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The Afterlife With Archie trade collection, in April, will feature a Direct Market "Exclusive" cover. It'll be printed on 12 point stock with a matte lamination (to mimic the finish of the individual issues) and a little spot varnish pop out from the shelf It will also precede the mass market edition by three weeks or[...]

This is the cover to Afterlife, a TokyoPop series from a few years ago. And this is a cover to the Afterlife With Archie comic currently rocking the charts. Do compare logos… In Swipe File we present two or more images that resemble each other to some degree They may be homages, parodies, ironic appropriations, coincidences or works[...]

Walking Dead and Afterlife With Archie Both are in the middle of intense drama, but how do they stack up against each other? Well, both look at the relationships between men and women in crisis Afterlife With Archie shows Betty and Archie discussing his love for her – and for Veronica and how, just as they[...]

We've got books from Marvel, Avatar Press, Image, Vertigo, Archie, and Dark Horse just to pick a few of my top choices this week. First up, Iron Man #19 continues with the second part of "Metropolitan", which is laced with Fritz Lang's Metropolis homage Kieron Gillen, Joe Bennet, Scott Hanna, and Guru eFX are bringing the[...]

Here is what you can find in the latest Previews from Archie Comics including more of the hit series The Fox with the conclusion of Freak Magnet storyline and Archie's Rocking World Tour. THE FOX #5 The fantastically-foxy finale IS HERE in Freak Magnet pt 5: "Future's End"! Emmy Award winning writer/artist Dean Haspiel (Billy Dogma, HBO's Bored[...]

Okay, so this is from Afterlife With Archie #2 It's a big zombie attack, it's for teenage readers, it's separated from the main Archie titles You're not going to find Ethel turning up in the main Archie Comics as a thrice dead corpse But, as for Ginger and Nancy…. Once you reveal that they are a[...]

As all sorts of solicitations tumble out, it's always nice to check out a few covers here and there, especially from the Archie folks Such as the finale to The Fox #5 with covers from Dean Haspiel, Howard Chaykin, Mike Cavallaro, Mike Norton and even Alex Toth, creating a variant cover[...]

Okay, so issue 1 of Afterlife With Archie wasn't exactly a barrel of laughs But amidst the incestuous relationship between Jason and Cheryl Blossom of issue 2, it gets even more disturbing that Sabrina The Teenage Witch using the Necronomicon to revive Jughead's dead dog as a zombie especially when Ethel makes her affections know[...]

by Chris Thompson [audio:http://popculturehound.net/podpress_trac/web/2783/0/PCHPodcastEpisode62.mp3] After last week's intimate discussion with Ulises Farinas & Erick Freitas (which you can listen to here) and my recent film podcast with Before Midnight's Graham Reynolds (which you can listen to here) I suit up to chat with writer/artist Dean Haspiel (American Splendor, The Alcoholic, Billy Dogma) about his work on The[...]

Archie Comics settled with Ken Penders over the rights to a number of characters he created for the Sonic The Hedgehog and Knuckles comic book series, that then went on to appear in games from Sega and Electronic Arts. It doesn't seem to have gone quite as well. The Ninth Circuit on Wednesday refused to revive a[...]

I don't mind being a loitering creep when it means I get to attend closed panels. The panel opened with discussion about Archie: Afterlife to an uproarious reaction from the audience; fans are really excited about this newest addition to the long-running Archie series, and with good reason The art is high class, and it is[...]

It's nearly go time for the floor opening of New York Comic Con 2013, with a little over two hours remaining until the throngs arrive, with panels already

Tomorrow sees the release of Afterlife With Archie #1 Which sees zombies rise and take over Riverdale And what leads them to this situation? Jughead using the magic of Sabrina The Teenage Witch to bring his dear departed Hotdog back from the dead. And how is she doing it? With, it seems, the Necronomicon, the Book[...]

321 views and two thumbs up in eleven days for this trailer for Mark Waid and Dean Haspiel's revival of The Fox for Archie Comics? That's clearly not enough… come on Little Bleeders, lets get that number up a little, it looks great! [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJTpa4EA7Pc[/youtube] And a preview of the first issue below… [...]

The zombie reinvention of Riverdale is on the way and Archie Comics, for the first time, have created individual retailer covers, featuring the retailer in question, being menaced by a zombie jughead Here are the covers, with the retailer links in question listed below… Alternate Realities Amazing Stories Another Dimension Comics Big Planet Comics Bob's Hobbies & Collectibles Bosco's Captain Nemo Coliseum Of[...]

