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A new Josie & the Pussycats comic series, featuring the exploits of Riverdale's most popular all-girl rock band, will be out in September.

According to Archie Comics, the new series will feature Josie uniting the band to take their big shot at musical stardom, only to contend with the machinations of Alexandra Cabot, the ever-Machiavellian daughter of the Pussycats' manager.

Marguerite Bennett and Cameron DeOrdio will write the series, with art by Audrey Mok. Mok also draws the cover of the first issue...

Audrey Mok:
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Veronica Fish:
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Francesco Francavilla:
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Josie & the Pussycats #1 hits comic stores Sep. 28.  8)

This looks amazing; if the writing is good, I think it will sell big time!

The Veronica Fish variant is really cool.  The attention to detail with the bands is great.  Can't believe there's a Shonen Knife poster on their wall.  Someone knows their girl bands!

I like Veronica Fish's cover is best out of the 3. I'm not huge fan of Josie & The Pussycats. But I will get the #1. I'm more interested in Archie & Jughead & Betty & Veronica reboots.

Unbelievably excited!! ACP is finally listening to the fans. I like Audrey Mok's cover the best.

C-can we talk about how beautifully Mok draws them? It does not help my unnatural crush on Melody lol

Also I hope they don't make Alexandra into a cartoonish villain and nothing else. (Like no character development.)

I can't wait to see how Alan & Alexander will look. It would be cool if somehow they put Pepper in the story. She should be fighting with Melody & Josie. They should befriend her. And she will want to get revenge on them . And maybe get friendly with Alexandra. Maybe they could be a couple.

 ::) Is it just me or does the Francavilla cover look a lot like it's riffing on hs upcoming AWA cover ...  :(

Well, I guess we are seeing them spend some of that new finance money. Not familiar with any of these creators' work, but Audrey Mok's art looks okay.

Quote from: spazaru on June 08, 2016, 06:47:36 PM
This looks amazing; if the writing is good, I think it will sell big time!

The Veronica Fish variant is really cool.  The attention to detail with the bands is great.  Can't believe there's a Shonen Knife poster on their wall.  Someone knows their girl bands!

Also spotted: album covers for Talking Heads (True Stories), Ramones, Run DMC, The Archies, a poster for Chuck Berry and Lloyd Price, and a Playbill for Hedwig and the Angry Inch.

Quote from: invisifan on June 08, 2016, 11:49:26 PM
::) Is it just me or does the Francavilla cover look a lot like it's riffing on hs upcoming AWA cover ...  :(

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They look similar to me. And those are the covers I don't like.

Quote from: DeCarlo Rules on June 09, 2016, 01:26:19 AM

Quote from: spazaru on June 08, 2016, 06:47:36 PM
This looks amazing; if the writing is good, I think it will sell big time!

The Veronica Fish variant is really cool.  The attention to detail with the bands is great.  Can't believe there's a Shonen Knife poster on their wall.  Someone knows their girl bands!

Also spotted: album covers for Talking Heads (True Stories), Ramones, Run DMC, The Archies, a poster for Chuck Berry and Lloyd Price, and a Playbill for Hedwig and the Angry Inch.

Right. 50s rock n roll is probably my favorite next to The Beach Boys.  The Chuck Berry and Lloyd Price poster that looks just like a 50s concert flyer is amazing.  Whoever came up with that idea is inspired.  Nice that they're celebrating two folks who are still with us too!  Chuck will be 90 this year and Lloyd is 83. 


I wish they had put a better Talking Heads album on there.  Fear of Music or Remain In Light maybe, but True Stories I guess was easy to do because the band's name is so big it would stand out. 

Josie and the Pussycats #1 variant by Derek Charm
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Josie and the Pussycats #1 variant by Colleen Coover
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Josie and the Pussycats #1 variant by Alitha Martinez
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Quote from: nuageo on June 08, 2016, 06:42:21 PM

According to Archie Comics, the new series will feature Josie uniting the band to take their big shot at musical stardom, only to contend with the machinations of Alexandra Cabot, the ever-Machiavellian daughter of the Pussycats' manager.

Alex and Alexandra's dad is the manager now? Where does that leave Alex?

Quote from: invisifan on June 08, 2016, 11:49:26 PM
::) Is it just me or does the Francavilla cover look a lot like it's riffing on hs upcoming AWA cover ...  :(

All his covers look the same to me. He always draws those silhouette covers because they take less effort.

