without my friends and you and Ms. Lauriette agreeing to sponsor the event!

Panel three: Ms. Lauriette is walking up to Betty and strikes a pose as she recites her quote as Ms. Grundy and Betty look on. A parent with two kids dressed like rabbits hop along.

Ms. Lauriette:  “The witches fly across the sky, The owls go, ‘Who? Who? Who?’ The black cats yowl And green ghosts howl, "Scary Halloween to you!"

Panel four: Ms. Lauriette tips her hat as Ms. Grundy strokes her fake, long beard as Betty begins to walk around the gymnasium and heads for the pumpkin carving table as Moose and Midge begin to carve jack-o-lantern for kids. Moose is concentrating hard as Midge is much more lax in her approach.

Ms. Lauriette: So why can’t a teacher or two haunt the night a bit?

Ms. Grundy: And it’s nice to look at future students of mine. You just go around and help us keep everything going smoothly.

Betty: Will do!

Page 3

Panel one: Midge is talking to her long line of kids as she begins to work on her jack-o-lantern as Moose is hard at work for the ghost boy who tilts his head as he watches.

Midge: …And remember when you do this at home to have a parent or adult help and to cut away from yourself.

Betty: Midge, Moose! How is the Lil’ Jack-o-lantern carving going?

Panel two: Midge turns the jack-o-lantern around to the kid as it looks horrible with the nose and eyes too close together. Moose also turns his around as the ghost boy waves his arms in the air happily as his jack—o-lantern as it is done perfectly.

Moose: Duh, hiya Betty.

Midge: Hi, Betty. Everything’s going well.

Midge: Farmer McDaniels donating these small pumpkins and Moosie and me teaching the kids how to carve a jack-o-lantern safely was a really good idea.

Panel three: The ghost boy happily skips along with his jack-o-lantern as the kids in Midge’s line look at the jack-o-lantern Moose made. Moose and Midge turn to talk to Betty as Betty shrugs her shoulders.

Moose: Say, Betty. Where’s Arch? 

Betty: Sigh. He already promised Veronica to be her date for the Lodge Halloween Party…

Panel four: Betty is walking off as Moose waves bye. Midge looks straight ahead and is shocked to see nothing in front of her as the kids have all left.

Betty: …But Reggie challenged him to stay in the old Jeter house for a few hours.

Moose: That’s not too bright with dat ghost livin’ there.

Panel five: A shot over Betty’s shoulder as she waves her arm as she shrugs and tilts her head to her left shoulder. We can see that all the kids have gone to Moose as Midge stands up and glares at Moose. Moose holds up Midge’s jack-o-lantern and gives it a thumbs up to try and calm her down. Several kids in line give it a thumbs down.  The ghost boy is following Betty with his jack-o-lantern as Betty hasn’t noticed.

Betty: There will be a ghost living there if he’s still there when Veronica hunts him down!

Betty: You two keep up the good work!



Page 4

Panel one: Betty is walking over to Nancy as Nancy is sitting on a stool as she’s doing a water color drawing of a kid as a zombie with the graveyard background. The ghost boy is at Betty’s side as he looks at his costume and seems to be comparing it to the zombie boy’s.

Betty: Wow. This was a great idea you came up with, Nancy!

Panel two: Nancy is turning to talk with Betty as she puts the finishing touches on the zombie boy’s picture as she’s done the picture to be very cartoony.

Nancy: Thanks, Betts, but I can’t take all the credit. Chuck was telling me how he was planning to do caricatures for trick-or-treaters tonight…

Betty: ...And you thought you‘d borrow the idea?

Panel three: Nancy rips the page off her canvas and gives it to the zombie boy as his parents, both dressed like zombies, look on and wait for him.

Nancy: Of course.

Panel four: A group of kids dressed like Scooby Doo and the gang are at the haunted house background. A boy dressed as a dog with black make-up over his nose is Scooby. The zombie family walk away all like zombies as the ghost boy looks on. Betty is leaving Nancy as Nancy is mixing colors and has three brushes in her mouth as she starts drawing.

Betty: Just tell me if you run out of colors. Mr. Svenson said the art class has saved up more than enough over the years.

Nancy: Zoinks and jinkies!

Page 5.

Panel one: Betty is walking along as she turns her head to see that the ghost boy is following her. The ghost boy has one arm holding the jack-o-lantern as he waves hello with his free hand. Betty plays along as she pretends to be afraid. In the background, a vampire boy with a plastic bat on a stick is chasing a girl dressed like a baseball player.

Betty: Yikes, It looks like I’m being followed by a g-g-ghost!

