Prepare yourselves for the next Archie Comics slapstick adventure, Jughead: Piemageddon, coming to shelves this July.
Archie’s best pal Jughead has a bottomless stomach that’s led to some serious hijinks over the course of Archie Comics‘ 85-year history, but nothing as catastrophic as what’s coming in July! Publisher Archie Comics has announced a slapstick adventure one-shot comic Jughead: Piemageddon, coming from bestselling writer Tom King (Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow) and long-time Archie artist Dan Parent. The project has inks from Rich Koslowski, colors by Rosario “Tito” Peña, letters by Jack Morelli.
Before Piemageddon, the powerhouse duo of Tom King and Dan Parent first teamed up for a major Riverdale milestone in August 2024 with Archie: The Decision, a massive one-shot event.
“I wanted to write a comic that spoke not only to our time, but to all times—a comic that challenged facile definitions of love and literature by transcending those perpetual platonic shadows and revealing a priori the tragic and comedic conditions inherent to our own precious, dissected, humiliating, human condition. Also, I wanted to write a comic where like a lot of people are getting hit by pies,” King said in a statement. “So, JUGHEAD: PIEMAGEDDON is definitely one of those two. Maybe both? No, probably just one. I’ll figure out which when I get my comps.”
“It’s so good to be teaming up with Tom again,” Parent added, “especially in this very Jughead-centric story. Even though I love drawing the girls, it’s nice to work on Jughead, who is probably everyone’s favorite character in the Archieverse. It’s always good to do slapstick. There is not enough slapstick in comics, or for that matter, the world, and here, Tom presents the ultimate in slapstick humor: the pie fight! And to the youth of America who are not familiar with this classic form of slapstick comedy . . . you’re welcome!”
“What these two have created is something completely unique and fun, and also perfectly Archie, or in this case, perfectly Jughead,” said Archie Comics Editor-in-Chief Mike Pellerito. “And it’s a great time—not only is the Supergirl movie coming out this summer, based on Tom’s and artist Bilquis Evely’s iconic Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow, but Tom is hard at work writing the live-action Archie movie at Universal, helmed by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller .So, with all these wonderful things happening—especially in the 85th anniversary year of Archie—we’ve decided to celebrate with a pie fight!”
JUGHEAD: PIEMAGEDDON releases July 15 in comic shops. Will you be picking it up? Tell us in the comments down below!
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