Comments on: Archie comic from 1972 about 2012 http://boingboing.net/2012/09/22/archie-comic-from-1972-about-2.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Tue, 21 May 2013 08:02:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Gaffi http://boingboing.net/2012/09/22/archie-comic-from-1972-about-2.html#comment-1539485 Gaffi Mon, 24 Sep 2012 12:25:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=182660#comment-1539485 Sounds like an early prediction for Darwin Tunes...  http://darwintunes.org/ Sounds like an early prediction for Darwin Tunes… 
http://darwintunes.org/

]]> By: niktemadur http://boingboing.net/2012/09/22/archie-comic-from-1972-about-2.html#comment-1539478 niktemadur Mon, 24 Sep 2012 11:26:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=182660#comment-1539478 Archie gives off the vibe of an irredeemably squaresville teenager who regularly listens to Pat Boone and Perry Como records. Archie gives off the vibe of an irredeemably squaresville teenager who regularly listens to Pat Boone and Perry Como records.

]]> By: Halloween_Jack http://boingboing.net/2012/09/22/archie-comic-from-1972-about-2.html#comment-1539046 Halloween_Jack Sun, 23 Sep 2012 03:50:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=182660#comment-1539046 Well, remember that not only had <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moore%27s_law" rel="nofollow">Moore's law</a> not been around very long at that point (and almost certainly not percolated down to old-school cartoonists like Dan DeCarlo), but that the trend toward making computers smaller even as they grew more powerful had also not really entered the public imagination. One of the most shocking things to most people, upon seeing their first personal computer, was that not only were they affordable (although much more expensive, relatively speaking, than they are today), but that they weren't any larger than a typewriter with a small TV perched on top of it.  Well, remember that not only had Moore’s law not been around very long at that point (and almost certainly not percolated down to old-school cartoonists like Dan DeCarlo), but that the trend toward making computers smaller even as they grew more powerful had also not really entered the public imagination. One of the most shocking things to most people, upon seeing their first personal computer, was that not only were they affordable (although much more expensive, relatively speaking, than they are today), but that they weren’t any larger than a typewriter with a small TV perched on top of it. 

]]> By: dbx1 http://boingboing.net/2012/09/22/archie-comic-from-1972-about-2.html#comment-1539031 dbx1 Sun, 23 Sep 2012 03:10:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=182660#comment-1539031  maybe architectural items in big cities with tall buildings eventually succumb to wear and tear from decades of aging and bits and pieces start raining down constantly, faster than repairs can keep things up.  It's already happening with jet planes dropping random pieces.  maybe architectural items in big cities with tall buildings eventually succumb to wear and tear from decades of aging and bits and pieces start raining down constantly, faster than repairs can keep things up.  It’s already happening with jet planes dropping random pieces.

]]> By: dbx1 http://boingboing.net/2012/09/22/archie-comic-from-1972-about-2.html#comment-1539030 dbx1 Sun, 23 Sep 2012 03:08:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=182660#comment-1539030 Actually they're floor-to-ceiling touch-sensitive flat screens that are currently displaying a cool retro "skin" UI.  You can see the guy with the red hat tapping on the screen. Actually they’re floor-to-ceiling touch-sensitive flat screens that are currently displaying a cool retro “skin” UI.  You can see the guy with the red hat tapping on the screen.

]]> By: jpeavy1 http://boingboing.net/2012/09/22/archie-comic-from-1972-about-2.html#comment-1538996 jpeavy1 Sun, 23 Sep 2012 01:03:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=182660#comment-1538996  Tell that to these guys: http://funkytownismyhood.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/5218172047_5bf92c1ca0.jpg  Tell that to these guys: http://funkytownismyhood.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/5218172047_5bf92c1ca0.jpg

]]> By: Robert Baruch http://boingboing.net/2012/09/22/archie-comic-from-1972-about-2.html#comment-1538989 Robert Baruch Sun, 23 Sep 2012 00:53:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=182660#comment-1538989 That doesn't sound like fun! Nobody's really grooving. That doesn’t sound like fun! Nobody’s really grooving.

]]> By: rei_0 http://boingboing.net/2012/09/22/archie-comic-from-1972-about-2.html#comment-1538958 rei_0 Sat, 22 Sep 2012 23:25:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=182660#comment-1538958 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=APzxi5Krf2U&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=APzxi5Krf2U&feature=related

]]> By: Alden http://boingboing.net/2012/09/22/archie-comic-from-1972-about-2.html#comment-1538956 Alden Sat, 22 Sep 2012 23:22:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=182660#comment-1538956 He only had to wait another couple of years for Kraftwerk to make it internationally. He only had to wait another couple of years for Kraftwerk to make it internationally.

]]> By: B E Pratt http://boingboing.net/2012/09/22/archie-comic-from-1972-about-2.html#comment-1538954 B E Pratt Sat, 22 Sep 2012 23:10:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=182660#comment-1538954  Hey, if you don't display it, how does anyone know you're wearing it. Kinda the point, innit?  Hey, if you don’t display it, how does anyone know you’re wearing it. Kinda the point, innit?

