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Afterlife With Archie #3
Afterlife with Archie #3: Sleepover
The zombie apocalypse is in full swing and the surviving members of the gang have taken refuge in the Lodge Mansion—believing themselves safe from the infected roaming the streets of Riverdale! But there’s no stopping Archie from sneaking out, risking life and limb to find his missing parents—leaving those sequestered behind vulnerable to an enemy within! The zombie mayhem (and body-count) continues to rise in this breakout series, for TEEN+ readers!
32 pages, comic
First published December 31, 2013
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Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa
411 books476 followersRoberto Aguirre-Sacasa is an American playwright, screenwriter, and comic book writer best known for his work for Marvel Comics and for the television series Glee, Big Love, Riverdale, and Chilling Adventures of Sabrina. He is Chief Creative Officer of Archie Comics.
Aguirre-Sacasa grew up liking comic books, recalling in 2003, "My mom would take us out to the 7-Eleven on River Road during the summer, and we would get Slurpees and buy comics off the spinning rack. I would read them all over and over again, and draw my own pictures and stuff."
He began writing for Marvel Comics, he explained, when "Marvel hired an editor to find new writers, and they hired her from a theatrical agency. So she started calling theaters and asking if they knew any playwrights who might be good for comic books. A couple of different theaters said she should look at me. So she called me, I sent her a couple of my plays and she said 'Great, would you like to pitch on a couple of comic books in the works?'"
His first submissions were "not what [they were] interested in for the character[s]" but eventually he was assigned an 11-page Fantastic Four story, "The True Meaning of...," for the Marvel Holiday Special 2004. He went on to write Fantastic Four stories in Marvel Knights 4, a spinoff of that superhero team's long-running title; and stories for Nightcrawler vol. 3; The Sensational Spider-Man vol. 2; and Dead of Night featuring Man-Thing.
In May 2008 Aguirre-Sacasa returned to the Fantastic Four with a miniseries tie-in to the company-wide "Secret Invasion" storyline concerning a years-long infiltration of Earth by the shape-shifting alien race, the Skrulls,and an Angel Revelations miniseries with artists Barry Kitson and Adam Polina, respectively. He adapted for comics the Stephen King novel The Stand.
In 2013, he created Afterlife with Archie, depicting Archie Andrews in the midst of a zombie apocalypse; the book's success led to Aguirre-Sacasa being named Archie Comics' chief creative officer.
Aguirre-Sacasa grew up liking comic books, recalling in 2003, "My mom would take us out to the 7-Eleven on River Road during the summer, and we would get Slurpees and buy comics off the spinning rack. I would read them all over and over again, and draw my own pictures and stuff."
He began writing for Marvel Comics, he explained, when "Marvel hired an editor to find new writers, and they hired her from a theatrical agency. So she started calling theaters and asking if they knew any playwrights who might be good for comic books. A couple of different theaters said she should look at me. So she called me, I sent her a couple of my plays and she said 'Great, would you like to pitch on a couple of comic books in the works?'"
His first submissions were "not what [they were] interested in for the character[s]" but eventually he was assigned an 11-page Fantastic Four story, "The True Meaning of...," for the Marvel Holiday Special 2004. He went on to write Fantastic Four stories in Marvel Knights 4, a spinoff of that superhero team's long-running title; and stories for Nightcrawler vol. 3; The Sensational Spider-Man vol. 2; and Dead of Night featuring Man-Thing.
In May 2008 Aguirre-Sacasa returned to the Fantastic Four with a miniseries tie-in to the company-wide "Secret Invasion" storyline concerning a years-long infiltration of Earth by the shape-shifting alien race, the Skrulls,and an Angel Revelations miniseries with artists Barry Kitson and Adam Polina, respectively. He adapted for comics the Stephen King novel The Stand.
In 2013, he created Afterlife with Archie, depicting Archie Andrews in the midst of a zombie apocalypse; the book's success led to Aguirre-Sacasa being named Archie Comics' chief creative officer.
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October 5, 2016
They are zombified!!
December 25, 2017
He could and should be sent to prison for this. No boundaries.
End of the world party...as a distraction
I'm rooting for the zombies at this point.
End of the world party...as a distraction
I'm rooting for the zombies at this point.
April 14, 2018
This series is so fun and suspenseful. I like seeing the familiar characters in the horror situations.
March 25, 2017
This series is actually quite good!!!
October 12, 2017
Beautiful art, colours and story.
Who'd say that one of the best horror comics will be an Archie comic?
A delightful surprise.
Who'd say that one of the best horror comics will be an Archie comic?
