Archie Comics has announced the upcoming launch of Riverdale Season 3, a new comic book series going beyond the hit The CW TV series and revealing tantalizing details of the mysterious “Gryphons & Gargoyles” plotline currently playing out on the third season of the show.
Novelist Micol Ostow, who also penned next month’s prequel novel from Scholastic, Riverdale: The Day Before, will be working with the Riverdale writer’s room on the series. Thomas Pitilli, who handled art duties on the previous volume of the Riverdale comic, will return, trading off stories with Archie Comics veteran Joe Eisma (The Archies, Jughead: The Hunger.
“As a diehard Archie fan in my childhood, I never imagined one day I’d be writing my own adventures for the gang,” Ostow said. “The phenomenon of Riverdale has been such a thrilling extension of the universe, and I can’t wait to explore new storylines with all my old favorites, along with the superstar Archie team!”
Riverdale Season 3 #1 will go on sale on March 13th 2019.
