In the new series, the makers will be giving them meatier roles as well as spunky identities. Over the years, both developed their own identities, and even had their own spinoff 'Betty and Veronica'. When Archie started off in 1941, Betty and Veronica were portrayed as 'coy' girls vying for Archie's attention. Not only are they brimming with talent, but they’re huge Archie fans-once again showing how impactful these characters have been and proving that not only will Mark and Fiona create a legendary story, but they will honour the past while building a new, exciting future for Archie and friends.” “We are pulling back the curtain and showing fans the true origin of Archie, the love triangle and so much more, under the watchful eye of two of the absolute best comic book creators on the planet – Mark Waid and Fiona Staples. “ARCHIE #1 is a milestone for this company, in every way,” said Jon Goldwater, Archie Comics Publisher/Co-CEO in a press release on the site archiecomics. The aim is to make the characters relatable to today's youth. This year at Comic Con in San Diego, the publishers unveiled the first issue of an Archie remake. That was the end of the red-haired freckled clumsy Archie that we knew. New York, Harper Collins, 1993.Last year, Archie Andrews took a bullet for a friend at Pop Tate's in Riverdale. The chief Archie artist for many years was Dan DeCarlo and his associates have included Tom Moore, George Frese, and Bob Bolling. The spin-offs have included Josie and the Pussycats and George Gladir's Sabrina the Teenage Witch. These include Archie's Mad House, Archie's Girls, Betty and Veronica, Archie's Joke Book, Archie's Pal, Jughead, Little Archie, Archie's Christmas Stocking, and Archie's Double Digest. Over the years there have been several dozen different comic book titles devoted exclusively to Archie and his gang. Later attempts at a live action version of life in Riverdale did not prove successful. The first show was called simply The Archie Show, and that was followed by such variations as Archie's Funhouse and Archie's TV Funnies. Among them were Harry Sahle, Bill Vigoda, and Al Fagaly.Īrchie reached television in the late 1960s as an animated cartoon character. In his absence, several other cartoonists had turned out the increasing amount of Archie Comics material. Bob Montana, returning from the service, drew the strip. The newspaper strip was started in 1946, first syndicated by McClure and then King Features. An Archie radio show took to the air in 1943, settling into a Saturday morning slot on NBC. He and the gang from Riverdale High were added to the lineup of Jackpot Comics soon after his debut in Pep Comics and, in the winter of 1942, MLJ introduced Archie Comics. His biggest appeal has probably always been not to teenagers themselves but to the millions of preteens who accept him as a valid representative of the adolescent world.Īrchie quickly began to branch out. Weatherbee.Īrchie Andrews pretty much ignored involvement with sex, drugs, and delinquency as several generations of kid readers read him and then outgrew him.
He came upon the scene with the full requisite of essential props-two sympathetic but perplexed parents, a jalopy, a spinster school teacher in the person of Miss Grundy, and an easily exasperated principal named Mr. The quintessential media teen of the 1940s, clean-cut and bumbling, Archie has remained true to that stereotype throughout his There was Henry Aldrich on the radio, Andy Hardy in the movies, and Junior Miss on Broadway. The public had discovered teenagers a few years earlier, and fictional youths were flourishing in all the media. MLJ, who had been publishing a string of comic books, changed its name to Archie Comics Publications early in 1946. The redheaded, freckled Archie Andrews, along with his two girlfriends, the blonde Betty and the brunette Veronica, and his pal Jughead, gradually became the stars of the comic book and within a few years ousted all of the heroes. At that point, Pep Comics was inhabited predominantly by serious heroes, such as the Shield, a superpatriot, and the Hangman, a vindictive costumed crime-fighter. He began life humbly, created by cartoonist Bob Montana and writer Vic Bloom, as a backup feature for the MLJ company's Pep Comics #22 in the winter of 1941. Archie has been a highly successful teenager for close to 60 years.
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