#bubbles mcbounce

[scoobypineapple]

Bubbles McBounce redesign WIP! I had an old one somewhere but was struck by inspiration to do something new yesterday fr

For those not in the know, bubbles was a character in the little Archie stories and she was not treated well at all, poor thing

Anyways, I like the idea of her growing up to be a pop star just cuz she deserves it, and “Bubbles” defo gives nickname turned stage name to me.

[ghoststudios]

Riverdale Yearbook part 13, ooo.

Part 1/2/3/4/5/6/7/8/9/10/11/12

I had a break and change of programs, and I think that helped me with this page.

On this page we have, Bingo Wilkins, Samantha Smith, Teddy Tambourine, Buddy Drumhead, Zelda Maxson, Dimples Delush, "Lucky Penny" Penny Peabody, Fangs Fogarty, Ambrose Pipps, Evelyn Evernever, Sue Stringly and "Bubbles" Bella Mcbounce.

and here's a bonus, I had partially done this page in sketchbook before I transferred to Krita. so the little archie gang had doodles months before.

Out of all of them, I say Bubbles has changed the most.

[jhsharman]

He Gets Around

I once saw this -- the second one -- on a website's listing of "most sexist moments in comic books", the author then going out of his way to knock Archie Comics as a whole. It seemed to me a bit of a deep cut for someone waving Archie Comics aside en toto. At any rate, this criticism did not affect Archie Comics as they reprinted it amongst their 2013 straight-up cover reprint covers.

Sexist moments in comics, for your consideration. I was hoping this would get removed for a reprint, but -- no... this remains in this century. But she is an established character from Bob Bolling's Little Archie, after all, that would pop back up in one of his "Betty Cooper, Super Sleuther" series of stories. (The comics dot org database is most helpful.)

or "Chicken in a Basket" and "Volley Dollies" fit the bill?

[bughead-in-the-comics]

From What’s In a Name, The Adventures of Little Archie #49 (1968).

[the-muses-are-herd]

Archie Comics (IV of IV)

- Betty and Veronica: Vixens, vol. 1. Jamie Lee Rotante, Eva Cabrera, et. al. Betty and Veronica accompany their respective dates, Archie and Reggie, on a motorcycle cruise. But when Archie gets in hot water with the motorcycle gang known as the Southside Serpents —he flees in fear. It becomes obvious to the girls that neither of their guys is going to be much help against an actual gang. But… what if they formed their own girl gang? Together with several seemingly unlikely choices, they form the Vixens, a squad brought together to defend Riverdale and to stand for battered women everywhere. Will they be ready when the ante is upped and things get deadly?

Of the modern updates on classical Archie comics (the Horror line, Riverdale, the entire ‘The married life’ saga), this is quite possibly the most surprising. At fist glance the premise would sound not just over the top but puzzling. Besides Betty and Veronica, one could wonder about their choices for the gang: Toni Lopez, Midge Klump, Ethel Muggs, Evelyn Evernever (with the latter addition of Cheryl Blossom) and with Bubbles McBounce as mentor. But as it turns out this selection is done very much on purpose. 

As Lee Rotante explains in her introduction to this collected volume: “This story is not just about motorcycles. It’s not just about a subversion of classic characters. Hell, it’s not even about Betty and Veronica —there’s a larger story that spins out of it, one that extends past the comic page itself. It’s about women who have waited their turn for decades finally getting the chance to take charge”. 

Indeed! The story takes characters who for years and years have been presented purely as arm candy (Midge, Cheryl, arguably Betty and Veronica themselves) or as a punchline (Ethel, Evelyn, Bubbles, Toni to a lesser degree) and gives them not just a chance to shine, but to become tough characters on their own. 

In fine comic book tradition, the story takes several pop-culture concepts as an exoskeleton (the comic invites comparison to classic pulp movies like “Faster, Pussycat, Kill! Kill!” —and indeed one of the variant covers directly invokes the film’s poster) while hiding a more complex meditation inside. 

Rotante’s smart scrip, coupled with gorgeous art makes this comic an essential recommendation. 

***

And thus concludes my Archie reading / re-reading project for now. This was quite a surprise all in all, both the classical and the modern. There is a reason these characters are an essential part of Americana (somewhat like, say, Donald Duck comics, certain specific superheroes, book series like Nancy Drew and The Hardy Boys, and so on and on) —always recognizable yet subtly mutating over the eras. I do hope one day I can get my hands on other entries that interest me so. 

For my next reading project: Rat Queens, by Kurtis Wiebe and others! I don’t know anything about this series, except that it’s a fantasy comic book starring an all-female cast and that it’s apparently controversial, for reasons both in and out of the comic itself. 

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Crossposting in my RP blog for an experiment...

[mikazuki-juuichi]

Archie Comics (IV of IV)

- Betty and Veronica: Vixens, vol. 1. Jamie Lee Rotante, Eva Cabrera, et. al. Betty and Veronica accompany their respective dates, Archie and Reggie, on a motorcycle cruise. But when Archie gets in hot water with the motorcycle gang known as the Southside Serpents —he flees in fear. It becomes obvious to the girls that neither of their guys is going to be much help against an actual gang. But… what if they formed their own girl gang? Together with several seemingly unlikely choices, they form the Vixens, a squad brought together to defend Riverdale and to stand for battered women everywhere. Will they be ready when the ante is upped and things get deadly?

