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Afterlife With Archie #9
AFTERLIFE WITH ARCHIE #9 DEVRIES VAR CVR
' RIP' 4 (of 7) The Horror began in Riverdale when Reggie Mantle struck and killed Jughead's beloved pooch Hot Dog. Since then, Reggie has been living with this secret knowledge-and terrible guilt. With no one to talk to about it, Reggie has started to crack under the strain. He is seeing visions of his dead friends-or are they literal ghosts? When an act of kindness prompts a confession from him, Reggie must decide for himself, once and for all-is there any good within him? Or is Reggie, as we've always suspected, beyond redemption?
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Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa
462 books476 followersRoberto Aguirre-Sacasa is an American playwright, screenwriter, and comic book writer best known for his work for Marvel Comics and for the television series Glee, Big Love, Riverdale, and Chilling Adventures of Sabrina. He is Chief Creative Officer of Archie Comics.
Aguirre-Sacasa grew up liking comic books, recalling in 2003, "My mom would take us out to the 7-Eleven on River Road during the summer, and we would get Slurpees and buy comics off the spinning rack. I would read them all over and over again, and draw my own pictures and stuff."
He began writing for Marvel Comics, he explained, when "Marvel hired an editor to find new writers, and they hired her from a theatrical agency. So she started calling theaters and asking if they knew any playwrights who might be good for comic books. A couple of different theaters said she should look at me. So she called me, I sent her a couple of my plays and she said 'Great, would you like to pitch on a couple of comic books in the works?'"
His first submissions were "not what [they were] interested in for the character[s]" but eventually he was assigned an 11-page Fantastic Four story, "The True Meaning of...," for the Marvel Holiday Special 2004. He went on to write Fantastic Four stories in Marvel Knights 4, a spinoff of that superhero team's long-running title; and stories for Nightcrawler vol. 3; The Sensational Spider-Man vol. 2; and Dead of Night featuring Man-Thing.
In May 2008 Aguirre-Sacasa returned to the Fantastic Four with a miniseries tie-in to the company-wide "Secret Invasion" storyline concerning a years-long infiltration of Earth by the shape-shifting alien race, the Skrulls,and an Angel Revelations miniseries with artists Barry Kitson and Adam Polina, respectively. He adapted for comics the Stephen King novel The Stand.
In 2013, he created Afterlife with Archie, depicting Archie Andrews in the midst of a zombie apocalypse; the book's success led to Aguirre-Sacasa being named Archie Comics' chief creative officer.
Aguirre-Sacasa grew up liking comic books, recalling in 2003, "My mom would take us out to the 7-Eleven on River Road during the summer, and we would get Slurpees and buy comics off the spinning rack. I would read them all over and over again, and draw my own pictures and stuff."
He began writing for Marvel Comics, he explained, when "Marvel hired an editor to find new writers, and they hired her from a theatrical agency. So she started calling theaters and asking if they knew any playwrights who might be good for comic books. A couple of different theaters said she should look at me. So she called me, I sent her a couple of my plays and she said 'Great, would you like to pitch on a couple of comic books in the works?'"
His first submissions were "not what [they were] interested in for the character[s]" but eventually he was assigned an 11-page Fantastic Four story, "The True Meaning of...," for the Marvel Holiday Special 2004. He went on to write Fantastic Four stories in Marvel Knights 4, a spinoff of that superhero team's long-running title; and stories for Nightcrawler vol. 3; The Sensational Spider-Man vol. 2; and Dead of Night featuring Man-Thing.
In May 2008 Aguirre-Sacasa returned to the Fantastic Four with a miniseries tie-in to the company-wide "Secret Invasion" storyline concerning a years-long infiltration of Earth by the shape-shifting alien race, the Skrulls,and an Angel Revelations miniseries with artists Barry Kitson and Adam Polina, respectively. He adapted for comics the Stephen King novel The Stand.
In 2013, he created Afterlife with Archie, depicting Archie Andrews in the midst of a zombie apocalypse; the book's success led to Aguirre-Sacasa being named Archie Comics' chief creative officer.
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July 2, 2024
No one is the villain in their own story.
Reggie, who kicked off the zombie apocalypse by hitting Hot Dog with his car, tells his side of the story. And he's not always sympathetic.
He's jealous of Archie's loving family, jealous of Jughead's ease with himself, and jealous of Moose for getting the girl he has always wanted.