A delightful surprise.
August 27, 2019
!!!
Another fun one but I just wish they were a bit longer! I’m also LOVING this cattiness between Betty and Veronica!
Another fun one but I just wish they were a bit longer! I’m also LOVING this cattiness between Betty and Veronica!
January 25, 2018
Hiding at the Lodge Mansion, the kids decide to let off some steam by having a pool party. Unfortunately once of the students was injured and they are hiding it. But it doesn’t stay hidden for long.
Meanwhile Archie is trying to find his parents and is going through the town and finding out how bad things are in town.
This continues an excellent series of mixing Archie and The Walking Dead. I don’t know what it is about these comics, but they just seem shorter, even though the page count is the same as other comics. Is it because I’m enjoying it so much I read through it so quickly? I don’t know.
Meanwhile Archie is trying to find his parents and is going through the town and finding out how bad things are in town.
This continues an excellent series of mixing Archie and The Walking Dead. I don’t know what it is about these comics, but they just seem shorter, even though the page count is the same as other comics. Is it because I’m enjoying it so much I read through it so quickly? I don’t know.
March 19, 2014
Notes:
-In Archie Earth Z, Ronnie's mom appears to have died from something non-zombie related earlier.
-Hilda/Zelda flashback!
-Featuring Adventures of Nancy, the badass.
-Pop Tate has a motorcycle?
-Arguing over Archie during zombie apocalypse is making you look bad.
-Love the subtle Archie moments--we can't leave without Archie/I promise I'll be waffling for the next 75 years, etc...
-In Archie Earth Z, Ronnie's mom appears to have died from something non-zombie related earlier.
-Hilda/Zelda flashback!
-Featuring Adventures of Nancy, the badass.
-Pop Tate has a motorcycle?
-Arguing over Archie during zombie apocalypse is making you look bad.
-Love the subtle Archie moments--we can't leave without Archie/I promise I'll be waffling for the next 75 years, etc...
October 10, 2021
+The whole concept, writing, artwork, and tone are all extraordinary.
+It keeps getting bloodier and creepy. Though a bit sad because of Vegas and Hotdog. I love dogs. :(
+I'm partly wrong about Moose. But it started with Midge. Poor lovers. I'm curious if Sabrina and the aunties will come into action.
+It keeps getting bloodier and creepy. Though a bit sad because of Vegas and Hotdog. I love dogs. :(
+I'm partly wrong about Moose. But it started with Midge. Poor lovers. I'm curious if Sabrina and the aunties will come into action.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
June 15, 2017
Veronica is really unbelievable because she even managed to organize a small pool party amidst what's happening to Riverdale. The ending where Archie was able to see Jughead's dog Hotdog again is not only terrifying but makes reader anticipate what would happen in the succeeding comics.
February 2, 2019
I think a large portion of why I’m not in love with this series has to do with how damn SHORT the issues are.
Archie sneaks out, Betty and V go swimming with their friends, Pops burns down, and two more Riverdale youth get turned.
Archie sneaks out, Betty and V go swimming with their friends, Pops burns down, and two more Riverdale youth get turned.
January 24, 2020
Nothing is impenetrable
The defenses at Lodge manor has been breeches from within. Archie has escaped to find out the whereabouts of their parents. The city has been overrun and the Army has been called out.
The defenses at Lodge manor has been breeches from within. Archie has escaped to find out the whereabouts of their parents. The city has been overrun and the Army has been called out.
October 13, 2024
This series rocks
You take two of my fave things horror and Archie and friends and you got a winner baby. Also love a series not afraid to kill its main character! It's sad to see them go but I gore to watch them leave.
You take two of my fave things horror and Archie and friends and you got a winner baby. Also love a series not afraid to kill its main character! It's sad to see them go but I gore to watch them leave.
May 14, 2025
Loving this!
I love these short horror stories from the vault at the end of the issues, it's great to see some extra stories! Also, the plot twist was great, and I'm excited to read the next issue!
I love these short horror stories from the vault at the end of the issues, it's great to see some extra stories! Also, the plot twist was great, and I'm excited to read the next issue!
November 2, 2018
who ignore a scratch when there's azombie apocalypse breaking out in town?????!!!!!!!!!
November 12, 2018
I feel like stuff is happening, but that nothings happening at the same time? It’s interesting enough to continue, but I have no clue where it’s going and if it’ll even be anywhere good.
November 26, 2018
OMG! It's the zombie apocalypse! What do we do? Have a pool party of course! This comic is so ridiculous and fun.
