PREVIEW: DIY Christmas Decorations Go Terribly Awry in Archie’s Funhouse Jumbo Comics Digest #17
Riverdale does things a little weirder this holiday season...
Archie has hired Ron Perazza
BTW lost in the last item was the little news bit that Ron Perazza has landed at Archie as SVP of Digital. Peruse is one of the true innovators of digital comics, with stints...
Archie Comics releases standalone iOS app offering issues and streaming
It must be digital Thursday as the news is flying fast and furious. Archie has also announced it's own new digital initiative, called, Archie Comics Reader, a new standalone iOS app, designed by...
PREVIEW: Ring in the Holiday Season with JUGHEAD AND ARCHIE COMICS ANNUAL #17
Christmas is coming to Riverdale, and Comics Beat has an exclusive preview of what you can expect.
First Look: Annie Wu reveals the truth behind Archie’s “Lipstick Incident”
Oh and speaking of Annie Wu, she's the artist on issue #4 of the all-nu Archie comics, (Veronica Fish takes over on issues #5-6) and in issue #4 of the Mark Waid reboot we finally learn about #LipstickIncident, the secret that has been haunting the halls of Riverdale High and crimping Archie's dating style.
Review: The Black Hood #6 Introduces Howard Chaykin to the Dark Circle
Script: Duane Swierczynski
Art: Howard Chaykin, Jesus Aburto, Rachel Deering
THE ACCLAIMED DARK CIRCLE SERIES RETURNS! “Flor de Muerto” After the soul-crushing events of “Bullet’s Kiss,” disfigured cop Greg Hettinger leaves Philly and checks into a...
PREVIEW: Love is War in BETTY & VERONICA JUMBO COMICS DIGEST #238!
The Betty and Veronica Jumbo Comics Digest is nearing the completion of its 28th year. Since the start of its run in 1987, the Archie Comics series has featured stories centered around Riverdale's eponymous leading...
Review: “THE SHIELD #1” is Dark Circle’s “Most Intriguing Endeavor Yet”
By Harper W. Harris
The Shield is a character that few probably recognize, and most will probably see the new series that debuts this Wednesday and see a feeble attempt at a Captain America ripoff....
NYCC ’15: Archie signings and Jughead Triumphant
JUGHEAD #1 Cover by Erica Henderson
Chip Zdarsky (Sex Criminals, Howard the Duck) and rising star artist Erica Henderson (The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl).
NYCC variant cover edition of JUGHEAD #1 by Francesco Francavilla. Limited to 1000 copies, this...
INTERVIEW: Chip Zdarsky on Creating the New “Jughead,” Turning Down the Harvey, and Crafting...
Calling all miscreants! All slackers and gamers! All those who would banish terrible cafeteria food to the secret tenth circle of hell (located in a specific unmentionable location on Satan's person). Archie's Jughead is back...
Retailer Summit ’15; The Script for Afterlife with Archie #9 is in
Although there has been much discussion lately about Afterlife with Archie, the script for issue #9 by Roberto Aguirre Sacasa has been turned in and editor Mike Pellerito was showing it off to retailers...
INTERVIEW: Artist Drew Johnson on Reinventing Patriotic Superhero “The Shield” for Contemporary America
Yesterday, The Beat brought you an exclusive interview with Adam Christopher and Chuck Wendig, co-writers of the new Dark Circle Comics series The Shield. In this new take on a classic character originally introduced in...