I realize that my schedule for new content’s starting to get downright Campbellian around here, but with the new scanner set to arrive tomorrow, things should be back up and running pretty soon. Until I return, however, feel free to enjoy what is quite possibly the single greatest panel from an Archie comic ever, from a story in this month’s Betty #171 entitled “Happy Ending”:
Okay, okay, the story’s not actually called “Happy Ending.” It is, however, called “The Treatment,” which is almost as good.
Is that Rogue channeling Gambit? Is this some crossover a la “Archie/Punisher?”
I looked at that panel, and a line from L.A. Story just popped out:
“Well, thank you for a lovely lunch and enema.”
Zut alors!
Clearly, from the look on Veronica’s face, the art team knows exactly what they’re doing and are cruelly toying with us.
I may have to start reading some Archie.
It’s like Veronica knows *exactly* what is going on, and Betty is entirely clueless. Excellent.
more on the subject of delays than archie but have you been reading amazing spider-man chris? there is a panel in there clearly done entirely to please you and it would be a shame not to see it featured on the site. You wouldn&t want to upset Dan Slott would you?
Betty knows what’s going on, Nathan, and is vaguely bashful there, hence the wide eyes-of-GUILT, whereas Veronica is just shamelessly enjoying herself, the hussy.
I will stab you, Sims.
Well, just make sure you do it at the end of “Stabbing Week here on Dave’s Long Box,” so that I have time to get my affairs in order, travel the world, watch the uncut version of Berlin Alexanderplatz, celebrate my 50th birthday…
Veronica knows what she wants and how to get it!
Agh! Now I want to know what happens next…
Nicely burned, Mr. Sims, nicely burned.
Those salon girls have weird boobs.
Yes, I admit it, I’m checking out their cartoon boobs, are you happy, now?!
I can’t believe you just made me scroll back up and check out cartoon girl boobs.
Wait, who is Madame Sophie? Is there a FIFTH person? Is this the legendary “menage a cinque?”
Weird boobs nothing – look at their hands. Strange sacks of unliving flesh!
“Those salon girls have weird boobs.”
Er, they look fairly normal.
They might look weird compared to the comic breasts we usually see on the ISB, which either look like inflated hot water bottles, or belong to a snow-white male vampire.
You know what I’m worried about? The weird bit of flesh that’s showing in the upper right-hand corner of Veronica’s face, just beyond her eye, under her hair. Like, what is that? Is she about to mutate? Is she shedding her outer form in anticipation of an oh-so-sexy massage?
Best of Bootie is fantastic. Thank you for that Sims.
So, Chris, what’s your take on Dave Campbell’s new writing gig?