]]> By: B E Pratt http://boingboing.net/2012/09/22/archie-comic-from-1972-about-2.html#comment-1538950 B E Pratt Sat, 22 Sep 2012 23:05:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=182660#comment-1538950  Dude, teenspeak!! It wasn't just a decade ago, it was centuries. They still talk like that.  Dude, teenspeak!! It wasn’t just a decade ago, it was centuries. They still talk like that.

]]> By: B E Pratt http://boingboing.net/2012/09/22/archie-comic-from-1972-about-2.html#comment-1538949 B E Pratt Sat, 22 Sep 2012 23:03:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=182660#comment-1538949  Sugar, Sugar was/is a great song, but their body of work doesn't really extend much farther than that (does it?). For a group with a meaty playlist, I go for The Monkees. Hell, Jimi Fuckin' Hendrix opened some of their concerts!  Sugar, Sugar was/is a great song, but their body of work doesn’t really extend much farther than that (does it?). For a group with a meaty playlist, I go for The Monkees. Hell, Jimi Fuckin’ Hendrix opened some of their concerts!

]]> By: Kernit the Font http://boingboing.net/2012/09/22/archie-comic-from-1972-about-2.html#comment-1538948 Kernit the Font Sat, 22 Sep 2012 23:01:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=182660#comment-1538948 I imagine they're listening to one of Autechre's tracks. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQwz4Wz9xYc I imagine they’re listening to one of Autechre’s tracks.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQwz4Wz9xYc

]]> By: B E Pratt http://boingboing.net/2012/09/22/archie-comic-from-1972-about-2.html#comment-1538947 B E Pratt Sat, 22 Sep 2012 22:58:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=182660#comment-1538947  Hey! If it was good enough in '69, it's good enough now. The bell bottoms are really frayed tho. And the leisure suit just had to go. Wait. that one was 70's. And while your at it, GET OFF MY LAWN!!  Hey! If it was good enough in ’69, it’s good enough now. The bell bottoms are really frayed tho. And the leisure suit just had to go. Wait. that one was 70′s. And while your at it, GET OFF MY LAWN!!

]]> By: Chentzilla http://boingboing.net/2012/09/22/archie-comic-from-1972-about-2.html#comment-1538921 Chentzilla Sat, 22 Sep 2012 21:27:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=182660#comment-1538921 Note that he wears his yarmulke <i>over a helmet</i>. Note that he wears his yarmulke over a helmet.

]]> By: Egypt Urnash http://boingboing.net/2012/09/22/archie-comic-from-1972-about-2.html#comment-1538916 Egypt Urnash Sat, 22 Sep 2012 21:06:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=182660#comment-1538916 Man I just wanna take Archie out to a good glitch/bass night and watch the wobz make his brain explode. IN THE FUTURE, MISTER ORANGE HAIR, WE ALL DANCE LIKE BROKEN SEXBOTS Man I just wanna take Archie out to a good glitch/bass night and watch the wobz make his brain explode. IN THE FUTURE, MISTER ORANGE HAIR, WE ALL DANCE LIKE BROKEN SEXBOTS

]]> By: Just_Ok http://boingboing.net/2012/09/22/archie-comic-from-1972-about-2.html#comment-1538910 Just_Ok Sat, 22 Sep 2012 20:43:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=182660#comment-1538910 like riding a bike, depending on where you live. like riding a bike, depending on where you live.

]]> By: Luke Temple Walsh http://boingboing.net/2012/09/22/archie-comic-from-1972-about-2.html#comment-1538846 Luke Temple Walsh Sat, 22 Sep 2012 18:10:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=182660#comment-1538846 I keep thinking, it is 2012, and there is sexual, racial, and economic equality, and that advances in psychology and healthcare have made huge steps in reforming outmoded forms of prejudice, violence and greed, and improved general well-being to a massive extent, and advances in technology have dispensed with the need for the plastics and petrochemical industries.  Then I remember... it's 1972. I keep thinking, it is 2012, and there is sexual, racial, and economic equality, and that advances in psychology and healthcare have made huge steps in reforming outmoded forms of prejudice, violence and greed, and improved general well-being to a massive extent, and advances in technology have dispensed with the need for the plastics and petrochemical industries. 

Then I remember… it’s 1972.

]]> By: Mister44 http://boingboing.net/2012/09/22/archie-comic-from-1972-about-2.html#comment-1538842 Mister44 Sat, 22 Sep 2012 17:55:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=182660#comment-1538842  "Nobody's really groovin'" Clearly.  ”Nobody’s really groovin’”

Clearly.

]]> By: tristan eldritch http://boingboing.net/2012/09/22/archie-comic-from-1972-about-2.html#comment-1538835 tristan eldritch Sat, 22 Sep 2012 17:42:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=182660#comment-1538835 The Mayans, Terence McKenna, and Archie all converging mystically on 2012 stretches credibility a little alright. The Mayans, Terence McKenna, and Archie all converging mystically on 2012 stretches credibility a little alright.

