Okay, The Coasters spell “Yakety” differently, don’t email back.
archie
“He’ll GRILL up your body and eat it as hamb — no wait”
from Archie #131 (September 1962)
And now, a picture of Jughead skating, for all of your Jughead skating picture needs.
from Laugh #106 (January 1960)
And now, Jughead catching what I can only hope and pray are hot dogs and hamburger patties.
from Jughead #224 (January 1974)
And now, Archie dressed as pretty much every dude who’s ever appeared on “The Voice.”
from Archie #299 (December 1980) – art by Dan DeCarlo
Today’s Progressive Ruin will be performed by the following:
Having a little back trouble at the moment, so less writin’, more scannin’, such as the above from Reggie and Me #56 (July 1972). Was going to just post that, since there’s a lot to unpack here (I mean, that’s at least two poop jokes in Betty’s entry) but I couldn’t leave you without showing you The Ringoe Kid in all his glory:
Oh my goodness gracious.
Ask and I shall receive.
Reader Steve from Palm Springs saw the subject line to yesterday’s post featuring his image, and realized that there was a need that had to be filled:
That we live in a world with sights such as these.
Looking forward to reading “Arcane and Me.”
Courtesy reader Steve from Palm Springs, who went above and beyond the call of duty to produce this for my benefit, and now for your benefit too:
Gaze upon it and weep, for you have never before witnessed such beauty.
Thanks, Steve! Now if only it were a real comic….
“Say, what kind of noise do you loud musical pigs make?”
image from Laugh #293 (August 1975)
Also, giving yourself a nickname is never a good look, says the guy calling himself “Mikester” online for, like, decades now.
So Archie, the fella who usually has two or more pretty young gals pursuing him at any given time, gets some unsolicited advice on how to handle women from a guy who clearly knows what he’s talking about:
Archie being Archie, he of course takes this advice, laying his cool new ‘tude and his new hairstyle on Veronica:
Surprisingly, it doesn’t work like it does for the Fo–excuse me, for “Funzee,” so the Arch moves on to his next supposed conquest, Betty:
…whose father has the appropriate reaction:
Archie isn’t a complete dummy, however, and abandons his attempt at TV star coolness, just in time for his ironic comeuppance:
Aw, poor guy. Don’t worry, Arch, your time will come soon enough:
