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Redesigning Riverdale for a New Era of Archie with Acclaimed Artists Kano and Fábio Moon. Get a First Look

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Oni Press and Archie Comic Publications, Inc. have unveiled a first look at acclaimed artists Kano and Fábio Moon’s character designs for Archie #1 and Sabrina the Teenage Witch #1, the first titles in the all-new ambitious and wide-ranging publishing partnership launching a distinctly original and stylistically reimagined slate of monthly comic series, original graphic novels, and prestige collections. Timed to coincide with the 85th anniversary of Archie’s’ first appearance in Pep Comics #22 in 1941, the new partnership between Oni Press and Archie Comics will kick off in September with Archie #1 by​ New York Times bestselling writer, Edgar Award and Philip K. Dick Award winner, and Eisner Award nominee Ben H. Winters, multiple Eisner Award–winning artist Fábio Moon, and rising star artist Nick Cagnetti — followed in October by Sabrina the Teenage Witch #1 by Hugo Award nominee Corinna Bechko and Eisner Award nominee Kano.

For his entire life, 17-year-old Archie Andrews has had it all: adoring friends, football glory, and a natural charm that always seems to make him the center of attention. Now, through his eyes, experience the warmth and wonder of Riverdale and its near-infinite roster of residents—the popular kids, the endearing oddballs, and everyone in between—as Archie embarks on a whirlwind, all-star adventure through his town’s past, present, and future . . . beginning with a local film festival that’s about to turn everything upside down! And, at the center of it all, lies an enigmatic paradox that only Archie’s pal Jughead Jones can possibly unravel . . . Plus: Puzzles! Pin-ups! Bountiful bonus stories! And a veritable sweet shop of surprises that all link to the same inextricable mystery . . . Finally, your antidote for postmodern malaise has arrived. Welcome to the all-new Archie #1!

Who’d ever want to be ordinary when you could be a teenage witch instead? Still reeling from the surprise revelation of her secret birthright and with Halloween just around the corner, high schooler Sabrina Spellman is honing her craft one hex at a time and figuring out how to balance her magical new life with the crushing responsibilities of being 16 years old. But when her feline familiar Salem drops a mythical trickster on Sabrina’s literal doorstep, she might not be able to keep her two worlds from smashing together like two busted pumpkins on All Hallow’s Eve. No time for fate. No time for destiny. No time for homework. Being a teenager is far from magical . . . even when you’re a witch! Are you ready for Sabrina the Teenage Witch #1?

Also, later this year, the inferno begins in Archie in Hell #1 in November! In another time, in another Riverdale, Archie Andrews’ radiant life is about to turn pitch black. Separated from his friends and bound by a terrible curse, there’s only one way to save Archie: to damn him. But he won’t be alone for long . . . The next smash hit in Archie’s wildly successful horror line is ARCHIE IN HELL! Join multiple Eisner Award winner Patrick Horvath and Eisner Award nominee Tyler Crook as they forge a brand-new legend of Archie horror, leaving a blood-stained trail from 1690 to the present day.

Oni Press Reveals Complete Archie #1 Covers with Elsa Charretier, Stuart Immonen, Kano, Karl Kerschl, Fábio Moon, Dan Parent, Khary Randolph, and More!

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Oni Press and Archie Comic Publications, Inc. have unveiled the first look at the stunning covers for Archie #1, the first in an​ all-new line of comics from Oni Press and Archie Comics launching in September timed to Archie’s 85th anniversary. Archie #1—from New York Times bestselling writer, Edgar Award and Philip K. Dick Award winner, and Eisner Award nominee Ben H. Winters and multiple Eisner Award–winning artist Fábio Moon—will feature a main cover by multiple Shuster Award-winning cover artist Stuart Immonen, as well as regular and limited edition variants by Moon, Immonen, Karl Kerschl, Khary Randolph, Kano, legendary Archie Comics artist Dan Parent, Eisner Award nominee Elsa Charretier, and Mahmud Asrar!

For his entire life, 17-year-old Archie Andrews has had it all: adoring friends, football glory, and a natural charm that always seems to make him the center of attention. Now, through his eyes, experience the warmth and wonder of Riverdale and its near-infinite roster of residents—the popular kids, the endearing oddballs, and everyone in between—as Archie embarks on a whirlwind, all-star adventure through his town’s past, present, and future . . . beginning with a local film festival that’s about to turn everything upside down! And, at the center of it all, lies an enigmatic paradox that only Archie’s pal Jughead Jones can possibly unravel . . . Plus: Puzzles! Pin-ups! And a veritable sweet shop of surprises that all link to the same inextricable mystery . . . Finally, your antidote for postmodern malaise has arrived. Welcome to the all-new Archie #1!

