Josie and the Pussycats

Josie and the Pussycats

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“Du Jour means seat belts.”

I’m still waiting for a Du Jour spinoff. Even 20 years after its release, 2001’s adaptation of the Archie Comics series and the Hanna-Barbera cartoon is simply a delight. A satirical take on pop culture and consumerism underneath a tale of a band’s meteoric rise to the top of the pop charts, Josie and the Pussycats was well before its time carving out a cult status in the years since its lukewarm reception in theaters.

Following the plane crash of the delightful boy band Du Jour (Donald Faison, Seth Green, Breckin Meyer, and Alexander Martin), who discover something unexpected when listening to their latest mix tracks, their manipulative promoter (Alan Cumming) seeks another band to hide subliminal messages within their music and so we meet the Pussycats: Josie (Rachael Leigh Cook), Melody (Tara Reid), and Val (Rosario Dawson).

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Josie and the Pussycats #7

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Josie and the Pussycats #7Josie and the Pussycats #7 is a fun single issue story in which Josie, Melody, and Val begin to see the fruits of their recent success and make an important decision about what kind of band they want to be going forward. After their performance the band has to decide whether or not to stick around and possibly claim their award or skip out early and perform at a local charity concert for a good cause (leaving their manager to make an uncomfortable acceptance speech). Was their any doubt what the girls would choose?

Focused more on the threesome than some outside threat, there’s still a bit of shenanigans here when the Pussycats discover their competition literally stuffing the ballot box in order to beat their rivals. This gives the issue a bit of action, but it’s primarily focused on continuing to build on the friendship between the Pussycats as their star begins to rise.

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Josie and the Pussycats #6

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Josie and the Pussycats #6 comic reviewTeased at the end of the previous issue, Josie and the Pussycats #6 involves Josie, Melody, and Val being arrested for plagiarism. Of course the people who take them aren’t actually police. And the place they are taken isn’t exactly a police station. Blaming Josie for his sister’s unhappiness, Alexander abducts the Pussycats and takes the to his Antarctic hideaway to stand trial for crimes against his family.

While Josie and Val take their imprisonment in Cabotopia seriously, Mel is a little too amazed with the scenery, polar bears, and belting out lyrics from a certain Disney animated film to get too wrapped up in the reality that a mad man has taken them to one of the most secluded spots on the planet and means to do them harm.

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Josie and the Pussycats #5

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Josie and the Pussycats #5 comic reviewReturned from their concert in Rome, Josie and the Pussycats are back in the United States on the state fair circuit where Josie is still trying to get over the Alan M. debacle and the band struggles with losing their chance at a record deal when a child prodigy steals their spotlight. An already emotional Josie goes a bit crazy while Val considers leaving the group once again.

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Josie and the Pussycats #2

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Josie and the Pussycats #2The music stardom of Josie and the Pussycats gets off to an inglorious start as Josie, Val, and Mel hit the road for their first concert outside of Riverdale. Excited to be a traveling band for the first time, the girls get a rude awakening when their first show turns out to be a dive bar full of bikers and criminals who attempt to trick the band into agreeing to stay indefinitely almost ending the Pussycats’ journey before it even gets started.

With a little gumption, some questionable science, and a whole lot of driving skill, the Pussycats challenge the locals to a race where the ladies earn their freedom and the right to continue their tour with a more modest conception about life on the road and the struggle to become famous.

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