Kevin Keller's Glad To Be Me by Dan Parent heads up year of collections from Archie Comics in 2014, including their first mature readers title, Afterlife With Archie and the return of private detective Sam Hill from Tom DeFalco and Greg Scott. Sonic Saga Series 5: Enerjak Reborn (paper original) On Sale Date: February 11, 2014 $11.99[...]

It's been a while since we've heard from Nancy Silberkleit, the co-CEO of Archie Comics, after her legal fight with the rest of the company, with suits and counter suits flying until they finally settled. But now she is suing Samuel Levitin, her long standing friend and liasion to Archie Comics, for sexual harassment, stating that[...]

Well timed… Fiona Staples' cover for Archie Comics in November…  Paul Pope draws The Fox variant cover also for November I mean, it's no Scooby Doo… Uber runs a homage to Action Comics #1 in its Homage Variant from Bleeding Cool owners Avatar Press. And a joyous Red Sonja #2 variant from Larry's Comics. [...]

Again, one of those headlines that ten years, I couldn't have even envisaged. In an interview with Back2Stonewall, Archie writer Dan Parent has revealed that the Archie gang will no longer be travelling to Russia in their upcoming foreign adventures, due to their newly announced anti-gay laws He told the site; "Yes Russia should be boycotted, so[...]

But in today's issue of Archie Comics, Kevin Keller says goodbye to his boyfriend in a store, with a kiss. And, in a parody of One Million Moms' boycott, a concerned parent expresses outrage and gets thirty like-minded parents to express similar concern about such same-sex public displays of affection. Talking to Huffington Post, Kevin Keller creator[...]

We also stop by four different publishers this month: Dynamite, Archie, Aspen, and Avatar. DC COMICS Some gains on the creative sign were countered by losses in editorial, but ultimately DC was up this month In May 2013, DC put out 76 new comics featuring 702 credited creators, 619 men and 83 women Here are their stats: Editors[...]

It was a Bleeding Cool scoop from San Diego Comic Con that retailers were going to be asked not to stack Afterlife With Archie with their other comic books But it looks like it's going further than that. Today, Archie Comics made it official, with ex-Marvel's Jim Sokolowski telling comic book retailers; I've been hearing that some[...]

We'd recently reported on Ken Penders' court case against Archie Comics, and the ludicrous court transcript with Archie Comics expressing a desire to settle but unable to because of issues with Sega. Since then, I understand that Archie Comics has settled with Ken Penders over issues regarding the rights to Knuckles characters he created for the[...]

Swamp Thing and Batman 72 artist Francesco Francavilla will draw Afterlife With Archie, the new zombie Archie comic from Archie Comics, written by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa out in October. And why is Riverdale overrun with the Walking Dead? Well it's all down to one Sabrina the Teenage Witch unleashing a Deadworld spell. It wasn't that long ago that[...]

That Archie kiss, the Star Wars rebel animated series and cosplay do's and don'ts, presented by Toni Darling and Yvette Artiega. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6AGvt2NIv-g[/youtube] Welcome to The Weekly Bleed… That Archie kiss, the Star Wars rebel animated series and cosplay do's and don'ts, presented by Toni Darling and Yvette Artiega. [...]

Kevin Keller, published by Archie Comics and created by Dan Parent has won the GLAAD prize for Outstanding Comic Book. The GLAAD awards celebrate LGBT portrayals in the mass media, and were presented at the weekend in San Francisco at the Hilton Union Square Other nominations included Astonishing X-Men, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Batwoman and Earth[...]

Who doesn't love an open transcript of a court session? Such as the latest round of Archie Comics Vs Ken Penders over those pesky rights to the characters he created for the Sonic Comics, and their later use in other comics, and games? On last Thursday, May 2, 2013, beginning at 10:03AM in Judge Berman's court[...]

Now we can start to do the same to Archie! Welcome to M.A.C Archie's Girls, available at maccosmetics.com on January 30th,  from NYC M·A·C Stores January 31 st, all other US locations February 7th, and international in March. Betty and Veronica – the names alone are a vivid four-color flashback to an era of sweet, comic[...]

Bleeding Cool Magazine article by James Kuhoric American comic books have always had the stigma of being aimed at kids. It’s been that way in public

Three years ago, comic book writer Ken Penders began a series of legal actions against Archie Comics and Sega for the exploitation of characters he created for the Sonic comic, in other comics, games and cartoons which, he stated, he had never agreed to sell to the company. Archie Comics and Sega fought back claiming hat[...]