It’s an all-new era for your all-American icons! Being young never gets old this September in Archie #1 by Ben H. Winters and Fábio Moon—featuring daring and dazzling covers by Stuart Immonen, Fábio Moon, Karl Kerschl, Khary Randolph, Kano, Dan Parent, Elsa Charretier, and Mahmud Asra!

Riverdale Revealed! Oni Press Unveils Archie #1, Sabrina the Teenage Witch #1, and Archie in Hell #1 – Beginning This Fall!

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BEING YOUNG NEVER GETS OLD! Oni Press and Archie Comic Publications, Inc. have unveiled the first look at one of the year’s most anticipated and momentous new publishing initiatives . . . beginning this fall in the all-new Archie #1!

This September, a new day is dawning in Riverdale as New York Times bestselling writer, Edgar Award and Philip K. Dick Award winner, and Eisner Award nominee Ben H. Winters joins multiple Eisner Award–winning artist Fábio Moon, rising star artist Nick Cagnetti and multiple Shuster Award-winning cover artist Stuart Immonen to reintroduce America’s favorite teenager . . . and celebrate Archie’s 85th anniversary with a 21st-century testament to teenage idealism and the limitless joy of Archie Comics! 

For his entire life, 17-year-old Archie Andrews has had it all: adoring friends, football glory, and a natural charm that always seems to make him the center of attention. Now, through his eyes, experience the warmth and wonder of Riverdale and its near-infinite roster of residents—the popular kids, the endearing oddballs, and everyone in between—as Archie embarks on a whirlwind, all-star adventure through his town’s past, present, and future . . . beginning with a local film festival that’s about to turn everything upside down! And, at the center of it all, lies an enigmatic paradox that only Archie’s pal Jughead Jones can possibly unravel . . . Plus: Puzzles! Pin-ups! Bountiful bonus stories! And a veritable sweet shop of surprises that all link to the same inextricable mystery . . . Finally, your antidote for postmodern malaise has arrived. Welcome to the all-new Archie #1!

Archie #1 arrives September 2026.

Archie #1

Then, just a short step behind the all-new Archie #1 by Ben H. Winters and Fábio Moon, the new Archie Comics line at Oni Press grows with two more must-read series:

Next: In October, Hugo Award nominee Corinna Bechko and Eisner Award nominee Kano conjure a new spell of magic and mischief in Sabrina the Teenage Witch #1! Who’d ever want to be ordinary when you could be a teenage witch instead? Still reeling from the surprise revelation of her secret birthright and with Halloween just around the corner, high schooler Sabrina Spellman is honing her craft one hex at a time and figuring out how to balance her magical new life with the crushing responsibilities of being 16 years old. But when her feline familiar Salem drops a mythical trickster on Sabrina’s literal doorstep, she might not be able to keep her two worlds from smashing together like two busted pumpkins. No time for fate. No time for destiny. No time for homework. Being a teenager is far from magical . . . even when you’re a witch! 

Sabrina the Teenage Witch #1 debuts October 2026.

Sabrina the Teenage Witch #1

Then, in November, the inferno begins in Archie in Hell #1! In another time, in another Riverdale, Archie Andrews’ radiant life is about to turn pitch black. Separated from his friends and bound by a terrible curse, there’s only one way to save Archie: to damn him. But he won’t be alone for long . . . In the footsteps of Archie’s hit horror series, Archie in Hell, join multiple Eisner Award winner Patrick Horvath and Eisner Award nominee Tyler Crook as they forge a brand-new legend of Archie horror, leaving a blood-stained trail from 1690 to the present day.

Archie in Hell #1 arrives November 2026.

Archie in Hell #1

Timed to coincide with the 85th anniversary of Archie’s’ first appearance in Pep Comics #22 in 1941, the new partnership between Oni Press and Archie Comics will soon be followed by a new line of compact comic collections and deluxe graphic novels to be published by Oni this coming fall, in addition to Archie Comics’ publishing and licensing collaborations, as well as a new live-action feature film written by Eisner Award winner Tom King and produced by Phil Lord & Christopher Miller for Universal Pictures in the years ahead.

Archie Comics and Oni Press Begin New Era in 2026 with a Publishing Partnership

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Oni Press and Archie Comic Publications, Inc. have revealed an ambitious and wide-ranging publishing partnership that will mark a milestone new beginning for Archie, Betty and Veronica, Jughead, Sabrina the Teenage Witch, Josie and the Pussycats, and the rest of Riverdale’s most iconic characters across a distinctly original and stylistically reimagined slate of monthly comic series, original graphic novels, and prestige collections honoring the full breadth and influence of Archie Comics’ nearly nine-decade history. 

