My Favorite Comic

One of my favorite comic series as a kid (and I don't mind them even now) was Archie and the gang!

My favorite character was Jughead Jones (but obvious)! He reminds me a lot of myself if for no better reason than the fact that he just keeps on eating without ever gaining weight! I mean, this guy has got the secret that most women the world over would kill for! And can you imagine someone wearing the same hat everyday? Hey wait! I do that too! Yup, I'm always wearing the same baseball hat day after day! And he's lazy as hell! Told ya, I'm just like the guy!

Another character everyone can identify with is good ol' Archie Andrews himself! Just about anything that can go wrong with him, does! From a car break-down to getting late for school. From getting sent to detention to breaking a priceless artifact at the Lodges' residence! Somehow you just feel for the kid! Even though he's always got two girls whom he can fall back on!

I could never realize why Miss Nice Gal (is that the female variation of Mr Nice Guy?) Betty Cooper would keep her sights fixed on Archie when he was so obviously in love with Veronica Lodge? I mean Betty was a pretty girl and could certainly have found herself some nice hunk of a guy! Maybe there is something to this dumb blonde theory after all!

Veronica Lodge on the other hand, would play her role to perfection. The rich, coy seductress who had Archie wrapped around her little finger! Something that didn't gel well with her Dad! What's really funny though, is the way he would keep saying - "Egad!" Whatever is that supposed to mean?

Reggie Mantle - even if you liked nothing else about the guy you had to admire his persistence in hitting on Midge! And his stupidity considering the size of her boyfriend! Even though he's always got something against Archie, the two of them somehow manage to stick together when arguing something against the girls!

And let's not forget the other characters. Dilton Doiley and Moose Mason - two people who could not be more unlike each other. One's small, skinny and dark-haired, the other's massive, muscular and blond! One's a mental whiz kid, the other's as bright as a 10 watt bulb!

Mr. Weatherbee - ever notice how he always has just those few strands of hair sticking out of his bald scalp? And Miss Beazly (or is it Mrs?) - can you blame the students at Riverdale High for being so mischievous when you consider they have to eat her cooking for lunch everyday?

And who can forget Pop Tate's? Now, if there's one place I want to visit that's it! I can just imagine the business he would do if he were to open up outside our college one day!