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Afterlife with Archie, Vol. 1: Escape from Riverdale
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bookshelves: adventure, animals, anthology, beastly-freak, best-books, blog, comic-books, fantasy, graphic-novel-trades, horror, over-5-yrs-tbr, post-apocalyptic, read-2024, science-fiction, suspenseful, whimsical, zombies, young-adult
Oct 02, 2024
bookshelves: adventure, animals, anthology, beastly-freak, best-books, blog, comic-books, fantasy, graphic-novel-trades, horror, over-5-yrs-tbr, post-apocalyptic, read-2024, science-fiction, suspenseful, whimsical, zombies, young-adult
Despite knowing of the Afterlife with Archie comic book issues initiating in 2013, I had not found the actual books until recently, and decided to read them for Halloween 2024, during my All Hallow's Month celebration of 20 horrors in October. I have written about Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa before in my blog TheMustacheandtheBeard.com, but not here on Good Reads.
Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa is the son of Nicaraguan immigrants who grew up in Washington DC, graduating from Georgetown University, then Yale School of Drama. He started writing freelance for Marvel Comic Books in 2004 and wrote Afterlife with Archie in 2013 when he was promoted to Chief Creative Director at Archie.
What makes his feat so impressive is that he challenged the essential concept that Archie does not change. Archie is perpetually in High School with a specific set of friends, and they have experiences, but those experiences are only transformative for that specific moment. When he proposed having the Archie titles have a dark alternate reality, the company balked but then decided to give it a shot.
These first five issues of Afterlife with Archie are VERY dark. Some of the gang die and become zombies. And you know how you can tell the horror is going to be hardcore? That's right when you have children and/or animals involved in the horror. Trigger Warnings issued. Even so, I loved it, and I'm looking forward to reading the next five amazing issues.
This is my #2 of 20 horror novels for my All Hallows Month goal.
Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa is the son of Nicaraguan immigrants who grew up in Washington DC, graduating from Georgetown University, then Yale School of Drama. He started writing freelance for Marvel Comic Books in 2004 and wrote Afterlife with Archie in 2013 when he was promoted to Chief Creative Director at Archie.
What makes his feat so impressive is that he challenged the essential concept that Archie does not change. Archie is perpetually in High School with a specific set of friends, and they have experiences, but those experiences are only transformative for that specific moment. When he proposed having the Archie titles have a dark alternate reality, the company balked but then decided to give it a shot.
These first five issues of Afterlife with Archie are VERY dark. Some of the gang die and become zombies. And you know how you can tell the horror is going to be hardcore? That's right when you have children and/or animals involved in the horror. Trigger Warnings issued. Even so, I loved it, and I'm looking forward to reading the next five amazing issues.
This is my #2 of 20 horror novels for my All Hallows Month goal.
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adventure
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animals
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anthology
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beastly-freak
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best-books
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blog
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comic-books
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fantasy
October 2, 2024
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graphic-novel-trades
October 2, 2024
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horror
October 2, 2024
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over-5-yrs-tbr
October 2, 2024
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post-apocalyptic
October 2, 2024
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read-2024
October 2, 2024
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science-fiction
October 2, 2024
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suspenseful
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whimsical
October 2, 2024
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zombies
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young-adult
October 2, 2024
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Oct 02, 2024 05:38PM
HAHAHAHA! This whole concept is mind-blowing. I grew up on comic books including the Archie universe back in the 70s. This is probably the last thing I expected to be added to the Archie cosmos. I may even be tempted to read a volume or two... we'll see. Thanks for this review.
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RANGER wrote: "HAHAHAHA! This whole concept is mind-blowing. I grew up on comic books including the Archie universe back in the 70s. This is probably the last thing I expected to be added to the Archie cosmos. I ..."If you ever watched the Riverdale and the recent Sabrina TV show, Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa is included in the credits because these shows are more akin to that Dark Alternate universe. There are still regular Archie Comics, but there are alternate more adult oriented series, as well. It's really quite impressive, Ranger. I recommend the entire line.