The joy of being young. The pain of growing up. In 2026, the fantastical, pure-pop existence of “America’s Favorite Teenager” will be thrown into overdrive as Archie Andrews reaches a once-in-a-lifetime crossroads between then and now, daydream and reality, the heat of the moment and the vast expanse of eternity, across three daring new monthly series from some of the most brilliantly innovative creators working in the comics industry today: multiple Eisner Award nominee W. Maxwell Prince, Hugo Award nominee Corinna Bechko, and Harvey Award winner Patrick Horvath, working alongside riveting artists, including multiple Eisner Award winner Fábio Moon, Nick Cagnetti, Eisner Award nominee Kano, and Russ Manning Award winner Tyler Crook.

Timed to coincide with the 85th anniversary of Archie’s’ first appearance in Pep Comics #22 in 1941, the new partnership will officially begin in Fall 2026 with a new slate of ongoing, monthly comics series:

ARCHIE #1
Written by W. Maxwell Prince 
Art by Fábio Moon and Nick Cagnetti 
September 2026

SABRINA THE TEENAGE WITCH #1 
Written by Corinna Bechko 
Art by Kano 
October 2026

ARCHIE IN HELL #1 
Written by Patrick Horvath
Art by Tyler Crook
November 2026

The new Archie line will be editorially overseen by Oni Press Editor-in-Chief Sierra Hahn with additional contributions from Senior Editor Bess Pallares and Editor Megan Brown with guidance from Archie Comics‘ own Senior Director of Editorial Jamie Rotante and Editor & Art Director Vincent Lovallo. Full creative details on each series are being kept under tight wraps, but readers and retailers can expect to hear more as Oni Press and Archie begin a unified marketing and communications campaign for their new slate that will include key appearances at the annual ComicsPRO Industry Conference in Glendale, CA and San Diego Comic-Con 2026 in the months ahead. 

Following the debut of the all-new Archie #1 in September 2026, the unprecedented publishing partnership between Oni Press and Archie Comics will continue as Oni releases a wave of brand-new collections spanning all eras of Archie’s history in variety of formats – including compact digest editions, deluxe hardcovers and omnibi, and comprehensive box sets – that will spotlight contributions from the characters’ original creators John L. Goldwater, Bob Montana, and Vic Bloom, alongside those from a decades-spanning cast of seminal writers and artists including Dan DeCarlo, Veronica Fish, Francesco Francavilla, Erica Henderson, Stan Goldberg, Tom King, Paul Kupperberg, Dan Parent, Samm Schwartz, Fiona Staples, Kelly Thompson, Michael Uslan, Mark Waid, Chip Zdarksy, and many more.  

In 2027, the line will expand further will the debut of an all-new line of middle grade and young adult graphic novels – set in their own, accessible continuity outside of the core Oni Press publishing line – that will feature contributions from some of the most acclaimed and recognizable talents writing and illustrating for those audiences today. More details on those titles will be revealed in mid-2026. 

Coming up, Archie will next appear on the small screen in a live-action horror series Afterlife with Archie on Disney+  followed by the big screen in a new live-action feature film written by Eisner Award winner Tom King and produced by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller for Universal Pictures. 

This is the third publishing partnership Oni Press has announced in recent years. Along with Archie, Oni is also publishing comics under the classic EC Comics imprint and Matt Kindt’s Flux House imprint debuts in Summer 2026. 

Archie Comics, Universal, and Tom King team for a Live-Action Archie Movie

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In a competitive auction, Universal Pictures is developing a live-action film based on the iconic characters of Archie Comics, one of the comics industry’s longest-running publishers. Tom King will write the screenplay. Phil Lord, Christopher Miller, and Aditya Sood will produce the project through Lord Miller’s first look deal with Universal, along with Emma Watts, who brought the project to Lord Miller with King, and Archie Comics CEO and Publisher Jon Goldwater.

The news follows a string of highly successful live-action adaptations of Archie characters to screens, including the breakout seven-season CW television series Riverdale, the Netflix streaming series Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, and the smash-hit film The Archies, also for Netflix and directed by Zoya Akhtar. Archie’s storylines center around a core cast of teens in the small town of Riverdale, anchored by heartfelt interpersonal dynamics, humor, and lighthearted drama. King, known for his fan-favorite emotionally resonant revivals of classic superhero characters like The Omega Men, Adam Strange, and The Vision, explored the Archie dynamic with his signature philosophic insight in the bestselling one-shot comic book Archie: The Decision last year, drawn by longtime Archie mainstay Dan Parent. 

Archie has sold over three billion comics throughout its history, published in dozens of languages and read worldwide, most notably in Philippines, Canada, Mexico, Latin America, South America, Australia, UAE, and India; 100 million Archie comics have sold in India alone in the last 50 years. New Archie titles are continuously published monthly and are widely available in comic book stores, newsstand outlets, bookstores, libraries, and on the digital reading platforms comiXology and GlobalComix.

