Funny, thrilling, and genuinely shocking,Afterlife With Archiehas turned the Archieverse on its head.
To paraphrase the words that opened the comic, this is how the end of the world began.
Francesco Francavilla:They approached me after I did theArchie Meets Kisscovers.
Everybody loved those, so they approached me to do more work, mostly variants.
That was the beginning of our relationship with Archie.
I love drawing those characters, so I was really happy to be involved more and more.
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What was your initial involvement Roberto?
Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa:I was obsessed with Archie and I was obsessed with horror.
I said I want the poster, lets get the poster!
And he said well do the poster.
We talked a little bit.
I wanted it to be calledCrypt of Archie; John really wanted it to be calledAfterlife With Archie.
Maybe two hours later he sent an e-mail saying lets do it.
So it started from there.
He started it, he has to do it.
And thats kind of how it started.
Theyve only gotten more and more excited now that theyve gotten a chance to read the book.
Francesco Francavilla:This week.
Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa:I thinkas we were releasing teasers and images, people were getting really excited.
But the response has been great.
So Im with you, I think this week its really felt like lightning in a bottle.
What, if anything, can you tell our readers about the Archie movie that you are writing?
Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa:Wow.
Francesco Francavilla:But well have a poster with zombies on it (laughs).
Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa:There will definitely be a variant poster with zombies on it for sure.
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