World War R: New Comic Pits Archie & Gang Against the Undead : NPR
Ready for your fair share of Halloween shakes and shivers, kiddies? Look no further than Afterlife with Archie, a new ongoing comic series that melds our eternal fascination with all things zombie apocalypse and one of the most enduring and successful comic icons of all time, Archie Andrews — and yes, it is actually scary.
That’s right, the perma-teenagers in happy-go-lucky Riverdale find their comforting and idealized existence invaded by … undead hordes. Can these archetypal clean-cut kids survive?
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I’ve never been fond of zombie flicks or the late craze on them (much more into vampires for my gothic horror needs.) That said, it’s interesting to see that it’s both mainstream enough to use in something as tween friendly as Archie and yet is able to be scary to them as well.
Perhaps I’ll break down when the compilation hits the shelves next year.