Quote from: nuageo on June 09, 2016, 12:22:22 PM
Josie and the Pussycats #1 variant by Derek Charm
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Josie and the Pussycats #1 variant by Colleen Coover
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Josie and the Pussycats #1 variant by Alitha Martinez
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I like Derek Charm's (love the cat) and Alitha Martinez's the best out of these 3.

Quote from: Thrillho on June 09, 2016, 02:42:27 PM

Quote from: nuageo on June 08, 2016, 06:42:21 PM

According to Archie Comics, the new series will feature Josie uniting the band to take their big shot at musical stardom, only to contend with the machinations of Alexandra Cabot, the ever-Machiavellian daughter of the Pussycats' manager.

Alex and Alexandra's dad is the manager now? Where does that leave Alex?

That's what I was thinking.

I'm guessing either 1) Alex will come later or be picked as manager later (like Mr. Cabot/Pussycats will give the position to Alex instead of Alexandra), or 2) the summary meant that Mr. Cabot put up the funds for the Pussycats (like in the original comics) so he is technically in charge.

I can't see them leaving Alex out all together. Breaking up the Cabot twin terrors would be blasphemy lol

OMG, Shonen Knife reference! "Tortoise brand pot cleaner. Specially selected pot cleaner. The best pot cleaner in the world is specially selected Tortoise brand!"

Anyway, I'm really looking forward to this series (even though I just learned about it today, but I guess I shouldn't be surprised).

So J&P are based in Riverdale now?

Josie and the Pussycats #1 variant by Alitha Martinez & Dereck Charm are great. I wonder if they have a blank cover like Archie & Jughead & Betty & Veronica? Would they have 25 covers too?

None of these variants capture Melody's sexiness. And keeping in mind that ACP is so very political correct nowadays ( ::) ), I am afraid Melody won't be portrayed as the sexy kitten she was in the Classic style stories.

Quote from: 60sBettyandReggie on June 09, 2016, 06:31:10 PM
None of these variants capture Melody's sexiness. And keeping in mind that ACP is so very political correct nowadays ( ::) ), I am afraid Melody won't be portrayed as the sexy kitten she was in the Classic style stories.

Melody and Josie are drawn pretty sexy in that Alitha Martinez cover.

Okay, why does this reboot comic NOT look like the TV show, or more importantly, the TV show NOT look like the reboot comic?? Will somebody please explain this to me?? Maybe the writers/artists didn't get the memo, I say sarcastically...

Quote from: CAPalace on June 09, 2016, 03:48:15 PM

Quote from: Thrillho on June 09, 2016, 02:42:27 PM

Quote from: nuageo on June 08, 2016, 06:42:21 PM

According to Archie Comics, the new series will feature Josie uniting the band to take their big shot at musical stardom, only to contend with the machinations of Alexandra Cabot, the ever-Machiavellian daughter of the Pussycats' manager.

Alex and Alexandra's dad is the manager now? Where does that leave Alex?

That's what I was thinking.

I'm guessing either 1) Alex will come later or be picked as manager later (like Mr. Cabot/Pussycats will give the position to Alex instead of Alexandra), or 2) the summary meant that Mr. Cabot put up the funds for the Pussycats (like in the original comics) so he is technically in charge.

I can't see them leaving Alex out all together. Breaking up the Cabot twin terrors would be blasphemy lol

Calling Alexandra "Machiavellian" is kind of a stretch.

I asked Archie comics on twitter if they going have 25 covers & they said no.

Quote from: irishmoxie on June 09, 2016, 06:40:03 PM

Quote from: 60sBettyandReggie on June 09, 2016, 06:31:10 PM
None of these variants capture Melody's sexiness. And keeping in mind that ACP is so very political correct nowadays ( ::) ), I am afraid Melody won't be portrayed as the sexy kitten she was in the Classic style stories.

Melody and Josie are drawn pretty sexy in that Alitha Martinez cover.

Yeah, I forgot to write that Martinez's variant was the only kinda sexy one.

Quote from: SAGG on June 09, 2016, 06:53:00 PM
Okay, why does this reboot comic NOT look like the TV show, or more importantly, the TV show NOT look like the reboot comic?? Will somebody please explain this to me?? Maybe the writers/artists didn't get the memo, I say sarcastically...

i have no idea...Josie's Black and a stuck arrogant crybaby who doesn't even want to record any songs despite being the lead singer of a rock band...

At a guess I would think that the comic coming out the month before the show is no accident — someone wants to keep the original comic brand alive, and if it came out after the show there'd be push back to race-change the comic characters too ...

