National Lampoon Magazine #31
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeIn "The Ventures of Zimmerman," the National Lampoon takes a darkly satirical dive into the grim fates of the Archie gang years after high school, painting a surreal, melancholic portrait of their lives gone awry. Written by Dean Latimer and Ray Schultz, with art by Ray Schultz, the story reimagines Jughead as an alcoholic, Archie as a fallen soldier, and the rest of the group entangled in tragedy and disillusionment. The cover by Gilbert Stone captures the story’s biting, offbeat tone with its stark, stylized imagery.
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What really happened to the Archie gang after high school. Jughead became an alcoholic and doper; Archie flunked out of college, was drafted and sent to Vietnam, where he was shot in the head and eventually died. Veronica had a series of abortions before getting married to a Greek shipping magnate. Betty got married to an abusive hood and is living a promiscuous life in a trailer park in Ohio. Reggie is a big-time executive at CBS after getting to the top by devious methods. Moose went to Vietnam, got his arm blown off, married Midge, and then recorded a patriotic record.
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