my favorite Archie Comics character

[davemerrill]

Yes, it's that pint-sized package of money-hungry dynamite that bridges the gap between Riverdale teenagers and obsessed Harvey Comics characters - Cricket O'Dell!!



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Comments

Ya know - I like that character!

[disgruntledgrrl.livejournal.com]

Think there are anymore story arcs with her or was she a one-arc-wonder?

[dave-iii.livejournal.com]

It's hard to imagine where you could take a character like that. Veronica's spoiled and Reggie's a selfish ass, but Cricket just seems to love money for itself, not as an means to an end. Also, there is nothing else-- no music, no politics, no classes... nuttin'. She'd probably be better suited to a Little Dot comic, given the monomania there.

Agreed!

[disgruntledgrrl.livejournal.com]

She doesn't even seem to want to spend it. Her first act is to give the money right back to Betty.

[davemerrill.livejournal.com]

Yeah, she's kind of like Uncle Scrooge in the stories when he only wants to roll around in it and let it clink him on the head. O'Dell only appeared in six or seven stories, though they did bring her back recently, all updated and stuff.

[dave-iii.livejournal.com]

At least Scrooge had a backstory that could be extensively mined, whether or not they did so. Even Richie Rich has more depth than this. Can't even call her a one joke character, since jokes by definition are supposed to be funny.