Comments on: Archie “Civil Chore(s)” Review

By: Comics Should Be Good! » Two Archie Parodies In One Week!

Comics Should Be Good! » Two Archie Parodies In One Week! — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 08:18:15 +0000

[...] Awhile back, I reviewed a parody comic storyline Archie Comics did, parodying Civil War. I did not like it all that much. This past week, Archie had TWO parody comics, Veronica #185 (High School Musical) and Tales From Riverdale Digest #25 (Spider-Man 3), both of which were a step up from the Civil War parody, particularly the latter story. [...]

By: acespot

acespot — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 06:47:20 +0000

It sounds to me as if the writers were lampooning the nonsensical aspects of Civil War by committing the same “errors” deliberately!

By: will_butler

will_butler — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 22:39:41 +0000

I know I’m not the target audience for Archie, but I’ve never (even when I was a child) read a good Archie story. Wait, I take that back, the Punisher/Archie crossover was pretty much golden. That is all.

Will

By: km

km — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 21:57:03 +0000

Oops – uh, yes, that was me repeating Brian’s joke at the top of the review. Teach me to re-read before posting…

By: km

km — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 21:44:08 +0000

Hmm, I donâ€™t know, I donâ€™t think this was plagued with delays and nonsensical tie-ins. Plus it was shorter. I think the advantage is Riverdale.

Yeah, besides which it could be argued that wrenching key characters right out of character is actually a brilliant meta-commentary on the entire crossover concept itself…

…Or not. Anyway, it’s still classic.

By: thekamisama

thekamisama — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 21:01:38 +0000

So is Archie going to get shot by a brainwashed Betty, who was secretly programmed by Reggie to do it in order to disinfranchise the Riverdale Teen Labor Movement?

By: Lewis

Lewis — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 17:18:01 +0000

Hmm, I don’t know, I don’t think this was plagued with delays and nonsensical tie-ins. Plus it was shorter. I think the advantage is Riverdale.

By: MarkAndrew

MarkAndrew — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 17:02:41 +0000

So… better or worse than Civil War?

By: Bill Reed

Bill Reed — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 15:19:45 +0000

Hmm– is that mysterious figure Mr. Lodge? Or is it… the Elevenaire!?

By: mrjayberry

mrjayberry — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 12:16:13 +0000

I actually bought the issue with Civil Chore part two, past the joke they are making fun of Marvel there wasn’t much there.

Also I love that every boyfriend/girlfriend would split on this.

This was the first Archie I bought in a long time
I don’t know if Archie and the gang are less funny or if I’m just older, have to dig some of the old issues up. My mom says that its less funny because I had to spend my own hard earned money on it.

p.s. What side did Dilton end up on?

By: Brian Cronin

Brian Cronin — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 11:08:01 +0000

Oh, it’s an actual review of the Archie comics. They just made similar mistakes to Civil War, I think (poor character motivations designed merely to move the plot forward).

By: Rohan Williams

Rohan Williams — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 11:03:40 +0000

I actually meant the review- I haven’t read Civil War, so I wasn’t sure if the review was taking subtle satirical jabs at Civil War, or if it was a straight-faced review of the Archie Civil War spoof on its own merits.

By: Brian Cronin

Brian Cronin — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 09:54:26 +0000

Well, it is a send-up of Civil War, so does that count as a joke? It’s played pretty straight in the comic, though.

By: Rohan Williams

Rohan Williams — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 09:47:43 +0000

…Is this serious, or am I missing the joke?