Panel two: Betty kneels down and pats the ghost boy on the head. The ghost boy motions like a referee would a missed field goal as he shows he doesn’t mean Betty any harm.

Betty: Oh, but I shouldn’t be afraid of a cute ghost like you?

Betty: Good.

Panel three: Betty is talking with the ghost boy as the ghost boy seems overjoyed with the idea. Behind Betty, the girl dressed like a baseball player now has a baseball bat and is chasing after the vampire boy.

Betty: You don’t look like you’ve tricked or treated yet.

Betty: Say, my friend Veronica Lodge and her family always gives out the most and best treats. She’s just on the other side of Riverdale, the biggest house seen from outer space!

Panel four: Betty stands up to look for the ghost kid’s parents.

Betty: Now, where are your parents so I can give them—

Panel five: Betty turns around to see that the ghost boy has vanished

Betty: What, could he actually be a…? Was he a…?

Panel six: Betty waves off the notion. In the background the vampire boy and baseball girl are holding hands with their bat on a stick and baseball back over their left shoulder. The vampire boy has a lump on his head.

Betty: You’ve got to lay off the horror flicks and candy corn, Betty Cooper!!

Part I:

Page 1

Panel one: Jughead is in the attic of his house looking through various old boxes full of antique pictures, one of which looks like a baker in his mid-forties proudly holding up a cake. The baker is very round with a fat face and red face cheeks. Other items include an old dough roller, old pots, and an old beat up cookie sheet. Jughead eyes an old time soda bottle with the cap twisted on that seems to have a drop of soda left in it. The attic is a mess with various holiday decorations and old clothes scattered about.

Jughead: And here I was thinking my parents making me clean up the attic wouldn’t be worth it…

Jughead: That soda bottle has a single drop left in it!!

Panel two: Jughead begins to turn the bottle cap.

Jughead: Eh, one little drop nearly forty years past the expiration date shouldn’t hurt anyone.

Panel three: Very small shot of Jughead taking off the bottle cap.

Sssssst

Panel four: A large gust of wind, like a hurricane, erupts from the bottle as Jughead is nearly knocked off his feet from the power. His hat is nearly blown off his head. The wind seems to just swirl around the attic as it blows coats, boxes, and various other items and clothing around.

Jughead: Yikes!! Then again, I did have to have my stomach pumped after I took a bite out of a four month old burger I found in the storm gutters!!

Page 2.

Panel one: Jughead closes his eyes as the wind seems to keep coming. The room is getting colder as Jughead’s breath can be seen in the air and the window just behind Jughead is beginning to frost up. Various items are lying on the ground, including the old dough roller.

Jughead: I heard of making a twister with water and two soda bottles taped together, but this is out of the science fair and into the Twilight Zone!!

Panel two: The power coming from the soda bottle dies down as Jughead arms lower. Jughead looks down at the bottle in confusion. The dough roller is beginning to roll back and forth as the wind dies down and items begin to fall all over the attic.

Jughead: Looks like the soda’s going flat…!!

Panel three: Jughead lets the empty bottle fall to the ground as he wipes his brow in relief.

Jughead: I’m glad that’s over…

Panel four: Jughead looks around the attic to see that everything is a mess with various clothes, coats, shoes, boxes, and various holiday decorations scattered and tangle all around the attic.

Jughead: I’m not so much glad about this.

Page 3.

Panel one: Jughead is bending over to pick up old newspapers and stuff them into a box. The window behind him is still frosted over as Jughead angrily works. Behind him the dough roller is following right behind him.

Jughead: That was weird even for a unique individual like myself…

Panel two: Jughead is now struggling to untangle Christmas lights from two yard gnomes as the dough roller is now standing on its end all alone. One yard gnome has a chef hat on it’s pointy red hat. The window that is frosted over now has a game of tic-tac-toe just finished with X winning diagonally.

Jughead: That window over there must be cracked and the autumn wind actually came in like a raider or whatever that soccer quote is.

Panel three: Jughead has the lights untangled and putting them in the box as Jughead begins to turn around as the dough roller is now being tapped on the floor just behind him.

TAP…TAP TAP TAP TAP

Jughead: Two bits!!

Panel four: Jughead turns around as the dough roller is now on the ground as if nothing happened.

Jughead: Funny with ears like mine, I know I heard something…

Panel five: Jughead is scratching his head as he holds up the dough roller. Unbeknownst to him from behind his back, the chef’s hat seems to be floating and leaving the attic.

Jughead: Y’know, you’d think there would have been an electronic one of these by now.


Page 4.

