Tag: Archie

By Matthew Jent Chilling Adventures of Sabrina #1 Story: Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa Artwork: Robert Hack Lettering: Jack Morelli Covers: Robert Hack Publisher: Archie Comic Publications, Inc.   Poor little witch-girl. Where can we start with Sabrina, the Teenage Witch? She has a history that...

Legendary Archie artist Stan Goldberg has passed away at age 82. The artist suffered a stroke two weeks ago. His passing was noted on his Facebook page, where fans are invited to share memories.

Oh man, it's getting dark and edgy at Archie Comics! They've been planning a reboot of their superhero line for a while, with SVP and respected mystery novelist Alex Segura helping out with the editorial side, and now it's getting a new name: Formerly known as Red Circle, the reboot will now be known as Dark Circle -- maybe giving it a bit of a horror edge and playing off the massive success of Afterlife with Archie, the zombies in Riverdale epic.

LIFE WITH ARCHIE, the imaginary time line showing a grown up Archie married to Betty and Veronica in rival imaginary storylines, will end in issue #36 (magazine style) and #36 and #37 in the comic. And as long as you're ending an imaginary story you might was well have an imaginary death, too, right? According to a press release, Archie will die heroically saving another, as this death of Captain America-type bloodied cover shows. The bereaved memories will take place in the second part of the story.

Archie Comics continues its march to diversity, naming playwright/screenwriter/comics scripter Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa to the post of Chief Creative Officer. Aguirre-Sacasa's hire was announced in this NY Times profile. The lone-time Archie fan—whose credits include...

Just to give you something nice to get into the weekend with, here's the cover for the second printing of issue #3 of the red hot Afterlife with Archie mini series by the great...

Archie Comics complaint against co-CEO Nancy Silberkleit for sexual harassment has been going around for a while. New information includes recent filings in which Silberkleit asked to dismiss the case because the white men...

Today is Black Friday, when America celebrates their foundations through the buying of heavily discounted goods. The Beat, being a comics blog, strongly endorses the existence of sales and things being affordable, and in...

If we're doing Halloween, then that seems like a great chance for me to catch up on Afterlife with Archie, the company's first mature comic set in the world of their mascot. Now, I...

Here's a list of the creators and artists signing at individual booths -- we'll update it as we go so please send us updates.

Archie Comics and Warner Bros are teaming for a a live-action Archie. The PR claims it's the first feature film starring Archie which is true although there was a cartoon and at least...

The heat wave that scorched the streets of Philadelphia on the weekend of the show did nothing to stop the stampede of comic universe fans from coming out to Wizard World Philadelphia, an annual...