Everything’s Archie

January 4, 2007 · Filed Under zeitgeist

One commonality between the childhood years of big sis & myself (aside from the obvious ones of parentage & family/gene pool quirks… ) was a fondness for Archie Comics. Which is quite fascinating, as there were many pronounced differences caused by the 10 year gap between the two of us — her childhood-to-young-adulthood (1965-75) was very different time than that of mine (1975-85), at least in terms of cultural & sociological states of America. But Archie spoke to us both. (note to big sis: I still remember getting my first double digests at the corner drugstore in Croswell, and then reading them up at the lake…)

I still like Archie & the gang from Riverdale (I’m a Betty guy!), and I find it oddly gratifying that my daughter has begun working her way through my collection of Archie Double Digests (I’m not ashamed to admit that I subscribed to all four double digests for at least the 10 years of the 1990’s…), as Riverdale is a generally safe & comforting place to visit.

Vanity Fair has just published a very interesting article about the Archie-verse, in case you want to learn a little bit more about the history & general attitude that has informed Archie Comics.

Good stuff.

-ghp

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Tags: comfort, comics, humor, pop culture, reading