Speaking of Midge, it's her final rejection of him (after using him for his money) that sets him on the course that changes the world forever.
And yet he still sees himself as the good guy. You know, underneath it all...
So when the zombies come crashing down around them, he decides it's time to make his final big redemptive sacrifice.
Poor Reggie.
I just don't think he has it in him.
Reggie's arc was really good. <--like all of these issues!
One more to go before I bitch and moan that they left this unfinished and screwed over the real Riverdale's fan club.
Reggie, who kicked off the zombie apocalypse by hitting Hot Dog with his car, tells his side of the story. And he's not always sympathetic.
He's jealous of Archie's loving family, jealous of Jughead's ease with himself, and jealous of Moose for getting the girl he has always wanted.
Speaking of Midge, it's her final rejection of him (after using him for his money) that sets him on the course that changes the world forever.
And yet he still sees himself as the good guy. You know, underneath it all...
So when the zombies come crashing down around them, he decides it's time to make his final big redemptive sacrifice.
Poor Reggie.
I just don't think he has it in him.
Reggie's arc was really good. <--like all of these issues!
One more to go before I bitch and moan that they left this unfinished and screwed over the real Riverdale's fan club.
December 30, 2019
4.5
I really hope the next one leaves off in a decent place, because the writer of this comic still hasn't written #11. It's been years at this point. 😫
I really hope the next one leaves off in a decent place, because the writer of this comic still hasn't written #11. It's been years at this point. 😫
July 19, 2018
This issue has a very Shane v. Rick from the Walking Dead vibe. Reggie man, love this Archie Horror spin on him.
February 27, 2017
Sabrina is such a b*tch. haha.
November 13, 2017
The worst monsters are the humans themselves 😢
June 15, 2017
I hate Reggie because he's the culprit why Hotdog died. Looks like he was really destined to do it not because of his sociopath tendencies, but because of what Sabrina said in the end that he is the dark prince. Scary? Definitely!
April 3, 2018
Reggie finally comes clean to someone about that fateful night he mowed down Hot Dog and got the zombie apocalypse started. Now he is tasked with killing Betty. This is too much! Very very dark. I like.
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August 28, 2021
Più della metà del volumetto è persa in qualcosa che sarebbe stato riassumibile in poche pagine, e che comunque era già stata annunciata; solamente le ultime pagine non interessanti e degne di nota per proseguire la lettura.
October 11, 2021
+Oh poor Reggie. What have you done? What will you do now?
+I thought it's a good thing Reggie confessed. But in the end, don't choose the wrong path pal. :(
+I hate Sabrina. Veronica and Sabrina can go to hell!
+VERY DARK. I like it. lol
+I thought it's a good thing Reggie confessed. But in the end, don't choose the wrong path pal. :(
+I hate Sabrina. Veronica and Sabrina can go to hell!
+VERY DARK. I like it. lol
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November 1, 2018
The Sociopath
Background and character development for Reggie and his chance for redemption, slow burns and builds anticipation for the next issue.
Background and character development for Reggie and his chance for redemption, slow burns and builds anticipation for the next issue.
March 22, 2020
Reggie as a character never interests me tbh
June 1, 2022
Dark Archie. Grown-up Archie. No silliness, no teen-age angst. A really different view of everyone's best friend Archie. Well worth the time reading the series.
October 15, 2022
Wow that was a stupid detour into Reggie’s brain. What a waste of an issue. Plus the blurbs don’t match what happens/has happened.
December 11, 2024
Awesome
I absolutely loved this edition and am so sad it's the second to last one. Reggie is a compelling character. I wonder what choice he will make. Cannot wait ti find out.
I absolutely loved this edition and am so sad it's the second to last one. Reggie is a compelling character. I wonder what choice he will make. Cannot wait ti find out.
May 16, 2025
Amazing!
Wow, this issue is so good! Reggie's guilt made me sad, but also angry at him for killing Hot Dog! That cliffhanger, wow, I'm excited to see the next issue!
Wow, this issue is so good! Reggie's guilt made me sad, but also angry at him for killing Hot Dog! That cliffhanger, wow, I'm excited to see the next issue!
November 29, 2020
Fun and creepy comic. Good for Archie fans who also like horror stories.
April 17, 2017
Reggie is far scarier than a zombie apocalypse.
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November 3, 2018Sabrina, what the hell?
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