Some people have commented on this…
Moose, of the Archie comics, isn’t quite the same as he once was. He doesn’t say “D-uh” as he used to or act as stereotypically dull - witted as he once did. Has Mr. Mason been the victim of the Politically Correct Police?
I don’t read Archie too much (although I’ll be first in line to buy Archie vs. Predator), but I think they’ve toned Moose down a bit as he’s become more of a sympathetic character and less of a dumb jock stereotype. I think that’s been going on for quite some time now.
A recent storyline in Archie comics involved Archie sacrificing his own life to save his buddy, Kevin Keller, from an assassin who was angry that Kevin, an openly gay, married veteran, had just been elected to Congress.
A parallel title has a spell by Sabrina the Teen-aged Witch going awry, causing a blood-drenched zombie apocalypse led by an undead Jughead to overrun Riverdale. The same comic features (or at least strongly implies) an incestuous relationship between siblings Jason and Cherryl Blossom.
But yeah, the *big *change in the comics is that the dumb guy isn’t written quite as dumb as he used to be.
I think there was a storyline that explained Moose. His school difficulties stem from his being dyslexic.
Yeah, and it seems that backfired–it gave the impression that they were calling dyslexics stupid. 
Political correctness backfiring?!?! Who’d ah’ thunk it! 
And Archie Comics is still in print?!?
They’ve also had stories that dealt with his quick temper and his possessiveness towards Midge.
Archie also began a relationship with Valerie (of Josie and the Pussycats). In addition to showing he has options beyond Betty and Veronica, this is Archie’s first interracial relationship.
Every time I see one at the supermarket I have to wonder who buys them.
With stories like Jughead-led bloody zombie apocalypse, maybe I should be reading it. It ain’t the Archie I grew up with.
Are these stories in the main publication’s continuity (not that Archie comics ever had much in the way of continuity) or are these just publishing stunts?
Neither.
Archie’s death(s) was(were) the final story arc of Life With Archie, a title that featured two potential futures (one where he married Veronica, one where he married Betty), which ran from 2010 to 2014.
Afterlife With Archie is currently about midway through its second year. (I haven’t read it since they left Riverdale (not due to lack of interest, I just kept missing the issues so now I’d have a huge backlog), but I think the zombie apocalypse is pretty much entirely backstory, now…last I heard Sabrina was being married off to Cthulhu.)
Here’s the Darker and Edgier video version: Riverdale.
(Hilarious!)
Who or what is Cthulu?
One of the Ancient Ones.
I followed that link. Cthulu looks as repulsive as the monster in the movie Alien.
Now you’ve hurt his feelings. He was hoping he looked worse.
You will be eaten slowly. Much like the Sarlacc.
Actually, that sketch makes him look like he’s sitting on the toilet. Presumably taking an eldritch and unspeakable dump.
I got that from the library and read it just this weekend! Definitely not the Archie I remember from my youth: Amazon.com
Only since, like, always.
My favorite Cthulhu portrait: http://media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/81/53/09/815309298a17ac11bc974fc7378cea1c.jpg
Cyclopean. I think one might legitimately describe Cthulhu’s stool as cyclopean.