http://boingboing.net/2012/12/20/the-art-of-betty-and-veronica.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sun, 19 May 2013 05:05:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 http://boingboing.net/2012/12/20/the-art-of-betty-and-veronica.html#comment-1613149 Jake0748 Fri, 21 Dec 2012 07:50:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=201808#comment-1613149 Of course, among your people, if someone can be bothered  to look  back and chat over one's shoulder at certain points... somebody's doing it rong. Of course, among your people, if someone can be bothered  to look  back and chat over one’s shoulder at certain points… somebody’s doing it rong.

]]> http://boingboing.net/2012/12/20/the-art-of-betty-and-veronica.html#comment-1613125 Jake0748 Fri, 21 Dec 2012 06:03:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=201808#comment-1613125 Well... duh!  The world's energy needs could be met by harnessing the power of all the adolescent stiffies caused by Betty and Veronica over the years. Well… duh!  The world’s energy needs could be met by harnessing the power of all the adolescent stiffies caused by Betty and Veronica over the years.

]]> http://boingboing.net/2012/12/20/the-art-of-betty-and-veronica.html#comment-1612962 Antinous / Moderator Thu, 20 Dec 2012 23:15:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=201808#comment-1612962 Among my people, it has a very different subtext. Among my people, it has a very different subtext.

]]> http://boingboing.net/2012/12/20/the-art-of-betty-and-veronica.html#comment-1612893 oldtaku Thu, 20 Dec 2012 21:47:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=201808#comment-1612893 It's gotta be the art, because the writing is just as awful as I remember. It’s gotta be the art, because the writing is just as awful as I remember.

]]> http://boingboing.net/2012/12/20/the-art-of-betty-and-veronica.html#comment-1612837 Joseph Francis Thu, 20 Dec 2012 20:55:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=201808#comment-1612837 I like how Archie characters always talk back over their shoulders at people behind them so the reader can see both faces. I like how Archie characters always talk back over their shoulders at people behind them so the reader can see both faces.

]]> http://boingboing.net/2012/12/20/the-art-of-betty-and-veronica.html#comment-1612833 Joseph Francis Thu, 20 Dec 2012 20:53:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=201808#comment-1612833 "Plewds" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lexicon_of_Comicana (coined by Mort Walker) “Plewds”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lexicon_of_Comicana
(coined by Mort Walker)

]]> http://boingboing.net/2012/12/20/the-art-of-betty-and-veronica.html#comment-1612819 doniphon Thu, 20 Dec 2012 20:30:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=201808#comment-1612819 If I may ask... is there a technical term for those drops of moisture that hang in the air around the excited/anxious cartoon character in any of these panels?  Above, for instance, when Archie says "Betty, putting on new brakes is a man's job!" - there are three of them above his head. If I may ask… is there a technical term for those drops of moisture that hang in the air around the excited/anxious cartoon character in any of these panels?  Above, for instance, when Archie says “Betty, putting on new brakes is a man’s job!” – there are three of them above his head.

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