Welcome to the Archie Comics Pubwatch for the month of November! 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, two new digests are announced, along with start dates for The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina and Riverdale!
REVIEW: Marvel Zombies #3 Takes a Bite Out of Fear…And Franklin Richards
Marvel Zombies: Resurrection #3 combines fascinating story with just-okay art and uneven character development.
REVIEW: Transformers/Back to the Future #1 Assembles And Rolls Out With Some Strange Bedfellows
Transformers/Back to the Future#1 is a festival of great art, fun character work and good writing. It manages to balance light and dark with surprising deftness.
Archie Pubwatch: October 2020
Welcome to the Archie Comics Pubwatch for the month of October! 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, we’ve got cute kiddie books, Madam Satan, variant cover exclusives, fresh release dates, new shirts, and razzing Riverdale!
REVIEW: An Unkindness of Ravens #1 Is Almost Bewitching
An Unkindness of Ravens from BOOM! Studios provides stunning visuals, which contrast with a somewhat anemic plotline.
REVIEW: Read Your Cares Away Down At Fraggle Rock
A lovely volume of short stories make Down at Fraggle Rock a good choice for parents and kids to read together.
REVIEW: Bill and Ted are Doomed #1 Rocks Out
In the first issue of this Bill and Ted Face the Music prequel comic, much fun is had, and an intriguing plot is born.
Archie Pubwatch: September 2020
Welcome to the Archie Comics Pubwatch for the month of September! 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, lots of comics have dropped as Archie starts to catch up to their pre-COVID release slate!
Cook Your Comics: Ash & Thorn #4 Combines Tentacle with Teacakes
The saga of Lottie Thorn and Lady Peruvia Ashlington-Voss’ journey to save the world continues. Ash & Thorn #4 brings a formidable foe into their lives that attempts to turn them against one another. The recipe of the issue involves teacakes, candied oranges and, in the case of this review’s author, thunderstorms.
REVIEW: Little Witches: Magic in Concord Casts a Spell on Alcott’s Classic Novel
In Leigh Dragoon’s inventive take on Little Women, the March girls are all witches — and the Laurences, freshly moved in next door, are witchfinders.
REVIEW: Anastasia: Part Two Calls for a Cut On all Hollywood Misogynists
The concluding volume of Europe Comics’, Anastasia, a story of a young starlet who has successfully climbed the glass mountain called Hollywood, only to find that it’s pretty hollow at the top, packs in a lot of emotion and a lot of truth about the horrors of the movie business, aided by stunning art to…
Archie Comics Pubwatch: July 2020
Welcome to the Archie Comics Pubwatch for the month of July! 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 plethora of tie-in products have been announced, a new Madame Satan One-Shot is coming in October, and Katy Keene ends its run…