The one where all look sexy, they all look like they are in their 20's . I thought they were supposed be in High School.

Quote from: BettyReggie on June 10, 2016, 10:16:47 PM
The one where all look sexy, they all look like they are in their 20's . I thought they were supposed be in High School.

Really? I'm not too familiar with J&P. How many stories show them explicitly in high school versus those that don't?

Quote from: Tuxedo Mark on June 11, 2016, 09:50:55 AM

Quote from: BettyReggie on June 10, 2016, 10:16:47 PM
The one where all look sexy, they all look like they are in their 20's . I thought they were supposed be in High School.

Really? I'm not too familiar with J&P. How many stories show them explicitly in high school versus those that don't?

Aren't the girls supposed to be a bit older than Archie and his friends? I don't think they are in high school.

I'll be pissed if they make Valerie Into A White Girl.... :tickedoff:

but i don't really see them having 2 black girls on the band so Valerie's gonna be changed like Josie was...sigh

Quote from: 60sBettyandReggie on June 11, 2016, 11:47:05 AM

Quote from: Tuxedo Mark on June 11, 2016, 09:50:55 AM

Quote from: BettyReggie on June 10, 2016, 10:16:47 PM
The one where all look sexy, they all look like they are in their 20's . I thought they were supposed be in High School.

Really? I'm not too familiar with J&P. How many stories show them explicitly in high school versus those that don't?

Aren't the girls supposed to be a bit older than Archie and his friends? I don't think they are in high school.

A recent story, within the past few years, has Valerie at 20 but that was classic Archie who knows with the reboot.

Quote from: CAPalace on June 09, 2016, 03:48:15 PM

Quote from: Thrillho on June 09, 2016, 02:42:27 PM

Quote from: nuageo on June 08, 2016, 06:42:21 PM

According to Archie Comics, the new series will feature Josie uniting the band to take their big shot at musical stardom, only to contend with the machinations of Alexandra Cabot, the ever-Machiavellian daughter of the Pussycats' manager.

Alex and Alexandra's dad is the manager now? Where does that leave Alex?

That's what I was thinking.

I'm guessing either 1) Alex will come later or be picked as manager later (like Mr. Cabot/Pussycats will give the position to Alex instead of Alexandra), or 2) the summary meant that Mr. Cabot put up the funds for the Pussycats (like in the original comics) so he is technically in charge.

I can't see them leaving Alex out all together. Breaking up the Cabot twin terrors would be blasphemy lol

For one moment I thought they were making Alexandra a child and Alex's daughter. 😬  You're probably right and Alex will be integrated in another way.

Quote from: Tuxedo Mark on June 11, 2016, 09:50:55 AM

Quote from: BettyReggie on June 10, 2016, 10:16:47 PM
The one where all look sexy, they all look like they are in their 20's . I thought they were supposed be in High School.

Really? I'm not too familiar with J&P. How many stories show them explicitly in high school versus those that don't?

The first few issues had them in high school, and then they sort-of dropped it but once in awhile there would be stories (usually one pagers) that had them in a high school class.

Their ages depends on who is writing them. I think it makes more sense that they're older than the Riverdale crew, like how Dan Parent wrote them.

i do hope there's enough action in this series

Quote from: Musical_Necromancer on June 12, 2016, 01:59:43 PM
i do hope there's enough action in this series

Since it's about a girl pop band, I'm sure there will be giant explosions, exciting car chases, gunplay with high caliber weapons, villains falling off tall buildings, and lots of people getting punched in the face. It's all part of ACP's forward-thinking plan to make comics "just like the big guys".

I'm surprised it took this long to make another Josie Series.....You'd think during the Hannah Montana Era  this would have sprung up

Quote from: DeCarlo Rules on June 12, 2016, 03:57:37 PM
Since it's about a girl pop band, I'm sure there will be giant explosions, exciting car chases, gunplay with high caliber weapons, villains falling off tall buildings, and lots of people getting punched in the face.

And that's in just the first panel!

Josie and the Pussycats #1 by Gisele Lagace
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Josie and the Pussycats #1 by Marguerite Sauvage
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Josie and the Pussycats #1 by Robert Hack
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Quote from: nuageo on June 13, 2016, 06:14:00 PM
Josie and the Pussycats #1 by Gisele Lagace
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They just sold a copy!

Gisele & Fish & Hack & Charm are my favorites. They are all so different.

