Author Topic: Veronica 1965 pinup redrawn (Read 3329 times)

Johanna · « **on:** April 27, 2008, 09:43:04 AM »

I've put up then-and-now versions of a Veronica pinup here:
http://comicsworthreading.com/2008/04/27/veronica-on-the-phone/

Johanna

Gregg · « **Reply #1 on:** April 27, 2008, 10:51:23 AM »

Thanks for the before and after, Johanna. It's funny that Archie feels a need to "update" the art to reflect currrent trends. I wonder if DC and Marvel do the same thing....

Gregg

Captain Hero · « **Reply #2 on:** April 27, 2008, 11:46:11 AM »

You'd think that fashion plate Veronica would update her fashion sense along with her technology. :p

Gregg · « **Reply #3 on:** April 27, 2008, 11:51:16 AM »

She did CH. She went from zebra stripes to tiger stripes...

Gregg

Captain Hero · « **Reply #4 on:** April 27, 2008, 12:01:12 PM »

Quote from: Gregg on April 27, 2008, 11:51:16 AM

She did CH. She went from zebra stripes to tiger stripes...

Gregg

Wow...from "Dallas" to "Dynasty" in one swoop.

archiecomicsfan27 · « **Reply #5 on:** April 27, 2008, 12:09:35 PM »

It's called vintage Captain

anyways right when I saw that pinup I said I want to see what the original one looks like, since it looks like DeCarlo's work from the 50's! Thanks Joanna

ronnie343 · « **Reply #6 on:** April 27, 2008, 09:26:12 PM »

Very nice, Joanna. I liked the way you the changed the times in the pin up and the coloring.

honeybee · « **Reply #7 on:** April 30, 2008, 09:12:17 AM »

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Wow...from "Dallas" to "Dynasty" in one swoop.

darkmark · « **Reply #8 on:** April 30, 2008, 02:03:59 PM »

Lots of companies "update" or have updated their stories. Will Eisner used to do it in THE SPIRIT and Mort Weisinger regularly had it done in Superman Family titles. Archie does it a lot, too.

Aquarius · « **Reply #9 on:** April 30, 2008, 09:09:04 PM »

A lot of reprinted Archie stories in digest comics have those kind of updates; CD players replace record players, references to what year it is are updated, etc. I remember one Archie Digest story, that was obviously from the 40's or 50's, making reference to Pokeman cards, most likely in place of some other popular item of the time.

On one hand, I can understand that they want to make reprinted stories seem current to modern audiences, but on the other hand, it is a reprint of a VINTAGE story. If kids can see Beaver Cleaver using a record player on television, why is it a problem for them to see Archie Andrews using a record player in the comics? Hmmm...

Tuxedo Mark · « **Reply #10 on:** April 30, 2008, 10:20:12 PM »

Quote from: Aquarius on April 30, 2008, 09:09:04 PM

On one hand, I can understand that they want to make reprinted stories seem current to modern audiences, but on the other hand, it is a reprint of a VINTAGE story. If kids can see Beaver Cleaver using a record player on television, why is it a problem for them to see Archie Andrews using a record player in the comics?

I agree that reprints should be unaltered, but I also wonder how many kids watch old sitcoms.

AyaBlue · « **Reply #11 on:** May 02, 2008, 03:00:36 AM »

I don't particularly like the overly done gradients that've been added to the old DeCarlo pin-ups. They seem to detract from the line art. I guess I can understand why certain aspects were updated, just in keeping with trying to keep Archie and its characters fresh and "now" but, I definitely agree with Johanna that there's "...some completely unnecessary computer recoloring and shading..." Regardless, it's still DeCarlo, even in it's revamped version, so I like it.

Frank · « **Reply #12 on:** May 04, 2008, 09:38:20 AM »

This is another reason I would love to see some "Archie Archives". Even when getting reprints in the digests and such, it can be hard to figure out what is being reprinted and whether any alterations have been made.

Good eye finding this one!

archiecomicsfan27 · « **Reply #13 on:** May 04, 2008, 10:20:42 AM »

Quote from: Frank on May 04, 2008, 09:38:20 AM

This is another reason I would love to see some "Archie Archives". Even when getting reprints in the digests and such, it can be hard to figure out what is being reprinted and whether any alterations have been made.

Good eye finding this one!

Archie Wiki is still in the process Oldiesmann, Gregg, Tuxedo Mark, and a few others have contributed to it

Forsythe · « **Reply #14 on:** May 23, 2008, 12:56:14 PM »

I agree that reprints should be unaltered

Reprints aimed at us (the hardcore Archie fans) yes, they should be unaltered!

I also wonder how many kids watch old sitcoms.

they don't, my now eighteen year old niece watches and enjoys black and white television shows and all of her friends just don't get the appeal. I lived with my sister the first few years of her life, she watched them with me and she brags that she learned it from me and her friends are just hopelessly in the dark!

I can understand why certain aspects were updated, just in keeping with trying to keep Archie and its characters fresh and "now"

Correct the main reason Archie has succeeded all these years is always being up to date and in touch with teen fads, so I don't mind any updating done on reprints that are intended for Archies prime audience, 8-12 year old mostly girls.

But this one (below) really bugged me, they only changed Mrs A, there are rotary phones and TVs with rabbit ears unaltered in the story, they just updated Mrs A. I think you just change her hair color to match todays Mrs A and leave the rest alone. Most kids would buy that she lost weight.

We were just talking about this story a little while ago in another topic too, but I couldn't find that.

original from 1972

reprint from 2008

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