The second star-studded collection of The Archies, featuring crossovers with popular bands of the past and present! The Archies Meet Ramones writing team of Matthew Rosenberg (Marvel's Punisher, Kingpin, Rocket Raccoon) and Alex Segura (Archie Meets KISS) alongside artist Joe Eisma (Archie, Riverdale) showcase Riverdale's most famous band learning from the best in music.
The second star-studded collection of The Archies, featuring crossovers with popular bands of the past and present! The Archies Meet Ramones writing team of Matthew Rosenberg (Marvel's Punisher, Kingpin, Rocket Raccoon) and Alex Segura (Archie Meets KISS) alongside artist Joe Eisma (Archie, Riverdale) showcase Riverdale's most famous band learning from the best in music.
Still soaring from CHVRCHES' sage advice, Archie is eager to take his friends to the next level musically on their first-ever tour. See as an unexpected turn of events finds them in the swingin' sixties-face to face with rock/pop icons THE MONKEES! Then: Can indie pop sirens TEGAN AND SARA help the band through a crisis, or has the tour gone kaput? Plus - The Archies have the chance to record an album, and behind the control board is none other than music legends, BLONDIE! Will these iconic groups help The Archies get through the wild world of the music industry? Stay tuned.
Alex Segura is the bestselling and award-winning author of Secret Identity, which the New York Times called "wittily original" and named an Editor's Choice. NPR described the novel as “masterful” and it received starred reviews from Publishers Weekly, Kirkus, and Booklist. It was also listed as one of the Best Mysteries of the Year by NPR, Kirkus, Booklist, LitReactor, Gizmodo, BOLO Books, and the South Florida Sun Sentinel. His upcoming work includes the YA superhero adventure Araña and Spider-Man 2099: Dark Tomorrow, the spiritual sequel to Secret Identity, Alter Ego, and the sci-fi/espionage thriller Dark Space (with Rob Hart). Alex is also the author of Star Wars Poe Dameron: Free Fall, the Anthony Award-nominated Pete Fernandez Miami Mystery series, and a number of comic books, including The Mysterious Micro-Face (in partnership with NPR), The Black Ghost, The Archies, The Dusk, The Awakened, Mara Llave: Keeper of Time, Blood Oath, stories featuring Marvel heroes Sunspot, White Tiger, Spider-Man and DC’s Superman and the Question, to name a few. His short story “90 Miles” was included in The Best American Mystery and Suspense Stories for 2021 and won the Anthony Award for Best Short Story. Another short story, “Red Zone,” won the 2020 Anthony Award for Best Short Story. A Miami native, he lives in New York with his wife and children.
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Praise for The Archies Vol. 2
"It's a brave new world, Archie Comics fans." -- THE MARY SUE
"Archie's new direction has shown a huge amount of progress..." -- COMICS ALLIANCE
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