Chuck Clayton (played by Jordan Calloway) If this Betty is the girl next door, then I wouldn’t recommend ringing the doorbell unless her folks aren’t home.Ģ. Hal is, unsurprisingly, pretty much beaten into submission. In Riverdale, Alice is an amoral monster, stirring up drama in the community, foisting study drugs on her daughter, and being an overall jerk to everyone around her. There was basically nothing distinguishing about the Cooper parents in the classic Archie strips, but what we did see was a pair of adults who were exceedingly nice and benign. Alice and Hal Cooper (played by Lochlyn Munro and Mädchen Amick) Nothing else need be said - this woman is #NotMyEthel.ģ. In Riverdale, Ethel isn’t interested in Jughead.
There is only one thing that defines Ethel “Big Ethel” Muggs: She wants to date Jughead. Whatever your workout and hair regimens are, Luke, just keep it up.ĥ.
Also, Luke Perry doesn’t even come close to resembling the corpulent and mustachioed dope of the comics. In Riverdale, he’s way more central than before, and far more fleshed-out. (She won’t be gone too long, as Ringwald has already been confirmed to play her in an eventual appearance.) Fred was a much bigger figure on the page than Mary was, forever wrinkling his bald pate thanks to Archie’s shenanigans. In Riverdale, she long ago left her husband and son behind. Fred and Mary Andrews (played by Luke Perry and Molly Ringwald)Īrchie’s mom was never that big of a deal in the comics, but she was at least present. This televised Moose is also a distinctly shittier person, enthusiastically bro-ing out with a sexual predator in the third episode. In Riverdale, Midge is nowhere to be found, which is sort of like portraying Wolverine without his claws or Minnie Mouse without her fetching bow. The comics version is an eminently good-hearted beast, unable to carry out complex thoughts, but generally kind to anyone who doesn’t mess with his beloved girlfriend, Midge. Moose is a muscular dum-dum on the page and on the screen, but that’s where the similarities end. While this Josie is black, which is a change from the comics, the presence of people of color in the Pussycats is not new: Secondary vocalist Melody was the first black recurring character in an American cartoon. The comics version of Josie was basically the nicest person ever, which, to be fair, is a much blander creative choice than the one undertaken by Riverdale. Josie McCoy (played by Ashleigh Murray)Īs of the end of episode four, we haven’t learned a ton about Josie, front woman of the Pussycats, but we get the sense that she … kinda sucks? She’s incredibly condescending toward everyone, especially those who would dare to claim their musical talent even approaches hers. That said, his Riverdale pastime is oddly compatible with his comics depictions, making you wonder what the dweeb was up to when everyone just figured he was in his room doing math problems.Ĩ. Alas, to reveal it would constitute a grievous spoiler, but suffice it to say it’s been understandably absent from his printed adventures. But in Riverdale, he has an … interesting hobby. Dilton Doiley (played by Kyle Stehura)ĭilton is the class nerd in both the original comics and Riverdale, eternally bespectacled and never quite socially comfortable. Either way, sibling-on-sibling action has typically been confined to an Archie reader’s own twisted imagination … until now.ġ4. But even that isn’t totally new - showrunner Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa heavily implied as much in his Archie-meets-zombie horror-comics series, Afterlife With Archie. All of that remains true in Riverdale, though there’s the addition of some possible incest with her brother, Jason, whose murder kicks off the show’s narrative. The main traits distinguishing her from Riverdale’s other vain, rich jerk, Veronica, are (1) she’s even vainer and jerkier, and (2) she’s more overtly sexual toward Archie. Cheryl Blossom (played by Madelaine Petsch)Ĭheryl was another relatively recent addition to Archie Comics, having only emerged in 1982 (hey, I said relatively), and she’s remained pretty consistent through the years: She’s a vain, rich jerk with candy-apple-red hair.
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