Archie comics

Archie Comics has been a sexualized comic book for years

June 9, 2010
By
archie5

Post featured on Prism Comics! Lately, a lot of anti-gay folks and conservatives have come out saying that Archie Comics is trying to introduce sexuality by introducing Kevin Keller, an openly gay teenager. Their basis for this opinion is that they believe that Archie Comics boasts pure, I suppose “conservative” values, especially since the...

Read more »

REVIEW: Archie #608 raised people’s expectations, manages to meet the minimum requirement

April 27, 2010
By
REVIEW: Archie #608 raised people’s expectations, manages to meet the minimum requirement

I think people anticipated this issue more than I expected; when I went to the comic book store, I bought the last copy. I thought that boded well for me; it might mean that the issue’s really good. But after reading it, all I have to say is that’s pretty good. Here’s the run-down:...

Read more »

Analyzing Jughead: gay or straight pt.2–Kevin, sexuality, and subtext

April 27, 2010
By
Analyzing Jughead: gay or straight pt.2–Kevin, sexuality, and subtext

Post featured on Prism Comics! Subtext is seen in everything. Why else do people think Bert and Ernie are gay, Daphne and Fred were doing the nasty when they often split up to “look for clues” and that Prince Naveen is two steps away from being a man-slut? Subtext is the untold story behind...

Read more »

REVIEW: Jughead #200 is zany and suprisingly biting, just like the good ol’ days

April 25, 2010
By
REVIEW: Jughead #200 is zany and suprisingly biting, just like the good ol’ days

Robot Chicken‘s Tom Root wrote Jughead’s milestone 200th issue, happily injecting it with a crazy shot of adrenaline. The storyline involves Jughead walking into a mysterious diner with a witch for a waitress who, after selling Jughead the sandwich of his dreams, asks for something important in return-his metabolism. Thus, a chain of events...

Read more »

Riverdale’s first gay character: first reactions

April 24, 2010
By
Riverdale’s first gay character: first reactions

I’m glad that Archie Comics, Inc. has now come into the 21st century. Their output as of late has been nothing short of prolific for this nostalgic comic company rooted in the early ’40s-updating their lines to have “New Look” stories, having Archie marry both Veronica and Betty in separate scenarios, giving their lineup...

Read more »

Archie for today: updated plots and characters will attract teenage buyers

April 8, 2010
By
Archie for today: updated plots and characters will attract teenage buyers

Disclaimer: Even though I love Archie Comics, there are a lot of things I think the company can do to better their line. This five-page proposal essay, originally titled “Archie for 2007: Updated Plots and Characters Will Attract Teenage Buyers,” was written in 2007 for my English 102 class. Because of this, some updates...

Read more »

Archie and Valerie: good, bad or ugly?

April 6, 2010
By
Archie and Valerie: good, bad or ugly?

The latest shocker from the Archie camp is their latest minisode that involves Archie romancing yet another woman-a woman most of us wouldn’t have been pegged as Archie’s type-Valerie from Josie and the Pussycats. I’m not sure how I feel about this: On one hand: I’m all for interracial relationships. For me, that’s one...

Read more »

Analyzing Jughead-Jughead’s familial relationships

December 16, 2009
By
Analyzing Jughead-Jughead’s familial relationships

The dynamics between Jughead and his friends are always fun to sort out and analyze, but there is one set of dynamics, as commenter “mystic_blue” from the JugheadxBetty livejournal community Never Noticed Before, pointed out, which is Jughead’s interactions with his family. Let’s take a look at how Jughead interacts with his family members....

Read more »

Analyzing Jughead: gay or straight?

October 11, 2009
By
Analyzing Jughead: gay or straight?

(www.adam-amy.com) First, a note: Remember the article I wrote about Jughead through the different ages in America’s counter-cultures? Well, lately, I’ve been thinking about what I wrote, and I think I have another counter-culture that I didn’t initially include; the bohemian lifestyle. Thanks to the History Channel and their documentaries on the hippie culture...

Read more »

Analyzing Jughead: Betty or Veronica?

September 26, 2009
By
Analyzing Jughead: Betty or Veronica?

I know Jughead is the eternal bachelor, but that hasn’t stopped me, along with a lot of fans and Archie Comics, Inc., from visualizing what it might be like for Jughead to be in a relationship. There have been Debbie, Ethel, Joani Jumpp, Trula Twyst, and January McAndrews, but the two girls I’m going...

Read more »

Analyzing Jughead: Jughead is non-conformity and so can you!*

September 20, 2009
By
Analyzing Jughead: Jughead is non-conformity and so can you!*

Whether he knew it or not, John L. Goldwater, publisher and editor of Archie Comics, was a genius to have created such an influential character like Forsythe Pendleton Jones III, or, as we know him, Jughead. Actually, I think he was a bit ahead of his time. To many (and probably to Goldwater), Jughead...

Read more »

Random Pages Widget created by Best Accounting Services

© 2009-2012 Moniqueblog All Rights Reserved -- Copyright notice by Blog Copyright