Betty & Veronica: Friend Forever #1 (At The Movies) –
Archie Comics
Written by Bill Golliher
Pencils by Dan Parent
Inks by Rich Koslowski
Colors by Glenn Whitmore
This Saturday is Free Comic Book Day 2018! Not only is a great day to get free comics, it’s also a great day to take a look through books that you may have never read before. Sometimes trying something different and having more variety in your pull box is a good thing. This week, I sort of went back to basics. It just felt like a good week for a classic Archie Comics story, so let’s head to the movies with Betty & Veronica.
Pencils by Dan Parent
Inks by Rich Koslowski
Colors by Glenn Whitmore
This Saturday is Free Comic Book Day 2018! Not only is a great day to get free comics, it’s also a great day to take a look through books that you may have never read before. Sometimes trying something different and having more variety in your pull box is a good thing. This week, I sort of went back to basics. It just felt like a good week for a classic Archie Comics story, so let’s head to the movies with Betty & Veronica.
The first thing I liked about this book was it’s comic strip feel. You get four short stories in this book, each of which is much more than a strip in length, but still gives you that “funny pages” type feel. The classic look always gets to me and takes me back to one of the reasons I started falling in love with comics in the first place. Each story has a movie theme, with Betty & Veronica visiting a Hollywood movie set, getting a job as extras and more. There is one at a movie theater that I particularly enjoyed. There’s really nothing to spoil or not spoil, these are just fun stories that have a great throwback vibe.
Any time I see Dan Parent’s name on an Archie comic, I know exactly what I’m getting myself into. The art is one of the main things that has always made me love these books. Hats off to Bill Golliher as well, who really captured the true essence of these characters and really made it feel like I jumped in a time machine. Also, I’m not sure what the record is for number of exclaimation points in one comic, but this one may have broken it. Sure, some stories were better than others, but reading this book felt like throwing on one of my favorite old nerd shirts and firing up my classic NES. So when you go out to your local shop for Free Comic Book Day this weekend, remember the things that made you fall in love with comics in the first place. Just like you, I always have my characters like Batman and Spider-Man, but it’s nice to see that Archie comics can still make me remember those classic moments of reading the Sunday funny pages.
RATING: PULL / BUY