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Riverdale meets Mad Max: Fury Road with Archie vs. the World

October 23, 2022 by Gary Collinson

Archie Andrews and the Riverdale gang are set for a Mad Max-style makeover this January with the release of the all-new one-shot comic Archie vs. the World.

The comic comes from writer Aubrey Sitterson (No One Left to Fight) and artist Jed Dougherty (Savage Hearts), who previously collaborated on the story ‘Jughead the Barbarian’ in The Best Archie Comic Ever one-shot.

“After the fantastic reception to ‘Jughead the Burgarian,’ the brilliant Jamie Rotante was eager to get Jed and I doing a full one-shot at Archie,” said Sitterson. “It was actually her suggestion to do something that riffs on Fury Road and, as an avowed fan of the Mad Max series, I was stoked for the challenge.” 

“Archie, Betty, Veronica, Jughead . . . they aren’t merely characters; they’re archetypes,” Sitterson continues. “It’s a credit to the many creators who have depicted them over the years that not only does each Archie character have well-defined, easy-to-grasp personalities but physical appearances that are just as iconic and distinct. As a result, not only is it a cinch to pick them up and plop them into diverse, unexpected genres but doing so is a huge part of the fun.”

“Archie vs. the World is unlike anything we’ve ever done before, both visually and in terms of the story itself,” said Archie Comics Senior Director of Editorial Jamie L. Rotante. “I have the utmost faith in Aubrey and Jed’s ability to tell a story that’s not only fantastical but can also feature major kickass moments–and yet the two still managed to blow me away page after page.”

ARCHIE VS. THE WORLD sees Archie face off against Reggie in a brutal (and hilarious!) fight for control of a secret water source, prized for its rarity in the devastated future setting. The gang uses souped-up vehicles and weapons to eke out their existence, including a radically customized version of Archie’s classic broken down jalopy which will be familiar to longtime fans of the 80-year-old publisher. Each page-turn heightens the spectacle as more iconic Archie characters and concepts are introduced, including reimagined versions of Sabrina the Teenage Witch and Josie and the Pussycats.

Archie vs. the World will go on sale in January 2023.

 

Filed Under: Comic Books, Gary Collinson, News Tagged With: Archie, archie vs the world

About Gary Collinson

Gary Collinson is a film, TV and digital content producer and writer, who is the founder of the pop culture website Flickering Myth and producer of the gothic horror feature film 'The Baby in the Basket' and the upcoming suspense thriller 'Death Among the Pines'.

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