tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15290406.post5691053557886901795..comments2024-03-08T17:48:05.678-05:00Comments on Curmudgeonly & Skeptical presents Boned Jello: Archie Blows JugheadRodger the Real King of Francehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11349261387199416434noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15290406.post-56329152023405731602014-07-15T21:08:58.904-04:002014-07-15T21:08:58.904-04:00Don't care. Archie comics always sucked. Super...Don't care. Archie comics always sucked. Superman was more realistic. Don't stop at Archie: kill 'em all.<br /><br />The porno Archie comics* (satire, duh) were more entertaining, but even they weren't that good.<br /><br />*I have no idea where to find them, nor do I care to search.<br /><br /><br />KimAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15290406.post-20134209156306453382014-07-15T18:36:55.197-04:002014-07-15T18:36:55.197-04:00Killing off the named character in a comic will be...Killing off the named character in a comic will be a tough thing to follow. I'm guessing something as shocking as Betty becoming the lead performer in a Donkey Show, south of the border is next. Jesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15969361446367636746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15290406.post-27492878982306858872014-07-15T17:33:06.119-04:002014-07-15T17:33:06.119-04:00And thus just in (per the AP):
"The famous...And thus just in (per the AP): <br /><br />"The famous freckle-faced comic book icon is meeting his demise in Wednesday's installment of "Life with Archie" when he intervenes in an assassination attempt on Kevin Keller, Archie Comics' first openly gay character."<br /><br />What a surprise.<br /><br />Sir H the CometAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15290406.post-82061481222780314992014-07-15T15:06:35.523-04:002014-07-15T15:06:35.523-04:00an assassination attempt on senator Kevin Keller ....<i>an assassination attempt on senator Kevin Keller ... who's pushing for more gun control in Riverdale. </i><br /><i>Sic semper tyrannis.</i>rickn8orhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16911803300343351338noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15290406.post-12194382679002380562014-07-15T13:42:14.111-04:002014-07-15T13:42:14.111-04:0010!
10!<br />Rodger the Real King of Francehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11349261387199416434noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15290406.post-84816860832687691222014-07-15T13:28:09.211-04:002014-07-15T13:28:09.211-04:00If Archie and/or the senator were carrying, then A...If Archie and/or the senator were carrying, then Archie might still be with us.<br />That would have been refreshing and more in character with the era of the comic's beginnings, when dramas usually had good winning over evil, but that doesn't fit the current narrative.<br />Like you said, sock hops and sodas are foreign to kids now, so I guess to sell, the publishers had to turn to drugs, sex, perversion, violence and heroes losing, playing to their presumed American societal guilt complex.<br />Lt. Col. Gen. Tailgunner dick<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com