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At the Dark Circle panel for Archie Comics, the publisher announced two new series for the line The Web and The Hangman. This new Web is a 14 year cosplayer, dressing as the silver age version of The Web when she gets powers. While The Hangman is being reinvented as a very intense horror and is intended[...]

The television adaptation of Archie Comics called Riverdale has moved over to the CW The one-hour drama series produced by Greg Berlanti will join the home of three other of his series The pilot is being written by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa and will also be produced by Sharon Schechter and John Goldwater. The modern take on the well-known[...]

Archie #1 by Waid and Staples is a modern reimagining of the icon that's hip without pandering I want to know what the #lipstickincedent is! Waid and J.G Jones' Strange Fruit #1 is beautiful and ugly at the same time A powerful work with basically a black "superman" landing in 1927 Mississippi and fighting the[...]

We have a first look at the new Archie #1 by Mark Waid and Fiona Staples This issue has a boat load of covers and exclusives Looks like Archie is going all in on this one. COMIC SUPERSTARS MARK WAID AND FIONA STAPLES REIMAGINE AN ICON! Change is coming to Riverdale in this can't-miss kick-off to[...]

So Archie Comics cancelled their Kickstarter appeal after a number of retail and consumer complaints But for those who had backed the Kickstarter, they sent a little present Mine came today… the New York Comic Con exclusive copy of The Chilling Adventures Of Sabrina, Teenage Witch #1 with a Archie Comics logo Francesco Francavilla cover….   [...]

Preview the Midnight Tiger, Molly Danger and Stray crossover, get the who's who on all the Major Heroes and Villains and a special first look at our new series, ACTION LAB: DOG OF WONDER! Everything you need for the history HCF 2015 VAMPBLADE FEATURING ZOMBIE TRAMP (MR) ACTION LAB – DANGER ZONE (W) Jason Martin, Dan Mendoza (A)[...]

I'll write something more spoilery later I think, because there's something bigger going on… Archie #666 in the only crossover with Afterlife With Archie you are ever going to get… So, anyway, Airboy #1 is probably the best new comic out today, even if it is somehow based on an old comic And it takes the route[...]

As Archie Comics continues their horror line, we get a preview of the Chilling Adventures of Sabrina #3 by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, Robert Hack and Jack Morelli Both covers below are by Hack. Chilling Adventures Of Sabrina #3 It's the night before Halloween, the night before Sabrina's sixteenth birthday, the night of the blood-moon and the lunar eclipse,[...]

It was launched to help fund the publication of a number of new Archie titles, part of the Riverdale Reborn line A new Jughead title, a new Betty & Veronica title, a new Kevin Keller title, all from top drawer talent such as Chip Zdarsky and Adam Hughes, to accompany the new Archie series by Mark[...]

Fox Hunt #1 was released in April to great fanfare, and fans noticed that the comic, which carries on in a separate storyline from The Fox from Dark Circle/Archie Comics by Mark Waid and Dean Haspiel, had become a bit more densely crafted, intricate, maybe even a little "darker" in keeping with the new Dark[...]

Yesterday, Archie Comics launched a Kickstarter appeal to fund their new Riverdale Reborn line. Citing cashflow problems with their new Target/Wal-Mart deal as the factor behind needing to use a Kickstarter to launch the new line. A couple of retailers took umbrage at this, and there were questions from other creators and retailers as to why Archie Comics[...]

Yesterday, Archie Comics launched a Kickstarter appeal to fund their new Riverdale Reborn line. Citing cashflow problems with their new Target/Wal-Mart deal as the factor behind needing to launch a Kickstarter to launch the new line. A couple of retailers took umbrage at this, but there were other creators and retailers who wanted to talk, including Mark[...]

This morning we were fast off the blocks, reporting the new line of Archie Comics titles for Riverdale Reborn to be funded by Kickstarter. Shortly afterwards, we received a response from Archie Comics CEO Jon Goldwater I understand that this will appear elsewhere but for  now, you can read it here. Take it away, Jon. We live in[...]

Earlier this morning, we ran a piece about the just-launched Archie Comics kickstarter funding offer to expand their upcoming relaunch of Archie Comics titles, including creators such as Chip Zdarsky and Adam Hughes. We also ran a letter by Archie CEO, Jon Goldwater, to explain why they were doing this. It didn't go down well with everyone… Jesse James[...]

As has Snake Eyes-killing GI Joe #214. Afterlife With Archie #8 goes to second print as has Rock N Roll Biohraphies: Slayer. While Nate Simpson's Nonplayer? With #2 finally on the way, #1 goes to 4th print. Unbeatable They're alive dammit Squirrels are strong as hell And the Unbeatable Squirrel Girl #1 and #2 have gone to 3rd print and #3 and[...]

