Archie & Friends: Geeks and Games #1
Archie Comics 2020
Written by Francis Bonnet & Angelo Decesare
Pencilled by Pat & Tim Kennedy, Bill Golliher & Jeff Shultz
Inked by Jim Amash & Bob Smith
Coloured by Glenn Whitmore
Lettered by Jack Morelli
Get ready for some hi-tech hijinks in this issue of Archie & Friends! Get hooked on the latest video game craze Forknite, meet Archie’s new, unusual pet, try to find something that was gone in a flash and hunt down some hamburgers with your very own phone in these tech-savvy stories!
This is why the Classic Archie stories rock! It has been raining for days here and the weather went end of Fall cold and this morning I woke up and this is the first thing I read. Now it can stay overcast outside,I don’t care because I am smiling and giggly and that’s just what the power of the Archie gang has on pretty much anyone and everyone. There are four stories in this issue and they all centre around technology in some way shape or form. While I would have loved a throwback to say the days Atari took the world by storm or perhaps an arcade visit but that’s just a fanboy and his caviar dreams and champagne wishes.
This book is amazing and how the stories are arranged to create the books ebb & flow through them all is really rather quite impressive to see. Editorial did a phenomenal job in putting the order together, which is whom I am assuming did this. By opening with one of the more recent obsessions in the gaming world, Forknite (Fortnite) and ending with another story that is completely now the book manages to encapsulate everything about modern life superbly. I found myself smiling despite myself this morning, which is hard to do before I’ve had a cup of coffee, and I see in many folks I know the kind of behaviour we see in all the vignettes here.
This line, i want to call it a series but each one is a first issue which makes me wonder if they’ll ever be a second issue, is one I wish were a series but the one of’s are indeed a much welcome addition to my reading list. This is the epitome of all-ages storytelling. Adults love it, kids love it and yes even your teenager will love it! The one company that without fail, which makes for the most amazing device free meals, where everyone can be involved in the same conversation.
The interiors here are always sensational. The fashions over the years change and there are tweaks here and there to the way they look but honestly these are the most recognisable characters the world over. So my hat is off to those who create fashion for Veronica, she’s got the most department store wardrobe we’ve ever seen, and to keeping Jughead's hat so familiar and lest we forget for everyone's favourite ginger who never changes. The linework is amazing and so consistent regardless of who drew which story and thanks to the sensational talents of Glenn the colour work really makes the entire issue feel as cohesive as it does. The man, the myth and the legend, Glenn really is the colourist to the stars here and I think that his work is what solidifies the different artists that we see.
Also cannot forget Jack who’s lettering is always consistent and probably the least known of the creative teams which is a shame. From the font to the letters thickness, or boldness, to the various signs and marquee’s we see his work is really stand out stuff.
Rainy day blues got ya down? Still stuck in quarantine and waiting to see what happens next? Grab yourself a copy of this, hunker down and have a great day, that’s all it’s gonna take.
Archie Comics 2020
Written by Francis Bonnet & Angelo Decesare
Pencilled by Pat & Tim Kennedy, Bill Golliher & Jeff Shultz
Inked by Jim Amash & Bob Smith
Coloured by Glenn Whitmore
Lettered by Jack Morelli
Get ready for some hi-tech hijinks in this issue of Archie & Friends! Get hooked on the latest video game craze Forknite, meet Archie’s new, unusual pet, try to find something that was gone in a flash and hunt down some hamburgers with your very own phone in these tech-savvy stories!
This is why the Classic Archie stories rock! It has been raining for days here and the weather went end of Fall cold and this morning I woke up and this is the first thing I read. Now it can stay overcast outside,I don’t care because I am smiling and giggly and that’s just what the power of the Archie gang has on pretty much anyone and everyone. There are four stories in this issue and they all centre around technology in some way shape or form. While I would have loved a throwback to say the days Atari took the world by storm or perhaps an arcade visit but that’s just a fanboy and his caviar dreams and champagne wishes.
This book is amazing and how the stories are arranged to create the books ebb & flow through them all is really rather quite impressive to see. Editorial did a phenomenal job in putting the order together, which is whom I am assuming did this. By opening with one of the more recent obsessions in the gaming world, Forknite (Fortnite) and ending with another story that is completely now the book manages to encapsulate everything about modern life superbly. I found myself smiling despite myself this morning, which is hard to do before I’ve had a cup of coffee, and I see in many folks I know the kind of behaviour we see in all the vignettes here.
This line, i want to call it a series but each one is a first issue which makes me wonder if they’ll ever be a second issue, is one I wish were a series but the one of’s are indeed a much welcome addition to my reading list. This is the epitome of all-ages storytelling. Adults love it, kids love it and yes even your teenager will love it! The one company that without fail, which makes for the most amazing device free meals, where everyone can be involved in the same conversation.
The interiors here are always sensational. The fashions over the years change and there are tweaks here and there to the way they look but honestly these are the most recognisable characters the world over. So my hat is off to those who create fashion for Veronica, she’s got the most department store wardrobe we’ve ever seen, and to keeping Jughead's hat so familiar and lest we forget for everyone's favourite ginger who never changes. The linework is amazing and so consistent regardless of who drew which story and thanks to the sensational talents of Glenn the colour work really makes the entire issue feel as cohesive as it does. The man, the myth and the legend, Glenn really is the colourist to the stars here and I think that his work is what solidifies the different artists that we see.
Also cannot forget Jack who’s lettering is always consistent and probably the least known of the creative teams which is a shame. From the font to the letters thickness, or boldness, to the various signs and marquee’s we see his work is really stand out stuff.
Rainy day blues got ya down? Still stuck in quarantine and waiting to see what happens next? Grab yourself a copy of this, hunker down and have a great day, that’s all it’s gonna take.
RSS Feed
