NightoftheLemmy@sh.itjust.works to Comic Books@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoDoes anyone read Archies these days?message-squaremessage-square5fedilinkarrow-up17arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up16arrow-down1message-squareDoes anyone read Archies these days?NightoftheLemmy@sh.itjust.works to Comic Books@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square5fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarejordanlund@lemmy.worldMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 year agoThere 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/
minus-squareNightoftheLemmy@sh.itjust.worksOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoWoah, thanks for such a detailed reply. I have to look into it one by one now. Gosh.
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/
Woah, thanks for such a detailed reply. I have to look into it one by one now. Gosh.