tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6956070.post8901620588991792295..comments2023-11-03T11:37:13.579-04:00Comments on Something Old, Nothing New: Straight From the HartleyJaime J. Weinmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15128500411119962998noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6956070.post-72332579206396271232008-04-14T11:50:00.000-04:002008-04-14T11:50:00.000-04:00>Wonder how Hartley felt about >this bible verse:>...>Wonder how Hartley felt about >this bible verse:<BR/>>You should not let a sorceress >live. (Exodus 22:17 NAB)<BR/><BR/>Last time I checked this post was about CHRISTIAN comics.<BR/><BR/>As for the connection between hippies and born-agains, the "Jesus Freak" movement of the 1970s was certainly influenced by the hippies. This resulted in divides between old Christians and younger born agains who liked rock music and Larry Norman. It's all well documented in the culture wars articles in HM Magazine.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6956070.post-77097580396678311772008-04-12T23:58:00.000-04:002008-04-12T23:58:00.000-04:00Hartley was not asked to stop by Archie Comics; he...Hartley was not asked to stop by Archie Comics; he came to them with a proposition to do comics specifically for the Christian market. The Archie folks agreed, not realizing Hartley was actually going to do stories with some substance to them re sex, drugs, etc. (Reggie is depicted as a date rapist in one!) When Hartley died the project died with him and the Archie comics group opted not to pursue the series.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6956070.post-52158315441059732882008-04-11T06:27:00.000-04:002008-04-11T06:27:00.000-04:00That might be true mikado, but he did give Betty s...That might be true mikado, but he did give Betty sexy lips. I remember one of the Spires, where Betty and Archie we about to do some heavy smoochin' but Big Ethel, interrupted them witha crises, that only Betty could solve.Albert Giesbrechthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17742338183833125104noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6956070.post-39092333899623440102008-04-10T19:10:00.000-04:002008-04-10T19:10:00.000-04:00I remember those Hartley comics as akid (Back when...I remember those Hartley comics as akid (Back when I love Archie comics), I also remember seeing a few of the religious ones, having bought them by mistake at a garage sale or something; in the religious comics, the art was much sketchier because he was working alone and spent less time to do the inking. another difference was the way he drew the female characters; they lost several inches of (presumably sinful)cleavage...notice in the last panel, Sabrina appears to be about a 38c, that would never have been acceptable in the spire comics! heheAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6956070.post-36055070439967952622008-04-10T19:04:00.000-04:002008-04-10T19:04:00.000-04:00Wonder how Hartley felt about this bible verse: ...Wonder how Hartley felt about this bible verse:<BR/><I> You should not let a sorceress live.</I> (Exodus 22:17 NAB)Thadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04443425643665474645noreply@blogger.com