Quote from: DeCarlo Rules on June 13, 2016, 07:52:25 PM

Quote from: nuageo on June 13, 2016, 06:14:00 PM
Josie and the Pussycats #1 by Gisele Lagace
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They just sold a copy!

You're buying an actual variant cover? :shock:

Quote from: irishmoxie on June 13, 2016, 11:42:32 PM

Quote from: DeCarlo Rules on June 13, 2016, 07:52:25 PM

Quote from: nuageo on June 13, 2016, 06:14:00 PM
Josie and the Pussycats #1 by Gisele Lagace
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They just sold a copy!

You're buying an actual variant cover? :shock:

But ...  ::) just ... look at it ... ;)

Someone on Facebook said that Archie Meets The Ramones is coming out in October. So that's going cool to get 2 Gisele covers in the solicitations.

Quote from: Musical_Necromancer on June 10, 2016, 04:32:39 PM

Quote from: SAGG on June 09, 2016, 06:53:00 PM
Okay, why does this reboot comic NOT look like the TV show, or more importantly, the TV show NOT look like the reboot comic?? Will somebody please explain this to me?? Maybe the writers/artists didn't get the memo, I say sarcastically...

i have no idea...Josie's Black and a stuck arrogant crybaby

Stuck and arrogant yeah, how is she a crybaby?

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who doesn't even want to record any songs despite being the lead singer of a rock band...

No it was songs by Archie that she didn't want to record because he's a white guy. The production team's wonderful idea to make her a racist.  :idiot2:

Quote from: irishmoxie on June 13, 2016, 11:42:32 PM

Quote from: DeCarlo Rules on June 13, 2016, 07:52:25 PM

Quote from: nuageo on June 13, 2016, 06:14:00 PM
Josie and the Pussycats #1 by Gisele Lagace
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They just sold a copy!

You're buying an actual variant cover? :shock:

It will be the first rebooted Archie Comic that I'll actually purchase, although I've borrowed and read the first 2 issues of the new Archie and every issue of the new Jughead. I'll get the new Josie #1 from my LCS at my standard discount.

It's not that I have anything against variant covers in principle, but the more of them they produce for any given comic, the more I tend to resist them, as I consider it the sort of obsequious misuse of the variant covers gimmick that isn't good for the comics industry, because it tends to deemphasize the importance of READING the interior story in favor of turning a comic into a "collectible", a mere tchotchke - something to have only for the sake of owning it.

Whether of not I'll be purchasing issue #2 of the new Josie remains to be seen, although - again - I'll probably borrow and read at least a couple more of the subsequent issues, unless #1 turns out to be completely horrid. At least that way, if I'm critical of the ACP rebooted titles, I'm not speaking from ignorance as someone who hasn't even tried reading them. Can't be any fairer than that.

seriously? why does josie have to be racist

These are my favorites but we probably get more before the first issue comes out.

Quote from: BettyReggie on June 15, 2016, 07:44:28 AM
These are my favorites but we probably get more before the first issue comes out.

Can't wait to preorder these. Especially the Gisele one. I might even get two copies I love it so much. I haven't seen these listed at TFAW or Midtown yet. Hopefully Gisele will get to illustrate an issue. Jen Bartel one of my all time favorite illustrators/comic artists did so many variant covers of Jem she eventually became the replacement artist for Sophie Campbell. BettyReggie, you should start picking up this series again beginning with Jem #18 which is Jen Bartel's first issue. I think you will really like the art. 

I just realized Marguerite Bennett is the writer for this one. While the art in DC Bombshells is beautiful, I never could follow the many subplots and stopped reading it. I hope the story is more understandable. The other writer Cameron DeOrdio I have never heard of.

I really hope they sell the issues on www.archiecomics.com so I can use my $25 gift cards the ones I still have from Christmas 2015.

Hmmmmmmmmm.....


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I wish the innards were gonna look like THIS, though...
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BUT if they're not going to let Gisele draw that actual comic book, then how about THIS one...?


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Quote from: DeCarlo Rules on June 18, 2016, 03:29:20 PM
Hmmmmmmmmm.....


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I wish the innards were gonna look like THIS, though...
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BUT if they're not going to let Gisele draw that actual comic book, then how about THIS one...?


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I agree I wish Gisele was drawing it, but I think no matter who draws it, it's going to be a smash hit.  It boggles my mind that Archie Comics took this long to do another Josie project.  I think it might be their franchise with the most potential for mass appeal. 

Quote from: spazaru on June 18, 2016, 04:58:19 PM

Quote from: DeCarlo Rules on June 18, 2016, 03:29:20 PM
Hmmmmmmmmm.....


