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Does anyone read Archies these days? (self.comicbooks)

submitted 1 year ago by lemmy_nightmare to c/[email protected]

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Title and has the design remained the same over the years?

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

There have been some updates over the years, the house style is still more or less the same, but there was a big reboot a few years ago.

Notable changes:

Introduced Kevin Keller in 2010 as a main gay character.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Keller_(character)

Life With Archie (2010 reboot):

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life_with_Archie#The_Married_Life

Covers two alternate timelines, one where Archie married Betty and the other where he married Veronica.

In 2015 they rebooted and modernized the line with the "New Riverdale Initiative":

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Riverdale

The main Archie book was modernized by Mark Waid:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archie_(comic_book)

Jughead by Chip Zdarsky:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jughead_(comic_book)

Reggie and Me by Tom DeFalco:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reggie_Mantle#Publication_history

Betty and Veronica by Adam Hughes:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betty_and_Veronica

The Archies by Matthew Rosenberg:
https://www.thriftbooks.com/w/the-archies-vol-1_matthew-rosenberg_alex-segura/18677334/item/48424210/

[–] lemmy_nightmare 2 points 1 year ago

Woah, thanks for such a detailed reply. I have to look into it one by one now. Gosh.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Also, while you’re at it, if you’re a fan of horror, the Archie Comics Chilling Adventures series is a lot of fun.

[–] lemmy_nightmare 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Thanks for the suggestion. I am gonna check that out as well. I am a sucker for horror 😋

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Oh, yeah, they have a whole "Afterlife With Archie" line, which has unfortunately kind of stopped now. The main creator kind of got sucked in to television production and stepped away and that line has kind of just... faded a bit.