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A review by dantastic
Jughead Vol. 1 by Chip Zdarsky
4.0
A new principal arrives at Riverdale, giving Mr. Weatherbee the boot and everyone else detention. Can Jughead figure out Principal Stanger's game before he gets expelled?
I'm kind of a sucker so I took advantage of Archie's 50% sale on no less than four orders. I picked this one up because I enjoyed Jughead's Time Police and Jughead: The Hunger so much.
I read a bunch of Archie digests as a kid but I wasn't really sure what to expect from the modern Archie line. It was a fun read. Chip Zdarsky crafted a tale that was true to the characters but much more developed than the old Archie at the malt shop plots. Students at Riverdale are seemingly getting brainwashed, but for what?
Zdarsky's Jughead character is a lot more fleshed out than the classic version, a lazy yet highly intelligent teen more interested in food and video games than any sort of sexual entanglements. The humor of the book in no way detracts from the plot, something that's hard to do in humor books but Zdarsky sticks the landing.
I've never read anything with Eric Henderson's art although I know she did Squirrel Girl. I follower her on Twitter but mostly because of her Star Trek fandom. Anyway, she did a great job on art. The gang's look is modernized but they still resemble their classic versions, complete with Jughead's nose and trademark Whoopie Cap.
I wound up liking this more than I thought I would by the end. Once I get caught up on the Archie Horror line, I'll be getting the next Jughead volume. Four out of five cheese burgers.
I'm kind of a sucker so I took advantage of Archie's 50% sale on no less than four orders. I picked this one up because I enjoyed Jughead's Time Police and Jughead: The Hunger so much.
I read a bunch of Archie digests as a kid but I wasn't really sure what to expect from the modern Archie line. It was a fun read. Chip Zdarsky crafted a tale that was true to the characters but much more developed than the old Archie at the malt shop plots. Students at Riverdale are seemingly getting brainwashed, but for what?
Zdarsky's Jughead character is a lot more fleshed out than the classic version, a lazy yet highly intelligent teen more interested in food and video games than any sort of sexual entanglements. The humor of the book in no way detracts from the plot, something that's hard to do in humor books but Zdarsky sticks the landing.
I've never read anything with Eric Henderson's art although I know she did Squirrel Girl. I follower her on Twitter but mostly because of her Star Trek fandom. Anyway, she did a great job on art. The gang's look is modernized but they still resemble their classic versions, complete with Jughead's nose and trademark Whoopie Cap.
I wound up liking this more than I thought I would by the end. Once I get caught up on the Archie Horror line, I'll be getting the next Jughead volume. Four out of five cheese burgers.