Comments on: 365 Reasons to Love Comics #21

By: The Kirbydotter

The Kirbydotter — Sat, 10 Mar 2007 16:51:13 +0000

My favorite Archie character.
My favorite Beatnik.
My favorite hamburger-fiend (yup. i like him even more than Wimpy in Popeye).
But is he really a supporting character?
He is certainly one of the top 5 main character of the Archie Comics stable.

By: Archie

Archie — Fri, 26 Jan 2007 02:58:56 +0000

I love Archie comics! I think that Jughead is the best character. My main favorite characters are Archie, Jughead, and Dilton. Anyway, Archie comics are really fun to read, especially the Jughead ones. Read Archie comics! They're the best comics in the whole entire world!
-Archie

By: veghead

veghead — Tue, 23 Jan 2007 00:21:57 +0000

When I was a kid, I enjoyed Archie comics at face value and not because I thought they were paradoxically bizarre though pedestrian. One of the highlights of getting my hair cut was getting to read the Archies that my barber always stocked (he would also juggle for us kids).

Probably because I was a dumb kid who took everything at face value.

By: Juisarian

Juisarian — Mon, 22 Jan 2007 14:15:46 +0000

S'funny, Betty and Jughead were always my favourites as well.

To J: I think it was the inherent goofiness and wholesomeness-so-wholesome-its-almost-disturbing quality of ARCHIE which leads to its appeal. Plus the well-balanced Pantheon of generic characters. It's so pedestrian it becomes bizarre. Or at least that's what I thought when I was 10, haven't really been keeping up with it since then.

By: J To The AAP

J To The AAP — Mon, 22 Jan 2007 12:13:22 +0000

Maybe it's because I'm Dutch that I've never been able to see why Archie comics are so iconic in the USA. Then again, there are lots of other American icons that do have an audience over here, but I've never met anyone who likes Archie comics. Archie and the whole gang have always been mind-numbingly boring to me and the house style of the comics that makes virtually all the artists seem interchangeable doesn't help either. it seems too formulaic.

By: Bill Reed

Bill Reed — Mon, 22 Jan 2007 07:02:18 +0000

Do I get cool points for having Captain Hero #1-4 in near mint condition?

I suppose that's up to Cronin, but I think you should.

Kind of like Doctor Who, I guess, with Jughead as the companion.

I must purchase this series.

I disagree with the idea that Jughead is gay.

Yeah, I was just being facetious, mostly.

By: Cat

Cat — Mon, 22 Jan 2007 06:22:54 +0000

I disagree with the idea that Jughead is gay. He's never shown interest in males, either. Originally, his 'woman-hating' seems to have come from the likes of the Little Rascals. more important, it was a perfect counterpoint to the ever-hungry for romance aspect of the other males. Since the 80's, they've actually had him with girlfriends, and he's really scaled back his anti-woman ways. He likes them, but in his own way, and doesn't see the need to drool over them. While he may not be trying to kiss them constantly, like Archie, he does know how to have fun with girls and enjoys their company. Jughead is definitely a reason comics are cool. He is also a great example of how time can have an effect on how characters are presented. While Archie's ways are virtually unchanged, Jughead has broadened quite a bit.

By: Anthony Strand

Anthony Strand — Mon, 22 Jan 2007 06:14:44 +0000

Jughead's Time Police was about him and Archie's hot future descendent traveling through time using a button on his hat and correcting anomolies in the timestream. Kind of like Doctor Who, I guess, with Jughead as the companion.

By: Chud

Chud — Mon, 22 Jan 2007 05:04:35 +0000

Do I get cool points for having Captain Hero #1-4 in near mint condition?

By: DubipR

DubipR — Mon, 22 Jan 2007 04:38:56 +0000

I love reading Jughead comics.
Great stoner comics...food to look at while you're munching out on a Snickers reading about Jughead eating food!
Seriously, he's just the epitome of cool.

By: DanLarkin

DanLarkin — Mon, 22 Jan 2007 04:01:24 +0000

And he's got a graphic novel coming out,too:

http://www.theonion.com/content/news_briefs/new_archie_graphic_novel

By: DCD

DCD — Mon, 22 Jan 2007 03:29:26 +0000

Arthur.

Dude. Arthur.

DO ARTHUR.

By: Bill Reed

Bill Reed — Mon, 22 Jan 2007 02:26:01 +0000

But does someone whoâ€™s carried so many titles on his own *really* count as a mere supporting character?

He'll always be #2 when compared to Archie.

By: SanctumSanctorumComix

SanctumSanctorumComix — Mon, 22 Jan 2007 02:23:46 +0000

ARE!
...ARE good enough.

Me am speak goodly English.

sheesh.

~P~

By: SanctumSanctorumComix

SanctumSanctorumComix — Mon, 22 Jan 2007 02:22:33 +0000

Sure!

Because if the sales on all those titles is good enough, he's "supporting" the creative team, publishers & their families.

yuk yuk yuk

~P~
P-TOR

By: MasonK

MasonK — Mon, 22 Jan 2007 02:11:58 +0000

I love Jughead.

But does someone who's carried so many titles on his own *really* count as a mere supporting character?