Who Is Sylvia?
This won’t end well.
In this snappy five-pager Archie miscalculates Veronica’s capacity for jokes, though, in her defense, if Archie is telling the truth Sylvia is probably the only woman’s name he doesn’t have jotted down in his Little Black Book. Satisfied with Archie’s litany of acquaintances, Veronica wanders off and immediately bumps into a girl named Sylvia who is looking for Archie. Only in Riverdale.
There’s something satisfying about a comic that takes the simplicity of a typical Archie story and breaks it down to a level even more minimalist, with unadorned skies coloured pink and yellow, and Veronica domineering Archie with just one word and the threat of violence. Add to that a predilection for archaic references to world leaders, and you’ve got Archie digest gold.
