ARCHIE!!!!!!!!!!! I was so obsessed as a kid my mom forced me to start trading them with my friends instead of buying new ones because I could read one a day and luckily they have been around long enough to supply that kind of appetite for a while. Occasionally when I’m at the checkout counter at Publix I’ll see one (I only buy the double-digests because they are more cost-effective) I’ll buy one for old times’ sake but they tried to revamp the Archie’s and make them more “realistic” but I thought it just made them look shaper-featured and dirty. . . I’m a bigger fan of the classic!!! I am also still a firm believer that Archie should want Betty more, but Betty deserves better than he has treated her so she should turn him down.

Specifics of the comic strip above:

                The images are more realistic than iconic but not super realistic either. It gives them a relatable effect. They have enough features you feel you could recognize them if they walked down the street but not so featured you feel you are looking at a picture. They are smack in the middle of reality and language.

                The gutter is clearly outlined in most of the panels except the middle one. The transition used is the moment-to – moment one. They are in the same place with the same characters and they are related to each other.

                The images are cool but the text gives context and story to the images otherwise I would be quite lost. The text also adds quite a bit of humor in the comic because of it. It is a little ridiculous because his car has gone to zero for the second time that we know of.