Kevin Smith Presents: Archie Meets Jay and Silent Bob One-Shot

by Kevin Smith, Fernando Ruiz (Artist), Rich Koslowski (Artist)

SNOOCHIE BOOCHIES, ARCHIE FANS!! Yes, you read that right—acclaimed writer, director, actor, producer, and podcaster Kevin Smith takes the teens you know and love from Riverdale on the wildest ride of their lives. What’s supposed to be a summer job at Quick Stop for Archie Andrews turns into so much more; from a budding friendship with co-worker Randal Graves, crashing a Pussycats concert, a potential new love interest, Jay and Silent Bob being, well, Jay and Silent Bob, and a musical number that will be burned into your brain forever. Plus, could Jay and Silent Bob even help Archie to finally choose between Betty and Veronica? SNOOGANS!! Featuring legendary Archie artists Fernando Ruiz and inker Rich Koslowksi, this is a DOUBLE-SIZED, CAN’T-MISS event FOR MATURE AUDIENCES unlike anything we’ve ever done before!

Genres: Comics, Humor, Fiction, Graphic Novels

48 pages, Kindle Edition

Published July 9, 2025

Reviews

[Scotty · Rating 4 out of 5]

loved it. far better than expected.

[Patricia Q · Rating 3 out of 5]

Jay calling Archie a "Ron Weasley lookin' f**k" lol

[Heather · Rating 5 out of 5]

In full disclosure, I LOVED when Kevin Smith and Jay & Silent Bob were on Degrassi. So knowing that, take my review with what you will.

Clerks III came out 3 years ago. Despite those 3 years, I was NOT ready for the beginning of this book to start out that way… so be forewarned, it’s a gut punch.

This is classic Kevin Smith, just with Archie characters mixed in. I really really liked it! It was hysterical and nostalgic and silly.

[Cryssie · Rating 4 out of 5]

4.5 ⭐️ I didn’t know what to expect. I lol’d and really enjoyed all the Easter eggs. I just wanted more Betty and Veronica.

[Francisco Cesar · Rating 5 out of 5]

When I was 9 years old, Archie comics made me obsessed with comics. When I was 13 years old, Clerks made me obsessed with cinema.

I'm still obsessed with both art forms to this day. I smiled the ENTIRE time I read this.

Ch'yeah, this is 5 stars.

[RubiGiráldez RubiGiráldez · Rating 4 out of 5]

Realmente no me esperaba que este one shot funcionase TAN bien. Digo, al fin y al cabo es cierto que en el tema de los crossovers comiqueros, Archie ha estado bastante prolífico hasta cruzándose con Depredador. Por lo cual el que se diese una historia con el "Jerseyverse" de Kevin Smith no debería ser tan descabellado. Pero al final son esta clase de conceptos más "plausibles" de los que se desconfía en primer término... A lo que vamos... No me puede chiflar más que para empezar esta historia sea continuación directa de la reciente tercera entrega de Clerks o la nueva Jay y Bob el Silencioso Reboot. Por lo que tenemos tanto la amarga ausencia de Dante y la interesante existencia de la recién descubierta hija de Jay. En este panorama, Archie se presenta como nuevo empleado de esa tiendecita que tanto encapsuló la década 90" y que se resiste a madurar. Por lo que resulta curioso que las desventuras románticas algo "naifs" pero igualmente subidas de tono de los de Eiverdale se entremezclen con las del imaginario propio de Kevin Smith. Quien aprovecha bastante bien el poder dejarse llevar por el "good vibe" del Archieverse para que Jay y Bob el Silencioso tengan un nuevo tipo de juerga.

Gran punto también el total respeto gráfico de Fernando Ruiz por acoplarse al estilo "oldie" de Archie y que el amoldarlo a los personajes del "Jerseyverse" no desentonen e incluso se beneficien de esta caricaturización.

[Mutant Mike · Rating 4 out of 5]

I knew this was a must-read as soon as I found out about it, and I got everything I could ever want from a meeting between Archie and Randal Graves. Archie lands a job at the Quick Stop, and Kevin Smith goes all in with jokes about Archie’s painfully repressed sex life. I definitely enjoyed the first half more than the second, though, which revolves around Archie getting his new friends from Jersey into a Josie and the Pussycats concert. Somehow, Jay doesn't make a single joke about Pussy the entire comic, but instead gets super baked on some potent Riverdale weed, and starts channeling Jim Morrison on stage. I’m surprised we never got a pop-culture reference to the time Archie met the Punisher, which helped pave the way for this kind of tonal mashup in the first place. Still, as a big fan of Clerks and Archie, I’m glad I picked this up. It’s genuinely one of the funniest things Kevin Smith has written in years.

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

Solid crossover though the artist going on about turning Jay and Silent Bob into cartoon characters seemed nonsensical to me as they starred in their own cartoon series… Also I should have probably watched the third Clerks movie as there’s a massive Dante spoiler. But it felt like a comforting read, seeing favorite characters I haven’t in awhile.

[John Pezzino · Rating 4 out of 5]

I wasn't sure how this was going to be. I loved it! I laughed a ton in the beginning to the middle. Then it was so-so... but finished up awesome! I'm glad I didn't just get it, and put it on the shelf.

[Lizzy DeMarco · Rating 5 out of 5]

Loved this one shot

[Anna Frohling · Rating 3 out of 5]

all right

[Michael Colglazier · Rating 2 out of 5]

Crossovers are a dying artform

[Leslie Carnahan · Rating 5 out of 5]

y'all already know I love me some Kevin Smith. this was everything I wanted but didn't know I needed. could there be a more perfect match up? maybe.... but this was pretty much perfect

[Monky · Rating 4 out of 5]

this is such a fantastic archie and askewniverse love letter im so happy this is real

[Parker · Rating 4 out of 5]

Laughed out loud a few times. Fun stuff. And (somehow) it's canon!

[Andrew Shaffer · Rating 5 out of 5]

Completely unnecessary but mostly successful mashup of two wildly different worlds.

[Soph Garcia · Rating 2 out of 5]

I'm not familiar with Kevin Smith's universe and I felt like this comic was more for that fandom and not the Archie fandom But I like the art