“Archie Meets Glee” is a four issue series where the worlds of Glee and Archie combine. (Photo: Gleeksource)
Archie is going Gleek.
Wait, what?
Yes, you read that right.
The Archie Comics are coming out with four-part issue crossover with Glee, called “Archie Meets Glee.” And, yes, Archie Comics are apparently still around.
I didn’t know Archie was still a thing. Sure, I still see the comics at the checkout lines. Honestly, I thought it was just the same issue, staying put year after year because nobody would buy it. Estimates date to around the early 2000’s when the Archie fad died, maybe even earlier. I mean come on, Hot Topic doesn’t even have any nostalgic Archie merch!
And Glee. Oh, Glee. As if the random song choices and themes weren’t enough. You are now trying on an alternate universe crossover. With a dead fad! For shame. You’re supposed to be relevant with all of your snarky pop culture references.
Well, you can place your blame on Glee writer Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa and Archie Comics co-CEO Jon Goldwater for striking up a friendship at the New York Comic Con in 2011. Along with artist Dan Parent, they came up with the abominations of issues No. 641 to 644.
Glee show creator Ryan Murphy says the crossover will show the similarities and differences of the William McKinley and Riverdale high schools. Readers can look forward to such storylines like Kurt Hummel and Veronica Lodge being besties, Mercedes Jones being recruited by Josie and the Pussycats, and Sue Sylvester squaring off against Jughead. Oh, and don’t forget about the super plausible loves of Veronica Lodge/Finn Hudson, Betty Cooper/Noah Puckerman, and Kevin Keller (first openly gay character in Archie Comics history)/Blaine Anderson.
But, most importantly, how will these two worlds collide? Wormholes and time warps. Yep. Totally makes sense. Why? Because Aguirre-Sacasa thinks it’s “comic bookish.”
It’s like a horrible fan fiction from my middle school days.