Archie Comics

I See What They Did There

Archie Comics to Poke Fun at Gay Character Controversy by Having Him Kiss a Boy

by Susana Polo | 4:13 pm, May 21st, 2013

Despite the fact that his eventual wedding was covered in Life With Archie, Archie Comics apparently hasn’t published a drawing of Kevin Keller, its first gay character, kissing another guy? Or maybe it just hasn’t in a main Archie title, LWA, is, after all, a slightly more serious title that follows the adult lives of the Riverdale gang.

Anyway, they’re going to print Kevin kissing his boyfriend in a story that seems hilariously like they’re thumbing their noses at One Million Moms. Why would Archie want to get in a dig at One Million Moms? Do you need to ask?

And The GLAAD Award Goes to: Kevin Keller!

by Susana Polo | 2:49 pm, May 14th, 2013

When the comics nominations of the 2012 GLAAD awards were announced, I found myself with a significant quandary to deal with. Not only were a mainstream superhero book written by a woman (Marjorie Liu‘s Astonishing X-Men), Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and my favorite lady superhero Batwoman in the running, so was Kevin Keller, the sell-out-popular first gay character to appear in Archie Comics.

My quandary was that I couldn’t decide who to root for.

Things We Saw Today: An Exclusive Cover of Betty and Veronica Double Digest #215

by Susana Polo | 5:00 pm, May 13th, 2013

Gisèle Lagacé is the lady behind this cover of Betty and Veronica Double Digest, out this August.

The Mary Sue Exclusive: Preview of Betty & Veronica and Life With Archie

by Susana Polo | 2:23 pm, April 15th, 2013

New thing to fall in love with: Stephanie Buscema’s variant cover for Life With Archie, a serious (yes) soap opera comic that follows the adult lives of the Riverdale gang in two alternate universes: one where Archie married Betty, and one where Archie married Veronica. Unlike most of the comics world, a more “adult” story Life With Archie doesn’t mean sex, but rather a bunch of characters struggling with dreams deferred and the hard realities of working, married life. Not what most people associate with Archie Comics, but then again, neither was Kevin Keller!

But if you’re just looking for your regular Archie fix, you’ll probably like the five page preview we have here of Betty and Veronica #265, an Archie-style retelling of Beauty and the Beast.

The Mary Sue Exclusive Preview: Archie Comic Super Special Magazine #2

by Susana Polo | 10:19 am, March 12th, 2013

The Archie Comic Super Special is a new quarterly magazine just for Archie fans, and its second issue debuts this week. Come on in and check out six preview pages!

The Mary Sue’s Exclusive Preview of Betty and Veronica #264

by Jill Pantozzi | 3:30 pm, February 15th, 2013

Last year we brought you the news of Archie Comics return to fairytales. Well the release is finally upon us! Take a look at our exclusive preview of Betty and Veronica #264 in which the ladies take a turn as Rapunzel. Yes, both of them.

MAC’s Archie’s Girls Cosmetics Line Revealed

by Jill Pantozzi | 1:16 pm, January 25th, 2013

Last year we told you M·A·C was joining forces with Archie Comics much like they did with DC Comics for their special Wonder Woman cosmetics. Now Betty and Veronica get their chance to shine with the new Archie’s Girls collection! They’ll be available for purchase February 7 online. Take a look at the products they’ve come up with and decide whether you’re Betty, Veronica, or perhaps a mix of both.

(via The Beat)

Renae De Liz’s Beautiful Archie Variant Cover For Betty & Veronica’s Run-In With The Beast

by Jill Pantozzi | 4:35 pm, January 4th, 2013

We previously showed you Archie Comics’ return to storybook land with a Rapunzel issue of Betty and Veronica. Now we’re happy to exclusively present the variant cover to Betty and Veronica #265 drawn by Womanthology creator Renae De Liz! Here’s the summary of the issue:

Things We Saw Today: Instance #592 of New Zealand Being Really Into This Hobbit Movie

by Rebecca Pahle | 5:00 pm, December 10th, 2012

Apparently New Zealand’s official passport stamps invite travelers to Middle Earth. I cannot even act like I’m surprised. (The Huffington Post)

Betty and Veronica to Get Tangled This February

by Susana Polo | 12:15 pm, October 24th, 2012

Or have I just gotten my princess streams crossed? Hard to tell with Betty in that fetching purple frock. Anyway, Archie comics shared two exclusive covers and a synopsis to the first installment of the Archie Gang’s return to fairy tales with us, so now we’re sharing them with you!

