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Paul Kupperbach on writing Kevin Keller.
There is a reason they are winning GLAAD awards left and right.
Same.
We are really sorry to hear about Comics Alliance. Personally, it was my favorite comic related blog, and it deserved every Eisner that it won. Can’t wait to see where the talented staff will be writing next.
It was Chris Sims’ writings on Archie Comics that helped me realize the legitimacy of them, and that they have merits that deserve to be looked at by the “serious” comic fans. So, yeah, I feel for all of you over there.
And because this is an Archie blog, here are my favorite Archie articles from Comics Alliance:
- Bizarro Back Issues: Archie And Betty And Their Hillbilly River Adventure (1978) by Chris Sims
- ‘The Art of Betty and Veronica’ Takes a Historical View of Comics’ Frenemy Fashionistas by J. Caleb Mozzocco
- ‘The New Archies’ Are An Abomination In The Sight Of Man by Chris Sims
- Was Spider-Man’s Origin Inspired by an ‘Archie’ Comic? by Andy Khouri
- ‘Life With Archie: The Married Life’ #1 Is the Most Fascinating Archie Comic of All Time by Chris Sims
- The 12 Craziest Moments From Archie’s Christian Comics by Chris Sims
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Yes, these are panels from one of the craziest Archies I’ve ever read.
Footage of aliens from another dimension inspires a Pokemon-like show, card and video game series. The aliens see Archie and the gang playing Pokemon and believe they are mocking the aliens’ culture. They abduct our protagonists and make them compete against each other. This is a four issue story arc.When people ask you why an adult would read Archie comics, just direct them to this.
— Afterlife with Archie writer Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, in an interview with Newsarama
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Here is a great article about the announced Jughead relaunch, written my favorite Archie blogger, Chris Sims. If you’ve never read his take on Archie Comics, go to Comics Alliance right the frak now.
An excerpt:
Throw in the fact that Jughead has always been a character that the company has always put into more experimental titles — recent issues added “secret agent” to his past roles as high school student, superhero and short-order cook at a diner that existed outside of time and space — and it’s hard to figure out why they’d feel the need to relaunch him. Archie’s characters, after all, are built to be “typical teens,” and tend to evolve pretty naturally over time without the need for hard reboots.
Maybe the plan is to take Jughead in a more serious direction by using his legendary appetite to comment on the scourge of childhood obesity?
Or to finally address and correct his rampant misogyny[.]Or maybe to return the edge of hard sci-fi and capitalize on the success of Doctor Who by reviving his time-travel adventures with the Amy Pond-esque January McAndrews[.]
Scott Pilgrim Remastered!
Apparently Scott Pilgrim is being reprinted in hardback, color editions. Check out this colorized version of their Archie Comics reference.
