Just as Archie Comics’ grim and gritty reboot comicverse and Riverdale TV show have taken a more mature approach to storytelling, so too has Archie’s twitter account apparently grown snarky and cynical… and we love it!
Earlier today, Archie Comics made a joke about a fidget spinner episode of Riverdale:
riverdale season 2 jughead fidget spinner episode send tweet
— Archie Comics (@ArchieComics) July 7, 2017
And immediately noted:
or is it?
— Archie Comics (@ArchieComics) July 7, 2017
Prompting one follower to wonder:
Why are you like this?
— ㅤjoey,, jack pinned (@hugsdjh) July 7, 2017
And Archie Comics to snap back:
brain is poisoned from being online too much https://t.co/D517FtDm1R
— Archie Comics (@ArchieComics) July 7, 2017
But the snark didn’t stop there. After one follower suggested that Archie Comics (the twitter account) have a role on Riverdale….
@ArchieComics is the person running this account going to be in season 2
— mary (@thebvndsvisit) July 7, 2017
…And Archie Comics humbly replied…
don't think they need a funny tweet guy on the show https://t.co/AzijMJruts
— Archie Comics (@ArchieComics) July 7, 2017
…One follower tried an insult:
You would be even more cringy than you already are
— Saturn (@Rudniss) July 7, 2017
Archie Comics, however, wasn’t going to take that:
weird how twitter forces to you follow an account whose tweets you don't like. haven't seen that feature before. 🤔 https://t.co/Mjl0cnTD7Y
— Archie Comics (@ArchieComics) July 7, 2017
One follower asked:
https://twitter.com/camivixen/status/883353444836417542
To which Archie Comics replied:
just having fun online with all our great followers https://t.co/W8vYcHFe0H
— Archie Comics (@ArchieComics) July 7, 2017
Archie Comics, it seems, is willing to take on all challengers in the game of snark:
I like how you felt the need not to capitalize anything to make it edgier
— Amelia//22 (@Fandomsxxxxx) July 7, 2017
putting tweets in lowercase makes it more relatable. proven tweet method. https://t.co/xEQzsgGTP0
— Archie Comics (@ArchieComics) July 7, 2017
And when one follower had trouble believing this was actually the official Archie Comics account…
Do u know them personally?or is this just a fan page?then why verified?
— sprousehart (@bughead_fever) July 7, 2017
Archie Comics was happy to confirm:
this is the official archie comics account and that means we have the blue checkmark, which gives us special powers. https://t.co/aGTy5yZSX4
— Archie Comics (@ArchieComics) July 7, 2017
The lesson: don’t mess with Archie Comics on Twitter.
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Scourge of Rich Johnston, maker of puns, and seeker of the Snyder Cut, Jude Terror, sadly, is not the hero comics needs right now... but he's the one the industry deserves.