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Life With Kevin #3 Kevin And Jason Go To Prom!
Life With Kevin #3 Dan Parent Remember when everyone went crazy because Archie was introducing it's first gay character? There was even a boycott from that One Million Mom's group Kevin Keller was a big hit for Archie, and I'm glad they kept him in the reboot In this new series by character creator Dan Parent, Kevin[...]
See Yet Another New Trailer For CW's Grim And Gritty Riverdale
Riverdale, the grim and gritty reimagining of the characters from Archie Comics in a CW style sexy teen drama, premieres on January 26 To promote the release, The CW is releasing a trailer roughly once every 12 hours, though we hardly mind, since the 24 hour entertainment news cycle is never satiated and demands constant[...]
A Riverdale Comic And Four One-Shots Lead Archie Comics March 2017 Solicitations
Archie gets a new story arc and there are four new one-shots in the March 2017 solicitations for Archie Comics Mixing in with the regular series are one-shots for The Archies, Jughead, Sabrina the Teenage Witch and Little Archie plus there is the resolicited Riverdale series set in the TV universe. NEW RIVERDALE / ARCHIE HORROR: ARCHIE[...]
New Riverdale Promo Shows Us The Archie-Betty-Veronica Love Triangle
A new promo for the CW's upcoming adaptation of Archie Comics shows us the classic love triangle between Archie (K.J Apa), Betty (Lili Reinhart), and Veronica (Camila Mendes) Riverdale is a modern take on the long running comic series and adds a bit of dark mystery to the mix The series debuts January 26th, 2017. https://youtu.be/us4I_Ej0ABUVideo[...]
Archie Vol 1 – 24 Trades Of Christmas
Spinning the wheel of trades has us landing on Archie Comics today and the new Archie Volume 1 by Mark Waid, Fiona Staples, Annie Wu and Veronica Fish more specifically I used to see the Archie Digests at the grocery store and wonder to myself, "who's buying those?" They seemed kind of like dinosaurs on[...]
Sixteen Candles Star Molly Ringwald Joins Grim And GrittyRiverdale
A lot of people have been wonder who will play Archie's mom on The CW's grim and gritty teen drama starring the characters from Archie Comics: Riverdale Until now, we've been left waiting, despite repeatedly demanding: Well, the question has been answered, and as you may have figured out by reading the headline, it's 80s Brat[...]
Archie Teases Four New Series In March, No Kickstarter In Sight
The last time Archie Comics tried to launch a bunch of new titles, they tried to Kickstart them, prompting a lot of backlash over the the perceived attempt to get fans to finance the publishing plans of a decades-old publisher with some of the most recognizable intellectual property in the world, and leading to the[...]
Aftermath Of An Accidental Date – Review Of Jughead #11
I should probably add here that I haven't really read that much from the world of Archie Comics I've seen them for years, but I was more into Daredevil and the Green Arrow than the teenage life of some red headed guy and his friends. But with all the reboots they've been doing and the upcoming[...]
Dog's Eye View – Showing A Deeper Look At Reggie Mantle
Just had a chance to read the first issue of Reggie and Me #1 from Archie Comics The issue, that ships December 7th, is a story told by Vader, Reggie Mantle's dog This may be the only way that you could do a comic starring Reggie, from the point of view of someone that loves[...]
Archie Comics Invades NYCC With The Ramones And Josie & The Pussycats
Archie Comics is heading for the Big Apple in a big way The publisher will be at the New York Comic Con 2016 (booth 1936) with new comic launches for Archie Meets Ramones and Josie & The Pussycats Plus we are only months away from the new Riverdale TV series on the CW All of this[...]
New Artist Greg Scott On Sun-Drenched LA Noir And The Black Hood
The Castle of Horror Podcast talks to comic book artist Greg Scott, whose cinema-inspired, gritty art will be adorning Season 2 of The Black Hood from Dark Circle/Archie Comics Scott talks about his movie habit, LA Noir, and the strangeness of urban life. Listen to this episode here: http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-99734/TS-1106517.mp3 Black Hood Season 2 #1 Script: Duane Swierczynski Art: Greg Scott, Kelly Fitzpatrick,[...]
Archie To Launch Reggie And Me With Tom DeFalco And Sandy Jarrell
Archie Comics has announced that their next revamped series will be Reggie And Me by Tom DeFalco, Sandy Jarrell, Kelly Fitzpatrick and Jack Morelli It comes out this December and focuses on Reggie Mantle DeFalco says that Reggie is his favorite character… even though he's described as a self-aggrandizing egotist, a sinister super-villain, a merciless monster[...]
J Scott Campbell Stretches Out Josie And The Pussycats
Archie Comics have a new Josie And The Pussycats comic coming out From Marguerite Bennett, Cameron Deordio and Audrey Mok. And while Audrey Mok's cover portrays them as glammed up normal-ish young women…  J Scott Campbell, in a cover exclusive to his online store and con sales. prefers the impossibly thin and elongated versions. Wow, Josie's waist-to-toe length is twice that of[...]
