Archie's Generic Celebrities Month, Day 30: Not Actually Veronica Lodge

Hey, we're at the end of Archie's Generic Celebrities Month! What do you think about that, Reggie Mantle?


Panel from "Teen Paparazzi" in Archie & Friends #116 (April 2008), script by George Gladir, pencils by Fernando Ruiz, inks by Jon D'Agostino, colors by Barry Grossman, letters by Jon D'Agostino
Actually, Reggie, no, because to qualify as a Generic Celebrity in Riverdale, you have to have a soundalike name to the original. For example, what happens to Veronica Lodge when her name is misspelled on her driver's license!:


Panels from "A Fishy License" in Betty and Veronica (1987 Series) #106 (December 1996), script by Hal Smith, pencils and inks by Dan DeCarlo, colors by Barry Grossman, letters by Bill Yoshida
So pretty much the rest of the story is taken up with the wacky hijinks of Betty chauffeuring Veronica around town and then Ronnie takes her driver's license test again and gets a new license and then here we go:


There you go, folks: Archie's Generic Celebrities Month. i hope you has as good a time as we did with Jangelina Olie, Wuce Brillis, and Cenedibt Bumbercatch. And what about you, Cheryl Blossom?

Archie's Generic Celebrities Month, Day 24: Not Actually Archie

Panels from "The Big Mystery!" in Archie and Friends Double Digest #26 (May 2013), script by George Gladir, pencils by Henry Scarpelli, inks by Jon D'Agostino

Archie's Generic Celebrities Month, Day 22: Not Actually Josie and the Pussycats

Panel from the Josie and the Pussycats story "I'm Going to Josieland, Part 2", from Archie & Friends #51 (December 2001), script by Dan Parent, pencils by Stan Goldberg, inks by Bob Smith, coloring by Barry Grossman, letters by Bill Yoshida

Archie's Generic Celebrities Month, Day 21: Not Actually the Powerpuff Girls

Panels from "Puff Piece" in Archie & Friends Double Digest #26 (May 2013), script by George Gladir, pencils by Al Bigley, inks by Bob Smith, colors by Barry Grossman, letters by Bill Yoshida

Archie's Generic Celebrities Month, Day 20: Not Actually Johnny Depp Again, Nor Is It Lindsay Lohan

Hey look, a different Johnny Depp expy than before!


Panel from "Teen Paparazzi" in Archie & Friends #116 (April 2008), script by George Gladir, pencils by Fernando Ruiz, inks and letters by Jon D'Agostino, colors by Barry Grossman
Also shown but not identified...well, let's call him Lemuel J. Sackson, who is being considered for the lead in the new Jughead action flick. "I want more monkey-flicking anchovies on my Monday-to-Friday pizza!"


GEEZ TUCK YOUR SHIRT IN JOHNNIE

Today in Comics History, September 3, 1783: Treaty of Paris is signed; George Washington sets up two dates at the same time

from Archie & Friends #132 (Archie, August 2009), script by Arie Kaplan, pencils by Pat Kennedy, inks by Mark McKenna, colors by Glenn Whitemore, letters by Jack Morelli