Well those crazy, wholesome teenagers at it again. That’s right! The Riverdale gang are back and up to their old tricks as Archie, Jughead, Betty, Veronica and all are celebrating Halloween, fighting over each other, living the high school life, killing dogs, becoming zombies…

Afterlife_With_Archie_1_CoverWait what? Are you sure this is an Archie title? Yup sure is. In Afterlife With Archie, the first teen rated title for the long running publisher, the gang is back and everything is just as it should be… or so we think… This dark tale begins to spin once Jughead visits Sabrina The Teenage Witch with his dog Hot Dog to see if her and her magical Aunts can help Hot Dog after he has been hit by a car. They are unable to do anything as the dog has already passed on, though Sabrina, against her aunts wishes, performs Necromancy to raise Hot Dog, although the price turns out to be very high. Sabrina gets in massive trouble with her Aunts, massive may actually be an understatement… Ginormous? Sure let’s do that. Ginormous trouble with her aunts and Jughead gets a zombie dog. So not only does Archie have to deal with Betty and Veronica fighting over him to be his date to the Halloween dance, typical Archie, he can never just pick one, but he’s dealing with Jughead’s sudden “sickness” as well as Reg’s sudden depression…

This was a very fun book and I highly recommend it for the stellar story and writing by Roberto Aguirre Sacasa that pushes the perfect art accompaniment by Francesco Francavilla, who is best known for his darker works in American Vampire and The Black Beetle.