Images from Archie #4 (2015-), published by Archie Comics, written by Mark Waid with artwork by Annie Wu, coloring by Andre Szymanowicz with Jen Vaughn alongside lettering provided by Jack Morelli. I was re-reading it recently. Totally recommended stuff!
The final line and picture really stuck with me. Because Betty tried something different (admittedly she was kind of bullied/forced into doing so), a.k.a. wearing clothing she normally doesn’t with lipstick, Archie telling her that this isn't her wasn't anywhere close to fair. I get that he's a high schooler and they've been friends forever. Not to mention, this is what severs their overall relationship too and was alluded to in #1-#3.
However, no one else gets to define who you are: she's still Betty Cooper and she that merely tried something different which culminated in the #lipstickincident. Archie Andrews, her boyfriend, should of been more supportive, not judgmental. It is interesting since Cooper's words of "Funny. You're still you" mirror my own about anyone that chooses to wear lipstick, eyeshadow, or not atypical wardrobe society randomly associates with being masculine or feminine. None of those erases or permanently alter who you are (your personality, what makes you, well, you).
That’s how I view it. And this is why this series of scenes genuinely spoke to me. #4 is special since it cemented my following of Archie Comics, a series I’d never had much interest in before. Unless it was Afterlife with Archie (2013-) penned by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa with artwork/coloring/inking work by Francesco Francavilla plus letterer Jack Morelli or Archie vs. Predator (2015) by writer Alex De Campi, artist Fernando Ruiz, inker Rick Koslowski, letterer John Workman, and colorist Jason Millet.