The Bizarre Origin & History of ARCHIE: From Comics to Riverdale Explained!

My Uncle started working at Archie comics in the 70s when he was 18, and he still works there today! He started out as an intern and is now editor in chief, if you look on the very bottom of the start of the comics then you will see his name ‘Victor Gorlick’ and he gives me Archie comics all the time and it’s so great

Archie comics, they made check-out lines more bearable.

I still love the old-fashioned-like-drawing of archie. It's like a history in there and kind of unique for me. Even though I'm not yet born on those years. I LOVE THE COMICS ARCHIE FOREVER <3

I remember my first Archie book. It was my great grandmother's house, and she has a copy of an Archie Double Digest, and I believe it was from the early 1990's. I also later found three large Archie comics, probably from the 70's. Archie is one of those books that will always have a special place in my heart, no matter what happens to the characters or stories.

My first exposure to Archie was a tv show called Archie's Weird Mysteries. A show that has strange things happening to Riverdale, from Veronica growing 50 feet tall to a robot football player to Vinny using a time machine. So hearing that people wanted to keep Archie the same made me scratch my head. I only got into it because the show was different.

My grandpa was Archie in the original 70's cartoon!!!

Nancy seems like she could've been the inspiration of Riverdale's Cheryl.

WHY!?!? Why did they not call themselves Gold and Silber? It's a great name.

I remember an issue where Archie got lost in the snow with an injured ankle, and was confronted by a starving, elderly wolf. He was eventually rescued and the wolf taken to a zoo. The ending line was; "Archie swears that the last time he visited her, she wagged her tail." I think this was in the 1980's, though I can't be sure

My mother was a big Archie fan. She passed away in May, and 2 days ago at the supermarket I stopped to look at the Archie comic collections and remember how she loved to receive a new copy. I should buy a copy myself to honor those memories.

This is probably the best backstory I've heard about a comic book.

Fun Fact: There was this Punk Band in the early 90s called "Jughead's Revenge" but disbanded after Archie Comics sent them a Cease and Desit Letter. They're back now, but they are now known as "Jugg's Revenge"

Wait, ARCHIE created sabrina?

Wes Anderson should make Archie's big-screen version.

I love you covering other comic companies cough image history video cough

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In the 1980s comic "Ninja High School" the author, Ben Dunn, was a fan of Archie comics. He put some characters in a one off issue from a neighboring town that were inspired by the Archie gang. Even though it would be covered as parody, Ben asked Archie comics for their OK. Archie comics said hell no & told him to change things more. It was such a bad experience that Ben got a kind of revenge in a later comic. There was a special 'Public Service Announcement' Ninja High School comic about STDs. In it a character had got a VD "From some girl named Veronica" from that nearby town. heh heh heh

Growing up as an adolescent, before manga/anime, Archie was the only comics to deal with adolescent & teenage concerns like dating or school life. I can't relate to being bitten by a radioactive spider or being an alien w/superpowers. I can relate to, being afraid to ask a girl I like on a date or to go steady. Not being invited to the party, everyone else is going to. Not having a date for prom. Or just trying to get enough money to take a girl out for a nice date.

Gonna preemptively point out things that aren’t mentioned in the video that people will most likely yell about: • Archie/Punisher crossover • Jughead’s sexuality • Josie and the Pussycats movie Sorry 😕

Archie wierd mystery was so good!