Archie

by Brandon Schatz On Monday, the pop culture bereft owner of my shop phoned had asked if I had ordered enough of the “death of Archie thing” that was happening. As with all comics, the...

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...

Archie have announced that Alex Segura has rejoined their company as Senior Vice-President for Publicity and Marketing... as well as in a new role as editor for the Red Circle line of superhero titles....

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...

Kicking off a new charity campaign, Archie Comics and Random House have teamed with Toys For Tots, and given away free comics to children this Christmas. Coming as part of the Toys for Tots...

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...

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...

Saturday, Archie Comics hosted a packed room of Archie fans!  And a packed dais!  Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa emceed, while Dan Parent, George Donovan, Jon Goldwater, Michael Murphey, Mike Pellerito, Francesco Francavilla, Michael Uslan, and Victor...

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...