As if The Jersey Shore omnipresence wasn’t annoying enough, now the MTV reality show is taking over a revered — to me anyway — pop culture icon: Archie comics. Come July, the Riverdale gang is heading to the Riverdale Shore, a debaucherous, GTL-laden locale modeled after the Jersey Shore.
In the issue, Archie and co. meet and mingle with their tanned counterparts, who also happen to be the cast of a fictional reality show, and soon the once-wholesome Riverdale crew want to be reality stars, too. In fact, they’re so infatuated with the Riverdale Shore contingent that they get Jersey Shore-style makeovers — from carrot-hued tans to hair bumps and gels.
Having been an avid Archie comic collector when I was younger, I was totally infatuated with their simple world, where their biggest problems were Archie’s jalopy and Jughead’s hunt for a burger and fries. Now that they’ve gone all MTV on us, what’s next? Will Lindsay Lohan be the new kid in town? Will Archie cheat on Veronica with a tattooed mistress?
The writers behind the Archie comics may be trying to reach a new audience, but stooping down to this level (i.e. Reggie is renamed “The Complication”) is a fast way to alienate loyal readers. Though I am curious to see if there will be a mallard-type phone in the house.
Who else is with me? What do you think of Archie & Friends riffing off The Jersey Shore?
Only if Sabrina the Teenage Witch makes a cameo as a witch version of Snooki.
“Mr. Weatherbee is just offering to help Archie with his homework!”
“Deny, deny, deny.”
This is terrible! I too was a huge collector growing up and I can’t believe they would stoop to this level! Very upsetting. Very disturbing.
They aren’t changing the comic as a whole – they are doing a spoof. The same way they spoofed Elvis, the Beatles, and a million other pop culture icons of the time. It’s humour. People want Archie to be what it was 30 years ago, but haven’t bought an issue in 30 years – don’t you remember the spoofs back when you read it? This isn’t anything new…
Brilliant! Clever, timely, and well done! Lighten up people, it’s just a one issue spoof.
Thanks, Frank & Teddy. Was about to say the same thing– pop culture spoofs like this have always been part of the Archie arsenal. Trust me, read some of the Americana Series Best of (insert decade here)– chock full of the pop culture of the times.
are you dumb? Archie has always done pop culture spoofs. God forbid they do a Jersey Shore inspired story…the horror!
So, So, So stupid….
Wow, they must be running out of ideas.
Considering Archie has been around for like…
30-50 years or so? (Maybe older since they still follow CCA rules and regulations), I figured they ran out of ideas LONG ago…
i think it’s funny! i’m a collector of archie comics and i think jersey shore is halarious!
Oh my god…
Please tell me this is all one sick joke….
This CAN NOT actually exist……