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[doyle]

Ah, Archie. I made some scans from the first of the Americana trade paperbacks. There's a certain fish in a barrel feel to finding the gay in Archie, which is one reason why I Love It So.





I could explain what's going on with the pins and the drag but it's funnier out of context:




Then there's the issue with the boys vs. girls jitterbug contest. Where Archie gets into drag. And dances with Reggie. And Reggie gets into drag too. And Veronica dresses as a boy and dances with Betty. I tried to pick out a couple of particularly cracktastic brilliant frames from that one but I ended up just scanning the whole thing. Seven pages to be found here.


Teaser:

Comments

[http://users.livejournal.com/_divya_/]

:::dies of Teh Gay and Teh 40's slang:::

[miggy.livejournal.com]

How have I never seen the Betty/Veronica OTP before?

[kaydee23.livejournal.com]

Ha ha ha ha. You're killing me. I can't believe I grew up devouring these comics and they were just seething with S&M and homoeroticism. Hee. Haw. Thank you for making my day!

[a2zmom.livejournal.com]

I was never a fan of Archie when I was a kid. Now I don't know if I'm happy about that because it would have warped me or sad about that because it would have warped me.

Thanks for making my day.

[kben.livejournal.com]

Oh man. It's THE OTP. Even when I was a kid, I could sense they had something going on, much like Blair and Jo on the Facts of Life. Only, back then I just thought I really wanted to hang out with them.