Archie Comics Pubwatch: June 2022

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Lisa Fernandes
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Welcome to the Archie Comics Pubwatch for the month of June! I’m Lisa, reporting from a corner booth at Pop’s Chock’lit Shoppe, and here’s this month’s news! In this month’s Archie Comics Pubwatch, a fresh Archie Horror release is on the horizon, the cast for The Archies is announced, Riverdale schedules its last bow, and more!

Jinx’s Grim Fairy Tales to Arrive in August

Jinx, a blue-haired teen weating pigtails, sports a red cap-sleeved blouse and blue jeans. She bears an apple from which she's taken a bite, jewelry and a large orange-covered book tucked under her arm. Crows, wolves and frogs follow her out of a dark wood and up a pathway, eyes glowing red. The nighttime is painted in chilly colors of black and blue.

 

The Archie horror imprint comes roaring back after going quiet over the winter and spring. Jinx’s Grim Fairy Tales is, like other recent Archie horror releases, an anthology one-shot featuring a set of stories each written and drawn by three different people. the central character this time out is Jinx Holliday, who spins a web of scary stories featuring herself to tame her young babysitting charges.

The issue will feature the writing talents of Magdalene Visaggio, James III, and Joe Corallo. The issue’s art and inks will be handled by Craig Cermak, Evan Stanley, and Eva Cabrera.  Colors and letters will be done by Archie stalwarts Matt Herms and Jack Morelli, respectively. The issue’s mainline cover is by Vic Malhotra, with Francesco Francavilla providing a variant. You can see Malhotra’s process work on his Twitter.

You can see some exclusive concept art for the issue at the official Archie News website here. The issue will street on August 17.

The Archies sets cast

A cast of attractive actors sit and pose for the camera

Per the Archie Comics Website, not only is the Netflix India exclusive production of The Archies officially in production, its cast includes Mihir Ahuja, Dot, Khushi Kapoor, Suhana Khan, Yuvraj Menda, Agastya Nanda, and Vedang Raina. The website did not state when the film will be released, nor announce which characters the actors will be playing.

The film will be released on Netflix India and is being directed by Zoya Akhtar. It was written by Akhtar, Reema Kagti, and Ayesha Devitre. Ankur Tiwari will provide the music.

 

The CW announces Riverdale will conclude with Season 7

Per Variety, Riverdale has been renewed for one more season, but it will be the show’s final go. Season 7 and the series as a whole should wrap some time in the spring of 2023.

 

Catch a preview of The Fox: Family Values

A figure wearing an all-black head to toe costume with a yellow insignia on the chest dashes forward from the darkness; behind them are red-shaded yellow letters spelling out the name 'The Fox.'

Click through to get a behind-the-scenes peek at the making of this one-shot!

 

Panel X Panel to Publish Archie-centric Issue

Click above to order!

Daniel Kibblesmith talks Archie Meets Riverdale

In a parody of the classic Spider-man-pointing-at-another-Spider-Man meme, Archie Andrews, a white, redheaded teenager wearing kahki slacks, a dark blue vest and a powder blue shirt, points accusatorially at a more realistically-drawn version of himself in a yellow and blue letterman jacket, jeans and tennis shoes. A pink building and light brown crates loom in the background, and a whire-and-brown delivery truck with pop tate's logo on it

Click through to read the interview!

 

Refresh Your Memory ahead of Archie: New Kids off The Wall

Archie Andrews, a white redheaded teenager, stands with his arms crossed in a navy blue letterman sweater with yellow lettering. He wears tan pants. Behind him to the left are his familiar friends; to the right a cast of new characters. the floor is orange and the background a purple grid that resembles a background that one might use in a school portrait

 

If you can’t remember who any of the new teens for the recently-collected Archie: New Kids off The Wall arc are, Archie Comics has posted a guide to help the unfamiliar.

