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Riverdale #3
Riverdale #3
From Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa and the writers of the new CW series Riverdale, this brand new, ongoing comic series offers a bold, subversive take on Archie, Betty, Veronica, Josie & the Pussycats and their friends, exploring small-town life and the darkness bubbling beneath Riverdale's wholesome façade, as based on the hit new CW TV series Riverdale.
31 pages, Kindle Edition
First published June 7, 2017
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About the author
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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March 10, 2018
1. Riverdale Issue #1: ⭐⭐⭐⭐
2. Riverdale Issue #2: ⭐⭐
This was an okay issue. I liked the second story more than the first one.
2. Riverdale Issue #2: ⭐⭐
This was an okay issue. I liked the second story more than the first one.
July 30, 2017
The 1st story was okay. But the 2nd story - Bughead being detectives? FLIP YES!!
June 10, 2017
This one was just okay for me. I liked the second story of Jughead and Betty playing detective but I wasn't big on the first story which is a shame because I love Josie and the Pussycats. I didn't like watching them get into a physical fight with another girl group in a sleazy bar. I thought they were classier than that!
February 1, 2020
En esta historia corta podemos ver los rituales previos a una actuación que tienen ‘Josie and the Pussycats’. La historia es básicamente eso, pero me ha gustado porque en la serie no se le da especial importancia a esta banda y pues aquí tienen su propio tomo de los cómics. Quizás es el tomo más corto, pero yo lo he disfrutado mucho y me ha hecho reír bastante. De verdad que os recomiendo darles una oportunidad a estas historias.
April 10, 2022
i liked the pussycats x veronica story more than the bughead one cause i 𝘴𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘭𝘺 dislike those characters lol
August 15, 2019
Can't Possibly Be Show Canon
Uhm. This is... sure a choice that was made, alright. How do I even begin to unpack this one? Let's try a list of every absurdity which makes zero sense to canon.
STORY ONE: Wild Things
1. Josie is a total speed demon who drives a very nice car recklessly with her friends inside.
2. Josie makes Veronica partake in vandalizing a Southside band's garage with Pussycats slogans as a rite of passage (and none of them get murdered by Serpents, either, despite what we know happened to Archie in canon for vandalizing less personal property).
3. The Pussycats get matching tattoos. Veronica's is right there on her left shoulder where it would be clearly visible in the show and, more importantly, to her parents in the comic.
4. Josie and Reggie drag race on a random town road.
5. Veronica and the Pussycats go to the Wyte Wyrm. During season one era. And chow down on food and hang out in a den of Serpents totally unfazed.
6. When the rival Southside band shows up in the Wyrm to get revenge on the Pussycats who they magically know are there, they have a Ghoulie-worthy punk aesthetic and are just as far out of place in the canon Whyte Wyrm as the Northside Pussycats.
7. Josie invites a rumble with the local Southside band - named Venom, which implies Serpent ties - in the middle of the Wyrm and not only do no bystanders intervene but these four, tiny girls somehow win the fight against two guys and two girls all bigger than them. Riiiiight.
STORY TWO: The Case of the Sorrel Roan
1. Betty actively tries to stop Jughead from writing about Jason and also insults his writing style.
2. Cheryl refers to Betty and Jug as "#Bughead" - exactly how I wrote it there, hashtag and all - as if she should know they're together at that point and accept them. But back then, she literally actively hated both of them. Hell, the previous issue of this comic had Cheryl outright emotionally torture Betty and vow to destroy her when she overcame the bullying.
3. Cheryl goes to Betty and Jug... for help discovering whether her dad is having an affair.
4. Betty is so opposed to the chance to do sleuth work that she is grumpy at Jug for accepting the case. Betty Cooper. Opposed to sleuthing.
5. Jug is portrayed as someone who doesn't know how to stfu and be stealthy while sleuthing.
6. Betty decides to keep the truth from Cheryl once they discover what Cliff is really doing.
7. Once more, Betty insults Jug's writing style.
8. Jug says he only drinks juice from a squeeze pouch, but he's been seen drinking orange juice in the show.
So, yeah, that's an awful lot to unpack. And since this issue once again purported that the series takes place between episodes of the show I'm rating it accordingly. None of these things could have possibly happened in character, much less between episodes of season one Riverdale. Considering how absurd the Pussycats story is as a whole and how utterly meh it was seeing Betty rag on Jug while he was portrayed as something of a lowkey idiot, I can't give this more than one star. Maybe one and a half, but that isn't an option, so... one it shall be.
Clearly, this comic series isn't for me. I think this one will be my last, since it's the last one I rented from Kindle Unlimited. I'm glad I didn't spend money on it.
Uhm. This is... sure a choice that was made, alright. How do I even begin to unpack this one? Let's try a list of every absurdity which makes zero sense to canon.
