A thread for the explosive side of Mr. Lodge. I made this because I had a story I was going to post in the fink thread but I really cant, Archie isn't a creep in this story, just stupid. 

That's okay, we'll find out sometime. I haven't posted my sources for anything but I will soon.




Here's a beautiful Betty by Kathleen Webb. Usually her writing's better than her art but she did great with this one.

Quote from: DeCarlo Rules on May 26, 2016, 03:46:46 AM

Quote from: daren on May 26, 2016, 02:50:16 AM
I gave my reasons already here and in other threads but I don't hate him ALL the time, a lot of the time I admire him. Then he pulls some crap and I hate him all over again. 

Ditto. Works the same way with Veronica (well, "admire" might be too strong a word in most cases to Veronica, only in rare cases does that apply). But they're both at the their most entertaining when getting some kind of karmic return for their actions earlier in a story.

Well it's AMONG their most entertaining.

Groovy threads Ronnie!




I found this link to some questions that Cole Sprouse and Camila Mendes answered about the show if anyone's interested, I was surprised at what Cole says about the show taking cues from those Jughead detective stories in the digests.


http://www.ew.com/article/2016/05/17/riverdale-archie-like-twin-peaks-cw




Wasn't Jughead usually working for a hot girl in those stories?


Again with the Twin Peaks. 

Is there something wrong with this page, it wouldn't let me quote individual posts. So, I lmao horribly at Santa eating all the orphans party food    but Thrillho said he makes it right    And awesome hat story, especially the way Jughead says "Oh, no!"

Quote from: Thrillho on May 25, 2016, 12:03:36 PM

This is issue was a big game changer, and also quite sad. I guess we now know what Betty R.I.P. means, but will Reggie succeed?

I doubt it, if he killed her he'd be another guy driven to evil out of desire for a girl and we just went there with Jason.

I'm going to have to reflect on the rest till I can be less negative, Reggie is the character I identify with most and the way ACP and the fans seesaw between saying he's scum and throwing him a pity party (not here, other sites) bothers me more than it should...and this book does that too and not very well in my opinion since it's written with all the subtlety of a gong. At least it FEELS that way to me right now, like I said I'm biased.

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Quote from: Thrillho on May 24, 2016, 10:34:45 PM
Ultimately, I think Archie is responsible for his bad behavior. I don't think it matters if Betty and Veronica still want to date him regardless of his behavior. Archie isn't a dog (debatable, I know), he's capable of thinking and reason, and should be a better person when it comes to dating, he's pretty decent otherwise.

Ultimately, the writers are responsible for his bad behavior... because an Archie who is girl-crazy gets himself into all sorts of trouble that leads to comedic situations.

It's the other way around. Archie's a kind of psychic vampire who makes the writers do what he wants. Thats how he's managed to stay the star of the whole series, otherwise it would have turned into the Betty and Veronica show long ago.

Does anybody really like Archie that much except the publisher and editors of ACP? Apparently they must, since the digests are overwhelming Archie stories with Archie's name in big letters in the title.


For me, it's the Sabrina and Josie show, but since they insist on not publishing too many of those stories, then I guess it's the Betty and Veronica show by default. Overall I like Betty better as a character, but as a comic book series VERONICA is superior to BETTY.


Since getting into Archie Comics, my interest in Jughead has grown a lot, though. At first it was just Trula Twyst that attracted my interest, but as I started to read more and more Craig Boldman/Rex Lindsey stories I really began to appreciate him more. That's still my favorite Jughead, but that was before I realized there are many different Jugheads (but all of them still more interesting than Archie).


I guess somebody really should write an essay here somewhere extolling the virtues (as they see them) of Archie and why he's interesting. To me virtually every other character within his orbit (at least the teenagers) is more interesting than Archie himself (well, maybe not Moose or Ethel, but they're not that much less interesting either).

I like him.  I'm not going to write an essay.  I really don't get all the Archie hate.  As I've said before, he's thoughtless and imperfect, just like real teenagers.  That to me is interesting.

I gave my reasons already here and in other threads but I don't hate him ALL the time, a lot of the time I admire him. Then he pulls some crap and I hate him all over again. 

Quote from: DeCarlo Rules on May 25, 2016, 03:08:19 AM

Quote from: Thrillho on May 24, 2016, 10:34:45 PM
Ultimately, I think Archie is responsible for his bad behavior. I don't think it matters if Betty and Veronica still want to date him regardless of his behavior. Archie isn't a dog (debatable, I know), he's capable of thinking and reason, and should be a better person when it comes to dating, he's pretty decent otherwise.

Ultimately, the writers are responsible for his bad behavior... because an Archie who is girl-crazy gets himself into all sorts of trouble that leads to comedic situations.

It's the other way around. Archie's a kind of psychic vampire who makes the writers do what he wants. Thats how he's managed to stay the star of the whole series, otherwise it would have turned into the Betty and Veronica show long ago.

I'd like this thread, someone suggested we should start putting tv show threads in Other Media though.

I finished the Blue Baron, liked it a lot. Now I'm brushing up on Afterlife 1-8 so I'll know what's going on when I read 9 tomorrow. I'm not looking forward to it, every reread I do of this series makes me like it less and the next issue sounds like it could misstep badly. I hope the character who does the "unexpected act of kindness" that makes Reggie confess is one of two characters even though it's not likely. 

Where are those from?

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The page is blank.

FAIL

This link should work 

Quote from: daren on May 24, 2016, 02:36:29 AM
If Dan Parent isn't a Jughead/Veronica shipper I'll eat my own shoe.

It's pretty obvious that he is. A lot of the stuff on the old thread was written and drawn by him.



He made Jughead Veronica's first crush



I mean he has them sharing their first kiss together.



Has them going on dates



A lot of accidental kisses

and then there's this



His hand probably isn't up her skirt but it looks that way. 

It's SOMEWHERE it doesn't belong.    I knew it! Dan Parent's not so secret ship! I bet the other writers have them too. Where does the talk show page come from? Thanks for reposting the fan art, there MIGHT be cyanide in that burger (jk) but good drawing.

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Quote from: Thrillho on May 23, 2016, 10:15:33 PM
It was in a Veronica floppy but I sold off my collection, and I don't remember the specific issue but it's reprinted in World of Archie Digest #12, Veronica's Wonderful Life.

Thanks for posting that, Thrillho! Not the only variation on "A Wonderful Life" I've seen in a Veronica story, either, but this one's a gem. Plus it's got Sugar Plum in it, always a good thing.

Yeah the script is full of high points and I like how Sugar Plum does the Betty role since Betty can't be there.

I forgot I had this.











That's cold.

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Quote from: daren on May 20, 2016, 10:51:55 PM
Jughead ends up walking off with Veronica at the end of a lot of Archie vs. Reggie stories, doesn't he?

The older ones especially

I guess since Reggie said Jughead can have Veronica from now on and Archie seemed to feel the same way Jughead ended up being her boyfriend in this continuity, he didn't seem to mind!    But I like how he repeats the same words after Archie and Reggie lecture him about girls. Who drew this, it has "Ray Gill" and "Sam" in the first panel so one must have been the inker or something.