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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 17, 2009

ARCHIE COMICS FIRST LOOKS: GEORGE GLADIR

Writer George Gladir talks about Jughead & Friends Digest #33, due in stores on July 9.

Question: "The Screen Test" features Hot Dog. Is it harder to write stories about pets or High School students?

Gladir: No, not if the character of the pet is well defined as in the case with Jughead's Hot Dog. However, over a long time period, it becomes slightly more difficult to do stories about a specific pet.

Question: What is required for a funny Jughead story?

Gladir: Due to Jughead's tremendous popularity there is a humongous number of his stories in existence. Therefore, to be funny, the reader must often be presented with a surprise of unexpected turn of events, and/or a very topical situation.

Question: You do a lot of research for your stories. What type of things do you look to for inspiration?

Gladir: I usually look for a current fad, or an unusual situation that presents the main character with a new problem with which he has to cope. Then, too, the past work of gifted artists like Dan DeCarlo, Stan Goldberg and others can sometimes inspire an entirely new and different story. In particular, I admired the way Al Hartley and Samm Schwartz depicted the antics of Hot Dog.

Question: This month you are working with Jeff Shultz, Pat Kennedy and Bob Bolling on various Archie Comics. Do you alter your story telling to accommodate different artists?

Gladir: No, because I almost never know which artist is going to draw the story. As a former cartoonist, I always write my stories in a loose storyboard fashion that depicts very roughly how I would have drawn it.

Question: Over the years, not only the fashions that change, humor changes too. How do you make sure Jughead is funny for today's audience?

Gladir: By presenting Jughead with new and contemporary problems that he has to face. Given how rapidly the world is changing tech-wise, this is seldom a problem.





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