Dan Parent Teases New Exclusive Variant Cover to be made available from Great Wall of Comics

Veronica lodge, a brunette white thin teenager, wears her hair in a classic bouffant topped with a red bow, her black hair touching her shoulders. She wears a bikini that is blue with white stars abndn a black bottom with a red and white striped waist. She knees on a beach with a surfboard stuck in the sand behind her that's painted with an American flag design. It is nighttime, the sky is purple with clouds and a burst of fireworks before a cerulian ocean and a tan beach. she glances coyly to the right toward blonde white thin teenager betty cooper, who sits on a similar beach background with fireworks going off over their heads. Betty's blonde hair is down and she has a pink flower in her hair, and she wears a red and white striped bikini top with a blue and white polka dot bottom. Red, white and orange bursts of fireworks pop up in the sky behind them both

Parent did not indicate when the variant will be available or which comic it will cover on his Twitter, but here’s a neat preview of it!

Archie Comics Tweets of the Month

Enough said!

Sugar Sugar of the Month

Archie Andrews, a redheaded white teenager, and his white teenage friends are piled into his familiar red jalopy. they're all wearing summer gear and the car is loaded down with surfboards, innertubes and other swimming equipment. Hot Dog the white sheepdog leans into the breeze, his tongue hanging out, and they head to the shore on a beautiful summer day, the ocean bright blue behind them, the sky bright blue with some clouds, and the sun peeking over the horizon. A lighthouse looms in the distance

Archie And Friends: Summer Lovin’ #1
Tee Franklin (Writing); Bill Golliher (Cover); Matt Herms (Colors); Jack Morelli (Letters); Dan Parent (Art); Rosario “Tito” Peña (Cover); Bob Smith (Inks)
June 8, 2022

Archie and Friends: Summer Lovin’ offers the series a big old shot in the arm, bringing back a beloved and long-missing character to the fold (Harper Lodge, Vernonia’s  cousin) and introducing a brand-new character in Eliza Han, a genius teen mogul who might give the Lodges a run for the money in the cash department. For those reasons alone the issue is worth buying.  But Harper is always wonderful, and so is Eliza – and any story that lets Reggie be more than a pesky prankster and explores his romantic side is a delight.

Aside from this highlight, this new one-shot spotlights the Archieverse’s best summer adventures, making it the absolute creme de la creme of this month’s offerings.

Hotdogs and Hotshots

Jughead Jones, a brunet white teenager in a baggy purple sweater, black pants and and a grey fool's cap with red and white jewels on it, lectures his pal Archie andrews, a thin white redheaded teenager. Archie is wearing a black sweater vest with a yellow R on it and checked yellow pants. Jughead's eyes are closed and his right index finger is pointed skyward as Archie looks askance at him with amusement. They walk along in front of a red and green circular pattern background

Archie Milestones Jumbo Comics Digest #15: 1970s
Jim Amash (Inks); Tom DeFalco (Writing); Pat and Tim Kennedy (Art); Jack Morelli (Letters and Cover); Samm Schwartz (Cover); Glenn Whitmore (Colors)
June 15, 2022

Never turn down the opportunity to plump up your collection in an easy way. I love these era-centric jumbo collections, and they always tuck a new story into them to boot. For the 1970-centered collection, aside from collecting a primo selection of 1970s-era Archie content, this issue has a brand-new ’70s set story, “Watch and Roll,” which is all about Jughead teaching Archie how to boogie down at the roller disco!

 

A cluster of white teenagers dance on a golden-sanded beach. A blue surf roars behind them, and white clouds slightly obscure a yellow sun. Seagulls take wing in the air

Betty and Veronica: Beach Bash (TR)
Dan DeCarlo (Cover); Rosario “Tito” Peña (Cover); Various (Art and Writing)
June 22, 2022

Another summer-centric TR to tuck into a backpack or a beach bag as you head out for some summer antics. This one is all Betty and Veronica, all the time, and all summer-centered.

Archie Andrews, a white, redheaded teenager in a gold and blue letterman jacket and blue tee-shirt stands before a circle chopped up into a pie chart. Each slice reveals Archie doing a new thing - racing a car, being a superhero, shooting a gun, etc.

