Archie Comics First Look: JUGHEAD’S DOUBLE DIGEST #140








JUGHEAD’S DOUBLE DIGEST #140
CONTINUING THE FOLLOW-UP TO LAST YEAR’S MOST TALKED-ABOUT BETTY & VERONICA STORY, “BAD BOY TROUBLE” – FEATURING RIVERDALE’S FAMOUS TEENS IN A REALISTIC STYLE!
“The Match Makers Part 2”: Picking up where last issue left off, Archie, Betty, Reggie and Veronica carry out their plan to play “matchmaker” for Jughead and break him free of his “fifth wheel” status! The boys bring Jughead to the movies and the girls bring Sandy Sanchez in an elaborate scheme to have them “accidentally” run into one another! When Jughead and Sandy catch on to the scheme, they decide to turn the tables and pretend to be in love… or are they?! It’s another intriguing chapter in this 4-part epic! Last year’s “Bad Boy Trouble” set the comics world on its ear as the teens were depicted in a realistic style. Comic book legends Joe Staton and Al Milgrom carry on that look, handling pencils and inks respectively, in what is sure to be one of the more intriguing Archie stories of the year!
SCRIPT: Melanie Morgan. ART: Joe Staton.
PLUS: Other new and classic tales! SCRIPT AND ART: Various talents.
BONUS: Puzzles, games and pin-ups!
Shipping Date: May 7th, 2008
On Sale at Comic Specialty Shops: May 14th, 2008
On Sale on Newsstands: May 27th, 2008
Full color digest format,
$3.69 US.










Archie: You wrote the Archie meets Archie story and are currently writing and illustrating Jughead meets Jughead, how did these stories come about?
Fernando Ruiz: Absolutely. In fact there's a moment in the story where the Jughead of today introduces his idea of fun to the Jughead of the 40's. The Jughead of back then is used to playing with soapbox racers and barrel hoops. He's not going to like the idea of sitting in front of a video game for hours. Plus, paying five to ten bucks for a burger is enough to make anyone run back to 1949 if they could! Archie: Other than 40's Archie and Jughead; who does Jughead run into in the past? Fernando Ruiz: I wish I had the room to have Jughead run into more characters, but with space being what it is, I can only include a couple of characters at a time in order to insure that they can be handled fairly and properly. I'd hate to drop a character into a story and not have the room to really get that character to shine. I've been very eager to include the Reggie of the 1940's but unfortunately, we haven't had the space. Archie: Is there any chance we will see more new stories with the classic 40's look?






