Making Fun

In reference to: http://bscbookblog.blogspot.ca/

In every Archie comic you read; you will notice several things. It's too obvious to ignore. First off, Betty Cooper is supposed to be the brainy blond, correct? On that note, why is she only interested in a guy who at any minute will dump her - and so often does it openly, without excuses? Second off, Veronica's father has billions. So why is spending, say, $100, such a big deal to him? It's not a lot when you can buy three houses or go on a vacation for a month.

Second off, their scripts are so stupidly obvious. It's like the script writers think we are unable to figure out what happened despite the pictures! For instance, take a look at "Something Fishy"; page two. Reggie is charging toward Archie, despite knowing the clumsy idiot is holding a priceless possession of the one and only Veronica Lodge - a love interest for Reggie as well. He bumps into the fish Archie's holding; and Archie says, "Hey, you knocked the fish out of my hands!" and Veronica says, "And out that open window!" Uh, no kidding? It's a picture book, people. We're aware. Plus, why would Reggie do that if he's in the house of his easy little playmate's father? Doesn't he know he can get a restraining order? Hiram sure as hell could afford bodyguards for "Ron".

Thirdly, every mother in the comics are too similar. Stay-at-home mixed with hard-worker, short-hair, slim-once-but-fat-now, religious, semi-logical. The fathers all work, but not the mothers. I'm sorry - but the comics are still being made to this day. They can snap out of the Black Plague era, seriously. It ceases to be entertaining this way.

And whenever there's more than three people in one room; the majority are dressed similarly. Three people have purple shirts, two people have orange, some idiot's wearing yellow pants the instant Betty's in the picture. Jeez. Try adding some pink, or brown, or black, huh?

Lastly, everyone points or poses alike way too often. Someone always has his finger in the air. Betty and Veronica always have identical stances. They all walk by kicking their feet WAY out in front of them. And how the hell did Moose graduate until he got into college? Why does he work so hard to protect his girlfriend if she goes around kissing other guys all the time? And what's the deal with all those stray animals? I can understand one in every book, but there's one ALMOST EVERY TIME SOMEONE LEAVES THE HOUSE.

I have to go for now. I'll probably move on to another piece of idiocy, able and overdue to be ridiculed in so many different ways.