Bizarro Back Issues: Betty, Veronica, And the Dark Sorcery That Is Love!...
It's Valentine's Day, and that means that our thoughts here at ComicsAlliance are turning inevitably to our favorite romances from comics. Well. Maybe that's not the right word, since I'm not sure that...
View ArticleThe Many Loves Of Archie Andrews: A Guide To America's Favorite Teen's Love...
Archie Andrews is so hot right now. With KJ Apa dazzling us on screens in The CW’s Riverdale, Archie is all of a sudden a sex symbol for viewers around the world, and it’s a lot easier to see while the...
View Article'Riverdale' Post-Show Analysis, Season 1 Episode 4: 'The Last Picture Show'
This week, Betty finds out the truth about Ms. Grundy, Jughead fights to keep the drive-in open, and Kevin Keller gets some smooches. "The Last Picture Show" was written by Michael Grassi and directed...
View Article'Riverdale' Post-Show Analysis, Season 1 Episode 6: 'Faster, Pussycats! Kill!...
This week, Riverdale's 75th annual variety show takes place, featuring Archie (if he can get over his stage fright) and the Pussycats (if they can stop fighting long enough to perform). Back at the...
View Article'Riverdale' Post-Show Analysis, Season 1, Episode 7: 'In a Lonely Place'
This week, Riverdale finds out about Polly Cooper, Betty and Jughead smooch some more, Veronica goes out for some angry dancing, and the town's dads do some dad stuff, for good and for bad. "In a...
View ArticleThe Blossom Twins And Pete Woods Wreak Havoc On Riverdale In 'Archie' #18...
In this week's Archie #18, the rebooted Archie universe is getting a few pretty notable additions. First, Cheryl and Jason Blossom --- having already appeared in the last arc as Veronica attended a...
View ArticleTake A Trip To The Relatively Murder-Free Classic Riverdale In 'Best Of...
Something that's been overlooked pretty often since the big Archie Reboot is that the company is still publishing stories featuring the classic, gag-centric versions of the characters. It's publishing...
View ArticleComics Alliance Presents: 'Riverdale' Dialogue In Archie Comics
Here at ComicsAlliance, we love Riverdale, and while we'd like to say that it's because of the studiously self-aware goofiness of the plot, the fun character work, and the endless shipping potential...
View Article'Riverdale' Post-Show Analysis, Season 1 Episode 8: 'The Outsiders'
This week, Veronica throws a party, Alice Cooper throws a righteous fit, and a couple of guys throw punches at Moose. Poor Moose. Guy just wanted to lift some rocks. "The Outsiders" was written by...
View ArticleThe CW's 'Riverdale' Renewed for Second Season
The CW’s Riverdale has been performing strongly enough in its inaugural episodes that The CW is considering a whole mess of Archie-related shows, so it shouldn’t surprise you that Riverdale itself will...
View ArticleA Teen Civil War Breaks Out In Riverdale In 'Archie' #10
Ever since Archie opened its updated relaunch with the news that Archie and Betty had broken up, tensions have been running high in the otherwise idyllic small town of Riverdale, and now, it seems like...
View ArticleGive 'Em Elle: Visualizing Music for Comics
I love music, and I often find myself thinking about how it relates to comics; which characters would listen to which artists, and so forth. But what's the best way to get around the medium's...
View ArticleCheryl Blossom Is Returning In 'Archie' #13
When you get right down to it, it was inevitable. When the Archie comics rebooted, there was a sort of stripped-down approach to rebuilding the universe, an approach that went all the way back to...
View ArticlePreview: Betty And The Waves Vs. The Ronnies In 'Archie' #11
Archie and the gang have always had a pretty interesting relationship to music. I mean, "the kids form a band" is a pretty standard plot for virtually any story about teenage characters, but the...
View ArticleCelebrate The Archieversary With 'Archie Jumbo Comics Digest'
Archie Comics is celebrating its three quarters of a century this week with the launch of Archie Jumbo Comics 75th Anniversary Celebration Digest, which includes a classic story and some more recent...
View ArticleHey! Ho! Let's Go To Riverdale In 'Archie Meets Ramones' #1
All things considered, Archie Andrews has met an awful lot of famous people. Michael Strahan, Barack Obama, KISS, the Sharknado, they've all made a stop in Riverdale at one time or another. But with...
View ArticleIt's A Bad Time To Be A Teen In 'Archie' #12 [Preview]
When Archie #12 hits shelves today, it looks like everyone's relationship is falling apart just on the eve of the Blossoms sweeping in like a hurricane. In other words, it's a bad day to be a teenager...