Of the modern updates on classical Archie comics (the Horror line, Riverdale, the entire ‘The married life’ saga), this is quite possibly the most surprising. At fist glance the premise would sound not just over the top but puzzling. Besides Betty and Veronica, one could wonder about their choices for the gang: Toni Lopez, Midge Klump, Ethel Muggs, Evelyn Evernever (with the latter addition of Cheryl Blossom) and with Bubbles McBounce as mentor. But as it turns out this selection is done very much on purpose. 

As Lee Rotante explains in her introduction to this collected volume: “This story is not just about motorcycles. It’s not just about a subversion of classic characters. Hell, it’s not even about Betty and Veronica —there’s a larger story that spins out of it, one that extends past the comic page itself. It’s about women who have waited their turn for decades finally getting the chance to take charge”. 

Indeed! The story takes characters who for years and years have been presented purely as arm candy (Midge, Cheryl, arguably Betty and Veronica themselves) or as a punchline (Ethel, Evelyn, Bubbles, Toni to a lesser degree) and gives them not just a chance to shine, but to become tough characters on their own. 

In fine comic book tradition, the story takes several pop-culture concepts as an exoskeleton (the comic invites comparison to classic pulp movies like “Faster, Pussycat, Kill! Kill!” —and indeed one of the variant covers directly invokes the film’s poster) while hiding a more complex meditation inside. 

Rotante’s smart scrip, coupled with gorgeous art makes this comic an essential recommendation. 

***

And thus concludes my Archie reading / re-reading project for now. This was quite a surprise all in all, both the classical and the modern. There is a reason these characters are an essential part of Americana (somewhat like, say, Donald Duck comics, certain specific superheroes, book series like Nancy Drew and The Hardy Boys, and so on and on) —always recognizable yet subtly mutating over the eras. I do hope one day I can get my hands on other entries that interest me so. 

For my next reading project: Rat Queens, by Kurtis Wiebe and others! I don’t know anything about this series, except that it’s a fantasy comic book starring an all-female cast and that it’s apparently controversial, for reasons both in and out of the comic itself. 

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[yawarsupset-blog]

Archie Comics (IV of IV)

- Betty and Veronica: Vixens, vol. 1. Jamie Lee Rotante, Eva Cabrera, et. al. Betty and Veronica accompany their respective dates, Archie and Reggie, on a motorcycle cruise. But when Archie gets in hot water with the motorcycle gang known as the Southside Serpents —he flees in fear. It becomes obvious to the girls that neither of their guys is going to be much help against an actual gang. But… what if they formed their own girl gang? Together with several seemingly unlikely choices, they form the Vixens, a squad brought together to defend Riverdale and to stand for battered women everywhere. Will they be ready when the ante is upped and things get deadly?

Of the modern updates on classical Archie comics (the Horror line, Riverdale, the entire ‘The married life’ saga), this is quite possibly the most surprising. At fist glance the premise would sound not just over the top but puzzling. Besides Betty and Veronica, one could wonder about their choices for the gang: Toni Lopez, Midge Klump, Ethel Muggs, Evelyn Evernever (with the latter addition of Cheryl Blossom) and with Bubbles McBounce as mentor. But as it turns out this selection is done very much on purpose. 

As Lee Rotante explains in her introduction to this collected volume: “This story is not just about motorcycles. It’s not just about a subversion of classic characters. Hell, it’s not even about Betty and Veronica —there’s a larger story that spins out of it, one that extends past the comic page itself. It’s about women who have waited their turn for decades finally getting the chance to take charge”. 

Indeed! The story takes characters who for years and years have been presented purely as arm candy (Midge, Cheryl, arguably Betty and Veronica themselves) or as a punchline (Ethel, Evelyn, Bubbles, Toni to a lesser degree) and gives them not just a chance to shine, but to become tough characters on their own. 

In fine comic book tradition, the story takes several pop-culture concepts as an exoskeleton (the comic invites comparison to classic pulp movies like “Faster, Pussycat, Kill! Kill!” —and indeed one of the variant covers directly invokes the film’s poster) while hiding a more complex meditation inside. 

Rotante’s smart scrip, coupled with gorgeous art makes this comic an essential recommendation. 

***

And thus concludes my Archie reading / re-reading project for now. This was quite a surprise all in all, both the classical and the modern. There is a reason these characters are an essential part of Americana (somewhat like, say, Donald Duck comics, certain specific superheroes, book series like Nancy Drew and The Hardy Boys, and so on and on) —always recognizable yet subtly mutating over the eras. I do hope one day I can get my hands on other entries that interest me so. 

For my next reading project: Rat Queens, by Kurtis Wiebe and others! I don’t know anything about this series, except that it’s a fantasy comic book starring an all-female cast and that it’s apparently controversial, for reasons both in and out of the comic itself. 

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Cross-posting on a new account even, part of a test.