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The successful and long running Archie franchise has adhered to a formula that has worked well since the 1940’s. The way it works is this: Archie Andrews can’t decide between going steady with either Betty, the girl next door type, or Veronica, the rich and spoiled girl. He has a faithful but goofy sidekick with an unhealthy obsession for hamburgers named Jughead (who even today sports that crown hat thing.) Theres also the cast of high school archetypes like Reggie the preppie, and Moose the dumb jock.

Lately, Riverdale has been shaken up by the big news that I’m sure everyone has heard about by now, Archie’s proposal of marriage to Veronica. That’s right, after 60-some years, the kids are finally graduating from high school (your grades have to be pretty bad to be held back that much) and marrying off. The buzz around the store is that Archie picked the wrong bride and that he should be marrying Betty, because to quote a lot of folks around the store, “Veronica’s a b!*#@!”

I can’t say that I’ve been reading these wedding issues, but I have had enough interest to skim through just to know what’s going on. I flipped through Archie 601 to see how this is all progressing, and (SPOILER ALERT) Veronica is pregnant! Yeah, there will be another little buck-toothed red-headed kid running around soon, unless my theory is correct: That this is all a dream Dallas-style, and that things will continue to be the same around Riverdale for another 60 years.

-Jim

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