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Jughead Vol. 2 by Chip Zdarsky, Ryan North

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banana83854's review

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4.0

Really fun. Jughead is the best.

karynb's review

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4.0

Much better than Volume 1! Jughead and Sabrina forever!

anigirl524's review

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funny lighthearted medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

While I really disliked volume one of this series, I had faith that Zdarsky could win me back, and, lo he did. The first third of this collection is Zdarsky exploring Archie and Jughead's friendship during a camping trip rife with Riverdale cameos (cameos of other Riverdale residents, not any of the actors from that CW show where they all make out with teachers, murder each other, and simultaneously look like hot thirty-somethings and exhausted teenagers). It's much more in keeping with the style of [a:Mark Waid|5363|Mark Waid|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1281876586p2/5363.jpg]'s Archie run, while also having some great Zdarsky humor. If the hole volume was this Zdarsky arc, it would have been a four star book.

But it's not all Zdarsky.

[a:Ryan North|45763|Ryan North|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1281073709p2/45763.jpg], who writes [b:The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl, Volume 1: Squirrel Power|23732096|The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl, Volume 1 Squirrel Power|Ryan North|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1440092318s/23732096.jpg|43344260] takes over for the rest of the book, and the story goes from funny to hilarious. The actual story: Jughead agrees to date the new Pop's Burger Mascot who turns out to be (not a spoiler! alert) Sabrina The Teenage Witch (How can it be a spoiler, she's on the cover of the book with her talking magic cat?). The story itself is good, but, much like Unbeatable Squirrel Girl, Ryan North provides constant commentary in the margins of the page, and they made me laugh more than I ever imagined laughing at an Archie comic (so, you know, three or four times).

I recommend this for people who enjoy Waid's run on Archie, people who thought Melissa Joan Hart was totally miscast as Sabrina, pervs into talking hamburger ladies, fans of Reggie who wonder what the rest of his family is like, circus bear apologists, and people who like Etrigan's spells but wish he was a hot nineteen year old girl.

sonaderon's review

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5.0

Hello single best wedding fantasy in a comic ever.

snazel's review

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4.0

So I couldn't help but notice that IMMEDIATELY Chip Zdarsky left the run, the next plot was a "will-he-or-won't-he" arc about Jughead maybe falling in love. We had all of seven issues without romantic subtext before the hilarious hijinks of Jughead on a date. Thankfully it didn't end up with actually erasing the character's explicit (as of the zdarsky run) sexuality, but first we just had to attempt to trap Kevin in a date with a girl, have a love spell rebound off of jughead, and have Sabrina the teenage witch nearly destroy the downtown in an attempt to have someone love her. Yay.

All points because of the excellent lost in the woods plot with Weatherbee, however. That was amazing.