I wasn’t motivated when Afterlife With Archie was very first announced, considering that I’m not a fan of zombies, as well as blending that type of monster with teen hijinks seemed to suggest the publisher was a bit determined for attention.
Now that the very first problem is out, though, I have to say, it’s a quite great read. mainly since the youngsters shown right here feel a lot more like teens than the normal Archie stereotypes. writer Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa (Archie satisfies Glee, the organized Archie movie) understands teens, as well as the ones right here are, if not really three-dimensional, a bit a lot more realistically emotional than usual.
The whole thing starts, in a plot similar to Stephen King’s Pet Sematary, when Jughead’s pet hot pet dog gets run over. He goes to Sabrina the teen Witch to get help, however it’s as well late. except not — while she can’t heal the dog, she’ll raise it from the dead. however it comes back wrong, as well as … a lot more on that next issue.
In the meantime, though, the youngsters are getting prepared for the Halloween dance. Betty as well as Veronica’s sparring over Archie has a genuine bite to it, for once, as well as Reggie as well as Jughead screen different shades of despair as well as concern.
The art, by Francesco Francavilla, is moody as well as expressive, with closeups hitting the tension. The restricted color palette, mainly red as well as black, adds to the suspense. as well as you have to see Veronica in costume as Vampirella!
I didn’t like whatever about this story. The method Sabrina’s written out, for example — she has to get the plot going however then it would be inconvenient to have her stick around as well as be able to do anything else — smacks of plot heavy-handedness. I understood I wouldn’t like her portrayal, though, when I saw the advertising had the writer speaking about exactly how she always gets spells wrong, which demonstrates ignorance of the character.
As you may gather from one of the variant covers (shown left; there are three, plus the standard), Archie’s aiming a bit older with this one, score it (on the back cover) “teen+” for “violence as well as mature content”. It’s not commonly we see Betty in see-through negligee in official Archie titles.
Overall, this issue, like lots of Archie comics, doesn’t do much new. Instead, it equates familiar products (a fad, one may even say) to the familiar setting. however it does that well, as well as Archie fans will appreciate seeing the characters drawn with skill as well as spookiness.
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