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I wish the innards were gonna look like THIS, though...
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BUT if they're not going to let Gisele draw that actual comic book, then how about THIS one...?


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I agree I wish Gisele was drawing it, but I think no matter who draws it, it's going to be a smash hit.  It boggles my mind that Archie Comics took this long to do another Josie project.  I think it might be their franchise with the most potential for mass appeal.

Yeah Gisele is obviously heavily inspired by Josie and the Pussycats. I wish she would do a more musical themed comic about a girl band. Do the Magic Chicks form a band?

Quote from: irishmoxie on June 18, 2016, 06:27:05 PM
Yeah Gisele is obviously heavily inspired by Josie and the Pussycats. I wish she would do a more musical themed comic about a girl band. Do the Magic Chicks form a band?

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^^^^^^^^^^  This is Zii's band from MA3.   ^^^^^^^^^

So far there have been no bands in Eerie Cuties or Magick Chicks.

Quote from: irishmoxie on June 18, 2016, 06:27:05 PM
Yeah Gisele is obviously heavily inspired by Josie and the Pussycats. I wish she would do a more musical themed comic about a girl band. Do the Magic Chicks form a band?

I probably will eventually. If it's not with Zii, it'll be with a new creation more than likely. I won't lie, I would've enjoyed doing interiors on Josie, but it wasn't in the cards. In regards to SuperTeen Betty, I did get to draw her 2 more times in commissions since I did that quick sketch. She's pretty fun to draw. Since I don't know how to attach images here, here are links to my tweets:
https://twitter.com/GiseleLagace/status/662710202244931584 (https://twitter.com/GiseleLagace/status/662710202244931584)
https://twitter.com/GiseleLagace/status/732779410424651776 (https://twitter.com/GiseleLagace/status/732779410424651776)
(The second one is less on model, but it wasn't requested to be, so I took some liberties)

Archie Meets Ramones is not about a girl band but at least it's about music, which I enjoy. I'm also working on another project that has some music in it. It should be announced fairly soon. :)

Quote from: Gisele on June 19, 2016, 02:41:38 AM

Quote from: irishmoxie on June 18, 2016, 06:27:05 PM
Yeah Gisele is obviously heavily inspired by Josie and the Pussycats. I wish she would do a more musical themed comic about a girl band. Do the Magic Chicks form a band?

I probably will eventually. If it's not with Zii, it'll be with a new creation more than likely. I won't lie, I would've enjoyed doing interiors on Josie, but it wasn't in the cards. In regards to SuperTeen Betty, I did get to draw her 2 more times in commissions since I did that quick sketch. She's pretty fun to draw. Since I don't know how to attach images here, here are links to my tweets:
https://twitter.com/GiseleLagace/status/662710202244931584 (https://twitter.com/GiseleLagace/status/662710202244931584)
https://twitter.com/GiseleLagace/status/732779410424651776 (https://twitter.com/GiseleLagace/status/732779410424651776)
(The second one is less on model, but it wasn't requested to be, so I took some liberties)

Archie Meets Ramones is not about a girl band but at least it's about music, which I enjoy. I'm also working on another project that has some music in it. It should be announce fairly soon. :)

This cover is very good!  :smitten:
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CTJraUSUkAE79lI.jpg)

(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Cita_aAWEAAd61o.jpg)

Quote from: nuageo on June 19, 2016, 03:33:26 AM

Quote from: Gisele on June 19, 2016, 02:41:38 AM

Quote from: irishmoxie on June 18, 2016, 06:27:05 PM
Yeah Gisele is obviously heavily inspired by Josie and the Pussycats. I wish she would do a more musical themed comic about a girl band. Do the Magic Chicks form a band?

I probably will eventually. If it's not with Zii, it'll be with a new creation more than likely. I won't lie, I would've enjoyed doing interiors on Josie, but it wasn't in the cards. In regards to SuperTeen Betty, I did get to draw her 2 more times in commissions since I did that quick sketch. She's pretty fun to draw. Since I don't know how to attach images here, here are links to my tweets:
https://twitter.com/GiseleLagace/status/662710202244931584 (https://twitter.com/GiseleLagace/status/662710202244931584)
https://twitter.com/GiseleLagace/status/732779410424651776 (https://twitter.com/GiseleLagace/status/732779410424651776)
(The second one is less on model, but it wasn't requested to be, so I took some liberties)

Archie Meets Ramones is not about a girl band but at least it's about music, which I enjoy. I'm also working on another project that has some music in it. It should be announce fairly soon. :)

This cover is very good!  :smitten:
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CTJraUSUkAE79lI.jpg)

(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Cita_aAWEAAd61o.jpg)

Funny... if the ARCHIE #1 blank sketch commission hadn't been signed, I wouldn't have been able to tell it was Gisele's. Reminds me a little of an Andrew Pepoy drawing, actually. I like it, but not as much as the 2nd one (never been a fan of the bell-bottomed costume variant for Superteen, I'm afraid).

