Archie and Riverdale Get a New Look (Betty, Veronica Now Look More Like Paris and Brittany)

Newsarama ^ | 12/16/2006 | Matt Brady

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With more than 60 years of a certain... shall we say, style behind them, Archie, Betty, Veronica, and the whole Riverdale gang will be getting a new look in 2007, courtesy of artist Steven Butler.

Rather than moving to a manga style, which has worked on Sabrina by Tania del Rio, this change will move the art towards a more contemporary comic book style, more realistic, and less cartoony. The move, an Archie Comics representative told Newsarama, is a continuing experiment and exploration with the characters, showcasing not only their timlessness, but theur adaptability as well.

The first of the “new look” Archie and company will appear in May’s Betty and Veronica Double Digest #151, in “Bad Boy Trouble” written by Melanie J. Morgan. In addition to the look, the stories themselves will change format, switching from short tales to fuller-length stories. As such the digests will contain four stories, spanning issues #151-#154 which will run 25 pages each, when fully told.

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[saganite]

This should be in breaking news!

[Cicero]

Heart breakers.

[proudofthesouth]

Yech! They look like skanks!

[Names Ash Housewares]

Read what Betty has to say in the upper right corner.

[marsh_of_mists]

Yech! They look like skanks!

Well, they always looked like skanks.

[Charlespg]

if it aint broke don't fix it

[prisoner6]

NO! NO!.....

NO!

Don't mess with MY Betty and Veronica! BTW Betty was WAY hotter.

prisoner6

[1rudeboy]

Man, can we learn some lessons from the Japanese in this regard.

[Socratic]

It reminds me of the new "G-String Barbie" with abortion accessory kit.

[prisoner6]

That is SO hot I'm gonna hafta go pester my Wife when I get off work tonight.

prisoner5

[operation clinton cleanup]

I had no idea Betty and Veronica were ho's.

[Graymatter]

Whoa! Check out the anatomically correct eyes!

[KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle]

Every single time I've placed a story in Breaking News, I've had mods yelling at me. :) Let one of them put it there, if it belongs.

[Graymatter]

And the price!! $3.69??? What happened to 10 cents?

[Mr. Mojo]

Will Archie now be sporting trousers with the crotch down at the knees?

[prisoner6]

Was supposed to read...

That was so hot I hafta go pester my Wife when I get off work tonight. She looks like Veronica.

THANKS!

prionser6

[NinoFan]

They look horrible. Bring back the old Betty and Veronica.

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