STORY ONE: Wild Things
1. Josie is a total speed demon who drives a very nice car recklessly with her friends inside.
2. Josie makes Veronica partake in vandalizing a Southside band's garage with Pussycats slogans as a rite of passage (and none of them get murdered by Serpents, either, despite what we know happened to Archie in canon for vandalizing less personal property).
3. The Pussycats get matching tattoos. Veronica's is right there on her left shoulder where it would be clearly visible in the show and, more importantly, to her parents in the comic.
4. Josie and Reggie drag race on a random town road.
5. Veronica and the Pussycats go to the Wyte Wyrm. During season one era. And chow down on food and hang out in a den of Serpents totally unfazed.
6. When the rival Southside band shows up in the Wyrm to get revenge on the Pussycats who they magically know are there, they have a Ghoulie-worthy punk aesthetic and are just as far out of place in the canon Whyte Wyrm as the Northside Pussycats.
7. Josie invites a rumble with the local Southside band - named Venom, which implies Serpent ties - in the middle of the Wyrm and not only do no bystanders intervene but these four, tiny girls somehow win the fight against two guys and two girls all bigger than them. Riiiiight.
STORY TWO: The Case of the Sorrel Roan
1. Betty actively tries to stop Jughead from writing about Jason and also insults his writing style.
2. Cheryl refers to Betty and Jug as "#Bughead" - exactly how I wrote it there, hashtag and all - as if she should know they're together at that point and accept them. But back then, she literally actively hated both of them. Hell, the previous issue of this comic had Cheryl outright emotionally torture Betty and vow to destroy her when she overcame the bullying.
3. Cheryl goes to Betty and Jug... for help discovering whether her dad is having an affair.
4. Betty is so opposed to the chance to do sleuth work that she is grumpy at Jug for accepting the case. Betty Cooper. Opposed to sleuthing.
5. Jug is portrayed as someone who doesn't know how to stfu and be stealthy while sleuthing.
6. Betty decides to keep the truth from Cheryl once they discover what Cliff is really doing.
7. Once more, Betty insults Jug's writing style.
8. Jug says he only drinks juice from a squeeze pouch, but he's been seen drinking orange juice in the show.
So, yeah, that's an awful lot to unpack. And since this issue once again purported that the series takes place between episodes of the show I'm rating it accordingly. None of these things could have possibly happened in character, much less between episodes of season one Riverdale. Considering how absurd the Pussycats story is as a whole and how utterly meh it was seeing Betty rag on Jug while he was portrayed as something of a lowkey idiot, I can't give this more than one star. Maybe one and a half, but that isn't an option, so... one it shall be.
Clearly, this comic series isn't for me. I think this one will be my last, since it's the last one I rented from Kindle Unlimited. I'm glad I didn't spend money on it.
August 4, 2017
In this issue, Cheryl comes to Betty and Jughead because she suspects her father may be having an affair. While Jughead finds this accusation to be true, Betty spins the story in a way that shields Cheryl from the truth.
June 8, 2017
Great continuation.
July 18, 2017
Two stories in this issue. I really liked the one with Betty and Jughead. They are great detectives, and reminds me a lot of the show.
August 10, 2017
love the back a forth of Betty and Jughead's relationship.
June 13, 2018
this books are getting so good with ever book for me
March 20, 2019
5 Stars! ★★★★★ I love the split stories that intertwine together.
April 6, 2019
Totally worth it
Another worthwhile part of the Riverdale series! Again, recommend it for sure! Doesn’t let you lose interest in the new Archie world!
Another worthwhile part of the Riverdale series! Again, recommend it for sure! Doesn’t let you lose interest in the new Archie world!
July 9, 2019
The first half was ok, but the second half bughead (love)
November 15, 2019
I like comics
He'll raising in Riverdale, thanks to the Pussycats. I miss the innocent comics I grew up with. Read and enjoy!
He'll raising in Riverdale, thanks to the Pussycats. I miss the innocent comics I grew up with. Read and enjoy!
March 9, 2020
About Pussycats, V, the bastard father of Cherryl , and Jughead being close to Betty. 💖 Pretty much decent information. Love it.
February 27, 2021
Ok
Not as interesting as the previous issued in afraid. quite boring and didnt think it was enough for one issue
Not as interesting as the previous issued in afraid. quite boring and didnt think it was enough for one issue
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February 11, 2022Riverdale might be awful, but the first season sure was fun!
July 25, 2022
Es prácticamente la serie en si.
August 17, 2023
Two stories in one issue. And the 2nd is better. A detective story with a good end. I need the next now.
December 22, 2025
creo que este capitulo no tuvo mucho sentido
April 24, 2019
Nope
Just doesn't capture the magic of the show. The characters don't even feel the same. It work better if it wasn't a connected universe.
Just doesn't capture the magic of the show. The characters don't even feel the same. It work better if it wasn't a connected universe.
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