The Best Archie Comic Ever (#1)
Jed Dougherty (Art); Matt Herms (Colors and Cover); Jack Morelli (Letters); Ruben Najera (Writing); Tim Seeley (Art and Cover); Aubrey Sitterson (Writing); Giorgia Sposito (Art);  Fred Van Lente (Writing); Tom Whalen (Variant Cover)
June 15, 2022

If you like AUs, this will be your best bet this month. Take another wild spin through the Archieverse as a plethora of talented artists and writers give us a series of alternate universe stories! Superheroes (yes, more Pureheart the Powerful), cavepeople, and spies all collide in this roundelay.

 

Jughead Jones, a dark-haired teenager, sports a green sleeveless teeshirt and blue jean shorts and green sneakers, as well as a grey fool's cap. He tries to balance three over-stacked, multi-colored cones of ice cream while red-headed thin white teenager archie andrews and thin brunette white teenager veronica lodge look on. Archie's wearing a red teeshirt and blue jeans and sneakers, and veronica wears a yellow tank top, shorts, and yellow shoes. They're on a city sidewalk, in front of a white ice cream van. Archie asks: Need a hand jug? And Jughead replies: lots of 'em!

Archie Jumbo Comics Digest #331
Craig Boldman (Writing); Francis Bonnet (Cover); Ben Galvan (Cover); Bill Galvan (Cover); Rex Lindsey (art); Tim Seeley (Art and Cover); Dan Parent (Writing, Cover, and Art);  Rosario “Tito” Peña (Cover); Jeff Shultz (art); Bob Smith (Inks); Glenn Whitmore (Colors)
June 29, 2022

In a body horror story that’s second only to that time Archie’s head was turned into a jack o’lantern, Jughead starts feeling sympathy pain for a volleyball with his face painted on it gifted to him by Chuck, who’s opened a business drawing portraits on said balls. It’s not even October yet, Archie! Plus a bonus Bingo Wilkin  (Cousin of Jughead) tale!

Picks From The Timecops

brunette thin white teenager veronica lodge lounges on the beach in a yellow, orange and black-striped bikini. Behind her is thin white blonde teenager betty cooper, wearing a red bikini with her head tied back. She holds a cone of white (vanilla?) ice cream in her hand. To her right is a shirtless white teenager archie andrews, a redhead holding two surfboards, one of them Veronica's, which bear her initials and is red, white and blue, the other fuscia. Betty says, "Veronica, You don't surf." Veronica says "I know, betty! It's to attract a boy who does." Sure enough, two more boys are running up the beach to meet with her. They are all posing on a golden, sandy beach, before a golden sky and white clouds, with a blue sea behind them.

 

Betty And Veronica Friends Forever: Summer Surf Party #1
Bill Golliher (Cover Art); Jack Morelli (Letters + Cover Lettering); Dan Parent (Art); Rosario “Tito” Peña (Cover Colors); Jamie L. Rotante (Writing); Jeff Shultz (Cover Inks); Bob Smith (Inks); Glenn Whitmore (Colors)
July 13, 2022

New character Stacy Banks makes her debut in this one-shot series. The central story sees Veronica battle a new Wordle-like spelling game for her friend’s attention as she prepares to throw a beach bash.

 

Kevin Keller, a white teenager with blond short hair and blue eyes, fondly smiles as he looks over his shoulder at his friends, who run toward him. Blonde betty cooper, redheaded archie andrews, brunette veronica lodge, and brunet jughead jones are all running toward him, betty in a grey skirt and pink top, archie in a blue and white sleeved baseball teeshirt, veronica in a purple scoop neck top and jughead in a green teeshirt. Kevin wears a black turtleneck and has his arms crossed over his chest. He stands before a white and blue swirled background

Kevin Keller: Celebration! (TR)
Dan Parent (Art and Cover); Various (Art and Writing)
July 20, 2022

A 700 (!!) page tribute to Kevin, with every Kevin-centered story ever printed by Archie Comics. There’s also a new story from Dan Parent.

Redheaded archie andrews is a white teenager wearing yellow swim trunks decorated with red swirls. Beside him is Eliza Han, a biracial teenager with brown skin and purple hair tucked up under a purple hat. she wears a gold bikini with white bangle bracelets on her left wrist. They stand on a beach on a fair sunny day with pounding ocean waves and tanned sand. In the background, two people play volleyball, a striped beach ball idles, and shells are everywhere. In the foreground, white, brunet teenager jughead jones is buried up to his neck in sand, a grey fool's cap with red and white badges on it. In his left hand is a hamburger he's taken a big bite out of and is currently chewing, in his left a piece of pizza with pepperoni and green peppers on it. Archie says "I buried jughead in the sand but left his hands free for snacks!"

