Archie's comics girls get new look...

[Arcademan]

After over 60 years of the retro cartoonish look of a comic book characters, Archie's Comics main girls finally get a make over of a life time.


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http://www.wizarduniverse.com/magazine/wizard/002774929.cfm

[Nekochii]

I like how all the characters look more realistic, but my mom's not very keen on it. I think maybe it's because she's grown up with Archie comics so she's use to the more cartoonish look.

[YamPuff]

How awful....they just made them look like any other comic girl.

[Vicious]

The short haired brunette in the second image looks sexy. ^_^ Yep.

The art somehow reminds me of the art from batman: TAS comic book.

[LKK6144]

Hm, I'm not sure what to think about the new look. The style will be really jarring if the boys' looks aren't changed as well.

[KrypticHunter]

reminds me of dc comics style

[WhistleBlower]

Ewwwwww. I used to love Archie. Now it looks all modern and what-not. The main reason I bought them was because they seemed I dunno old school to me and now the people might be doing modern things. Like showing their midriffs!! O_O

[Gogatsu]

They look like adult film stars. change it back. :mad:

[TonightMidnight]

I've been reading Archie comics for years! Hmm...the new style is very different, but I guess it looks fine. This style has more detail though...

(And it looks more...graphic novelish now. Wow...you can see the manga influence. It seems like manga is influencing everything now.)

[Arcademan]

The modern approach will NOT work!!!

They're looking for a quick-fix and a way to lure more people into buying their stories. IT...WILL...FAIL!!!

[ranma8]

Wow! Just wow. That does NOT fit Archie comics!
I haven't bought any Archie comics for ages, and I don't see myself buying them anytime soon.:mad:

[Nekochii]

They look like adult film stars.
And that's a bad thing? :p

[YamPuff]

The modern approach will NOT work!!!

They're looking for a quick-fix and a way to lure more people into buying their stories. IT...WILL...FAIL!!!
Quoted for truth.

The charm of Archie is the iconic, cartoony, old-school look. I can recognise an Archie a mile off; they just went and made it 'oh look mainstream'. :rolleyes:

[Gogatsu]

And that's a bad thing? :p

It would be ok if it was live action movie. ;) Oh and does the archie cartoon still air on Tv?

[Nekochii]

I'm not sure, but they stopped making new episodes back in 2000.

[Gogatsu]

I didn't know that. :(

[TonightMidnight]

Quoted for truth.

The charm of Archie is the iconic, cartoony, old-school look. I can recognise an Archie a mile off; they just went and made it 'oh look mainstream'. :rolleyes:

I can see your point. There was nothing wrong with the old look. :(

So...do all the Archie comics now look like this? Or just Betty and Veronica? I can't imagine how Reggie and Jughead will look now! And Ethel too...

It's dawning on me how weird this change is.

[Jacku]

I don't know... The new look just seems kind of weird for them. I'm used to the retro feel.

[WhistleBlower]

For some reason it reminds me of that Sabrina the teenage witch cartoon.

[Jacku]

For some reason it reminds me of that Sabrina the teenage witch cartoon.

Heh. She's an Archie character too.

[Nekochii]

The old look must not have been that popular or else they wouldn't have changed it. I guess they're trying to reach out to the new generation by giving the Archie characters a more up-to-date look.

[WhistleBlower]

Too bad 8 year olds have no money.

[feder]

Art's not bad, but I would rather see that art on a different series. Archie is just...

[LetterBoy]

i like it it makes them look hotter

[fennikusu134]

Archie is hotter, haha, is that normal for me to think that?

I think it's an interesting approach; the original betty and veronica did NOT look like highschool girls; they were proportioned oddly. like barbie dolls.

[YamPuff]

Its not that the artwork is bad...just that it doesn't really suit the series, IMHO.

[WhistleBlower]

I just think everyone is so darn used to the old look that we reject anything new. We fear change, well I do at least.

[YamPuff]

I don't mind change. It can be good. For example, I don't think anyone complained about updating the My Little Ponies, just look at the difference between generations 1 and 2:
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i232/YamPuff/Puff-tans/g12.png

But they stayed true to the roots.