{"id":4493,"date":"2016-05-23T19:54:44","date_gmt":"2016-05-23T23:54:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/TheCirculationDesk\/?p=4493"},"modified":"2016-05-23T19:54:44","modified_gmt":"2016-05-23T23:54:44","slug":"comic-book-review-afterlife-with-archie-vol-1-escape-from-riverdale-by-roberto-auirre-sacasa-and-francesco-francovilla","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/TheCirculationDesk\/comic-book-review-afterlife-with-archie-vol-1-escape-from-riverdale-by-roberto-auirre-sacasa-and-francesco-francovilla\/","title":{"rendered":"Comic Book Review: Afterlife with Archie, vol. 1: Escape from Riverdale by Roberto Auirre-Sacasa and Francesco Francovilla"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Afterlife-Archie-Riverdale-Roberto-Aguirre-Sacasa\/dp\/1619889080\/ref=as_li_ss_il?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1464047324&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=afterlife+with+archie&amp;linkCode=li3&amp;tag=monstlibra0f1-20&amp;linkId=1d0e6fdd1e8349b43ee6fdc15630dee9\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?_encoding=UTF8&amp;ASIN=1619889080&amp;Format=_SL250_&amp;ID=AsinImage&amp;MarketPlace=US&amp;ServiceVersion=20070822&amp;WS=1&amp;tag=monstlibra0f1-20\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=monstlibra0f1-20&amp;l=li3&amp;o=1&amp;a=1619889080\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/1sylfvh\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Afterlife with Archie volume 1: Escape from Riverdale<\/em><\/a> by Roberto\u00a0Auirre-Sacasa and Francesco Francovilla<\/p>\n<p>Archie Comics, 2014<\/p>\n<p>ISBN: 9781619889088<\/p>\n<p>Available: New, used &amp; digital<\/p>\n<p>Oh, Riverdale. The iconic small town USA, perpetually stuck in the 1950s, where a boy struggles with such heady things<br \/>\nas which girl to invite to a\u00a0movie Friday night. <em>Archie<\/em>-with-zombies could have been a silly, campy adventure and still have been a fun read.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, we have the comic book that spawned a Lovecraft-themed version of <em>Sabrina the Teenage Witch<\/em>. The authors go all out with a dark, moody story of a teen who loves his dog enough to court dark magics to bring him back, for which thewhole town will pay.<\/p>\n<p>Zombies aren&#8217;t the only thematic element here. The\u00a0writers also address substance abuse, some of the darker aspects of\u00a0Riverdale relationships (like Reggie&#8217;s obsession with the taken Midge,\u00a0Midge and Moose&#8217;s mismatch, and the more realistic angst of Archie being caught\u00a0between Betty and Veronica), and even the struggles of being\u00a0gay\/lesbian in Riverdale. Highly recommended for horror fans and\u00a0especially public library collections. It&#8217;s easy to dismiss this one, but <em>Afterlife with Archie<\/em> is<br \/>\nwonderful: self-aware, inclusive, and innovative.<\/p>\n<p>Contains: gore, violence, animal abuse<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Afterlife with Archie volume 1: Escape from Riverdale by Roberto\u00a0Auirre-Sacasa and Francesco Francovilla Archie Comics, 2014 ISBN: 9781619889088 Available: New, used &amp; digital Oh, Riverdale. The iconic small town USA, perpetually stuck in the 1950s, where a boy struggles with such heady things as which girl to invite to a\u00a0movie Friday night. Archie-with-zombies could have<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/TheCirculationDesk\/comic-book-review-afterlife-with-archie-vol-1-escape-from-riverdale-by-roberto-auirre-sacasa-and-francesco-francovilla\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[2733,8,816,2734,819,181,41,7],"class_list":["post-4493","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-afterlife-with-archie","tag-collection-development","tag-comic-books","tag-escape-from-riverdale","tag-horror-comics","tag-horror-genre","tag-ya-fiction","tag-zombies"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/TheCirculationDesk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4493","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/TheCirculationDesk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/TheCirculationDesk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/TheCirculationDesk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/TheCirculationDesk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4493"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/TheCirculationDesk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4493\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4494,"href":"https:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/TheCirculationDesk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4493\/revisions\/4494"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/TheCirculationDesk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4493"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/TheCirculationDesk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4493"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/TheCirculationDesk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4493"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}