View Article'The Best Of Archie Comics' Gets A Deluxe Hardcover Treatment
More than any other company, Archie Comics has done a pretty amazing job of keeping its back catalog in print for new readers. On top of the decades worth of digests that stocked grocery store shelves...
View ArticleVeronica Is Haunted In 'World Of Archie Digest' #63 [Preview]
Horror has been a big part of the Archie Renaissance, but in the classic Archie titles, the idea of Veronica being sent to a possibly haunted house still has all the charm and novelty that you want it...
View ArticlePreview: 'Betty And Veronica: Fairy Tales'
There's a street in Riverdale's magical Yellow Wood called Storybook Lane, and as you might expect from the all-consuming weirdness of the Archie universe, it has the same nebulous relationship to...
View ArticleCheryl Blossom Spins Her Web In 'Archie' #14 [Preview]
In the solicitation for this week's Archie #14, there's a quick line about Cheryl Blossom and Veronica Lodge that casts their relationship into a new light, for me at least. I mean, I knew Cheryl was a...
View ArticleCW 'Riverdale' Trailer: First Look at New 'Archie' Reboot
We all have our fun with The CW’s outrageously attractive casts pushing the limits of teen drama, but can a dash of Archie balance the scales? We’ll find out, as Riverdale and its inhabitants get a...
View ArticleArt Baltazar And Franco Take On 'Little Archie' [Exclusive]
Readers who like their Archie characters made for an all-ages audience, the most exciting title in the publisher's recently announced one-shot lineup has to be Little Archie, in which Art Baltazar and...
View ArticleMurder Comes to 'Riverdale' in New 'Archie' Reboot Trailer
The CW’s sexed-up Archie reboot Riverdale might bring in viewers just to find out what this show actually is, given the vague and haunting teasers to date. The newest trailer for the 2017 premiere...
View ArticleComicsAlliance's Best Of 2016: The Best Comics For Teens
While 2016 was a tough year in many regards, it produced some amazing comics, including a lot of great comics aimed at teen readers. Our writers and editors have made their picks of the best comics of...
View ArticleCW 'Riverdale' Extended Trailer Teases Archie's Many Loves
We like to have our fun with The CW’s sexy re-imagining of any property they can get their hands on, but boy, if Archie reboot Riverdale isn’t quickly becoming the poster-child. Archie appears...
View ArticleBest Covers Ever (This Year): Archie Comics 2016 Edition
The Holidays are upon as, and the year is basically gone. And as you know by now, that mean that here at ComicsAlliance, we're looking back at the best that comics had to offer in 2016. So here, to...
View ArticleBizarro Back Issues: The Winter Wrath Of Veronica Lodge (1985)
The thing you need to understand about Riverdale is that people there don't react to things with the normal levels of emotions. I mean, that's pretty obvious, right? The entire town --- the entire...
View ArticleArchie Goes Trendspotting In 'Double Digest' #275 [Preview]
Of all the improvements that we've seen from the folks at Archie Comics over the past few years, the most incredible might have been their response time to trends. There was a time, as recently as ten...
View ArticleAt Last, It's Dilton's Turn To Shine In 'Archie' #16 [Preview]
With all the characters that have been reintroduced to us over the past few years of Archie's newly rebooted universe, there are a few that we've yet to really see in the spotlight --- and chief among...
View ArticleWelcome To Riverdale: An 'Archie' Playlist
Archie Andrews has always been quite the musician, and there are several stories involving him pursuing his dreams of rock stardom --- but his friends and family (and Reggie) have been in the musical...
View Article'Riverdale' Season 1 Episode 1: 'The River's Edge'
Welcome to Riverdale, the latest CW show based on a comic; but instead of DC superheroes, this one is all about Archie Andrews and his pals 'n' gals! Archie Comics aficionado Chris Sims and CW teen...
View Article'Riverdale' Season 1 Episode 2: "A Touch of Evil"
This week Veronica tries to repair her relationship with Betty, Archie tries to repair his relationship with Jughead, we find out more about Jason Blossom’s death, and Josie and the Pussycats rock out...
View Article'Riverdale' Season 1 Episode 3: 'Body Double'
This week, the patriarchy raises its ugly head, Josie refuses to put up with white privilege, Ethel gets justice, Jughead gets all True Detective, and Betty… oh, Betty. “Body Double” was written by...
View ArticleArchie Comics Developing More TV Series After 'Riverdale'
The success of Arrow has now preceded no less than four CW DC dramas, so might Archie follow suit after the rave reception of Riverdale? A new development deal with Archie Comics could see additional...
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