Afterlife With Archie #1 is written by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa with art by the soon-to-be immortal Francesco Francavilla (who seems to be vying for the title of hardest working artist in comics), and it doesn’t look one bit like a “traditional” Archie comic. No, you see, Mr. Francavilla has drawn this comic in his usual moody style, with angles, colors, and shadows that owe more to the classic EC horror titles of the ’50s than the Archie style epitomized by guys like Dan DeCarlo. Amazingly, the faces and body language are all Archie, though, and every one of these characters is instantly recognizable. Oh, and there’s horror. This is as proper a horror comic as you’re going to see this season. The zombie plague begins simply enough: Jughead’s beloved pup, Hot Dog, gets hit by a car, and the despondent young man takes him to Sabrina for help. Necromancy tends to breed zombies, though, and the resurrected Hot Dog bites his owner, and the zombie plague is off to the races. Trust me, you’ve never seen Sabrina and her creepy Aunties like this. I’d be willing to call Afterlife With Archie #1 a perfect comic if it didn’t take the death of poor Hot Dog to kick off the proceedings. Sorry, folks…anyone who knows me knows that I just can’t deal when doggies die. Couldn’t it have been from Big Ethel giving ol’ Jughead a hickey or something?
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