Jump to content

Archie Horror: Difference between revisions

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Content deleted Content added
Hjaggs (talk | contribs)
Added trade info
Line 51: Line 51:
* ''[[Afterlife with Archie]]'' (October 2013—)
* ''[[Afterlife with Archie]]'' (October 2013—)
* ''[[Chilling Adventures of Sabrina]]'' (October 2014—)
* ''[[Chilling Adventures of Sabrina]]'' (October 2014—)

==Collected Editions==

===Afterlife with Archie===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Title !! ISBN !! Release Date !! Story !! Art !! Collected Material
|-
| ''Afterlife with Archie Vol. 1: Escape From Riverdale''
| {{ISBNT|978-1619889088}}
| 12th June 2014
| [[Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa]]
| [[Francesco Francavilla]]
| ''Afterlife with Archie'' #1–5
|-
| ''Afterlife with Archie Vol. 2: Betty RIP''
| {{ISBNT|978-1619889484}}
| 20th March 2018
| Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa
| Francesco Francavilla
| ''Afterlife with Archie'' #6-11
|}

===Chilling Adventures of Sabrina===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Title !! ISBN !! Release Date !! Story !! Art !! Collected Material
|-
| ''Chillling Adventures of Sabrina Vol. 1: The Crucible''
| {{ISBNT|978-1627389877}}
| 18th August 2016
| Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa
| [[Robert Hack]]
| ''Chilling Adventures of Sabrina'' #1-5
|}

===Jughead: The Hunger===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Title !! ISBN !! Release Date !! Story !! Art !! Collected Material
|-
| ''Archie Comics Present: The Archies and Other Stories''
| {{ISBNT|978-1682559444}}
| 3rd October 2017
| [[Alex Segura]], [[Matthew Rosenerg]] (''The Archies''), [[Sean Ryan]], [[Ryan Cady]], [[Gorf]] (''Big Moose''), [[Frank Tieri]] (''Jughead: The Hunger'')
| [[Joe Eisma]], [[Matt Herms]] (''The Archies''), [[Cory Smith]], [[Wilfredo Torres]] (''Big Moose''), [[Michael Walsh]] (''Jughead: The Hunger'')
| ''The Archies'', ''Big Moose'' (One Shots from the [[New Riverdale]] line), ''Jughead: The Hunger''
|}


==See also==
==See also==

Revision as of 12:42, 26 June 2017

Archie Horror
Parent companyArchie Comics Publications, Inc.
Founded2015
Country of originUnited States
Headquarters locationPelham, New York
Key peopleRoberto Aguirre-Sacasa (Archie Chief Creative Officer)
Publication typesComics
Fiction genresHorror fiction
Official websitearchiehorror.com

Archie Horror is an imprint of Archie Comics Publications, Inc. focusing on the company's horror-related titles. Prior to the creation of the imprint the titles were published under the normal Archie Comics banner.[1]

The titles in the imprint are rated "TEEN+" due to their content and subject matter which include realistic violence, gore, death, disturbing scenes, and some moderate language.

Publication history

Afterlife with Archie

In 2013, Archie Comics announced Afterlife with Archie to be written by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa and illustrated by Francesco Francavilla. It is Archie Comics first horror title as well as the first series to be rated "TEEN+".[2] It was partially inspired on the zombie-themed variant cover Francavilla did for Life with Archie: The Married Life.[3]

The series was released in October 2013 to critical and commercial success. The first eight issues sold out while some reviewers called it one of the best horror comics to come out in a long time.[4] It won three awards at the 2013 Ghastly Awards for Best New Series, Best Ongoing Title and Best Colorist for Francesco Francavilla.[5]

Second horror series

In 2014, Archie Comics released Afterlife with Archie #6 detailing the whereabouts of Sabrina Spellman who had not been seen since the first issue. The issue was positively received leading Archie Comics to announce a solo series starring Sabrina in June 2014.[6] Chilling Adventures of Sabrina was released in October 2014 and is an occult, horror story detailing Sabrina's teenage witch origins in the 1960s.[1]

