Manifesting the Archie Mecha Comic of my dreams.
Hi, all. How it started:
How it’s going:
Via Publisher:
ARCHIE & FRIENDS ALL ACTION ONESHOT
(W) Kibblesmith, Daniel (A) Jampole, Ryan (C) Jampole, Ryan
ARCHIE COMIC PUBLICATIONS
StockID: 74583 SKU: FEB231162
A BRAND-NEW STORY kicks off this collection of tales mecha monsters- heroic hijinks- and action-packed adventure! In 'Super Mecha Teens-' a giant monster threatens to attack Riverdale- and only one teen (with some robot help) can save the day. Unfortunately- that teen is Archie Andrews. But he doesn't have to do it alone! But who does he choose? Betty with her rugged- self-built mech- or Veronica with her hi-tech- hi-end robotics? As all the mechs are being mauled by the monster- Archie must decide in this story that's equal parts TRANSFORMERS and PACIFIC RIM.
Emphasis mine. Never give up on your dreams, kids. For a five-page story, I put a ridiculous amount of work and research into this — as recounted on the recent episode of War Rocket Ajax I was graciously asked to co-host. Always an honor to be on my favorite podcast and you can take a listen here.
Even if you despise everything I write (why are you reading this now), this Archie story is worth picking up just for the art by the incredible Ryan Jampole who PACKED every panel with old school manga-inspired personality and deep cut anime mecha references. I researched for months, he researched for a LIFETIME.
Thanks again to EIC Mike Pellerito and everyone at Archie for making this lifelong dream happen.
Pre-order ARCHIE & FRIENDS ALL ACTION ONE-SHOT from a local comic shop near you, or one of MY local comic shops like Golden Apple.
Support it now so we can convince them to let us do a six-part miniseries next!
“Okay, I think that’s everything for now. Talk soon.”