 

World of Archie Jumbo Comics Digest #121
Jim Amash (Inks); Francis Bonnet (Cover Art); Bill Golliher (Art and Writing); Rex Lindsey (inks); Jack Morelli (Letters and Cover); Dan Parent (Writing and Art);  Rosario “Tito” Peña (Cover Colors); Bob Smith (Inks); Glenn Whitmore (Colors)
July 13, 2022

In two fresh stories, Jughead and his baby sister Jellybean become involved in a rivalrous sand castle building competition. Archie calls in the big guns in the form of Veronica, leading to the ultimate showdown of sandcastle-building destiny. In the second story, caring tv doc Young Dr. Masters comes home to Riverdale, and Betty and Veronica compete for a spot in his heart and his roster of talent.

 

Archie andrews, a white redheaded teenager, wears a blue suit jacket with red and white striped collar and a yellow tie. He wears red-rimmed sunglasses, which he tilts down slightly, and a red santa claus hat. Behind him are Betty Cooper and Veronica Lodge, a white blonde and white brunette teenager, respectively, wearing red sheath dresses with white ermine trim, santa hats and red-rimmed sunglasses. Beside Archie is Vegas, his golden lab, who wears reindeer antlers strapped to his head with a green headband. They all mug for the camera in front of a yellow and blue backdrop

Archie Showcase Comic Digest #9: Christmas in July
Jim Amash (Inks); Tom DeFalco (Writing); Pat and Tim Kennedy (Art); Jack Morelli (Letters and Cover); Samm Schwartz (Cover); Glenn Whitmore (Colors)
July 20, 2022

it’s never too early to start thinking about Christmas, as this collection of holiday tales released in July proves.

 

Betty Cooper, a white blonde teenager, wears a purple one-piece swimsuit with a cut-out for the belly. She also wears a purple headband as she sits on a fuiscia blanket. She sits on a sandy beach before a blue ocean. Beside her knees white brunette teenager veronica lodge in a golden bikini. Betty says: "Isn't this secluded section of the beach perfect?" Veronica counters "No! There's no one to admire my new suit!"

Betty and Veronica Jumbo Comics Digest #305
Jim Amash (Inks); Ian Flynn (Writing); David Gallaher (Writing); Ben Galvan (Art); Bill Galvan (Art); Bill Golliher (Cover Inks); Jack Morelli (Letters); Dan Parent (Cover, Art, And Writing); Jeff Shultz (Art); Bob Smith (Inks); Glenn Whitmore (Colors)
July 6, 2022

This one sports not one, not two, but THREE new tales centered on Betty and Veronica’s antics. The girls face down concert-related blues, continue their crush on Dr. Masters, and find themselves helping out Detective Jake Chang on a case.

 

Sabrina Spellman, a white thin teenager with short white hair, hovers along on a broom. She wears a purple short-sleeved shirt and a black skirt and high heels, as well as a purple bike helmet. She rides down a long dirt road, and two teenagers - blonde better and brunette veronica - ride bikes beside her at a similar pace. Betty's wearing a pink striped teeshirt and betty's wearing a blue shirt. She's wearing black biker shorts and betty's wearing pink shorts. Betty has a pink bike, veronica has a red one. They're wearing pink and blue bike helmets, respectively. Behind them the sky is pale yellow with while clouds

World of Betty and Veronica Jumbo Comics Digest #17
Tee Franklin (Writing); David Gallaher (Writing); Ben Galvan (Art); Bill Galvan (Art); Bill Golliher (Art and Cover); Jack Morelli (Letters); Dan Parent (Art and Cover); Bob Smith (Inks); Glenn Whitmore (Colors)
July 27, 2022

Betty and Veronica celebrate Best Friends Day by participating in a town-wide scavenger hunt. Elsewhere, the girls team up with Jake Chang once again.

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