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Straits Times
2 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Straits Times
Singapore's Chiral Comics partners Archie Comics for exclusive SG60 book cover
Find out what's new on ST website and app. The SG60 exclusive variant cover will be limited to 300 copies worldwide. SINGAPORE – Home-grown outfit Chiral Comics has teamed up with American comic book publisher Archie Comics to launch a Singapore-themed variant cover for the first issue of Betty & Veronica: Summer Fun In The Sun. The exclusive book cover – where main character Archie dons an 'I Love SG' shirt while his best friend Jughead munches on durian – features the characters from the popular franchise (1942 to present) exploring the country's iconic Gardens by the Bay. It is limited to 300 copies worldwide. Priced at $25.55 each, pre-orders started on July 19 at . Select Singapore comics retailers like Kalibak Komiks and 1to3 Comics will also carry it. This SG60 book cover collaboration involves local comic artist Kang Jing, who was the penciler and inker, and Italy-based freelance comic colourist Daniele Caramanico, who did the colouring. Kang established Chiral Comics, a Singapore-based art studio which specialises in comic book publishing and visual storytelling, in 2021, and reportedly started working on the Archies project in April 2025. The 31-year-old, who has been sketching anime characters since he was six, began his comics career in 2019. His debut series The World My Arena (2021 to 2022) has since been adapted into an animated video, and other notable works include bilingual webcomic series Save Me From Chloe (2021) and Zhao (2023), an original wuxia comic series. Kang has also worked on seven Star Wars-themed projects with Topps, an American trading card manufacturer. And in 2024, he illustrated a Singapore-themed variant cover featuring the Singapore skyline for the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers #122 comic. All 525 copies released at comic convention Singapore Comic Con 2024 were sold out.
Time of India
a day ago
- Sport
- Time of India
For Tests to really grow, we need to have two tiers: Michael Vaughan
Michael Vaughan (Getty Images) Former England captain Michael Vaughan says ICC should create separate windows, spread across the season, to keep the longer format relevant LONDON: Michael Vaughan doesn't like to speak about his son Archie, who is playing for the England U-19s against India U-19 here in England. But he is at peace with the younger generation's approach to Test cricket. Vaughan spoke to TOI on modern-day Test batting and how the format can stay relevant. Excerpts... Go Beyond The Boundary with our YouTube channel. SUBSCRIBE NOW! Has the batting textbook for Tests changed? Yes, for the better. This is an incredible era for the game. Test cricket is more of a spectacle than it has ever been. I'd love for it to be two tiers, as long as the wealth of the game is spread more evenly across the board. I want more consequence riding on every Test match and every series, rather than just talking about the big Ashes series, the big series against India or India-Australia. Sachin Tendulkar's first international hundred: The Farokh Engineer connection, bbq and a swing! This generation has been bred on white-ball franchise cricket. How do you see that impacting Test cricket? We've been talking about saving Test cricket for 30-40 years now. Test cricket's always going to be around. It's just about how to make Test cricket more of a spectacle. The World Test Championship final was magnificent. How can we get to more of those kind of occasions on a regular basis? How can we give the broadcaster more of a narrative around the Test game? It's just a little bit sporadic for me. It's too spread out. You're never quite sure who's playing when. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Is it legal? How to get Internet without paying a subscription? Techno Mag Learn More Undo I'd love small windows around the year when everyone just plays Test cricket at around the same time. The best players still have the best techniques at Test level. Shubman Gill , Joe Root, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Harry Brook, Rishabh Pant and Jamie Smith are flamboyant at times, but fundamentally they know how to defend. We should talk them up. I hope the next generation are being taught that, 'yes, you've got to play the shots, but you've got to be able to defend the ball'. Gill, in the first two games here, has given a masterclass on how to play Test cricket. Throughout Pant's Test career so far, he's been able to stay in because he's got good defence. I hope the next generation of coaches aren't just all about attack. Tracing Moeen Ali's steps in Birmingham Can ' Bazball ' be misinterpreted at the age-group level? 'Bazball' has been great for the game. When England are playing well, they play with a bit of sense as well. The chase in Leeds was very sensible. But what they're doing is, they're playing on good pitches so they can play this expansive game. When they first started, they were dancing down and trying to launch it to all parts. Now they're just playing good cricket shots. They've been exposed a bit by India. But that is the way to play. Australia in the 1990s and West Indies in the 1980s played expansively. The best teams in any sport play aggressively and try and get on their front foot to dominate. That's what England are trying to do. They need to lift a prominent trophy or two. Fingers will be pointed if the India series and Ashes don't go well this year. When you speak to young kids, do you think they understand the significance of an Ashes series or even Test cricket? People forget that these days these kids are seeing more cricket. In our time it was just on TV. You didn't have a tablet, you didn't have a phone to be able to watch all the clips and all the highlights and all the favourite shows. I don't even think kids know what newspapers are, they know what digital content is. The distribution of the wealth of the game is very important. The pitches in the two Test matches in Barbados and Grenada weren't good enough. It's because they don't have the funds to be able to have the ground staff that we have here in the UK or you have in India or Australia. For the game to really grow, we need to have these two tiers. In sport you need consequence and you need to know that if you fail regularly, you're going to be in tier two. Exclusive | First look of the Old Trafford pitch What if players of certain countries don't care about the format? I think they will care if we create the Test product into short winners in short windows. I'm a big advocate for us playing more Test cricket here in the UK. Why can't we host series here? We have a Test-loving nation, we have fantastic grounds and if facilities aren't going to be as good overseas, why can't we provide more Test cricket here in the UK for other countries? How do you regularize WTC then? I would make it very simple. We should have Test cricket here for a short period in the English summer, or the Caribbean at this time. And then there should be a subcontinent leg of the Test tour and there should be a southern hemisphere leg of the Test tour. Catch Rani Rampal's inspiring story on Game On, Episode 4. Watch Here!