On the back of relaunching Archie #1 with Mark Waid and Fiona Staples, Archie Comics is relaunching the rest of their line from A-list creators. Chip Zdarsky writing a Jughead monthly series, with an as yet unnamed artist. Adam Hughes writing and drawing Betty And Veronica While this book will fit squarely in the new Riverdale universe, you can[...]

Time for beaches, barbecues, fun in the sun and… SHARKNADOS!?! That's right, get ready as Archie and the gang brave the storm of a tornado full a sharks that riffs off the pop culture phenomenon known as Sharknado! The story unfolds as sharknados are spotted on the "Feast" Coast! Our heroines have to figure out[...]

Mark Waid and Dean Haspiel do this in an artful, poetic way, and the development you'll notice if you've been following The Fox at Dark Circle/Archie is that the exuberant psychedelic splash of the first series with all its affirmation of love and faith is now transitioning into a more rugged, feet on the asphalt[...]

Mark Waid has been talking to Diamond about his upcoming revamp of Archie with Fiona Staples But it may be Jughead who is going through the retcongrinder more than anyone. He asks "What makes Jughead a loner? What in his backstory makes him such an oddball?" before clarifying "I've given a lot of thought—a LOT of thought—to[...]

The horror make-over of Sabrina the Teenage Witch continues with Chilling Adventures of Sabrina #2 written by Robert Aguirre-Sacasa and drawn by Robert

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=moPz9rJzuGc[/youtube] Maxx's Super Awesome Comic Review Show returns to Bleeding Cool, recorded at the one and only Astro-Zombies Comic Shop in Albuquerque, New Mexico, hosted by Maxx MacLennan. They say: Bringing you discussions of all the new exciting books in comicdom. More comic talk this week than ever!  New graphic novels, the top 5 floppies, honorable mentions that didn't[...]

But this is also the first WTF in Archie Comics. The first drugs-induced fight scene, unless you count that time Jughead had too many oddly looking mushrooms on his pizza, and decked Reggie. The first bloody necksnap of a living person… zombies don't count). The first drugs drought…. The first drug dealing protagonist… The first heroin taking protagonist… The first cold[...]

They've given us gay interracial military weddings, necromancy, and the F word. Afterlife With Archie and Chilling Adventures Of Sabrina have been late Really late But they are getting a rebrand and rehype by issuing the next issues, #8 and #2 respectively, under a new Archie Horror imprint, with a third book to follow. Can I suggest[...]

Archie Comics is bringing their long running Archie series to an end with issue #666 this June The final issue will include the work of Tom DeFalco, Dan Parent, Fernando Ruiz and Pat & Tim Kennedy It will also feature 6 interlocking covers showcasing the Archie characters by Dan Parent. Ending the series makes way for the[...]

Jim Sokolowski, better known in the comics industry as "Ski", has left his position at Senior Vice President of Sales and Business Development at Archie Comics, which he took up in 2012. I understand that this comics veteran, who was previously Chief Operating Officer at Marvel Comics and Executive Director of Publishing Operations at DC Comics, has returned[...]

I've just read the first issue of Black Hood, the new comic from Archie Comics' Dark Circle, reinventing their superhero comic books for a new audience The Final Order Cut Off is today. We previously mentioned that this would be the first Archie comic to, well, feature the F-word, but no one seemed to believe us[...]

Retailers have been informed that three Free Comic Book Day titles have all changed their guidance tags. Hatter M: Love Of Wonders, solicited as an All Ages title, will now be Suitable For Teen Readers. While Archie Comics' Dark Circle Comics #1 was solicited for Teen Readers but is now a Mature Readers comic Could it have[...]

It was launched in a flurry of publicity off the back of Afterlife With Archie Issue 1 of The Chilling Tales Of Sabrina, Teenage Witch was a hit in October and November 8th's issue 2 was eagerly awaited, promising the secret history her enemy, Madam Satan, and a rather racy scene, considering the publisher. But now it is January and[...]

Archie Comics is being relaunched and rebooted with Mark Waid and Fiona Staples on the new Archie Comics #1. There's plenty of press about it. But it's not just Archie's title. It's a  whole line of relaunched 32 page comics… Betty, Veronica Betty & Veronica, Jughead, Jughead & Archie, the Kevin Keller relaunch we already heard about… and we[...]

Afterlife With Archie still surprises me This week, it portrayed Betty and Veronica as a pairing with a not-very-nice history, closer to Heathers than the usual spats over Archie. But that wasn't my favourite panel, though I do admire it's composition and use of colour – the blonde of Veronica's family's hair cutting through the blues. No,[...]