]]> By: tristan eldritch http://boingboing.net/2012/09/22/archie-comic-from-1972-about-2.html#comment-1538833 tristan eldritch Sat, 22 Sep 2012 17:36:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=182660#comment-1538833 "NOBODY'S REALLY GROOVING." Yeah Archie, like you're some Booker T stone groover. “NOBODY’S REALLY GROOVING.”

Yeah Archie, like you’re some Booker T stone groover.

]]> By: Boundegar http://boingboing.net/2012/09/22/archie-comic-from-1972-about-2.html#comment-1538821 Boundegar Sat, 22 Sep 2012 17:06:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=182660#comment-1538821 Archie's yarmulke-wearing tour guide failed to mention that singing has been replaced by the rhythmic chanting of street poetry.  "Nobody's really grooving" is just Archie's way of saying, "You kids call that music?  Why, back in my day..." Archie’s yarmulke-wearing tour guide failed to mention that singing has been replaced by the rhythmic chanting of street poetry.  “Nobody’s really grooving” is just Archie’s way of saying, “You kids call that music?  Why, back in my day…”

]]> By: Philboyd Studge http://boingboing.net/2012/09/22/archie-comic-from-1972-about-2.html#comment-1538814 Philboyd Studge Sat, 22 Sep 2012 16:56:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=182660#comment-1538814 Seems about right. He's apparently wandered into some hipster nest of fixie bicyclists, who hooked up an iPod to a retro stereo console. Seems about right. He’s apparently wandered into some hipster nest of fixie bicyclists, who hooked up an iPod to a retro stereo console.

]]> By: Joseph Francis http://boingboing.net/2012/09/22/archie-comic-from-1972-about-2.html#comment-1538805 Joseph Francis Sat, 22 Sep 2012 16:45:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=182660#comment-1538805  I still listen to The Archies!  I still listen to The Archies!

]]> By: Lemoutan http://boingboing.net/2012/09/22/archie-comic-from-1972-about-2.html#comment-1538802 Lemoutan Sat, 22 Sep 2012 16:42:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=182660#comment-1538802 Not being terribly <em>au fait</em> with Archie, I have to wonder who took a waffle iron to his head. And why. Not being terribly au fait with Archie, I have to wonder who took a waffle iron to his head. And why.

]]> By: Deidzoeb http://boingboing.net/2012/09/22/archie-comic-from-1972-about-2.html#comment-1538799 Deidzoeb Sat, 22 Sep 2012 16:37:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=182660#comment-1538799 If it was dubstep, there'd be at least one character arguing that it was really brostep or just trance, not dubstep, arguing how many beats it had, trying to explain their definition of dubstep, then beatboxing to demonstrate what teh Real Dubstep sounds like. If it was dubstep, there’d be at least one character arguing that it was really brostep or just trance, not dubstep, arguing how many beats it had, trying to explain their definition of dubstep, then beatboxing to demonstrate what teh Real Dubstep sounds like.

]]> By: Lemoutan http://boingboing.net/2012/09/22/archie-comic-from-1972-about-2.html#comment-1538801 Lemoutan Sat, 22 Sep 2012 16:37:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=182660#comment-1538801 Hey, 2012 isn't over yet. There's still time for something to happen which'll require us to wear crash helmets. Hey, 2012 isn’t over yet. There’s still time for something to happen which’ll require us to wear crash helmets.

]]> By: emojk http://boingboing.net/2012/09/22/archie-comic-from-1972-about-2.html#comment-1538793 emojk Sat, 22 Sep 2012 16:21:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=182660#comment-1538793 According to Wikipedia, Archie never travels to 2012. However, there is an 'Archie 3000' storyline, which is probably where this comes from: "Archie 3000 displays the (presumed) descendants of Archie and the gang living in the year 3000, which is realized as a 1950s-style art deco world of flying cars, moving sidewalks, domed houses, and gaudy "futuristic" hairstyles and clothes (similar to The Jetsons)." According to Wikipedia, Archie never travels to 2012. However, there is an ‘Archie 3000′ storyline, which is probably where this comes from: “Archie 3000 displays the (presumed) descendants of Archie and the gang living in the year 3000, which is realized as a 1950s-style art deco world of flying cars, moving sidewalks, domed houses, and gaudy “futuristic” hairstyles and clothes (similar to The Jetsons).”

]]> By: David Pescovitz http://boingboing.net/2012/09/22/archie-comic-from-1972-about-2.html#comment-1538787 David Pescovitz Sat, 22 Sep 2012 16:17:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=182660#comment-1538787 I spent a bit of time trying to identify the issue but no luck... I spent a bit of time trying to identify the issue but no luck…

]]> By: David Pescovitz http://boingboing.net/2012/09/22/archie-comic-from-1972-about-2.html#comment-1538788 David Pescovitz Sat, 22 Sep 2012 16:17:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=182660#comment-1538788 Agreed. Who knows if it's even from 1972. For example, it could be a more recent issue from the Jughead's Time Police spin-off. Agreed. Who knows if it’s even from 1972. For example, it could be a more recent issue from the Jughead’s Time Police spin-off.

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