Power Grids

9 Female Characters We Wish We’d Been More Like In High School

Because teenagerdom is a mess, but some people handle it better than others.

The 7 Geekiest Moments Of The Academy Awards

Did you watch the 2013 Academy Awards? Here's our take on the geekiest moments of the show.

Read More Power Grids!
Popular Posts
Follow Us
- Susana Polo Voyager crew just waltzes into a dormant Borg cube because JANEWAY HAS BALLS OF STEEL. #susanawatchesvoyager
  - permalink
  - favorite
  - retweet
  - reply
- Susana Polo "SHARKS. Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the uterus." - A thing I just said in chat, sans context.
  - permalink
  - favorite
  - retweet
  - reply
- Susana Polo In a perfect world, that would make those men MORE sympathetic to women when they talk about objectification of women in media.
  - permalink
  - favorite
  - retweet
  - reply
- Susana Polo But really the take away from this is that two seconds of quickly covered up Chris Hemsworth stomach makes some men feel objectified.
  - permalink
  - favorite
  - retweet
  - reply
- Susana Polo Good to know that a broad trend across much of visual media has effected one man, in one shot. We can all go home, sexism is over.
  - permalink
  - favorite
  - retweet
  - reply
- Susana Polo Whenever we bring up objectification of women in modern action movies, people always bring up the one shot of Chris Hemsworth shirtless.
  - permalink
  - favorite
  - retweet
  - reply
- Susana Polo Brave the burning daystar to see me sing this Wednesday! http://t.co/P5GbSxCiOt
  - permalink
  - favorite
  - retweet
  - reply
- Susana Polo Just saw a #FF tweet that listed me next to Joss Whedon, so, yeah, I'll take that.
  - permalink
  - favorite
  - retweet
  - reply
- Susana Polo Paraphrased - Rebecca: Ugh, all these people saying “but why not just create a brand new awesome female... http://t.co/EwIUN3M257
  - permalink
  - favorite
  - retweet
  - reply
- Susana Polo .@RebeccaPahle and I do not have the means to make a Pacific Rim porn parody, but we're hereby announcing our availability to write it.
  - permalink
  - favorite
  - retweet
  - reply
- Susana Polo I linked to dramatic hamster twice in one post. I think my work here is done.
  - permalink
  - favorite
  - retweet
  - reply
- Susana Polo Somebody thinks I'm a hypocrite for disliking the Merida redesign and supporting a Wonder Woman show at the same time. ¯\(°_o)/¯
  - permalink
  - favorite
  - retweet
  - reply
- Susana Polo "The Vampire Gatsby is the Bunnicula of the Jazz Age." - New York Times Book Review
  - permalink
  - favorite
  - retweet
  - reply
- Susana Polo If we can get Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, can I get a Gatsby retelling where he's not just new money… he's a vampire?
  - permalink
  - favorite
  - retweet
  - reply
- Jill Pantozzi Holy cow! Congrats to my pal @ArkhamAsylumDoc who has her clinical dissection of #IronMan3 on the Hollywood Reporter! http://t.co/lYZtkU7o9Z
  - permalink
  - favorite
  - retweet
  - reply
- Susana Polo "Superman, it's past your bed time." http://t.co/bTvbm4q3XE
  - permalink
  - favorite
  - retweet
  - reply
- Jill Pantozzi Have you listened to the latest episode of CRAZY SEXY GEEKS yet? http://t.co/OT4PgFR28R
  - permalink
  - favorite
  - retweet
  - reply
- Susana Polo @cwyattrun I will never say no to a take-charge lady in a pantsuit. #causeiwasraisedright
  - permalink
  - favorite
  - retweet
  - reply
- Susana Polo Tell me that somebody, somewhere, has written Gandalf M-preg fanfic with the title "A Wizard is Never Late."
  - permalink
  - favorite
  - retweet
  - reply
- Susana Polo The Voyager crew is in 1996 LA. Also Ed Begley and Sarah Silverman are there. I LOVE IT when Star Trek does cheesy time travel.
  - permalink
  - favorite
  - retweet
  - reply
Newsletter
tips@themarysue.com

... or submit a tip 100% anonymously.