Congrats to ADDTF for one solid year of reading comics naked.

Also, welcome back ADD and In Sequence.

Did I miss anyone?

 
Smeerp!



I've managed to avoid the topic so far, but let's face it, you can only go so long reviewing Archie comics before you have to bring up sex. If you're an adult reading an Archie story for the first time in years, odds are pretty good that you'll find at least one or two stories that will make you reconsider the innocence of your chosen childhood reading material. Any comic that has comics' greatest lecher getting away with making passes at not just two women, but every nameless woman in Riverdale as well, has got to have some smut.

We'll start off slow, juvenile and heteronormative, and work our way up to the hard stuff. Today's Archie pick is entitled Bruised Ego. Archie and co. often preached abstinence as the only foolproof way of avoiding STDs, but they did allow for some leeway in the hickey department. This six-pager sees Veronica turning Archie five shades of jealous by relating to him the details of how she received the love mark found on her neck. Archie confides in his pal, his buddy, his gal friday Betty, who cuts through Veronica's lies and let's Archie in on the secret. Her reward? Archie sucks Betty's neck like a Hoover, leaving a little memento for Betty to taunt Veronica with.

For the record, I find purposely popping the capillaries on your neck to be disgusting like shellfish.

Fun Archie Fact #2

Weird Smut Comics, One-Fisted Tales, Horny Biker Sluts, Betty's Diary... According to this web page, these are just a few of the many comic titles that have been detained by Canada Customs since 1989. Thank you Canada Customs, for keeping the spinner racks and checkout displays free of Betty's Diary and other hickey-related smut.
posted by Steven at 8:42 PM

 
Jenny Everywhere in the Big Apple



So that's why all those people were visiting the site via Google.

I've just been informed that Jenny Everywhere, a little project I've been involved with has briefly appeared in the NY Times (registration required).

In Britain, a small group of artists and editors has set up a Web site for Jenny Everywhere, an increasingly popular open-source cartoon. Its only requirement is that any "Jenny" cartoon include its license, which states "others may use this property as they wish. All rights reversed."

Britain. Heh.
posted by Steven at 10:40 PM