I love the 2nd one, with Superteen rescuing the cat -- and it's a signature Gisele cat, too -- no problem identifying that one!  "Off-model"?  Well, certainly not compared to... er, all things re-booty. Slighty more detail in the facial features than is traditional for classic Archie style, but I had to look twice to even notice that. It's definitely Betty all the way, as well as being easily identified as Gisele's style. I'd kill to read that as a comic book from ACP.  Instead I just get to read articles where Jon Goldwater pats himself on the back for what a genius he is, and disses everything they published before the reboot.  :'(

I still can't quite believe I'm reading that Ruiz, Gisele, and several of the other current Classic Archie artists are no longer at Archie Comics. It still hasn't really hit me yet... :(

Quote from: SAGG on June 19, 2016, 07:00:02 AM
I still can't quite believe I'm reading that Ruiz, Gisele, and several of the other current Classic Archie artists are no longer at Archie Comics. It still hasn't really hit me yet... :(

It's a drag for sure.  I really enjoy the reboots but I hold out hope that a place will be made for more classic stuff in the future. 

Quote from: spazaru on June 19, 2016, 07:43:13 AM

Quote from: SAGG on June 19, 2016, 07:00:02 AM
I still can't quite believe I'm reading that Ruiz, Gisele, and several of the other current Classic Archie artists are no longer at Archie Comics. It still hasn't really hit me yet... :(

It's a drag for sure.  I really enjoy the reboots but I hold out hope that a place will be made for more classic stuff in the future.

Man, I don't know. Goldwater was pretty brutal on everything the company published before he got there in 2009 in that article you linked. He practically disowns it, and in the process gives classic Archie creators a backhand slap in the face. Pretty much grabs the lion's share of the credit for KEVIN KELLER for himself in the process, too.

 :smitten: More Josie awesomeness by Gisele:


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Quote from: SAGG on June 19, 2016, 07:00:02 AM
I still can't quite believe I'm reading that Ruiz, Gisele, and several of the other current Classic Archie artists are no longer at Archie Comics. It still hasn't really hit me yet... :(

Technically, I'm still working freelance for Archie, and roughly with the same amount of work too. I never got more than a story or two a year from them (in some cases, I did have to pass on work too.) There was never that much work to go around in my regards even when there was more stories being told in the classic style.

Quote from: DeCarlo Rules on June 19, 2016, 11:12:44 AM
Man, I don't know. Goldwater was pretty brutal on everything the company published before he got there in 2009 in that article you linked. He practically disowns it, and in the process gives classic Archie creators a backhand slap in the face. Pretty much grabs the lion's share of the credit for KEVIN KELLER for himself in the process, too.

Maybe Goldwater is a self-loathing closet-dweller that doesn't want to come out.  :D

Quote from: DeCarlo Rules on June 19, 2016, 11:12:44 AM

Quote from: spazaru on June 19, 2016, 07:43:13 AM

Quote from: SAGG on June 19, 2016, 07:00:02 AM
I still can't quite believe I'm reading that Ruiz, Gisele, and several of the other current Classic Archie artists are no longer at Archie Comics. It still hasn't really hit me yet... :(

It's a drag for sure.  I really enjoy the reboots but I hold out hope that a place will be made for more classic stuff in the future.

Man, I don't know. Goldwater was pretty brutal on everything the company published before he got there in 2009 in that article you linked. He practically disowns it, and in the process gives classic Archie creators a backhand slap in the face. Pretty much grabs the lion's share of the credit for KEVIN KELLER for himself in the process, too.

I know.  I didn't like his tone either.  Not to sound like an economist with no soul, but the market will determine what happens.  If the reboots continue to shrink in sales, they'll have to try something else.  I have no idea what that would be.  I think the B&V and Josie reboots will sell huge at first, but after that, who knows?

