Betty And Veronica Go Full-On Batty In ‘Vamp It Up’ By Chris Sims My affection for Archie comics has been well-documented here at ComicsAlliance, and I never love them more than when things get weird for the teenagers of Riverdale. Magical gender reassignment, hillbilly murderers with bad intentions, those are my favorite Archie stories. And in this month’s Betty and Veronica #261, writer/artist Dan Parent has given us a story that may be the single most bizarre Archie adventure ever printed.Because this is the one where Riverdale is assaulted by vampires and Betty is instructed to drive a wooden stake through the heart of her best friend. And it is fantastic.We first heard about this story — and caught a glimpse of Parent’s sketches — way back in 2010, but last week, the first installment of the two-part story finally made it into print, and it’ll stand up next to any of our “Bizarro Back Issues” subjects for sheer kookiness. It’s essentially a gigantic Twilight / Buffy the Vampire Slayer / Vampirella crossover fan-fic done with Archie characters, and somehow ends up being even weirder than that sounds.Read More.
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Betty And Veronica Go Full-On Batty In ‘Vamp It Up’

By Chris Sims

My affection for Archie comics has been well-documented here at ComicsAlliance, and I never love them more than when things get weird for the teenagers of Riverdale. Magical gender reassignment, hillbilly murderers with bad intentions, those are my favorite Archie stories. And in this month’s Betty and Veronica #261, writer/artist Dan Parent has given us a story that may be the single most bizarre Archie adventure ever printed.

Because this is the one where Riverdale is assaulted by vampires and Betty is instructed to drive a wooden stake through the heart of her best friend. And it is fantastic.

We first heard about this story — and caught a glimpse of Parent’s sketches — way back in 2010, but last week, the first installment of the two-part story finally made it into print, and it’ll stand up next to any of our “Bizarro Back Issues” subjects for sheer kookiness. It’s essentially a gigantic Twilight / Buffy the Vampire Slayer / Vampirella crossover fan-fic done with Archie characters, and somehow ends up being even weirder than that sounds.

Read More.

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