Jinx: A Cursed Life #1

by Magdalene Visaggio, Craig Cermack (Artist), Ellie Wright (Artist)

Jinx Holliday is a firecracker and a firestarter. Destruction always follows in her wake. And sometimes weirdos stop her and talk about her “destiny.” It’s all combined to create quite the aura of mystery around a 14-year-old girl who just wants some pizza rolls, and while her soul might belong to Satan, her heart belongs to the electric guitar. But one day, when Archie and company come looking for her help because Jughead is acting weird, Jinx and her BFF Danni embark on a mission to exorcize Jughead. It’s the two BFFs vs. Satan for the good of humanity—or at very least, for Jinx to just be free to be a normal 14-year-old girl who just happens to dabble in necromancy and rock ‘n’ roll.

Genres: Horror, Comics, Graphic Novels, Fantasy, Comic Book, Fiction, Graphic Novels Comics

29 pages, Kindle Edition

Published May 17, 2023

About the author

Magdalene Visaggio is a comics writer and essayist. She's the writer and creator of the GLAAD and Eisner-nominated series Kim & Kim, as well as Eternity Girl at DC Comics. She currently resides in Manhattan.

Reviews

[Anne · Rating 3 out of 5]

Decent but not great.
It feels like an example of a comic that could have been a lot cooler if there were a few more issues to flesh it all out.
You just get dropped into a story where Jinx is known to be the daughter of Satan.
Backstory, please!



Ok, Jughead has somehow been possessed by the Devil and Archie trades his guitar to Jinx in order to get her to help him with an exorcism.
Btw, Jinx is a 13(ish) year old girl determined to make a lot of noise playing terrible music in her garage with her BFF.
As children do.



Again, this was ok but nothing I'd recommend to anyone who isn't a fan of Archie comics. Archie Horror, in particular.
Recommended for fans.

[Art · Rating 4 out of 5]

It was short, but fun!

[Horror Nerd · Rating 5 out of 5]

Jinx and Danni are practicing their new song, when Archie suddenly comes in looking for help.
See, Jughead might be possessed, and Jinx (the supposed daughter of Satan) just might be the one to help.
There is a great mix of humor and spooky stuff here, and the faces of all the characters are so expressive. Artwork in Archie horror one shots is sometimes a mix of quality, but here it's just amazing. Have to respect the creators for managing to have references to nerdy things like Dario Argento and Grant Morrison (in the same page!), and making me care about a character (Jinx) before the one-shot even wrapped up. Love the open ending, that leaves room for further adventures.

[Soph Garcia · Rating 3 out of 5]

Pretty decent. not going to lie. I don't normally like horror or devil like stuff. But I enjoyed it for what it was and I love the artwork. I've read a lot of one shot where I felt like the store just began or there was more to the story. This was a good short story of a start to finish, I do with that we would have got more Archie but I do understand this is Jinx's and Danni story, I also would have liked if we saw the aftermath of what happened to Jughead but that's just my opinion

[Ame · Rating 5 out of 5]

I want more Satan Jughead!

[Gen Giggles]

Excellent Writing

Visaggio again has written an excellent story providing a wonderful story and compelling characters in a one shot. Looking forward to the Danni story.

[Elizabeth (Miss Eliza) · Rating 3 out of 5]

Nice little Riverdale exorcism thanks to Jinx. There’s also a little Bill and Ted to her adventure.

[Ashley Jane · Rating 4 out of 5]

Would be cool to turn this into a series.

[Nicole · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was well done on its own, but I don’t know a ton about Jinx before this so I need to see more

[Anahi Cabrera Luciano · Rating 4 out of 5]

I never read the titles or what published it, so I should have noticed it was an Archie’s comic, and that it had to do with it. But overall it was a nice start, get you a friend who will fight their dad who’s the devil for you.

[BookwormBrodz · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good