Editing Archie Comics (section)

=====2000s=====
On April 4, 2003, [[Dad's Garage Theatre Company]] in [[Atlanta]] was scheduled to debut a new play by [[Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa]], ''Archie's Weird Fantasy,'' which depicted Riverdale's most famous resident coming out of the closet and moving to New York. The day before the play was scheduled to open, Archie Comics issued a cease and desist order, threatening litigation if the play proceeded as written. Dad's Garage artistic director Sean Daniels said, "The play was to depict Archie and his pals from Riverdale growing up, coming out and facing censorship. Archie Comics thought if Archie was portrayed as being gay, that would dilute and tarnish his image."<ref>{{cite web |last=Hicks |first=Cinque |url=http://atlanta.creativeloafing.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A11826 |title=Fallen Archies {{pipe}} Off Script {{pipe}} Creative Loafing Atlanta |publisher=Atlanta.creativeloafing.com |date=April 9, 2003 |access-date=August 16, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100426154148/http://atlanta.creativeloafing.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A11826 |archive-date=April 26, 2010}}</ref> It opened a few days later as "Weird Comic Book Fantasy" with the character names changed.<ref name="wcbf">{{cite web|url=https://creativeloafing.com/content-180708-theater-review---arch-humor|last=Holman|first=Curt|title=Arch humor: Fantasy sends comic characters into real world|date=April 16, 2003|access-date=October 28, 2012|publisher=[[Creative Loafing]]}}</ref> In 2014, Aguirre-Sacasa would become Archie's Chief Creative Officer.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.fastcompany.com/3028694/most-creative-people/how-archie-comics-new-chief-creative-officer-is-reimagining-riverdale|title=How Archie Comics' New Chief Creative Officer Is Reimagining Riverdale|date=April 8, 2014 |website=Fast Company|access-date=June 16, 2016}}</ref>

[[Bill Yoshida]] learned comic book lettering from [[Ben Oda]] and was hired in 1965 by Archie Comics, where he averaged 75 pages a week for 40 years for an approximate total of 156,000 pages.<ref name=weiland>{{cite web | last = Weiland | first = Jonah | title=Long Time Archive Comics Letterer Bill Yoshida Dies|url= https://www.cbr.com/long-time-archive-comics-letterer-bill-yoshida-dies/| date=April 3, 2005|access-date=June 9, 2020}}</ref>

Archie Comics sued music duo [[The Veronicas]] for trademark infringement in 2005 over the band's name, which Archie Comics alleges was taken from the comic book character. Archie Comics and Sire Records (The Veronicas's record label) reached a settlement involving co-promotion.<ref>{{cite news |title=Archie Comics sues The Veronicas |url=http://www.comicsbulletin.com/news/112421331634326.htm |access-date=February 15, 2019 |work=[[Comics Bulletin]] |date=August 16, 2005 |archive-date=March 3, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303234558/http://www.comicsbulletin.com/news/112421331634326.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In 2007, Archie Comics launched a "new look" series of stories, featuring Archie characters drawn in an updated, less cartoony style similar to the characters' first appearance. There are a total of seven storylines and each one was published as a four-part storyline in a digest series. Also each "new look" story was based on a Riverdale High novel, a series of twelve novels; seven that are published, five that are not. They were published in the 1990s.

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! Title
! Featured character(s)
! Comic Release
! Publication Date
! Riverdale High Novel Counterpart
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|"[[Bad Boy Trouble]]"||[[Veronica Lodge|Veronica]], [[Betty Cooper|Betty]]||''[[Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica|Betty & Veronica Double Digest]]'' #151–154||July–October 2007||"The New Kid. Grrrrr."
|-
|"[[Jughead's Double Digest#"New look series"|The Matchmakers]]"||[[Jughead Jones|Jughead]]||''[[Jughead's Double Digest]]'' #139–142||April–August 2008||"First Kiss by Jughead Jones"
|-
|"Break-up Blues"||[[Moose Mason|Moose]], [[Midge Klump|Midge]]||''[[Archie's Pals 'n' Gals|Archie's Pals 'n' Gals Double Digest]]'' #125–128||October 2008 – February 2009||"Big children. BIG challenges. Divorced."
|-
|"My Father's Betrayal"||[[Hiram Lodge]], [[Veronica Lodge|Veronica]]||''Betty & Veronica Double Digest'' #170–173||May–August 2009||"No Archies Allowed"
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|"Goodbye Forever"||[[Archie Andrews (comics)|Archie]]||''Archie's Double Digest'' #200–203||July–November 2009||"Will Archie Comics Have Its Defunct Date?"
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|"A Funny Kind of Love"||[[Reggie Mantle|Reggie]]||''Archie's Pals n' Gals Double Digest'' #135–138||September 2009 – February 2010||"Reggie Mantle, Prankster"
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|"No Baseball for Betty"||[[Betty Cooper|Betty]]||''Betty & Veronica Double Digest'' #180–183||May–August 2010||"Hit a Home Run"
|}

In 2008, Archie Publications once again licensed DC Comics its MLJ Super heroes for a DC Universe integrated line, [[Red Circle Comics|Red Circle]].<ref name=cbc/>