Archie Meets Some Things and/or People
1. Archie Meets The Punisher
Conceived as a joke, but amazingly brought to fruition, AMTP is a Marvel Comics crossover that is essentially a big love letter to Archie and the Riverdale gang. The Punisher has to hunt down an devistatingly ugly and possibly brain damaged redheaded criminal, but our pal Archie ends up in the crosshairs instead. The comics is also great because instead of coming to any middle ground of styles, the characters wildly clash all over the page. Way better written than it has any right to be, this was self aware, funny, and clever stuff.
2. Archie Meets God
I read a lot of Christian Archies at Bible Camp and always wondered why in the world they chose such a two-timing loser to represent our Lord and Savior. Licensed to the Christian comic company Spire, these Comics are completly worth reading for how completly bizzare they are. The are filled with great anti-liberal propaganda and delighfully off model drawings. You haven’t lived until you’ve seen Betty Cooper yell about how going steady with Jesus is better than any date.
3. Archie Meets Grunge
Part of a special Gen13 issue, Grunge travels through the dreamlike Land of Sequential Art, crossing over into various comics, including Archie. A fun read, and neat if only to see how much more appealing the Archie Comics house style is than Image was.
4. Archie Meets Betty and Veronica’s Dynamic New Look
A four issue mini story that’s currently ongoing as of this writing, it’s drawn in an interesting new style, but such a bland yawnfest. I like this comic, though, because it makes people who don’t buy or read Archie comics complain about a change that doesn’t even affect any other stories.