As with Afterlife with Archie, the series received critical and commercial success with the first two issues selling out.[7][8]

Creation of imprint and future

In March 2015, Archie Comics announced the Archie Horror imprint due to the successes with Afterlife with Archie and Chilling Adventures of Sabrina. Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, who is also Archie Comics Chief Creative Officer, said that "in-house we started referring to these books as the Archie Horror books" so "when it started to look like Afterlife #8 and Sabrina #2 were going to be released around the same time, why don’t we formalize something that is already happening, which is the imprint.”[9]

Chilling Adventures of Sabrina #2 was the first to be released under the imprint in April 2015 followed by Afterlife with Archie #8 in May 2015. A third series is in the works for the imprint featuring a significant female character from Archie's past.[9]

A one-shot called Jughead: The Hunger will be released in March 2017 as part of Archie Comics' "pilot season". It will focus on Jughead and his family's dark legacy and explain that Jughead's hunger comes from a sinister place (lycanthropy).[10] It will be written by Frank Tieri with artwork provided by Michael Walsh.[11]

Main characters

As of 2016

Titles

Titles in publication as of 2016

Collected Editions

Afterlife with Archie

Title ISBN Release Date Story Art Collected Material
Afterlife with Archie Vol. 1: Escape From Riverdale 978-1619889088 12th June 2014 Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa Francesco Francavilla Afterlife with Archie #1–5
Afterlife with Archie Vol. 2: Betty RIP 978-1619889484 20th March 2018 Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa Francesco Francavilla Afterlife with Archie #6-11

Chilling Adventures of Sabrina

Title ISBN Release Date Story Art Collected Material
Chillling Adventures of Sabrina Vol. 1: The Crucible 978-1627389877 18th August 2016 Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa Robert Hack Chilling Adventures of Sabrina #1-5

Jughead: The Hunger

Title ISBN Release Date Story Art Collected Material
Archie Comics Present: The Archies and Other Stories 978-1682559444 3rd October 2017 Alex Segura, Matthew Rosenerg (The Archies), Sean Ryan, Ryan Cady, Gorf (Big Moose), Frank Tieri (Jughead: The Hunger) Joe Eisma, Matt Herms (The Archies), Cory Smith, Wilfredo Torres (Big Moose), Michael Walsh (Jughead: The Hunger) The Archies, Big Moose (One Shots from the New Riverdale line), Jughead: The Hunger

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Rivera, Joshua. "Archie Comics announces Archie Horror imprint, teases a third series following return of Sabrina and Afterlife". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
  2. ^ Arlington, Jody. "World War R: New Comic Pits Archie And Friends Against The Undead". NPR. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
  3. ^ McIntyre, Gina. "'Afterlife With Archie': Francesco Francavilla cover, movie details". LA Times. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
  4. ^ Alexander, Chris. ""AFTERLIFE WITH ARCHIE" #3 (Comic Review)". Fangoria. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
  5. ^ "Ghastly Award Winners Announced". Archie Horror. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
  6. ^ Nadler, Lonnie. "Archie Comics Reveals "Sabrina" Horror Series!". Bloody Disgusting. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
  7. ^ McElhatton, Greg. "CHILLING ADVENTURES OF SABRINA #2". ComicBook Resources. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
  8. ^ Burlingame, Russ. "EXCLUSIVE: Chilling Adventures of Sabrina #2 Sells Out, Reprint Coming With New Cover in May". ComicBook.com. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
  9. ^ a b Arrant, Chris. "ARCHIE COMICS Announces New Horror Imprint". Newsarama. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
  10. ^ http://www.bleedingcool.com/2016/12/13/little-archie-archies-sabrina-werewolf-jughead-5-one-shots-archie-march/
  11. ^ http://archiecomics.com/march2017oneshots/