Cheryl Blossom
#21
[Direct Edition]
(April 1999)
Archie,
1997 Series
- Price
- 1.79 USD; 1.99 CAD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly except Jan. and July
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Archie Comic Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
Archie Comics
- Barcode
- 7628164670384 02111
- Editing
- Victor Gorelick (editor)
Issue Notes
This issue has variants:
[no title indexed]
Cheryl Blossom / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Holly Golightly (signed as Holly G)
- Inks
- Henry Scarpelli (signed)
- Colors
- Barry Grossman (sourced)
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Introducing the new Sugar Girl...
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Cheryl Blossom; Sugar Girls
- Keywords
- girl band; girl group; music
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Sugar World Part 1
Cheryl Blossom / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Holly Golightly
- Pencils
- Holly Golightly
- Inks
- Rudy Lapick
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Cheryl Blossom; Clifford Blossom; The Sugar Girls; Marvin
- Synopsis
- Cheryl auditions to be a member of the girl band The Sugar Girls and lies about her age.
- Reprints
-
in Laugh Comics Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #193 (August 2004) - in B&V Friends Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 2011 series) #252 (January 2017)
-
Indexer Notes
The Sugar Girls are a spoof of The Spice Girls. Their redheaded member Ginger Spice also infamously left the band though they never replaced her.
Sugarworld is a spoof of the movie Spice World.
Record on the wall in the background spoofs the song Wannabe as "Wanna."
Cheryl is reading a gossip mag that mentions the Side-street Guys (spoof of Backstreet Boys).
Fan Art
illustration / 1 page
- Characters
- Cheryl Blossom; Archie Andrews
Indexer Notes
Fan art from: Arthur Bryan (St. Thomas, USVI); Cheri Scott (Hartselle, AL); Kelsey Fenton (Prince George, B.C., Canada); Lindsay Kurty (Pittsford, NY); Lynn Coleman (McKees Rocks, PA).
Sugar World Part 2
Cheryl Blossom / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Holly Golightly (credited as Holly G!)
- Pencils
- Holly Golightly (credited as Holly G!)
- Inks
- Rudy Lapick
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Cheryl Blossom; Jason Blossom; Clifford Blossom; The Sugar Girls; Marvin
- Synopsis
- Cheryl appears on a talk show with The Sugar Girls and her father reveals her true age.
- Reprints
- in Laugh Comics Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #193 (August 2004)
- in B&V Friends Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 2011 series) #252 (January 2017)
-
- Keywords
- girl band; girl group; music
Indexer Notes
The Sugar Girls appear on the Rosey Show, a spoof of The Rosie O'Donnell Show.
Festival Fashion
Cheryl Blossom / illustration / 1 page
- Genre
- fashion; teen
- Characters
- Cheryl Blossom
- Synopsis
- Fashion page
- Reprints
- Keywords
- carnival; ferris wheel; rollercoaster
Puppy Love
Cheryl Blossom / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Holly Golightly (credited as Holly G!)
- Pencils
- Holly Golightly (credited as Holly G!)
- Inks
- Rudy Lapick
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Genre
- humor; animal; teen
- Characters
- Cheryl Blossom; Penelope Blossom; unnamed chauffeur; unnamed maid; Sugar (Cheryl's dog)
- Synopsis
- Cheryl is bummed when The Sugar Girls find a replacement for her. Cheryl's mother buys her some designer goods and a puppy to cheer her up.
- Reprints
- in Laugh Comics Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #191 (May 2004)
- in Betty & Veronica (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 1987 series) #261 (April 2018)
-
- Keywords
- bath; dog; puppy
Indexer Notes
Introduction of Cheryl's dog Sugar.
Featuring spoofs of the singer Brandy as "Bandy", The Spice Girls as "The Sugar Girls", Calvin Klein as "Kevin Klein", Christian Lacroix jewelry as "La Qua", Macy's as "Stacy's."
Dog Gone
Cheryl Blossom / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Holly Golightly (credited as Holly G!)
- Pencils
- Holly Golightly (credited as Holly G!)
- Inks
- Rudy Lapick
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Genre
- humor; animal; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Cheryl Blossom; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Pop Tate; Penelope Blossom; Sugar (Cheryl's dog)
- Synopsis
- Cheryl's dog goes missing.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- dog
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["Introducing the new Sugar Girl..."]
Cheryl Blossom -
1.
Sugar World Part 1
Cheryl Blossom -
2.
Fan Art
-
3.
Sugar World Part 2
Cheryl Blossom -
4.
Festival Fashion
Cheryl Blossom -
5.
Puppy Love
Cheryl Blossom -
6.
Dog Gone
Cheryl Blossom
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