Archie Horror is an

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Archie Comics Publications, Inc. Archie Comic Publications, Inc., is an American comic book publisher headquartered in Pelham, New York.horror-related titles. Prior to the creation of the imprint the titles were published under the normal Archie Comics banner. The titles in the imprint are rated "TEEN+" due to their content and subject matter which include realistic violence, gore, blood, disturbing scenes, and some moderate language. All titles under this imprint are set in alternative realities from the core Archie Comics series, and each title is independent from the others.

Publication history

Beginnings

In 2013, Archie Comics announced ''

Afterlife with Archie ''Afterlife with Archie'' is a comic book published by Archie Comics beginning in 2013, depicting a zombie apocalypse that begins in the town of Riverdale in an alternative reality. It is written by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa,

'' to be written by

Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa (born 1973) is an American playwright, screenwriter, and comic book writer best known for his work for Marvel Comics and for the television series ''Glee'', ''Big Love'', '' Riverdale'', ''Chilling Adventures of Sabrina'' a ...

and illustrated by

Francesco Francavilla Francesco Francavilla is an Italian comic book artist known for his creator-owned series '' The Black Beetle'' and pulp-inspired comic covers. Other notable works include ''The Black Coat'' (which he co-created), Dynamite's ''Zorro'' series, and h ...

. It is the first horror title as well as the first series to be rated "TEEN+" under Archie Comics. The series was partially inspired by the zombie-themed variant cover Francavilla did for '' Life with Archie: The Married Life''. The series launched 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. It won three awards at the 2013 Ghastly Awards for Best New Series, Best Ongoing Title, and Best Colorist for Francesco Francavilla. In 2014, Archie Comics released ''Afterlife with Archie'' #6, which details the whereabouts of

Sabrina Spellman Sabrina Victoria Spellman is the eponymous character of the Archie Comics series ''Sabrina the Teenage Witch.'' Sabrina was created by writer George Gladir and artist Dan DeCarlo, and she first appeared in ''Archie's Mad House'' #22 in October 19 ...

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. The first issue of ''

Chilling Adventures of Sabrina ''Chilling Adventures of Sabrina'' is an American comic book series published by Archie Horror, an imprint of Archie Comics, beginning in 2014. The series is a darker take on the characters and setting of ''Sabrina the Teenage Witch''. It is writ ...

'', an occult horror story detailing Sabrina's teenage witch origins in the 1960s, was released in October 2014. As with ''Afterlife with Archie'', the series received critical and commercial success with the first two issues selling out.

Creation of imprint

In March 2015, Archie Comics announced the Archie Horror imprint due to the successes of ''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.” ''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.

Further titles

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titled '' Jughead: The Hunger'' was released in March 2017 as part of Archie Comics' "pilot season" for the

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lineup. The story focuses on

Jughead Jones Forsythe Pendleton "Jughead" Jones III is one of the fictional characters created by Bob Montana and John L. Goldwater in Archie Comics who first appeared in the first Archie story, from ''Pep Comics'' #22 (December 1941). He is the drummer of th ...

and his family's

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heritage to explain Jughead's excessive hunger. It was written by Frank Tieri with artwork provided by Michael Walsh. The book was picked up as an

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that July and debuted its first official issue in October with Pat & Tim Kennedy taking over as artists. In March 2015, along with the announcement of the imprint, Archie Comics revealed that a new title was in the works featuring a "major female ''Archie'' character from the past" for the imprint. Written by Megan Smallwood, with art by co-writer Greg Smallwood, ''

Vampironica ''Vampironica'' is an American comic book miniseries published by Archie Horror, an imprint of Archie Comics, beginning in 2018. The story, which takes place outside of the main Archie Comics continuity, focuses on Veronica Lodge as she navigates l ...

'' was officially announced in December 2017 and debuted in March 2018. Two 5-issue limited series were announced in October 2018. From writer

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and artist Laura Braga, ''

Blossoms 666 ''Blossoms 666'' is a 5-issue comic book Limited series (comics), miniseries published by Archie Horror, an imprint of Archie Comics, in 2019. The story, which takes place in an Alternative universe (fan fiction), alternate reality from the main A ...

'' features twins

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and

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competing for the title of

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. The series released its first issue in January 2019. The second series, a crossover titled ''Jughead: The Hunger vs. Vampironica'' features the protagonists of the two respective titles facing off against one another. The series comes from Tieri and the Kennedys and was released in April 2019.

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serves as

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for all six titles.

Titles

Ongoing series

* ''

'' (October 2013–present) * ''

'' (October 2014–present) * '' Jughead: The Hunger'' (October 2017–present) * ''

'' (March 2018–present) * '' Vampironica New Blood'' (December 2019- April 2020)

Limited series

* ''

'' (January 2019–July 2019) * '' Jughead: The Hunger vs. Vampironica'' (April 2019- October 2019)

One-Shots

* '' Chilling Adventures of Sabrina Presents: Madam Satan'' (October 2020) * '' Chilling Adventures Presents: Jinx's Grim Fairy Tales'' (August 2022) * ''Chilling Adventures Presents... Weirder Mysteries'' (September 2022) * '' Chilling Adventures of Salem'' (October 2022) * ''Fear the Funhouse'' (October 2022)

Creative teams

The following is a list of main and frequent contributors to publications of the Archie Horror imprint, ordered alphabetically by surname.

Other media

In September 2017, it was reported that a live-action ''

'' television series was being developed for

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and

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as a companion series to '' Riverdale'', with a planned 2018–2019 release.

Lee Toland Krieger Lee Toland Krieger (born January 24, 1983) is an American film director and screenwriter best known for the films ''The Vicious Kind'' (2009), ''Celeste and Jesse Forever'' (2012) and ''The Age of Adaline'' (2015). Early life Krieger was born an ...

directed the pilot, which was written by

. Both are executive producers along with

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, Sarah Schechter, and Jon Goldwater. In December 2017, the project moved to

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with a two-season order, 10 episodes each. In January 2018, it was announced that

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has signed on to play the lead role of

. The first season of ''Chilling Adventures of Sabrina'' was released worldwide on Netflix on October 26, 2018.

Collected Editions

''Afterlife with Archie''

''Chilling Adventures of Sabrina''

''Jughead: The Hunger''

''Vampironica''

''Blossoms 666''

''Jughead: The Hunger vs. Vampironica''

References

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