Panel one: Jughead is climbing down from the attic as he is dirty, his clothes wrinkled, and seems to be on his last legs as yets out a hard yawn.

Jughead: YAAWWNN. That took hours after I took one or two naps.

Panel two: Jughead turns to hear his mother calling for him.

Mrs. Jones off-panel: JUGHEAD!!! KITCHEN!!! NOW!!!

Jughead: Yikes! The Boss!! And she sounds ticked!!

Panel three: Jughead begins to rush into the kitchen as he licks his lips. Just outside the door frame is a hand print made in flour.

Jughead: Normally, I’d be where she isn’t, but sounds like she’s in the kitchen and I could go for …

Panel four: Jughead enters the kitchen as he finds that all the food has been eaten. The refrigerator door is open to see that everything has been eaten with only empty wrappers and turned over milk bottles remain. The floor is littered with ham and chicken bones, broken egg shells, and empty soda cans. The cabinet doors are wide open to see empty boxes of rice, cereal, and various other food items. In the corner, a mouse is unhappily looking at a mouse trap where the cheese has already been eaten. Mrs. Jones extends both her arms at the kitchen as she glares at Jughead. Jughead is confused as to what happened. Along the floor are various flour footprints and on the walls and table are flour hand prints. On the walls are alternate flour foot and hand prints like someone walked or crawled on the wall up to the ceiling.

Jughead: …  a quick bite to eat…?

Mrs. Jones: Oh, you were quick, but not too subtle!!

Page 5.

Panel one: Jughead is kicking at a drumstick bone on the floor as Mrs. Jones begins to yell at Jughead.

Jughead: Pardon?

Mrs. Jones: Oh, there is no pardon for you! You ate every crumb, morsel, and speck of food in the entire house!!

Panel two: Jughead puts his hands at his chest as he backs away from his mother who is stomping towards him. Jughead backs himself towards a wall.

Jughead: Hey, I didn’t do this! I was busy doing housework!

Panel three: Mrs. Jones stares at Jughead suspiciously as Jughead thinks about what he just said to himself.

Panel four: Jughead shrugs his shoulders and rolls his eyes as he knows he has no chance of convincing him mom of his innocence. Mrs. Jones has her arms crossed and is tapping her feet.

Jughead: Yeah, If I could get you to believe that, I’ve got a unicorn tied to a tree in Brooklyn I might interest you in….

Panel five: Mrs. Jones points a finger at Jughead as Jughead has a trash bag and is beginning to pick up egg shells and empty potato chip bags as he begins to begrudgingly clean up. Jughead’s stomach is beginning to rumble as Jughead looks like he is having hunger pains. Behind Mrs. Jones an invisible force, unseen by Jughead and Mrs. Jones, is taking a bite out of an apple.

Mrs. Jones: You’re cleaning this mess up while I make a list of groceries you are going to go get!! And don’t even think about helping yourself to even a nibble!!

Jughead: I wouldn’t mind if I were guilty this time—since I wouldn’t be starving right now!!!   

Page 6.

Panel one: Jughead is walking outside as Hot Dog greets him in just outside the door. Jughead is looking over a very long list of groceries to buy. Jughead has some money in one hand as he sadly reads the list.

Jughead: Sheesh, she’s got the price and tax rate so I can’t even skim two quarters for a small bag of chips!

Panel two: Jughead looks down at Hot Dog as Hot Dog tilts his head in confusion.

Jughead: Say, H.D., you wouldn’t happen to notice anything peculiar going on at the homestead, have you?

Panel three: Hot Dog looks past Jughead as the living room door is still open as a giant wind blows and the TV and couch are levitating upside down in the air. Various pictures are being juggled in the air by an unseen force. Hot Dog’s fur and ears are standing up end as his eyes stick out in fright like the old time cartoons.

Hot Dog: !!!

Panel four: Hot Dog is running down the street as Jughead scratches the bottom of his chin and squints with one eye as he is pondering the meaning of Hot Dog’s actions.

Jughead: I guess that would be a “yes”.

Page 1

Panel one: Mr. Andrews is dragging Archie along a street near several diners with various tables and seats outside. One person is complaining to a waiter about a fly in his soup.

Mr. Andrews: Archie! Archie! Hurry up or we’ll miss him!!

Archie: I’ll be missing an arm if you keep pulling!!

Panel two: Archie is walking behind his dad as his dad is looking through the outside tables in one of the street diners. Archie is rubbing his shoulder and moving his arm across his chest as he tries to regain feeling in it. Mr. Andrews is as giddy as a school kid at a new toy as several diners look at him like he’s nuts. The waiter is holding up a spider-web as a spider is descending into the soup.

