Archie

Archie is coming to TV. A "dark, twisty" drama series that was originally picked up for FOX, Riverdale has been officially picked up by The CW.  Archie, Betty, Veronica, and Josie and the Pussycats will take center stage...

The new "verismo" era of Archie kicks off on July 8th with the first issue of Archie #1 by Mark Waid and Fiona Staples. And to mark the occasion, Archie is making sure the numbers are up with 17 retailer exclusive variants. And it's quite an array of styles from Dave Dorman's Brad Pitt-esque version to Jae Lee's typically surreal take.

  This week at The Beat our staff members were particularly swamped with new books -- between Archie comics ending their titular title and DC in the midst of a huge line-wide reboot, we had...

While an attempt to crowdfund its new line didn't work, Archie Comics is moving full speed ahead with their reboot, and the planned Jughead title by Chip Zdarsky and Erica Henderson is coming out...

I'd been hearing word on the street that the controversial Archie Kickstarter campaign would be cancelled, about $30 K in and CBR has the official word. The planned titles—Jughead by Chip Zdarsky, Betty & Veronica by Adam Hughes and Kevin Keller by Dan Parent—will be published, as promised, but the rollout will be slower with Jughead launching in the fall. According to Archie publisher Jon Goldwater, the negative attention was detracting too much from the actual projects:

So I launched a comic store on Free Comic Book Day. It was quite the trick, trying to get things ready for the day with things exploding all around. We had ordered a point...

UPDATE: Archie president Jon Goldwater has released a statement on the Kickstarter. See below. Well, here is one company you didn't expect to be crowd funding things: Archie Comics has launched a Kickstarter for $350,000...

The Archie gang has teamed with Predator, Kiss, Glee, the Punisher and many other things over the years, so why not Sharknado? The Syfy movie about a tornado full of sharks has quietly taken over the imaginations of people coast to coast so it is only natural that the 'Nado would touch down in Riverdale! For those more worried about the fuure of this nation, relax, it is only a one-shot, written by the director of the Shaknado trilogy Anthony C. Ferrante with art by Archie's Dan Parent, who often writes these milestone issues but he's multi-talented.

The Fox, with story & line art by Dean Haspiel, script by Mark Waid, and colors by Allen Passalaqua, opens in media res with our titular hero tied up, lamenting his bad luck, and wishing for an ibuprofin. It’s a Spider-Man-like How did I get into this mess? inner monologue that introduces a delightfully self-deprecating superhero who’s already in over his head.

The Black Hood #2 "The Bullet's Kiss Part Two" Duane Swierczynski: Writer Michael Gaydos: Artist Rachel Deering: Letterer Kelly Fitzpatrick: Colorist. Archie slid us an advance copy of Black Hood #2.  I understand the FOC date is today. The second issue continues...

This may well spoil things for people trying to flip variants on eBay, but it looks like Books A Million will let you order (and pre-order) variant covers off their website.  And it looks...