Not 'still,' but 'because' - this was the proof of concept, you might say. The sex change and name change were Hefner's suggestion, if I recall correctly, but it's basically the same character.
Personally, I would rather have seen Goodman Beaver continue this way for another decade or so, rather than being changed to Annie. The Little Annie Fanny character never appealed to me and I felt she was getting in the way of what Kurtzman was trying to do. But it's not like Hef didn't know what he was doing, he was a little bit successful.
Ah, Archie. I understand Archie Comics is going to kill him off. Isn't that always the way? Sex-crazed teenager in penny-loafers and a vest sweater in the 50's, brutally gunned down by a lunatic in 2014.
Is that kill him off in a story, the way Superman or Captain America get killed for a few months before coming back unchanged? Or kill him off in the sense of just discontinuing his comics? If the profit margin is getting too thin, I can see the publisher (Goldwater isn't still running things, is he?) saying, 'Drop it, we'll do astrology magazines and crossword puzzles.'
They certainly have enough material to reprint until the sun goes red.
They're killing him off in Life With Archie, a magazine that runs 2 serialized stories. Both take place in the near future, where everyone has grown up and Archie is either married to Betty or Veronica. The book was facing cancellation due to low sales and Archie Comics decided to end the series with a bang. Of course, the company is hyping this using the same tricks DC used back in 1992 when Superman "died".
Archie certainly had a long and successful run. I've thought of doing a horror story where the Riverdale gang develop self-awareness and realize they've been in high school since the 1940s, trapped in TWILIGHT ZONE bubble...
“Although the initial concept called for each president to be depicted from head to waist, lack of funding forced construction to end in late October 1941…” - Wikipedia
- and knowing that, you can see how Jefferson is looking out over Washington's cleared but unfinished shoulder! I'd never particularly noticed that before.
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Me, I discovered Jane at a perfect age to be fascinated…
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Wait, let me rephrase that...
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I understand Archie Comics is going to kill him off.
Isn't that always the way? Sex-crazed teenager in penny-loafers and a vest sweater in the 50's, brutally gunned down by a lunatic in 2014.
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They certainly have enough material to reprint until the sun goes red.
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Different universe, maybe.
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http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/38/Madhk1.jpg
Don't spam that, you stupid software.
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So far, the only drawback seems to be three or four spams a day for dubious medical products and I just delete those.
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“Although the initial concept called for each president to be depicted from head to waist, lack of funding forced construction to end in late October 1941…” - Wikipedia
- and knowing that, you can see how Jefferson is looking out over Washington's cleared but unfinished shoulder! I'd never particularly noticed that before.
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I think it works, Doc. Thank you.
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