Roberto Aguirre Sacasa Share Riverdale Cast Photo
The adaptation of the Archie Comic series is said to be a bit subversive and not quite the squeaky clean image of the comics. The series stars KJ Apa as Archie Andrews, Luke Perry as Fred Andrews, Lili Reinhart as Betty Cooper, Camila Mendes as Veronica Lodge, Cole Sprouse as Jughead Jones, Ross Butler as Reggie[...]
Cheryl Blossom Comes To Riverdale In Archie Comics November 2016 Solicitations
Here we have the solicitations for the comics shipping from Archie Comics in November 2016 Its starts with the introduction of a new character, Cheryl Blossom in Archie #14 and we get to see the fall out of the bad date between Jughead and Sabrina in Jughead #11 ARCHIE #14 Script: Mark Waid  Art: Joe Eisma, Andre[...]
Josie And The Pussycats Invade Cupcake Wars
Archie Comics is pushing their new Josie and the Pussycats series in a unique way tonight On a celebrity episode of Cupcake Wars on Food Network, Adrienne Bailon, Julissa Bermudez, Charlie Carver, Max Carver, Ron Funches, Katherine McNamara and Emeraude Toubia will battle to created cupcakes for a party celebrating Jose and the Pussycats. Contestants will[...]
The Jumping Tone And Focus Of The Riverdale Pilot – Spoiler Free Review
Hugh Sheridan writes for Bleeding Cool… The pilot for the new Riverdale TV series premiered in Ballroom 20 at SDCC last night. I guess the potential of the "Archie" characters for a teen-dramedy should be obvious and the WB mid-season series doesn't miss out on exploiting any of that potential In fact that may be its biggest[...]
Riverdale Pilot To Screen At SDCC And A Poster Is Available
Archie Comics has revealed their new Riverdale poster for the upcoming CW television series The poster will be available at the Archie Comics booth #1829 The pilot for Riverdale will screen at SDCC on Saturday July 23rd at 6:30 PM in room 6BCF The panel will include cast and crew from the series and is[...]
The Archies Meet The Ramones
This October, Archie Comics is putting out a new crossover Archie Meets Ramones will bring the Archies (Archie, Jughead, Betty, Veronica and Reggie) and introduce them to the Ramones (Joey, Tommy, Johnny, Dee Dee) And it all takes place in 1970s New York City. The oversized one-shot is co-written by Alex Segura and Matthew Rosenberg with[...]
Scoop: Veronica Fish Leaves Archie, "Name" Replacement To Be Sought At San Diego
  Industry sources tell me that regular Archie artist Veronica Fish is no longer the artist on the ongoing title written by Mark Waid. She will still create covers and similar illustrations for Archie Comics but will no longer be the title's penciller after Archie #10, out on July 27th Fish stepped in as the regular artist after Fiona[...]
Archie's SDCC Plans Include 2 Exclusive Covers And A Sneak At Riverdale
Archie Comics is headed to the San Diego Comic Con where they will be showing off the new Betty & Veronica comics, giving a sneak peek of the upcoming Riverdale television series and even offering up two exclusive covers for the convention. The publisher has three panels scheduled including one focusing on Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, another on[...]
14 Pages From The Jughead Trade
Archie Comics has been having quite a resurgence over the last couple of years, first with the horror takes on their classic characters and then with modernizing them After the success of the relaunched Archie series, the publisher turned to Chip Zdarsky and Erica Henderson to relaunch Jughead Now the first six issues are being[...]
Sonic The Hedgehog Gets 25th Anniversary Humble Bundle
Archie Comics is teaming with Humble Bundle for a Sonic the Hedgehog 25th Anniversary comic bundle The deal brings together just under $300 worth of the longest-running video game comic book ever. Pay $1 or more and get SONIC UNIVERSE VOL 6: TREASURE TEAM TANGO, SONIC THE HEDGEHOG #264-272 & #276-279, SONIC UNIVERSE #45 & #55-58, and[...]
Betty & Veronica To Become Fashion Line
Archie Comics has teased a partnership with famed designer Rachel Antonoff to launch Betty & Veronica fashion line. Antonoff is a fashion designer based out of New York City She creative ways to debut her designs, including as a murder mystery, as a sock hop, and in a dollhouse She also worked with Lena Dunham to promote her[...]
Sabrina #6 Gets New Release Date As Witch-War Is Announced
Archie Comics has a bunch of Sabrina news hitting all at once Starting off with the Chilling Adventures of Sabrina #5 going back to print #6 gets a new release date and more pages and #7 kicks off a new six-part story arc. Issue #5 wrapped up the first story arc and sold out quickly in[...]