Archie: Who are we looking for, dad?

Mr. Andrews: My co-worker at the office called me and told me that my favorite western star growing up was visiting Riverdale!!

Panel three: Mr. Andrews pointing ahead.

Mr. Andrews: There!

Panel four: We look to see a man who looks like Clint Eastwood as he is glaring at an empty chair. Flint Northwood is wearing a dirty white cowboy hat, an old brown trench coat and cowboy boots as he is drinking a root beer float. The table next to him has two empty seats. Flint’s table has four chairs: One next to Flint, the other next to the empty chair. On the table in front of the empty chair, is cup full of water with a straw facing the chair. Every time Flint talks his teeth are clenched.

Mr. Andrews: Bimbo, Surly, The Pale Horse Rider, Howdy Bates, and the Man Known By No Name—

Mr. Andrews: FLINT NORTHWOOD!!!

Page 2:

Panel one: Archie is scratching his head as he doesn’t see what’s so great about Flint Northwood as Mr. Andrews ignores him and rushes over to see Flint Northwood. As he runs, he bumps into a waiter carrying pitcher of water on a tray as it begins to fall on a man. Flint has his cowboy hat over his eyes.

Archie: The guy in that movie about the old car?

Mr. Andrews: He’s more than just that! He’s rode horses!!

Panel two: Mr. Andrews is standing next to Flint Northwood as Flint doesn’t acknowledge him as he takes a sip of his root beer. Mr. Andrews is trying to hold his excitement, but failing. Archie is following after his dad in the background and accidentally bumps into another waiter carrying a pitcher of water on a tray as the water falls backwards onto someone sitting.

Mr. Andrews: Mr. Northwood, pardner…er, sir. Sir. I grew up watching your shows and movies! I make sure my family watches five of your movies each and every week!

Panel three: Archie is apologizing as he turns and continues on. The two waiters are angry and the drenched diners look like they could strangle Archie and his dad. Flint Northwood puts his drink down and looks ahead sternly, not acknowledging Mr. Andrews by looking at him. Mr. Andrews leaps up in joy.

Flint Northwood: A man shouldn’t stand about when an open chair is right in front of him.

Panel four: Archie is heading towards the seat next to Northwood as his dad takes the seat closest to Northwood. Mr. Andrews introduces Archie as Archie waves hello at Flint Northwood. Flint eyes Archie.

Mr. Andrews: Mr. Northwood this is my boy, Archie.

Archie: Hello, sir. My dad quotes you all the time.

Panel five: Archie stops as he’s about to sit down in the empty chair next to Flint when Flint glares at him with cold blue eyes and gnashing teeth.

Archie: EEEP

Panel six: Archie moves away from the seat and looks confused as no one is in it. Flint takes another sip from his root beer float.

Flint Northwood: Not that chair. Can’t you see someone’s in it?

 Page 3

Panel one: Archie scratches his head as he questions Flint about someone sitting in the empty chair. Flint rolls his eyes towards Archie. Mr. Andrews slams his hands down on the table as he reprimands Archie for daring to question Flint Northwood. Mr. Andrews slams the table so hard, that a waiter carrying water is startled and tips his water on the person sitting at the next table behind Mr. Andrews. The glass of water in front of the empty chair, unnoticed by everyone, is being stirred using its straw by an unseen presence.

Archie: I don’t mean to be disrespectful…but there’s no one sitting in that chair.

Mr. Andrews: Archie! Don’t be disrespectful at all!!

Panel two: Flint Northwood glares at Archie as Archie begins to back away. Behind Archie another waiter is carrying water as a person sitting at the table behind Archie sees him coming.

Flint Northwood: You seem like a spunky boy, punk.

Panel three: Archie bumps into the waiter just behind him, but the person sitting has an umbrella out and stops the water from landing on him.

Flint Northwood: Well, are you spunky. Well, are you, spunky punk?!!

Archie: No! No! I hate spunk!!

Panel four: Archie takes the other empty seat as a waiter leaves menus for the three. The straw in the water is now back to where it was before. Flint nods in approval at Archie’s decision as Mr. Andrews vehemently apologies to Flint Northwood.

Archie: I’ll sit here, if that’s okay…

Mr. Andrews: I apologize! I swear he didn’t get his sass from me! It has to be his mother!!

I've never really liked any of the Jughead voices I've heard in cartoons (Haven't seen New Archies) and I never could figure out who, when I read my digests, should be Jughead's voice in my head. Then I realized Drake Bell is perfect.

His voice can be funny and it's weird, but it's not so absurd like I've heard before. It really works.

Any one else agree?