While the law does protect parody that involves well-known fictional characters, the play also dealt with historical subject matter, including the comic book obscenity trials of the 1950s. The complaint stated that portraying Archie as gay would tarnish the character’s image, hindering his ability to sell future comics.
The play followed Archie as he came out as gay and then moved to New York City in order to begin his career, where he gets a job working in comics.īut the day before the play was set to premiere, the theater received notice from Archie Comics ordering Dad’s Garage to cease and desist with their performance of Archie’s Weird Fantasy on the grounds that it violated copyright protection on seven different counts. In April 2003, a play penned by Aguirre-Sacasa called Archie’s Weird Fantasy was set to debut at Dad’s Garage in Atlanta, Georgia.
But while uniting horror and pulp with Sabrina and Riverdale might seem like a surprise, the wholesome and the horrific have always been closer than they might appear when it comes to the history of Archie Comics, a legacy that can be traced to one of comic’s most infamous moments. Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa is the Chief Creative Officer of Archie Comics, the writer behind comics like Chilling Adventures of Sabrina and Afterlife with Archie, and the showrunner for the CW’s Riverdale and Netflix’s Sabrina.
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