December 30, 2018
Ahhhh this one was devastating :( we don't deserve dogs
January 16, 2019
More mayhem at the lodges. My favourite part was when Hilda and Zelda showed up on the train knitting, especially as they were knitting in a way that no one has ever done.
February 17, 2019
These are stupidly entertaining. That is the hill I will die on.
April 20, 2019
Boring
Still no new ideas, still the same zombie story you've read or seen hundreds of times. Try something different in this genre.
Still no new ideas, still the same zombie story you've read or seen hundreds of times. Try something different in this genre.
September 14, 2019
Great
The story developed more and you get a grander picture of riverdale and what’s to come there’s even a plot twist kinda
The story developed more and you get a grander picture of riverdale and what’s to come there’s even a plot twist kinda
April 2, 2021
2.5 Stars
August 28, 2021
Il racconto prosegue nel modo più banale possibile senza alcun colpo di scena, l'idea che si ha già da questo numero è che tutto si potrebbe condensare in decisamente meno pagine.
June 1, 2022
Dark Archie. Grown-up Archie. No silliness, no teen-age angst. A really different view of everyone's best friend Archie. Well worth the time reading the series.
February 9, 2023
3.5 rounded up
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January 31, 2014
You can read the full review over at my blog:
http://sonsofcorax.wordpress.com/2014...
After a two-month long wait, Afterlife With Archie returned last week with its third issue. Having debuted in the Halloween Month and received very well by fans, for me the series became one of the highlights of the year, so much so that I put it on my “Top 5 New Comics of 2013” list and the first issue made it to my “Best Comics of 2013” list. It was just that good. Mashing the zombie apocalypse with Archie and the Riverdale gang is something really amazing that writer Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa and artist Francesco Francavilla have done, and I applaud them for it. It is quite a refreshing story in all respects.
But that’s not all of course. There’s a hint of subversion in the story and the way that the backstories of various characters are teased out in issue #3, especially with regards to Hiram Lodge, make this one of the best comics to come out this past week. But the best thing here remains the character interaction and on that note we get to see a lot of different perspective in this issue. The creative team is giving their all to make this one of the best series out right now and I’m fully on that train-ride, watching as these characters try to fight things out the best way that they know how.
Afterlife With Archie 03One of the best things about this comic has been the sense of desperation and the resulting horror. The highlight of the first issue was a zombified Hot Dog attacking Jughead. In the second issue we saw Jughead attacking Mr. Weatherbee and Ethel. In and around all of this, we’ve seen how Riverdale slowly but surely falls to the zombie apocalypse as the plague spreads throughout this small town. When we begin this issue, some of the latest victims are Jughead’s father and Riverdale’s most famous fast food restaurant owner Pop’s. As a big fan of the characters and setting for ages, I can’t quite contain my own horror at seeing these characters get twisted into these parodies, or falling victim to them.
And this is why Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa and Francesco Francavilla succeed so well with this series, because they are not pulling their punches and are plowing on full throttle. Each issue presents a new horror, initially couched in the context of innocence and the loss of that innocence. Issue #3 certainly exemplifies that, most notably when it comes to two of my favourite characters, Moose and Midge.
The thing is that whenever I pick up an issue of Afterlife Witch Archie, I feel sad at what is happening to my favourite characters. I connect with so many of them. This just shows how good the writing on this series is, and how good the art is, that the visualisation makes it all the more surreal.
In this issue, one of the more interesting things we see is some backstory on Hiram Lodge, Veronica’s father and someone who disapproves of Archie very strongly. This issue shows us his earliest days in Riverdale, as he comes into the town in a bid to relocate Lodge Industries and reestablish himself and his family here, especially since his wife Hermione is pregnant with their child and he wants to create a new life for himself. Of course, this ends up feeding back into the ongoing story and we see how strongly Hiram feels about the kids under his protection, now that the survivors of the party at the school have taken refuge at Lodge Manor. It does a lot to help me connect with him. And his butler Withers is delightful as always.
One of the more remarkable moments in the issue is when Betty kind of asks Archie straight up who he likes more: her or Veronica. Archie’s reply, for me, is very poignant and fits his personality to a T: “I’ll be waffling for the next seventy years”. That has been a central theme of the Archie comics for years and Archie has always been caught in a tug-of-war between the two girls. I don’t know, I kind of liked that moment. This becomes more significant later on when Betty and Veronica have a girls moment and despite their differences they kind of come together to be there for each other like good friends.
And for the art, well, Francesco Francavilla’s art is too good for mere words to describe. His characters’ expressions were all top-notch this time and all the scenes he does with the infected people were really good once again again. I wish I could get posters made out of every page!