Yahoo
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Prince Harry 'to make bombshell decision' on Archie and Lilibet
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are bringing their children up in sunny California but an expert has predicted that the Duke of Sussex could be keen for Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet to experience the type of education that he is familiar with. According to former royal butler Grant Harrold, Harry, 40, is "quite keen" for his children to get a taste of British schooling, reports In an interview with Study Dog, Mr Harrold provided fans with an insight into how Harry and Meghan could soon integrate the UK into Archie and Lilibet's lives. READ MORE: Moment Jason Momoa surprises metal fans by moshing in the pit at Black Sabbath gig Get breaking news on BirminghamLive WhatsApp, click the link to join He stated: "It's very likely and completely possible," Grant explained, when asked if Archie and Lilibet could come to the UK for university or school. "If they have their younger education in America, I'm sure their father will be quite keen to have a bit of a British education," he continued. Mr Harrold added: "But then it depends on how the relationship is with the rest of the family when the time comes." Despite this, Meghan has been open about her own worries around intense media scrutiny that might come with enrolling their children in UK schools. In her previous bombshell interview with The Cut, she said: "If Archie were in school in the UK, I'd never be able to do school pickup and drop-off without it being a royal photo call with a press pen of 40 people snapping pictures." She then added, "Sorry. I have a problem with that. "That doesn't make me obsessed with privacy. "That makes me a strong and good parent protecting my child." Harry, who moved to the US in 2020, has previously expressed how much he enjoys raising Archie and Lilibet in America - also citing a reason for his feelings. Speaking at a summit in New York City in December, Harry said: "I very much enjoy living here and bringing my kids up here. "It's a part of my life that I never thought I was going to live." Discussing his reason for enjoying bringing his children up in America, he said: "I feel as though it's the life that my mum wanted for me. "To be able to do the things I'm able to do with my kids that I undoubtedly wouldn't be able to do in the UK - it's huge. "That is a fantastic opportunity and I'm hugely grateful for that."
Sky News AU
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- Sky News AU
‘It's very likely and it's completely possible': Prince Harry ‘quite keen' for Archie and Lilibet to have a British education
Prince Harry is reportedly "keen" for Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet to return to the United Kingdom to complete at least part of their education. Archie, 6, and Lilibet, 4, live with their parents in a sprawling mansion in California's ritzy Montecito enclave and have not visited the UK since 2022. It is understood Archie has met his grandfather a few times and Lilibet has only met the King on one occasion due to Meghan and Harry's estrangement from the monarchy. Despite the Sussex children's lack of connection to their father's native country, former royal butler Grant Harrold believes Harry is eager for his children to have at least a partial British education. 'It's very likely and it's completely possible because if they have their younger education in America, I'm sure their father will be quite keen to have a bit of a British education,' Mr Harrold told on behalf of Study Dog. 'But then it depends on how the relationship is with the rest of the family when the time comes.' Britain's elite private schools are considered the most prestigious in the world, with members of the royal family traditionally attending Gordonstoun in Scotland. However, both Harry and William attended Eton instead – the same school attended by Princess Diana's father and brother. Speculation that Archie and Lilibet could complete at least part of their studies in the UK comes amid reports of a possible peace summit between Harry and his father. Over the weekend, Harry's new chief communications officer, Meredith Maines, and UK-based PR rep Liam Maguire were photographed meeting with the King's top aide, Communications Secretary Tobyn Andreae, near Clarence House. The meeting, first revealed by The Mail on Sunday, reportedly had "no formal agenda" but there were "things both sides wanted to talk about". Meanwhile, Meghan has reportedly refused to return to the United Kingdom until she receives an apology from the royal family for perceived 'mistreatment' during her brief two years inside the firm.
