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Posted in: Archie, Comics, Preview | Tagged: archieThe Fourth of July might be over by the time it hits stores, but in the World of Archie Jumbo Comics Digest #131, the fireworks show is just beginning.Published Mon, 03 Jul 2023 17:27:10 -0500 by Jude Terror | Alright kiddos, sit down and make sure your safety goggles are tightened. Coming this Wednesday, July 5th, we have your favorite, or maybe least favorite, slice of small-town life served up in the World of Archie Jumbo Comics Digest #131. And what a doozy it is.…

We’ve got new clips from Nimona and The Venture Bros.: Radiant Is the Blood of the Baboon Heart. Riverdale gets ready to stage its last musical, and Archie—of course—is the subject. The final season of Stranger Things gets a very notable director. All that and more, now that spoilers have arrived on the scene.Spoilers of the Week | June 3rdSilent PlanetAccording to Deadline, Elisa Koteas and Briana Middleton have wrapped filming on Silent Planet, a new sci-fi thriller written and directed by Jeffrey St. Jules (Bang Bang…

Kevin Smith furthers old reports about the potential of a Batman Beyond adaptation at Warner Bros. Riverdale reveals a suitably unhinged first look at Archie the Musical. Plus, what’s coming on Unicorn: Warriors Eternal. Spoilers get!Rainn Wilson Would Love to Play ____ in Live Action | io9 InterviewBatman BeyondDuring the latest episode of his Fatman on Batman podcast, Kevin Smith further discussed the allegedchances of a Batman Beyond movie starring Michael Keaton were entirely dependent on the box office returns of…

Bite Sized Archie: Going Viral – Arriving Sep 05, 2023! Today, The Beat is proud to present a Wednesday miracle! In addition to an interview with Bite Sized Archie creators Ron Cacace and Vincent Lovallo, we also have an exclusive sneak peek of this week’s strip (#133) before it’s posted Thursday on TinyView and Friday on the internet at large. The Beat caught up with Cacace and Lovallo over email. We asked all about the process of collecting BTS material for the collections, the reactions the strip has gotten, and about…

I September, Madam Satan gets a one-shot, Hell On Earth,that will crossover between the various Archie Horror titles.Last month, someone complained "Ladies and Gentlemen, I give you modern comics in a nutshell. Archie comics  and teenage satan worship." I replied "As opposed to old-school Archie Comics from 1941?" Because Madam Satan was old-school Archie Comics and they got away with things in the forties that would make Riverdale blush. And in September, Madam Satan gets a one-shot, Hell On Earth,that will crossover…

Madam Satan debuted "Pep Comics," the same comic series Archie Andrews and many of his fellow iconic Archie Comics characters first appeared in. Madam Satan's first appearance in "Pep Comics" #16 directly preceded Archie's debut, with her story running in five issues before being canceled and replaced by his adventures in Riverdale. Madam Satan's first stories were of the horror genre. In the 80-plus-year-old story, Iola (initially named Tyra) was a mortal who murdered her fiancé's parents when they…

Posted in: Archie, Comics, Preview | Tagged: archie, Comics, jughead, previewsArchie Milestones Jumbo Digest #20 is hitting shelves, featuring Jughead as Captain Hero. What's next—a burger-powered Batmobile? Preview inside!Published Mon, 05 Jun 2023 17:26:11 -0500 by Jude Terror | Ah yes, another groundbreaking creation from the minds at Archie Comics. Archie Milestones Jumbo Digest #20 graces comic store shelves on June 7th, regaling us with the heroic tales of Jughead as the caped crusader known as Captain Hero. Because…

Posted in: Archie, Comics, Preview | Tagged: archie, Comics, jughead, previewsReady for a tasty adventure? Dive into Archie and Friends: Hot Summer Movies #1 as Jughead sets out on an Indiana Jones-inspired quest for burgers!Published Mon, 05 Jun 2023 13:34:11 -0500 by Jude Terror | Ah, yes. Another attempt by Archie Comics to cash in on the zeitgeist, with Archie and Friends: Hot Summer Movies #1, set to grace our comic shelves come Wednesday, June 7th. The latest offering from our friends over at Riverdale features our…

Archie Comics has released their solicitations for titles scheduled to ship in August 2023. Among Archie‘s offerings for the month are a new Chilling Adventures one-shot, Strange Science, featuring a new Danni Malloy story from Magdalene Vissagio and Butch Mapa, and a second collection of Ron Cacace and Vincent Lovallo‘s Bite-Sized Archie online comic strip. Those titles and more ahead in the full Archie Comics August 2023 solicitations. Check out all the information and cover images below. (Click images to enlarge)…

Screengrab via Universal Pictures We’re at least a third of the way through the final stretch of the Fast & Furious saga now that Fast X is playing in theaters, and, as expected, the latest entry has continued the franchise’s trend of shamelessly leaning into its unprecedented stupidity with the straightest face possible, and the result is the purest, most delightful form of Fast nonsense yet. Indeed, no respectable breed of film criticism can or should ever arrive at the conclusion that Fast X is a good…