Country of origin United States Fiction genre Horror fiction | Publication types Comics Official website archiehorror.com Founded 2015 | |
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Parent company Archie Comics Publications, Inc. Headquarters location Pelham, New York, United States Profiles | ||
Archie Horror is an imprint of Archie Comics Publications, Inc. focusing on the company's horror-related titles. Prior to the creation of the imprint the titles were published under the normal Archie Comics banner.
Contents
- Afterlife with Archie
- Second horror series
- Creation of imprint and future
- Main characters
- Titles
- References
The titles in the imprint are rated "TEEN+" due to their content and subject matter which include realistic violence, gore, death, disturbing scenes, and some moderate language.
Afterlife with Archie
In 2013, Archie Comics announced Afterlife with Archie to be written by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa and illustrated by Francesco Francavilla. It is Archie Comics first horror title as well as the first series to be rated "TEEN+". It was partially inspired on the zombie-themed variant cover Francavilla did for Life with Archie: The Married Life.
The series was released in October 2013 to critical and commercial success. The first eight issues sold out while some reviewers called it one of the best horror comics to come out in a long time. It won three awards at the 2013 Ghastly Awards for Best New Series, Best Ongoing Title and Best Colorist for Francesco Francavilla.
Second horror series
In 2014, Archie Comics released Afterlife with Archie #6 detailing the whereabouts of Sabrina Spellman who had not been seen since the first issue. The issue was positively received leading Archie Comics to announce a solo series starring Sabrina in June 2014. Chilling Adventures of Sabrina was released in October 2014 and is an occult, horror story detailing Sabrina's teenage witch origins in the 1960s.
As with Afterlife with Archie, the series received critical and commercial success with the first two issues selling out.
Creation of imprint and future
In March 2015, Archie Comics announced the Archie Horror imprint due to the successes with Afterlife with Archie and Chilling Adventures of Sabrina. Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, who is also Archie Comics Chief Creative Officer, said that "in-house we started referring to these books as the Archie Horror books" so "when it started to look like Afterlife #8 and Sabrina #2 were going to be released around the same time, why don’t we formalize something that is already happening, which is the imprint.”
Chilling Adventures of Sabrina #2 was the first to be released under the imprint in April 2015 followed by Afterlife with Archie #8 in May 2015. A third series is in the works for the imprint featuring a significant female character from Archie's past.
A one-shot called Jughead: The Hunger will be released in March 2017 as part of Archie Comics' "pilot season". It will focus on Jughead and his family's dark legacy and explain that Jughead's hunger comes from a sinister place. It will be written by Frank Tieri with artwork provided by Michael Walsh.
Main characters
As of 2016
Titles
Titles in publication as of 2016