Quote from: DeCarlo Rules on June 19, 2016, 11:12:44 AM

Quote from: spazaru on June 19, 2016, 07:43:13 AM

Quote from: SAGG on June 19, 2016, 07:00:02 AM
I still can't quite believe I'm reading that Ruiz, Gisele, and several of the other current Classic Archie artists are no longer at Archie Comics. It still hasn't really hit me yet... :(

It's a drag for sure.  I really enjoy the reboots but I hold out hope that a place will be made for more classic stuff in the future.

Man, I don't know. Goldwater was pretty brutal on everything the company published before he got there in 2009 in that article you linked. He practically disowns it, and in the process gives classic Archie creators a backhand slap in the face. Pretty much grabs the lion's share of the credit for KEVIN KELLER for himself in the process, too.

That sounds an awful like what Stan Lee did, taking credit for creating the Classic Marvel superhero characters in the early 60's and leaving Jack Kirby in the dust....

Quote from: SAGG on June 19, 2016, 04:22:11 PM

Quote from: DeCarlo Rules on June 19, 2016, 11:12:44 AM

Quote from: spazaru on June 19, 2016, 07:43:13 AM

Quote from: SAGG on June 19, 2016, 07:00:02 AM
I still can't quite believe I'm reading that Ruiz, Gisele, and several of the other current Classic Archie artists are no longer at Archie Comics. It still hasn't really hit me yet... :(

It's a drag for sure.  I really enjoy the reboots but I hold out hope that a place will be made for more classic stuff in the future.

Man, I don't know. Goldwater was pretty brutal on everything the company published before he got there in 2009 in that article you linked. He practically disowns it, and in the process gives classic Archie creators a backhand slap in the face. Pretty much grabs the lion's share of the credit for KEVIN KELLER for himself in the process, too.

That sounds an awful like what Stan Lee did, taking credit for creating the Classic Marvel superhero characters in the early 60's and leaving Jack Kirby in the dust....

Um... not really, though. At least Stan Lee was there, he edited and wrote the actual books (or many of them, anyway). He never really tried to grab the credit for creating everything. He gives credit to the artists involved. It's just that it's difficult for people to understand the process by which these things came into existence, and in hindsight after so many years, it's really difficult to make people understand that it was a collaborative process. Of course, Marvel owns everything... but even Stan Lee has had his legal battles with Marvel over things. As a writer/editor, he had his fingers in a lot of those characters, but he never claims that people like Kirby and Ditko were some sort of 'art robots' who just did what he programmed them to do.


The REAL analogy here? "Like father, like son" (or grandson). Or, "The leaf doesn't fall far from the tree." The Goldwaters are the business end. They're publishers, not writers and artists. They don't "create", they merely issue directives or give approvals on ideas. So if Jon Goldwater is trying to puff himself up as some sort of visionary who is responsible for introducing Kevin Keller to the world and Dan Parent is just a cog in his machine, it's no different than John L. Goldwater claiming to be the "creator" of Archie, and Bob Montana was just a guy who dreamed up faces for the characters, a footsoldier following Goldwater's marching orders. Fernando Ruiz was right -- ACP treats and has treated its creators horribly.

I just hope we more than 6 covers to choose from. I hope by Wednesday we see more covers.

Quote from: BettyReggie on June 19, 2016, 09:01:50 PM
I just hope we more than 6 covers to choose from. I hope by Wednesday we see more covers.

They've shown 9 up to now as far as I know. Maybe they'll do retailer exclusives.

Quote from: BettyReggie on June 19, 2016, 09:01:50 PM
I just hope we more than 6 covers to choose from. I hope by Wednesday we see more covers.

Have more covers leaked? I've only seen 4.


Btw, do artists make any royalties off their variant covers per copy sold or is a one time payment? Do they mostly just do variant covers for the exposure?

These are only ones I can find.

There are 9 covers shown in this very thread.

again...Josie And the pussycats could have been done during the Hannah Montana Phase yet they waited until now?....

i don't see the reason why

Most likely to avoid the competition with Disney ...

and now? it doesn't really seem like OH nows the best time for Josie And The Pussycats

A funny picture from ARCHIE #9 ::)

(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Clk1G_tWAAIU71j.jpg)

Josie & the Pussycats brand Grape wine.....

Josie has a pretty good following and this reboot could turn out to be the 2nd most popular reboot only behind the Archie title.

Quote from: Mr.Lodge on June 22, 2016, 09:05:00 PM
Josie & the Pussycats brand Grape wine.....

