Archie Comics

It's the very first fad I remember all the back to 1969 - when I was six.

I read it in the 90s. So colorful and comforting.

I didn't know it was still around.

Different versions of the TV show would come and go. I remember it was very exciting when you could watch an animated show of comic book characters that only lived in magazines.

[quote] 90210 lifted its casting premise from them

Why not. Archie lifted it's entire premise from Mickey Rooney as Andy Hardy, right down to the red hair.

I read a collection of 1940s Archie Comics. In one issue there's a story in which Archie is a male escort hired by Miss Grundy (not making this up). Archie was a major goof-up in the early years.

I used to love Archie and all of the spin-offs.

Then The CW took a huge shit on it.

It was the only comics I ever read.

So are the blond drummer and Alexandra from Josie and the Pussycats based on Betty and Veronica?

They still still it at grocery stores someone's. Those little digests.

Go to bed r11. You're drunk.

Archie smelled funny "down there".

Sabrina is the best archie character.

Megan Fox would make a good Veronica.

My favorite comic was when Betty got an air conditioner in her bedroom, and she never wanted to leave her room.

Yes, OP, as a kid. Loved them.

Are you kidding, OP?! Miss Beasley is my idol!

I grew up with 1960’s Archie comics in Spanish.

I never thought that Jughead was interesting enough for an entire digest.

I like Riverdale and ots a nice addition to the franchise. Much better than Archie 3000.

I was always really excited when an Archie cartoon would show up on a Saturday morning. To me they were always comic books.

Did Moose secretly have a boyfriend from the football team?

Archie and Richie Rich.

My parents didn't buy me Archie comics as a kid, so I'd get them from the boy next door . As a kid I thought all teenagers lived like that.

Archie was fine but I REALLY loved Millie the Model.

Or Katy Keene

Katy Keene really should be more of a gay icon.

I read the in the 70s and 80s. There used to be an artist who drew the characters really well and he was teamed with a writer who knew how to make some funny dialogue. Since then the comics haven't funny or well drawn.

That's how I learned American English as a pre-teen growing up in the Netherlands (I read 'Beano' and 'Smash Hits' for the British take on things).

I used to read those comics because I'd get them for free at the local shoe store. I could never, ever get into them. Something about that franchise always seemed off to me. Its popularity never felt legit, and it seemed hopelessly corny and outdated, even though it had updated its look.

It was startling on a road trip with my family as a kid to buy "Archie's Parables" which were biblical based stories.

Archie's crowd just didn't lead the exciting lives that career girls Patsy and Hedy did.....

I used to send away the order forms for the new issues, and loved getting them in the mail before they were sold in stores.

Yes!! I loved Archie comics during the 1970s and 80! A neighbor’s adult son used to give me his comics after he read them. I had a huge collection. I especially liked Betty&Veronica, Jughead, Little Archie and the darker stories like “The Haunted Nursery”. There was another story about a witch who came to Riverdale after Archie read an incantation. She was making bad things happen to the Archie gang until Archie read another incantation and she bursed into flames. I want to reread it, but can’t remember the title of that story.

I went to camp in Kent Ct. with the sons of the people who owned Archie comics and one of the sons looked like JugHead. His name might have been Jared. (this was decades pre Kushner)

R35 How had I never heard of Little Archie until now?

r36 Here.Their last name was Goldwater.

That’s “The Nightmare Nursery” with the cursed teddy bear.

Here are some other creepy Archie comics from back in the day:

[quote]I thought the original Beverly Hills, 90210 lifted its casting premise from them: Archie: Brandon Walsh Veronica: Brenda Walsh

I read Archie Comics. Did you watch BH 90210?

Hot!

Betty is one of my favorite comics characters. Not a fan of dark, psycho Betty on RIVERDALE.

yes!!!! I had a collection of 300 Archie and Marvel comics when I was 16!!!!!

Loved them as a kid in the early 70s! Was so excited when an Archie restaurant popped up in my hometown of Joliet, Illinois, though it only lasted a couple of years.

My mom had given away my Archie Comics to my younger cousins who lived thousands of miles away in California. It was a trip to find them unexpectedly years later, the same comics that I had collected for years.

Dawson’s Creek is the obvious touchstone:

Dawson = Archie

Betty = Joey

Veronica = Jen

Reggie/Jughead = Pacey

Riverdale shows how rich and iconic the characters were, and they probably did influence 90210 and Dawson's Creek.

The Digests were always more bang for your buck.

I love that Archie was so charismatic that all the characters, men and women, were in love with him.

Does anyone remember the 1990 TV Movie about Archie? It was called “To Riverdale and Back Again” and starred a pre-Reba Christopher Rich with a bad dye job as Archie, Lauren Holly pre-Dumb & Dumber & Picket Fences but post All My Children as Betty. Karen Kopins from Once Bitten & Jake Speed as Veronica. Sam Whipple from Seven Days as Jughead $ SNL alum Gary Kroeger as Reggie.

Omg it was sooooo awful. You tube it if you haven’t seen it. There is a hip-hop version divorced dad Jughead does with his son of “Sugar Sugar” anyways, I was such a big Archie fan at 8 years old I stayed up late to watch it when it was on as the Sunday night movie . It was risqué for 1990! Betty and Veronica sexually seduce Archie. It was like bad light-porn.

Still my favorite comic characters

OMG R50. I used to own it on VHS and still watch it on youtube. Its a so bad its good but they tried kind of thing. It was essentially an "Archiesomething" pilot for a potential tv show.

When I was a kid, my sister and I could never pronounce Jughead correctly (yes, we were morons).

