News: ARCHIE & RIVERDALE GET A NEW LOOK

[shadzane]

From Newsarama:

With more than 60 years of a certain…shall we say, style behind them, Archie, Betty, Veronica, and the whole Riverdale gang will be getting a new look in 2007, courtesy of artist Steven Butler.

Rather than moving to a manga style, which has worked on Sabrina by Tania del Rio, this change will move the art towards a more

Comments

[lauren5678]

What the hell?!?! That's just wrong! Please tell me you're joking! :(

[wickednavi]

Ah just when I was getting good enough at the style to pitch myself as an artist too.

Veronica's nose is going to bother me, she looks like she was drawn from two different angles if you split the face in half.

Oh well, such goes childhood to the "new looks".

[shadzane]

I went to your journal and you aren't kidding! Good Archie art!

[wickednavi]

Thanks XD I'm a big Archie kid, with no shame about it.

Excellent!

[oh_really_now]

I saw the Oi Juggie...anything else you don't mind sharing?

[fatfatfatty]

AWFUL!

[commander30]

But I like cartoony style.

Meh... hope it works out well for them, I guess.

[supergabbie]

i don't know what to think. i hate the cover, but i actually like the sample page....but it just isn't ARCHIE.

:( :( :( :( :( :(

[baron_waste]

That's interesting: I had the exact reverse reaction. I think the cover is delightful - but the sample page is alarming.