Overall, a damn awesome issue.
Rating: 9.5/10
http://sonsofcorax.wordpress.com/2014...
After a two-month long wait, Afterlife With Archie returned last week with its third issue. Having debuted in the Halloween Month and received very well by fans, for me the series became one of the highlights of the year, so much so that I put it on my “Top 5 New Comics of 2013” list and the first issue made it to my “Best Comics of 2013” list. It was just that good. Mashing the zombie apocalypse with Archie and the Riverdale gang is something really amazing that writer Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa and artist Francesco Francavilla have done, and I applaud them for it. It is quite a refreshing story in all respects.
But that’s not all of course. There’s a hint of subversion in the story and the way that the backstories of various characters are teased out in issue #3, especially with regards to Hiram Lodge, make this one of the best comics to come out this past week. But the best thing here remains the character interaction and on that note we get to see a lot of different perspective in this issue. The creative team is giving their all to make this one of the best series out right now and I’m fully on that train-ride, watching as these characters try to fight things out the best way that they know how.
Afterlife With Archie 03One of the best things about this comic has been the sense of desperation and the resulting horror. The highlight of the first issue was a zombified Hot Dog attacking Jughead. In the second issue we saw Jughead attacking Mr. Weatherbee and Ethel. In and around all of this, we’ve seen how Riverdale slowly but surely falls to the zombie apocalypse as the plague spreads throughout this small town. When we begin this issue, some of the latest victims are Jughead’s father and Riverdale’s most famous fast food restaurant owner Pop’s. As a big fan of the characters and setting for ages, I can’t quite contain my own horror at seeing these characters get twisted into these parodies, or falling victim to them.
And this is why Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa and Francesco Francavilla succeed so well with this series, because they are not pulling their punches and are plowing on full throttle. Each issue presents a new horror, initially couched in the context of innocence and the loss of that innocence. Issue #3 certainly exemplifies that, most notably when it comes to two of my favourite characters, Moose and Midge.
The thing is that whenever I pick up an issue of Afterlife Witch Archie, I feel sad at what is happening to my favourite characters. I connect with so many of them. This just shows how good the writing on this series is, and how good the art is, that the visualisation makes it all the more surreal.
In this issue, one of the more interesting things we see is some backstory on Hiram Lodge, Veronica’s father and someone who disapproves of Archie very strongly. This issue shows us his earliest days in Riverdale, as he comes into the town in a bid to relocate Lodge Industries and reestablish himself and his family here, especially since his wife Hermione is pregnant with their child and he wants to create a new life for himself. Of course, this ends up feeding back into the ongoing story and we see how strongly Hiram feels about the kids under his protection, now that the survivors of the party at the school have taken refuge at Lodge Manor. It does a lot to help me connect with him. And his butler Withers is delightful as always.
One of the more remarkable moments in the issue is when Betty kind of asks Archie straight up who he likes more: her or Veronica. Archie’s reply, for me, is very poignant and fits his personality to a T: “I’ll be waffling for the next seventy years”. That has been a central theme of the Archie comics for years and Archie has always been caught in a tug-of-war between the two girls. I don’t know, I kind of liked that moment. This becomes more significant later on when Betty and Veronica have a girls moment and despite their differences they kind of come together to be there for each other like good friends.
And for the art, well, Francesco Francavilla’s art is too good for mere words to describe. His characters’ expressions were all top-notch this time and all the scenes he does with the infected people were really good once again again. I wish I could get posters made out of every page!
Overall, a damn awesome issue.
Rating: 9.5/10
March 11, 2017
Fun, yet creepy
This issue was a little slower than the first two but it does advance the plot. I am excited to see what happens next.
This issue was a little slower than the first two but it does advance the plot. I am excited to see what happens next.
February 10, 2015
It has been a fun ride with the previous issue as the gang rushes to flee Riverdale High and seek security in the Lodge Mansion.
This issue continues the nice pace that the first 2 issues had set up. This time it gives the zombie apocalypse view on the different insights and emotions of the other residents of Riverdale. Sacasa and Francavilla really had superb skills in telling this story.
Overall, this 3rd issue of Afterlife with Archie has been an exciting read.
More of my review at:
http://onemantra.blogspot.com/2014/12...
This issue continues the nice pace that the first 2 issues had set up. This time it gives the zombie apocalypse view on the different insights and emotions of the other residents of Riverdale. Sacasa and Francavilla really had superb skills in telling this story.
Overall, this 3rd issue of Afterlife with Archie has been an exciting read.
More of my review at:
http://onemantra.blogspot.com/2014/12...
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