I like your signature :)

I'm a little disappointed we didn't get that potential Josie Horror Line Book...seeing how dead Archie Horror is(No Pun Intended)

Quote from: nuageo on June 22, 2016, 06:50:58 PM
A funny picture from ARCHIE #9 ::)

(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Clk1G_tWAAIU71j.jpg)

Hey, I have one of those!

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I guess the girls from Josie & The Pussycats are supposed to be older if they are on merchandise already. In this Archie reboot The Archies didn't even start yet.

seen a lot of mixed opinions about Bennet's writing

Quote from: Musical_Necromancer on June 23, 2016, 05:20:55 PM
seen a lot of mixed opinions about Bennet's writing

How so? I know for myself I tried DC Bombshells but despite the beautiful art I just couldn't get into it because of so many competing storylines. Does anyone read/like that series on here?

Quote from: BettyReggie on June 23, 2016, 06:09:32 AM
I guess the girls from Josie & The Pussycats are supposed to be older if they are on merchandise already. In this Archie reboot The Archies didn't even start yet.

Josie and the Pussycats have always been older.  In the recent Archie loves Valerie storyline, they mention Archie having to go to high school while Valerie heads out on tour. 

Quote from: Musical_Necromancer on June 23, 2016, 02:46:56 AM
I'm a little disappointed we didn't get that potential Josie Horror Line Book...seeing how dead Archie Horror is(No Pun Intended)

I never heard there was supposed to be a whole book, just that they would show up in Afterlife, which they're scheduled to next issue. 

Quote from: spazaru on June 23, 2016, 06:16:38 PM

Quote from: Musical_Necromancer on June 23, 2016, 02:46:56 AM
I'm a little disappointed we didn't get that potential Josie Horror Line Book...seeing how dead Archie Horror is(No Pun Intended)

I never heard there was supposed to be a whole book, just that they would show up in Afterlife, which they're scheduled to next issue.

they did talk about expanding the line up at one point and that vampire veronica picture gave ideas in people's heads as to what a new series could be

but no expansions happened

Quote from: irishmoxie on June 23, 2016, 05:32:43 PM

Quote from: Musical_Necromancer on June 23, 2016, 05:20:55 PM
seen a lot of mixed opinions about Bennet's writing

How so? I know for myself I tried DC Bombshells but despite the beautiful art I just couldn't get into it because of so many competing storylines. Does anyone read/like that series on here?

as in some people liked her on angela at marvel while others couldn't stand her writing anything

I hope this is good, I want to love it, but will have to wait and see.

Quote from: spazaru on June 23, 2016, 06:15:12 PM

Quote from: BettyReggie on June 23, 2016, 06:09:32 AM
I guess the girls from Josie & The Pussycats are supposed to be older if they are on merchandise already. In this Archie reboot The Archies didn't even start yet.

Josie and the Pussycats have always been older.  In the recent Archie loves Valerie storyline, they mention Archie having to go to high school while Valerie heads out on tour.

Well, Josie, Melody, and Pepper started out as high school students just like Archie and the gang. Somehow when they got a Hanna-Barbera Saturday morning cartoon series they formed a band in the comic book and just sort of stopped going to high school. Although it's just sort of vague as to when, exactly, that might have happened, since in the very first Pussycats story, when Alexander Cabot mentions Valerie's name as a potential member of the prospective group, and Melody asks "Who's Valerie Smith?", Alex replies "She's a new girl in school." -- so apparently, they're still in school when the Pussycats are first formed.

Even so, you get these weird anomalies like the following one-page gag strip from JOSIE #74 (Feb. 1974). How is it that Alexandra and Alan can be in school (and we can see Josie, Melody and Valerie in the same class - could be college, we don't know from the context) in this issue that appeared in late 1973 if they're supposed to be full-time musicians in Josie and the Pussycats? Maybe they're just taking a class at the local community college? Well, I once theorized that this gag was recycled from an older Archie script where the girl would have been Betty and the boy would have been Archie.
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This is one that I am looking forward to. I've always liked the characters and thought they've been under used in recent years.

the person co-writing alongside Bennett doesn't seem to have any prior comic credits to their name...any idea who this cameron Deordio is?

Quote from: Musical_Necromancer on June 28, 2016, 11:23:51 PM
the person co-writing alongside Bennett doesn't seem to have any prior comic credits to their name...any idea who this cameron Deordio is?

No idea. But he was on Twitter commenting on how he was watching the Josie and the Pussycats movie. Hopefully we'll see some references in that movie in the comics.

it just seems bizarre that archie would hire someone with no comic credits...or any writing credits at all