I vividly remember the panel with the scissors. Dear lord help me.
batfatty | 02.28.05 - 12:46 pm | #

Obviously those ladies are alien hookers invading Riverdale, upsetting the status quo...all soon to be revealed in Archie Countdown
George | Email | 02.28.05 - 12:53 pm | #

Eurotrash in Riverdale and BDSM Betty and Veronica... I agree with Fred Hembeck -- I love Mike Sterling!
Isaac B2 | Email | Homepage | 02.28.05 - 1:12 pm | #

Does this in any way tie into the new PIN-UP ART OF DAN DECARLO book that the fine folks at Fantagraphics just released? I supposed not. Just a coincidence. A wonderful, wonderful coincidence.
Will Pfeifer | Homepage | 02.28.05 - 6:04 pm | #

Check out Veronica with the short 'do. Grrrrrowl.
Mark H. | Homepage | 02.28.05 - 7:05 pm | #

Cripes! There is some weird shit in Archie.

Isn't the third-longest running title?
FxHx | Email | Homepage | 03.01.05 - 12:50 am | #

The "Kisser" story is brought up, concerning such matters as these, in the Comics Journal Dan Decarlo interview from a few years back.
Howie | 03.01.05 - 3:26 pm | #

Howie -- really? Wow, I didn't remember that...I'll dig into my CJ run and check it out.
Mikester | Homepage | 03.01.05 - 8:23 pm | #

Regarding the glamour walk-ons in the Archie comics, this has always seemed to me to be an Archie comics trademark. Many of the stories feature prominent, gloriously made-up women who have nothing whatsoever to do with the plot...usually they're just walking by in the foreground, or grinning blankly at the reader over somebody's shoulder.

One of the wonderful things about Archie is how it encapsulates the fads and clothes in particular eras...that's what the walk-ons do for me. They're "fad horses." But usually they ARE drawn in the house style (two or three upturned eyelash-tips), so these examples you've given are pretty weird.

I've often thought they were either the products of horny artists, or a way for them to draw somebody OTHER than the main characters, or somebody's fashion-design outlet. Then I think they became a sort of trademark that's perpetuated today.

As for Betty kissing girls, GOOD FOR HER! The Riverdale boys pretty much suck.
Muffy St. Bernard | Homepage | 03.03.05 - 11:29 am | #