Senior Vice President of Production Development and Special Projects Britt Hennemuth and Director of Production Development Christine Sun will oversee the project for the studio. Lord Miller is represented by UTA and JSSK. Watts is represented by CAA. Archie Comics is represented by CAA. King is represented by UTA.

Preview: Archie & Katy Keene

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ARCHIE & KATY KEENE (TP)

Script: Mariko Tamaki and Kevin Panetta
Art: Laura Braga, Matt Herms, Jack Morelli
Cover: Laura Braga
978-1-64576-948-4
$12.99 US/$15.99 CAN
6 5/8 x 10 3/16”
120 pp, Full Color
Direct Market On-Sale Date: 10/21

There’s a new girl in Riverdale and she’s turning heads—and NOT everyone is happy about that! Who is Katy Keene and why is she so Insta-famous and beloved in Riverdale? And, moreover, why is she quickly becoming Archie’s biggest competition? Find out in this brand new collection from the creative team of writers Mariko Tamaki and Kevin Panetta and artist Laura Braga! Collects the full four-issue Archie and Katy Keene mini-series (Archie #710 – #713).

ARCHIE & KATY KEENE (TP)

Preview: Archie by Nick Spencer Vol. 2: Archie & Sabrina

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ARCHIE BY NICK SPENCER VOL. 2: ARCHIE & SABRINA (TP)

Script: Nick Spencer and Mariko Tamaki
Art: Sandy Jarrell, Jenn St. Onge, Matt Herms, Jack Morelli
Cover: Veronica Fish
978-1-64576-979-8
$17.99 US/$20.99 CAN
6 5/8 x 10 3/16”
TR
144 pp, Full Color
Direct Market On-Sale Date: 3/25

Riverdale’s been abuzz with rumors of the town’s hottest couple: Archie and… who? While everyone tries to discover the identity of Archie’s new girlfriend, learn how Archie and Sabrina Spellman’s whirlwind romance came to be—and what that means for everyone else in Archie’s life. Meanwhile, Jughead and Reggie are busy solving a mystery of their own—one that could have life-altering consequences! Writer Nick Spencer (Spider-Man) teams up with co-writer Mariko Tamaki (This One Summer, Lumberjanes) and artists Sandy Jarrell (DC’s Bombshells) and Jenn St-Onge (Bingo Love, Jem and the Holograms). Collects ARCHIE issues #705 – #709.

ARCHIE BY NICK SPENCER VOL. 2: ARCHIE & SABRINA (TP)

Preview: Archie #712

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ARCHIE #712 (ARCHIE AND KATY KEENE #3)

Script: Mariko Tamaki and Kevin Panetta
Art: Laura Braga, Matt Herms, Jack Morelli
Cover: Laura Braga
Variant Covers: Paul Renaud, Marley Zarcone
On Sale Date: 3/18
32-page, full color comic
$3.99 U.S.

Katy Keene is headed to NEW YORK CITY! …Along with Archie, Veronica, Jughead, Betty and Sabrina. But is Katy ready to take a bite out of the Big Apple? And will Archie finally find musical recognition in the city that never sleeps?

ARCHIE #712 (ARCHIE AND KATY KEENE #3)

Katy heads to NYC in this early preview of Archie #712!

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ARCHIE #712 (ARCHIE AND KATY KEENE PART 3)

Script: Mariko Tamaki and Kevin Panetta
Art: Laura Braga, Matt Herms, Jack Morelli
Cover: Laura Braga
Variant Covers: Paul Renaud, Marley Zarcone
On Sale Date: 3/18
32-page, full color comic
$3.99 U.S.

Katy Keene is headed to NEW YORK CITY! …Along with Archie, Veronica, Jughead, Betty and Sabrina. But is Katy ready to take a bite out of the Big Apple? And will Archie finally find musical recognition in the city that never sleeps?

ARCHIE #712 (ARCHIE AND KATY KEENE PART 3)
ARCHIE #712 (ARCHIE AND KATY KEENE PART 3)

Preview: Archie #711

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ARCHIE #711 (ARCHIE & KATY KEENE PT 2)

Script: Mariko Tamaki and Kevin Panetta
Art: Laura Braga, Matt Herms, Jack Morelli
Cover: Laura Braga
Variant Covers: Paul Renaud, Brittney Williams
On Sale Date: 2/19
32-page, full color comic
$3.99 U.S.

Katy Keene’s musical debut has got everyone talking—unfortunately, it also means that no one’s talking about Archie’s newest single. With even his girlfriend, Sabrina, clamoring to be Katy’s best friend, has Archie become the invisible man of Riverdale?

ARCHIE #711 (ARCHIE & KATY KEENE PT 2)
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