Twelve-Cent Archie
By: Bart Beaty
Series: Comics culture; Comics culture
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 221
ISBN-13: 9780813590455; 9780813563855; 9780813563848; 9780813563862
Subjects: Comic books, strips
Description: "Twelve-Cent Archie is not only the first scholarly study of the Archie comic, it is an innovative creative work in its own right. Inspired by Archie's own concise storytelling format, renowned comics scholar Bart Beaty divides the book into a hundred short chapters, each devoted to a different aspect of the Archie comics. Fans of the comics will be thrilled to read in-depth examinations of their favorite characters and motifs, including individual chapters devoted to Jughead's hat and Archie's sweater-vest. But the book also has plenty to interest newcomers to Riverdale, as it recounts the behind-the-scenes history of the comics and analyzes how Archie helped shape our images of the American teenager. As he employs a wide range of theoretical and methodological approaches, Beaty reveals that the Archie comics themselves were far more eclectic, creative, and self-aware than most critics recognize. Equally comfortable considering everything from the representation of racial diversity to the semiotics of Veronica's haircut, Twelve-Cent Archie gives a fresh appreciation for America's most endearing group of teenagers."--
Notes: Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The Twelve-cent Archie; title: How to Write (Archie) Comics; title: Story Length; title: The Archie Hierarchy; title: Archie Andrews; title: How Well Does Archie Speak French?; title: Bowling; title: Harry Lucey's Rhythm; title: Veronica Lodge; title: Riverdale, USA; title: The Daily Strip; title: Footnote; title: "Why is it Always Between Archie and Reggie?"; title: Archie's Jalopy; title: It's as Easy as A-B-V; title: United Girls Against Jughead; title: Archie's Giant Series; title: Invisible Paint; title: Archie Comics Versus Art; title: Betty Cooper; title: Riverdale's Racial Problem; title: Fashion; title: Betty's Ponytail; title: Self-Plagiarism; title: Archie's Sweater Vest; title: Jughead Jones; title: Beatniks, Hippies, and Other Undesirables; title: Dilton Doily; title: Moose; title: Reggie Mantle; title: Jealousy; title: "Are You Familiar With Shakespeare, My Young Ignoramus?"; title: "I Never Squeaked a Pip, Either!"; title: Jughead's Hat; title: Fantastic Elements; title: Archie's Joke Book; title: Often Imitated, Never Duplicated; title: The Historical Archie; title: Mutually Assured Destruction; title: Betty = Veronica; title: Head Over Heels; title: Mr. Weatherbee; title: Caveman Archie; title: Life With Archie; title: What is the Zip Code for Riverdale?; title: Cover Art; title: Fairy Godmothers; title: Dan DeCarlo's Foreground Portraits; title: Archie as an Adventure Comic; title: Text Pieces; title: Previously on Archie; title: Notes for the Norton Anthology; title: Archie : Arch : Archiekins; title: Eep! Omigosh! And Other Unusual Contributions to the Language of Comics; title: Archie's Black Book; title: Laugh and Pep: The Residual Titles; title: Pureheart the Powerful; title: Errors; title: Midge; title: You Can Take the Boy Out of Riverdale; title: Archie Club News; title: Veronica's Mother; title: Mr. Lodge; title: Betty's Parents; title: Jingles; title: Li'l Jinx; title: Archie's Gender Politics; title: Should Archie Marry Betty or Veronica?; title: Big Ethel; title: The Mayor of Riverdale; title: Worst. Archie. Story. Ever.; title: Archie the Klutz; title: Celebrity Culture; title: Jughead's Dipsy Doodles; title: Imitation is the Lowest Form of Flattery; title: Surf and Ski; title: Samm Schwartz's Art; title: Self-Referential Meta-Fictions; title: Riverdale High; title: Who Cut Veronica's Hair?; title: Little Archie; title: Credits; title: Juvenile Delinquency; title: Teenese; title: The Archies; title: Pop Tate's Choklit Shoppe; title: Unusual Panels; title: Smithers; title: The Archie Archive; title: Fads and Fashions; title: Borderless Panels; title: A Comic About Nothing; title: Fred (and Mary) Andrews; title: The Banjo in Archie; title: Comics; title: Wordless Stories, or Nearly So; title: Hot Dog Dan; title: DeCarlo's Split Horizon Girl; title: The (Nearly) Perfect Archie Story; title: The Myth of Archie; title: Archie and Me