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Archie Comics for June 2008 » Comics Worth Reading — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 19:06:43 +0000

[...] gang’s world tour concludes with trips to Rome and Switzerland. Now, I know Archie comics aren’t the place to [...]

By: Johanna

Johanna — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 14:41:53 +0000

Trula Twyst (did I get that right?) is a hoot, because she’s so smart and so far ahead of everyone else.

By: Kiki

Kiki — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 14:11:26 +0000

I’ll agree the nervousness around Betty was odd. I’ve always thought Jughead had got past the whole thinking of girls as strange creatures meant only for dating thing and gone straight into the girls are people mode.

The one thing I’ve really enjoyed about them printing the “new look” story is that they’re publishing the Twyla stories as backups in the digests. That relationship is fun to watch – at least in the stories I’ve seen so far – it has a bit of a Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert in It Happened One Night vibe to it.

By: Johanna

Johanna — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 10:52:20 +0000

If you read the digests, with all their reprints, things go back and forth a lot with Jughead. Sometimes he does seem interested, but it always reads as weird to me. I agree with you, I don’t get a gay vibe, just a completely uninterested. Which is a nice contrast to everyone else being date-crazy.

By: James Schee

James Schee — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 04:57:35 +0000

Hmm for me the story was odd, because I’d never see Jughead as someone who was nervous around women.

I never really went with the “he’s gay” approach, but it seemed to me that he was fairly comfortable around women, He just was not romantically interested in any of the ones we had seen to this point.

So this 2 parter where he’s suddenly nervous around Betty even was a little odd. Heck at times in the past it always seemed like Betty and he were great friends who she could confide in about Archie.

By: Johanna

Johanna — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 01:52:02 +0000

I keep hitting the window wrong for the digest coverage to be timely, unfortunately. But feel free to discuss!

I found it amusing that, since Joe Staton is doing this art, they switched from calling it “realistic” to “new look”.

By: Kiki

Kiki — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 22:16:13 +0000

I second the idea of a discussion on the “modern art” Jughead look. The girls at my school call it the “Zombie look.” They think the story is great, they just don’t like the looks of it.

By: James Schee

James Schee — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 21:51:40 +0000

Cool! Anychance of covering some of the digests soon? I’ve been wanting to talk with someone about the recent Jughead “modern art” two parter.