The Scooby Doo remake, with the same characters altered somewhat, is also pretty good. The writing is clever, and the art is nice. Personally, I like the strangeness in seeing the “same” characters made strange and new again. Purists, obviously, will not appreciate the spin.
(I like the way you can’t see Velma’s eyes behind her glasses. That makes her wonderfully alien, “other,” and eerie.)
No, there was an earlier one from 2010 ish that was terrible. It was more realistic but unlike Waid’s wonderful current reboot that remembers that Archie is a humor book first, the earlier reboot was kind of “Riverdale 90210”
I think reimagining is a great idea and it’s perfect for the periodical magazine format, which constantly needs new material but doesn’t have the production and marketing costs of motion pictures and television.
I think it’s a good idea even if any particular attempt fails because in comics it doesn’t disincentivize future attempts.
Cartoonacy:
Wouldn’t their continuous usage on boxes of Fruity Pebbles and Cocoa Pebbles be enough to satisfy this?
I didn’t realize that they were still being made. I don’t browse too much in the cereal aisle.
I liked it a lot more than I expected to. The art, the story, all worked well for me. Lithological puns of stuff from today is welcome. “Shellphones”, etc.