So we called him "Judatha"

OP, 90210 was more like a rip off of "Beverly Hills Teens". An animated kids show that was VERY ACCURATE to teal Bev.Hills teens (minus the sex, drugs, and shitty parents).

*real

There must be Archie pron surely?

Archie, like many other comic titles have been very interesting for years. I'm not a reader, but two lines were introduced years ago, which aged the characters. On one, Archie married Veronica and in the other, Betty. Writers were allowed to show how life changed for Archie depending upon who he married.

I believe he died in one of them. He was shot by someone looking to murder Kevin, the gay character introduced to Riverdale.

Then there's Afterlife with Archie, which has the zombie apocolypse coming to Riverdale. Sabina is the cause and her aunts banish her to some sort of hell. I read the first issue.

I've got no opinion on the TV show Riverdale, I'm way too old to care, but I'm sure there's an audience and the changes to established characters and families are probably fun for some.

R32, I remember those evangelical Archie comics and actually believe they were closer to the spirit of the franchise than “Riverdale.”

I thought the first season of “Riverdale” was OK, but the second season just got to be too much. I wouldn’t mind if it were a new show, and they gave the characters entirely new names. I might actually enjoy it then. But it’s...not...Archie.

If they were going to be true to the franchise, Reggie would be a more established part of the gang instead of new characters like Kevin Keller and Cheryl Blossom.

They made Miss Grundy a young, hot teacher who had sex with Archie (which...didn’t “Dawson’s Creek” do that storyline with Pacey in the late ‘90s?) without an ounce of irony. For crying out loud, the term “Miss Grundy” is synonymous with an old, sexless crone!

And R42, totally agree about Betty. The Archie/Veronica/Betty love triangle was abandoned shockingly early in favor of a Betty/Jughead pairing. Since when have Betty and Jughead ever been a couple? I’d even prefer asexual Jughead, as stupid and pandering to Millennials as that idea was.

And what’s next? A dark, Satanic version of Sabrina on Netflix? Hard pass.

I can’t blame Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa for trying to modernize the series, I guess, but I wish he didn’t have to make everything so adult and edgy. In these dark times, people might flock to a wholesome, upbeat, positive Archie show in the traditional of the original comics. It’s at least worth a try.

[quote]I used to read Archie comics when I was growing up, usually when my family would take vacations and go on road trips.

Let me guess, you got to ride on the luggage rack.

[quote]I thought the original Beverly Hills, 90210 lifted its casting premise from them: Archie: Brandon Walsh Veronica: Brenda Walsh

Archie and Veronica as brother and sister? Did [italic]you[/italic] read Archie Comics?

December 21, 1941 - Archie Andrews, Jughead Jones and Betty Cooper made their debut in the American comic book "Pep Comics"

I read Archie Comics from around 1968 to 1978, from age 3 to 13.

I loved 1970 to 1974 especially! PEP was usually my favorite every month. I loved how the characters in the title would change clothing during the seasons! I still have the issue in the pic which went on sale in July 1974.

I remember one issue of whichever series that had Betty and Veronica dueling over who had the cooler skirt. One had the mini skirt while the other had the long maxi skirt. Someone (Midge?) came up with the Midi Skirt: Mini Skirt in the front and Maxi Skirt in the back!

While I liked continuing stories in Justice League of America comics, I hated them in Archie comics, which happened often in Life With Archie.

There was one issue of Betty & Veronica where Betty was wandering around town all poor-me sad sack because of Archie choosing Veronica for something. I remembered being shocked that the artist drew a closeup of Betty's face, and he gave her actual eyes, not just the usual dots.

Love Archie, and read every comic book when I was a kid. Though, my favorite character was Sabrina, because she was pretty and magical. I never quite took to Melissa Joan Hart playing Sabrina, because she doesn’t really look like the comic book character. The new Sabrina (Kiernan Shipka), is more like the comic book character from her hair to her trademark headband...she even looks like a teenage Samantha from “Bewitched”. They couldn’t have picked the perfect actors for Riverdale, just perfect casting! 👍🏻

[quote]Sabrina is the best archie character.

Agree, she was hot!

I never liked Archie because of Jughead. His weird hat scared me. And he was too mean for my delicate sensibilities.

R1 is old and gross.

These are my BFFs.

[quote]Archie: Brandon Walsh. Veronica: Brenda Walsh.

Either you never read Archie Comics or never watched BH 90210.

R68 you're not too bright

Yes, in the 70s. Also read Superman, Batman, Richie Rich, and sometimes "Little Dot".

You can tell Little Dot and Richie Rich were from the same world.

Really, r69? You see Brenda and Brandon Walsh as boyfriend and girlfriend?

lol R41

Many years ago I was in an X rated bookstore and found a copy of an Archie comic. The illustrations were perfect; I remember two stories - Betty and Veronica were doing social work in Harlem with disastrous results (by the 4th panel they were being CV repeatedly raped by black thugs), and a school party where can Reggie spiked the punchbowl with a sex drug. Mr. Weterby was fucking Miss Grundy, Archie of course was having a threesome with Betty and Veronica; Jughead was ass fucking Reggie. Wish I had bought that comic.

My favorite episode.

R72 Yes

Some "Archie" radio shows from the '40s.

Pilot for unsold live-action "Archie" series featuring "Poppo" Lane, Wilma Flintstone, Mrs. Drysdale, and Ralph Monroe as Miss Grundy.

I'm not into blonde guys, but always thought Moose was the hottest in Riverdale, and would have done him so much better than Big Ethel.

The Archie Show premiered 51 years ago today on September 14, 1968.

Archie meets The B-52s