Tag: Archie
Archie Comics announces the death of Archie
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.
Lena Dunham to pen an Archie comic; Aguirre-Sacasa named CCO
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...
Over and out: Afterlife With Archie reprint cover by Francavilla
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...
More legal shennanigans in Archie Comics co-CEO sexual haarassment suit — with filings
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...
Black Friday Comics: Sales! Sales! Sales!!
Today is Black Friday, when America celebrates their foundations through the buying of heavily discounted goods. The Beat, being a comics blog, strongly endorses...
24 Hours of Halloween Review: Afterlife with Archie #1
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...
SDCC ’13: Comic-Con In Booth Signing Schedules—from Archie to Zenescope — UPDATE
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 are going to the big screen
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...
On the Scene: Revealing Wizard World Philly 2013
The heat wave that scorched the streets of Philadelphia on the weekend of the show did nothing to stop the stampede of comic universe...
Archie’s Kevin Keller wins GLAAD award
Archie's ongoing Kevin Keller comic won Outstanding Comic Book at the GLAAD Media Awards, presented Saturday evening in San Francisco. The book beat out...
Waid and Haspiel team on THE FOX for Archie
Mark Waid and Dean Haspiel are joining Archie's Red Circle superhero line with THE FOX, a new series. Waid has been tearing things up of late with his Thrillbent comics and Daredevil for Marvel, while Haspiel has been spearheading his Trip City website and various projects, so this chould be right up both their alleys.
RIP: George Gladir
The co-creator of Sabrina the Teenage Witch, George Gladir passed away Wednesday night at the age of 88. The winner of the 2007 Bill Finger Award, Gladir wrote countless classic Archie stories in a career that went back to the 50s. Even in the last decade, he was still creating comics and attending Comic-Con to promote them, as recounted in this touching memorial by friend Batton Lash:
