THIS HALLOWEEN, HAVE A SPOOKTACULAR TIME WITH ARCHIE & HIS FRIENDS!

In the 60 plus years that Archie Comics have been published, Archie and his friends have commemorated the holidays time and time again.  Countless stories featuring the gang involved in hilarious and heartwarming tales revolving around Valentine’s Day, Thanksgiving, and especially Christmas have peppered the pages of Archie Comics, much to the delight of readers.

One holiday that is a mainstay of Archie Comics is Halloween.  Kids love to dress up in costumes and have masquerade parties, and Archie and his friends are no exceptions.  Time and time again their Halloween hijinx have led to hilarity.  And sometimes they even met real monsters, as in the pages of “Archie’s Madhouse” and “Bats!”

This fall, the Riverdale teens are at it again.  Don’t miss the spooky fun! 


BETTY & VERONICA SPECTACULAR #85, ships 9/10.  32-page, full color comic, $2.25 US.  SPECIAL HALLOWEEN ISSUE!  “An Axe to Grind”: It’s a dark and stormy night… a fitting night for Betty and Veronica to stay inside and have a scary movie festival!  But things go from “reel” to real when Archie, Jughead and Reggie try to crash the girl’s private party… and come face-to-face with an axe-wielding maniac!  Is everything as it seems, or is it just a case of the boys’ imaginations running wild?  Guest-starring Veronica’s truck driving aunt, Tessie!  SCRIPT AND ART: Dan Parent. 

 

TALES FROM RIVERDALE DIGEST #30, ships 9/24.  Full color digest format, $2.49 US.  “For Monsters Only”: Can it be true?  Have Archie and Jughead really stumbled into a Halloween party where the guests are not in costume but are actual, real-live monsters?  Find out for yourself if this tale is a “trick” or a “treat!”  SCRIPT: George Gladir.  ART: Fernando Ruiz.  “The Promise”: Mr. Weatherbee promises to perform as a clown if the students improve their reading averages, leading some to ask, “what else is new?!”  SCRIPT: George Gladir.  ART: Pat Kennedy.   PLUS: Other new and classic tales!  SCRIPT AND ART: Various talents.  BONUS: Puzzles, games and pin-ups!

isn't that Mike Wazowski, the little one-eyed monster???

Pretty good covers all around, but I think the girls' Halloween one would have been a lot funnier if Betty was in a devil dress and Veronica was the angel... just the opposite of last year!!! :>)

What's really cool is that the Archie creators always seem to be having great fun with these characters and that ALWAYS translates off of these images.

Gregg

If anyone can appreciate this - it's you fellow Archie fans! 

I was very, very fortunate to be able to get the original cover art for the Betty and Veronica issue - it's absolutely gorgeous!  In fact, I was also lucky enough to get last years digest cover original art and will be framing the two of them and the comics together - I can't WAIT to put them up in my office!

Dan's covers are a great, he always makes them a little different, and I cannot say enough good things about them! 

This year, for my daughters birthday, I had him create a fantastic commission of Betty and Veronica fighting over whom gets to babysit her.  I'll ask him if I can post the image here - it's really nice.

Here's a link to my "Fan of Dan" page where I post some of the original artwork I have bought.

It has the original work for the Halloween cover above.  Notice that they have moved Betty's position over and extended Veronica's broom down.  Also, the published cover has that orange moon.

http://gallery.mac.com/bergdoll#100161