New review: The New Archies: "Last Laugh"

New review: The New Archies: "Ballot Box Blues"

I've decided to start writing Archie fanfic again. This isn't related to my previous Betty fanfics. I've decided to reimagine the characters for the modern era and follow them through high school, from the beginning of freshman year through graduation. The series should be 45 chapters long, and it will progress in "real time", meaning, at the end of each month, a new chapter covering that month will go up.

I'm focusing primarily on Betty, Cheryl, and Veronica (Cheryl moreso than Veronica as the series goes on). I have to warn you that it's a mature series with cursing, sex, and general political incorrectness. Enjoy!

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12171408/1/Betty-and-Cheryl

Dilton wasn't on the show. As for whether Dilton and Eugene interacted in the comics or not, you'd have to track down the New Archies comics and read them. It wouldn't surprise me if they included Dilton. Alter all, Cheryl appeared in the Archie's Weird Mysteries comic, even though she never appeared on the show.

I've just reviewed "The Visitor", the first story segment of "The New Archies".

I just reviewed Cheryl's first two comic appearances. There's also now a handy Reviews page on the blog with links to all of the reviews.

Quote from: rusty on September 20, 2016, 07:50:32 PM
There are a couple of affordable copies available at Mycomicshop.com - $3 in vg+ and $3.70 in fine- - in case you are interested.

Ooh, I'll look into that. Thanks!

Thanks. Comics.org doesn't have that issue indexed (and it calls it an October issue, despite the cover clearly saying November).

The story, "Color Coded", was my first Cheryl story, but I read it as a reprint in my first Archie digest in 1990. The story was also reprinted in one of the later "Cheryl Blossom Special" issues (albeit in slightly censored form) as a flashback. But where did the story first appear?

Meow.

I was just looking at the closing credits, and I noticed Janet Waldo isn't credited, but a "Judy Waite" is. Is this a pseudonym?

Quote from: DeCarlo Rules on September 13, 2016, 01:39:11 AM
both had a cowardly main character voiced by Casey Kasem.

With brown hair and a green shirt.

And Don Messick (Scooby Doo) voiced Sebastian.

And the blond leader guy wore an ascot.

Quote from: Captain Jetpack on September 13, 2016, 07:23:49 AM



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Val's looking pale in that promo pic. Looks like HB kept trying to have their way.

Quote from: steveinthecity on September 13, 2016, 04:54:24 AM

Quote from: DeCarlo Rules on September 11, 2016, 04:29:14 AM
Now that you mention it, I miss the kind of television series where you didn't have to commit to it for the duration of the series to get anything out of watching an hour of TV. Or at least, split the difference and do the "Plot A/Plot B" format where Plot A tells a complete story, and Plot B continues an ongoing subplot.

That's an interesting point.  I'd never enjoy a show like Weeds or Sons Of Anarchy if I just watched random shows, or in todays market watched them out of order.  It was nicer to just watch a show because you enjoyed the theme or characters.  Sitcoms and Detective shows lent themselves best to that, I think.  The original Star Trek did that for the most part.  I think one could cherry pick any episode as a first time viewer and follow along.

To slightly derail the thread, I used to watch a bunch of sitcoms growing up (basically, ABC's entire line-up plus "ALF" on NBC). Now, I'm reading episode-review blogs about those shows, and it's incredible how little that the content in any given episode actually mattered, because, for the most part, it'd be forgotten once the episode was over and never mentioned again. Mind you, this was way before I had the Internet or even an NES, so I had nothing else to do with my free time but see how Balki guilt-trips Larry to get his way this week or what ALF destroys this week.

I also used to watch stuff like "The Commish", "The Practice", and "CSI: Miami" before I realized I'd be better off NOT watching depressing series about cute girls getting raped and/or murdered. I should have just stuck to playing video games.

Now, I get most of my entertainment from the Internet or Netflix. I still watch "Supergirl" on TV, as well as the evening news (ABC's "World News Tonight"; I don't care for the local crap), but that's it. If my mom wasn't still living with me, I'd cancel the $30+ monthly TV service, but she's gotta have her weekly "Dancing with the Stars" and her glut of cop shows on Ion Television to keep her entertained.

Oh, yeah, I also watch "The Big Bang Theory", because my mom got me into it, but most of the stuff that goes on on that series just don't matter. I bet I could easily edit each season down to a feature-length film.

I recently started watching series from the 1990s that I didn't watch back when they were new. I'm at the season 6 finale of "Charmed", and ugh this stupid show I can't even. I'm also on season 2 of "Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers", but, while it's more enjoyable (and the running time is very short), it takes forever for developments to occur.

So what I'm getting at is I prefer my series serial, not episodic, and lean.

What's everyone's thoughts on the old Josie cartoon series?

Personally, I kinda like it (more than the Filmation cartoons, anyway). It's cheesy, dorky fun. It's not so much "Josie and the Pussycats" as it is "Josie and Friends Play Scooby-Doo". I'd much rather watch this than Scooby, though.

Here's a video of a "Musical Evolution" of the band that Cartoon Network did (it also happens to be one of the oldest videos on YouTube!):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mrJsm0Qd0sA