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Convention for Weirdos

Archie wears a patched jacket.Mike Sterling wrote up an entertaining account of the Archie Comics' character Jughead's conversion to punk in Jughead #327. The comic script dialogue is great, but Sterling's commentary is even better. As you'll see in the illustrations, the Mohawk cut is really nice on Jughead. It's also a haircut that actually makes sense for him, because Jughead was always the iconoclast of the group.

At the end of the post, Sterling gives a pointer to an Onion A.V. Club article that shows the Archie gang's changes over the decades. All the comics images in the piece are pop-ups, but I went through every one of them. There are some media that are especially good at showing how idiotic the fashions and trends of previous decades are, and after reading this article, I now add Archie comics to that list.

I picked out the image of Archie wearing a patched jacket during the 70s to show here because I confess to sporting this very same look at around age 9. I think I saved up the money I would have spent on candy and Wacky Packs for several weeks so I could buy the Mickey Mouse patch that you see Archie wearing in this panel.

Comments (1)

The Sister:

Thanks for the links. I enjoyed both the Sterling account and The Onion AV article. I immediately set up an Archie Chistmas pic on my desktop at work, spreading the nostalgia around to coworkers who dropped by. My desk is set up so visitors see my desktop first so I always have something different featured- like those cats:)and, on Friday, Archie and the gang.Thanks again for the trip back. K

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