Miami Herald
6 days ago
- Entertainment
- Miami Herald
Ron Dante, voice of the Archies, now sings with the Turtles: ‘Honor the songs'
SAN DIEGO - Few singers have been as widely heard but remain as little known as Ron Dante, who is now on the "Happy Together Tour" as the lead singer in the Turtles. Fewer still scored their biggest successes - completely uncredited - in the 1960s as the fictional lead singer in the highest-rated Saturday morning cartoon TV series in history, then became the voice of Coca-Cola, Campbell's Soup, Dr Pepper, McDonald's and Budweiser in ubiquitous national TV jingles. That series, "The Archie Show," debuted in 1968 as an adaptation of the popular comic book, "Archie." Both iterations featured the titular teenage character and his pals Jughead, Betty, Veronica and Reggie, who were also the members of the animated band the Archies. The nonexistent group's frothy 1969 song, "Sugar, Sugar," was the biggest-selling single of the year in the U.S., topping the Rolling Stones' "Honky Tonk Women," Creedence Clearwater Revival's "Proud Mary," the Beatles' "Get Back" and a slew of other classics. The song was later recorded by Wilson Pickett, Ike & Tina Turner and Bob Marley, among others. Dante was the lead singer on nearly all the singles and albums released under the Archies' moniker, including "Sugar, Sugar." It also rose to No. 1 in Mexico, Norway, South Africa, Brazil and 10 other countries. "Sugar, "Sugar" did so, even though the Archies only existed in cartoon form and never performed a single concert or even a single song live. "It's very interesting when your song goes No. 1 and they play it on TV on 'The Ed Sullivan Show,' and all they play is the cartoon!" said Dante, who will celebrate his 80th birthday on Aug. 22. He is performing with the current iteration of the Turtles, who headline the annual Happy Together Tour's 2025 edition. The lineup also includes Little Anthony and the current iterations of Jay and the Americans, the Vogues, Gary Puckett & The Union Gap and the Cowsills. "I was a journeyman singer and went where the work was," he explained. "I was fine with the anonymity. When I took on the job with the Archies, it was right up front that I would not be credited or promoted as having anything to do with them. But all in all, it's been great for my life." Was it easy or difficult for Dante to create a musical personality for cartoon characters? "I was well-versed with the Archies because I'd read all the 'Archie' comics and I knew what they were going for with the TV series," he replied, speaking from his Los Angeles home. "The show had two new songs each week and was produced by Don Kirshner, who had achieved great success with 'The Monkees.' He had a great team with (songwriter) Jeff Barry, and I knew what voice to bring to 'Sugar, Sugar,' 'Bang-Shang-A-Lang' and the other Archies' songs." Dante laughed. "I knew we were not Led Zeppelin!" he said. 'We were going for a younger market, a 9- to-13-year-old bubblegum market, of kids who were just discovering pop music. So, I put myself in that mindset and I knew I had to be respectful and sound clean cut." In 1969, the year the Archies peaked, Dante also did all the vocals - again uncredited - on "Tracy," a No. 9 hit that was credited to another nonexistent group, the Cuff Links. To cash in on the song's success and a subsequent album for which Dante recorded all his parts in barely two days, a band called the Cuff Links was hastily assembled and sent out on tour without him. Dante was all of 23 when the Archies hit it big. But he was already a music-biz veteran who had written songs recorded by Jay and the Americans ("Raining In My Sunshine") and Gary Lewis & the Playboys ("Ice Melts in the Sun"). He went on to co-produce all of Barry Manilow's albums between 1973 and 1980, as well as albums by Ray Charles, Cher and others. He also contributed backing vocals to albums by Steely Dan and the hard-rocking power trio Mountain. 'Caravan of Stars' Dante was just 18 when he co-founded a short-lived trio, the Detergents, which made one album. The group's lone hit, "Leader of the Laundromat" - a parody of the Shangri Las' 1964 chart-topper, "Leader of the Pack" - rose no higher than No. 19 on the national Billboard charts. But before they washed out, the Detergents did a national Dick Clark "Caravan of Stars" concert tour. It also featured Little Richard, the Animals and Little Anthony and the Imperials, whose lead singer, Anthony Goudine, is part of this year's Happy Together Tour and, at 84, the oldest artist in the lineup. "Anthony is four years older than me and he still sounds like his 20-year-old self," Dante said. "We played cards together on the 'Caravan' tour bus in 1965. Now, we've come full circle and we're on the bus together again." The Happy Together Tour debuted in 1984 and was named after the Turtles' chart-topping 1967 hit, "Happy Together." The tour ran through 1987 with a rotating cast of artists and the Turtles as the headliners. It resumed in 2010, again with the Turtles topping the bill each year. After he toured as an opening act on the 2017 Happy Together tour, Dante returned the next year to replace the ailing Howard Kaylan as the lead singer in the Turtles. He has retained that role on each subsequent tour, singing alongside Turtles' co-founder Mark Volman, who continued touring after being diagnosed in 2020 with Lewy body dementia. The same disease afflicted comedian Robin Williams before he died by suicide. A number of bands that rose to fame in the 1960s continue to tour. But few of them still have any original members left in their current iterations. "People don't really know who is in the Association or the Grass Roots. They know the songs," said Dante, who performs several Archies' hits during the Turtles' Happy Together Tour sets. "When Mark called me in 2018 and asked me to be the lead singer in the Turtles, he said: 'You have to be true to the music. You're not Howard; we're not going to dress you up in costumes and have you do comedy. So, honor the songs and do them the way we recorded them.'" Copyright (C) 2025, Tribune Content Agency, LLC. Portions copyrighted by the respective providers.
