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Tweak says, "Look at me!"

Doop (xdoop) wrote in scans_daily,
@ 2009-04-02 21:55:00

Current mood:	scared
Entry tags:	char: archie andrews

Archie's nightmare

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	foxhack 2009-04-02 08:58 pm UTC (link)
	I'm having flashbacks to that Superman cover that's on Superdickery o_O (Reply to this)

	fungo_squiggly 2009-04-02 09:02 pm UTC (link)
	That has to be either intentional, or (at the very least) extremely Freudian. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	jlbarnett 2009-04-02 09:09 pm UTC (link)
	I have a feeling it's one of those liscensed religious comics so not intentional. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	parsimonia 2009-04-02 09:25 pm UTC (link)
	Or entirely intentional. (Reply to this) (Parent)

psychop_rex
2009-04-03 03:36 am UTC (link)

Nah - this seems too creative to be one of those. One thing that seems to be standard among religious comics is that they are incredibly by the book in terms of their plotting - they make their point ('Hey, kids, we think that Jesus is peachy keen, and you should, too, or you'll burn in hell!') and then get out. This is too oblique and confusing for them. The devil tormenting Archie in his bed and promising to make him 'the most popular guy in school' while Archie howls 'NOOOO!' is... well. I mean, I'm not sure just what religious point would be being made there. I suppose one could interpret it as a rant against homosexuality, but again - by the book. A Christian comic would have had the devil dressed up as a camp gay stereotype or something - they wouldn't have been this subtle. (Of course, I don't know the context of this page, but still.)

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	saralakali 2009-04-03 08:58 am UTC (link)
	Could be either. Al Hartley did work for Archie comics proper before doing the licensed christian ones. http://www.christiancomicsinternational.org/hartley_pioneer.html (Reply to this) (Parent)

	mysteryfan 2009-04-02 09:16 pm UTC (link)
	Good lord! (Reply to this)

	ex_menagerie993 2009-04-02 09:23 pm UTC (link)
	I think my jaw stayed open for a full minute after seeing this. (Reply to this)

	besamim 2009-04-02 09:26 pm UTC (link)
	What was it we used to say on the old s_d? That's not subtext; it's text? Something like that. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	besamim 2009-04-02 09:34 pm UTC (link)
	Also, if I ever get tired of living I think I'll walk into a bar and use "I'll set your life on fire! Heh! Heh! Heh!" as a pick-up line. That ought to do it. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	schmevil 2009-04-02 10:17 pm UTC (link)
	I literally loled at this. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	aaron_bourque 2009-04-02 10:19 pm UTC (link)
	It's only subtext if it subtle? However, this is unsubtle in the opposite way, by actually having a second, poorly hidden, meaning (implied homosexuality + the devil?). (Reply to this) (Parent)

	sandoz_iscariot 2009-04-02 09:37 pm UTC (link)
	TONIGHT. YOU. (Reply to this)

	freezer818 2009-04-02 10:47 pm UTC (link)
	SATAN WILL RAPE THE LAME OUT OF YOU! (Reply to this)

	NOT A HOAX! NOT AN IMAGINARY STORY! crinosg 2009-04-02 11:35 pm UTC (link)
	SATAN IS RAPING ARCHIE ANDREWS! BUT WHY? (Reply to this)

	tahngarth 2009-04-03 03:43 am UTC (link)
	Satan wants to destroy Archie's marriage to Veronica! Start a letter-writing campaign! (Reply to this)

	philippos42 2009-10-23 10:18 pm UTC (link)
	I think I used to have this one, so I think it's a Spire issue. (Reply to this)