I've never been an Archie fan until I watched Riverdale, so I wanted to give the Archie Horror line a try. I love paranormal stuff, so this book was fun to jump into.
The plot, in a nutshell: after Jughead's dog (wonderfully named Hot Dog) gets hit by a car, Sabrina brings him back to life. Chaos ensues. People die and become zombies, including our beloved Jughead, and Sabrina mysteriously "disappears."
There are a lot of characters, but if you read closely, you don't need to be familiar with the whole Archie-verse, which is like 70-plus years long. That's a lot of reading! That said, I'm grateful I was already familiar with most of the characters thanks to Riverdale (Ginger and Nancy were the only ones I didn't recognize). Every time Hiram Lodge made an appearance, though, I kept thinking he was Commissioner Gordon from Batman. LOL! They could be twins!
Anyway, I loved the writing and the art. The book has the creep-factor down pat, so if you love horror comics, this should hopefully be a fun read. ( )

It was better than I thought it was going to be. ( )

This comic book is very hunting indeed. It will mess with your feelings and make you feel disturbed. Perfect for a horror comic book. I should mention that I don't like zombie comic books or anything to do with the zombie culture. The only other comics I like with zombies are iZombie and Manifest Destiny because they deliver something different. Afterlife with Archie has the same effect.

Probably the best thing about this comic book is you don't have to know anything about Archie and his gang to read it. I never read anything from Archie except for the Mega Man comics before. However, my mom has read the comic books so she knew all about Archie, Betty, Veronica, and Reggie. The only thing I knew about was stuff from Sabrina and stuff from Josie and the Pussycats thanks to the movies and television shows. Sabrina makes a brief apprentice in this volume, but it's clear the creators aren't done telling her story. I'd like to see Jose and the Pussycats make there way into this universe as well.

When you hear Archie you usually think about something your mom and dad read when they were your age. This is not your parents Archie comic book. When the back say for mature readers, they mean mature readers. Now there aren't any swears and sex is only hinted, but they don't shy away from the blood. Who'd every think an Archie comic book have blood? Besides the blood this is also very morbid. Not going to give anything away, but issue four is really heartbreaking on so many levels.

Besides Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa's fabulous writing (which reminds me of the first volume of Marvel Knights 4), Francesco Francavilla's art really is fitting for this comic book. I kind of like the cartoon style the regular Archie comics deliver, but this comic book needs a more realistic style. He can draw nearly scary zombies, but not too scary because you need to understand what happened to them they couldn't control. If this man drew most of the horror comic today, I'd read more horror comic books. ( )

Maybe I would have enjoyed this more if I were better acquainted with the original Archie comics. ( )

cool art, fun ideas. sad it never got the ending it needed but it wasnt like it was a magnum opus or anything ( )