IT’S CELEBRITIES AND SUPER-MODELS AS BETTY & VERONICA DIVE HEAD-FIRST INTO THE WORLD OF POP CULTURE!
Archie Comics and pop culture have gone together forever. Singing sensations, hit TV shows, popular movies, hot fashions, the latest toys and gadgets –one look through any ARCHIE AMERICANA trade paperback is all it takes to realize all have had a featured place in the pages of Archie Comics throughout the years. Now, Betty and Veronica take pop culture to new heights of hilarity in a pair of star-struck issues shipping this July.
The razzle-dazzle fun begins in BETTY & VERONICA SPECTACULAR #90. This celebrity-packed issue offers readers a chance to see more stars than there are in solar system! In “Star Struck,” it’s a boy band brouhaha, as Betty and Veronica get jobs as reporters for Ginger Lopez’s “Glitz Magazine” and have a controversial run-in with The Juneau Brothers! Then, in “Paparazzi Problem,” “rumor” has it that the girls grapple with the age old dilemma: to gossip or not to gossip! Finally, in “Sign Me Up” Mr. Lodge reveals a sensational secret from his past: he once dated a celebrity! All this, plus pop-culture extras like aHollywood quiz, celebrity fashions, and more!
The pop culture comedy continues in BETTY #181, with a spoof of one of the most popular movies of recent years. In “The Diva Wore Yada,” a summer internship at “Harmon’s Bazzar” fashion magazine brings Betty face-to-face with a demanding diva of a boss. Imagine Betty’s surprise when the boss demands she model for the magazine’s spring fashion spectacular! Celebrity news columnist Hal Lifson brings his fashionable first-hand perspective to this “tongue-in-chic” tale!
BETTY #181
“The Diva Wore Yada”: A summer internship at “Harmon’s Bazzar” fashion magazine brings Betty face-to-face with a demanding diva of a boss. Imagine Betty’s surprise when the boss demands she model for the magazine’s spring fashion spectacular! Celebrity news columnist Hal Lifson brings his fashionable first-hand perspective to this “tongue-in-chic” tale!
SCRIPT: Hal Lifson
ART: Stan Goldberg
“The Big Pitch”: The “Good Will Girls” are back and their charity baseball game is a grand-slam success… especially with Betty pitching strikes from the mound and Archie pitching snacks in the stands! SCRIPT: George Gladir
ART: Stan Goldberg “Applause for Paws”:Hot Dog makes a “splash”…by “catching a wave”…at the dog surfing contest!
SCRIPT: George GladirART: Stan Goldberg
Shipping Date: July 29th, 2009
On Sale at Comic Specialty Shops: August 5th, 2009
On Sale on Newsstands: August 18th, 2009
32-page, full color comic
$2.50 US
BETTY & VERONICA SPECTACULAR #90
SEE MORE STARS THAN ARE IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM IN THIS CELEBRITY-PACKED ISSUE!
“Star Struck”: It’s a boy band brouhaha, as Betty and Veronica get jobs as reporters for Ginger Lopez’s “Glitz Magazine” and have a controversial run-in with The Juneau Brothers! “Paparazzi Problem”: To gossip or not to gossip… that is the rumor! “Sign Me Up”: Mr. Lodge reveals a sensational secret from his past: he once dated a celebrity! All this, plus pop-culture extras like a Hollywood quiz, celebrity fashions, and more!
SCRIPTS AND ART: Dan Parent
Shipping Date: July 8th, 2009
On Sale at Comic Specialty Shops: July 15th, 2009
On Sale on Newsstands: August 28th, 2009
32-page, full color comic
$2.50 US
