Twelve-Cent Archie

Informationen zum Autor BART BEATY is a professor at the University of Calgary, where he heads the department of English. He has written several books, including Fredric Wertham and Critique of Mass Culture, Unpopular Culture: Transforming the European Comic Book in the 1990s, and Comics Versus Art. Klappentext For over seventy-five years, Archie and the gang at Riverdale High have been America's most iconic teenagers, delighting generations of readers. Twelve-Cent Archie is not only the first scholarly study of the Archie comic, it is an innovative creative work in its own right. Renowned comics scholar Bart Beaty divides the book into a hundred short chapters, each devoted to a different aspect of the Archiecomics. Inhaltsverzeichnis The Twelve-Cent Archie 3 How to Write (Archie) Comics 8 Story Length 11 The Archie Hierarchy 12 Archie Andrews 16 How Well Does Archie Speak French? 19 Bowling 19 Harry Lucey's Rhythm 21 Veronica Lodge 26 Riverdale, USA 29 The Daily Strip 31 Footnote 33 Why Is It Always between Archie and Reggie? 34 Archie's Jalopy 37 It's as Easy as A-B-V 38 United Girls Against Jughead 41 Archie Giant Series 43 Invisible Paint 44 Archie Comics versus Art 46 Betty Cooper 49 Riverdale's Racial Problem 52 Fashion 55 Betty's Ponytail 56 Self-Plagiarism 57 Archie's Sweater Vest 61 Jughead Jones 63 Beatniks, Hippies, and Other Undesirables 66 Dilton Doily 68 Moose 69 Reggie Mantle 70 Jealousy 73 Are You Familiar with Shakespeare, My Young Ignoramus? 76 I Never Squeaked a Pip, Either! 78 Jughead's Hat 79 Fantastic Elements 82 Archie's Joke Book 83 Often Imitated, Never Duplicated 84 The Historical Archie 88 Mutually Assured Destruction 90 Betty = Veronica 91 Head over Heels 92 Mr. Weatherbee 94 Caveman Archie 95 Life with Archie 99 What Is the Zip Code for Riverdale? 102 Cover Art 103 Fairy Godmothers 106 Dan DeCarlo's Foreground Portraits 107 Archie as an Adventure Comic 108 Text Pieces 111 Previously on Archie 113 Notes for the Norton Anthology 115 Archie : Arch :Archiekins 118 Eep! Omigosh! And Other Unusual Contributions to the Language of Comics 119 Archie's Black Book 121 Laugh and Pep: The Residual Titles 122 Pureheart the Powerful 124 Errors 127 Midge 128 You Can Take the Boy Out of Riverdale . . . 130 Archie Club News 132 Veronica's Mother 133 Mr. Lodge 133 Betty's Parents 137 Jingles 137 Li'l Jinx 139 Archie's Gender Politics 140 Should Archie Marry Betty or Veronica? 143 Big Ethel 145 The Mayor of Riverdale 148 Worst. Archie. Story. Ever. 149 Archie the Klutz 150 Celebrity Culture 153 Jughead's Dipsy Doodles 154 Imitation Is the Lowest Form of Flattery 156 Surf and Ski 158 Samm Schwartz's Art 160 Self-Referential Metafictions 163 Riverdale High 166 Who Cut Veronica's Hair? 167 Little Archie 169 Credits 173 Juvenile Delinquency 174 Teenese 176 The Archies 177 Pop Tate's Choklit Shoppe 182 Unusual Panels 184 Smithers 185 The Archie Archive 186 Fads and Fashions 189 Borderless Panels 190 A Comic About Nothing 192 Fred (and Mary) Andrews 195 The Banjo in Archie Comics 196 Wordless Stories, or Nearly So 197 Hot Dog 201 Dan DeCarlo's Split-Horizon Girl 203 The (Nearly) Perfect Archie Story 206 The Myth of Archie 209 Archie and Me 210 Index 213 ...

Klappentext

For over seventy-five years, Archie and the gang at Riverdale High have been America's most iconic teenagers, delighting generations of readers. Twelve-Cent Archie is not only the first scholarly study of the Archie comic, it is an innovative creative work in its own right. Renowned comics scholar Bart Beaty divides the book into a hundred short chapters, each devoted to a different aspect of the *Archie*comics.

Inhalt

The Twelve-Cent Archie 3
How to Write (Archie) Comics 8
Story Length 11
The Archie Hierarchy 12
Archie Andrews 16
How Well Does Archie Speak French? 19
Bowling 19
Harry Lucey’s Rhythm 21
Veronica Lodge 26
Riverdale, USA 29
The Daily Strip 31
Footnote 33
“Why Is It Always between Archie and Reggie?” 34
Archie’s Jalopy 37
It’s as Easy as A-B-V 38
United Girls Against Jughead 41
Archie Giant Series 43
Invisible Paint 44
Archie Comics versus Art 46
Betty Cooper 49
Riverdale’s Racial Problem 52
Fashion 55
Betty’s Ponytail 56
Self-Plagiarism 57
Archie’s Sweater Vest 61
Jughead Jones 63
Beatniks, Hippies, and Other Undesirables 66
Dilton Doily 68
Moose 69
Reggie Mantle 70
Jealousy 73
“Are You Familiar with Shakespeare, My Young Ignoramus?” 76
“I Never Squeaked a Pip, Either!” 78
Jughead’s Hat 79
Fantastic Elements 82
Archie’s Joke Book 83
Often Imitated, Never Duplicated 84
The Historical Archie 88
Mutually Assured Destruction 90
Betty = Veronica 91
Head over Heels 92
Mr. Weatherbee 94
Caveman Archie 95
Life with Archie 99
What Is the Zip Code for Riverdale? 102
Cover Art 103
Fairy Godmothers 106
Dan DeCarlo’s Foreground Portraits 107
Archie as an Adventure Comic 108
Text Pieces 111
Previously on Archie 113
Notes for the Norton Anthology 115
Archie : Arch :Archiekins 118
Eep! Omigosh! And Other Unusual Contributions to the Language of Comics 119
Archie’s Black Book 121
Laugh and Pep: The Residual Titles 122
Pureheart the Powerful 124
Errors 127
Midge 128
You Can Take the Boy Out of Riverdale . . . 130
Archie Club News 132
Veronica’s Mother 133
Mr. Lodge 133
Betty’s Parents 137
Jingles 137
Li’l Jinx 139
Archie’s Gender Politics 140
Should Archie Marry Betty or Veronica? 143
Big Ethel 145
The Mayor of Riverdale 148
Worst. Archie. Story. Ever. 149
Archie the Klutz 150
Celebrity Culture 153
Jughead’s Dipsy Doodles 154
Imitation Is the Lowest Form of Flattery 156
Surf and Ski 158
Samm Schwartz’s Art 160
Self-Referential Metafictions 163
Riverdale High 166
Who Cut Veronica’s Hair? 167
Little Archie 169
Credits 173
Juvenile Delinquency 174
Teenese 176
The Archies 177
Pop Tate’s Choklit Shoppe 182
Unusual Panels 184
Smithers 185
The Archie Archive 186
Fads and Fashions 189
Borderless Panels 190
A Comic About Nothing 192
Fred (and Mary) Andrews 195
The Banjo in Archie Comics 196
Wordless Stories, or Nearly So 197
Hot Dog 201
Dan DeCarlo’s Split-Horizon Girl 203
The (Nearly) Perfect Archie Story 206
The Myth of Archie 209
Archie and Me 210
Index 213