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Post by Babu Baboon on Jan 7, 2014 22:54:17 GMT -6
I just saw the first two issues of this book that brings the zombie apocalypse to Riverdale. This is a really strange book and Archie Comics's first non-all ages title.
It starts when Jughead's dog, Hotdog, has been hit by a car. The grieving Jughead goes to Sabrina to try and get him resurrected. When her aunts are unable to bring him back, she goes behind their back and uses the Necronomicon to bring him back. He comes back as a zombie and then bites Jughead. I guess yo can figure out where it goes from there.
The book is entertaining in a surreal sort of way. My only complaint is that it's not drawn in the traditional Archie way. it's hard to see them as the Archie gang drawn outside that style.
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Post by mh on Jan 7, 2014 23:04:33 GMT -6
I'm not suprised. i guess they feel like regular archie style art would be off putting with the subject matter
but for some reason it was okay when the punisher was banging miss grundy
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Post by williscorto on Jan 8, 2014 3:30:12 GMT -6
Disappointing that it isn't in the traditional Archie style. Not really Archie unless its drawn in that goofy way.
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Post by Babu Baboon on Jan 8, 2014 6:35:21 GMT -6
It was actually more off putting having these characters who call each other by the Archie names not be in the Archie style. Even if eerything was on a more mature level, not even just the zombie violence.
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Post by mh on Jan 8, 2014 12:28:10 GMT -6
wow, you're not exaggerating. they look nothing like the characters!!
have you seen this trailer?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cD_JMXAGCoM
somebody wrote about jughead, "If he can eat that much hamburger meat, think how much human meat he can eat as a zombie..."
i hear they're planning a live-action 'afterlife with archie' movie
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Post by Babu Baboon on Jan 8, 2014 18:22:29 GMT -6
They did have some more Archie-esque variant covers, but I wish the whole thing could be like that.
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