Artist Dan Parent and writer-inker Ty Templeton are working together on the just-announced Your Pal Archie, which is an âall-agesâ book that will modernize the looks of the characters by taking inspiration from Riverdale. If they want to keep the book all-ages, the fashion will have to be all they take from the show.
Your Pal Archie will hit shelves on July 26, with an art style thatâs a sort of mash-up between the classic Archie look and the CW look. âThe influence from the show is more of a fashion makeover for me,â Parent said in a press release. âIâve changed the hairstyles a bit, and the clothes. And the faces are a little more detailed, but the line work is still the simple classic lines Iâve always used.â
You can sort of see the influence from the show in the few bits of art weâve gotten. Itâs especially evident in Bettyâs hairstyle, which is the same high-up, controlled-curl pony tail that TV Betty wears constantly.
Sadly, we have no confirmation yet if Your Pal Archie will spend nearly as much time with shirtless, ripped Archie as the TV show does. I honestly donât know if I want that or not. Probably not. I think.
