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Afterlife with Archie, Vol. 2: Betty R.I.P. by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, Francesco Francavilla
wildmonstergirl's review
2.0
I wanted way more spooky Sabrina! Not as good and engaging as the first volume, Betty’s way to good for Archie to want to actually MARRY him. The writing just wasn’t nearly as fun as the first volume.
ridleyreadsthings's review
4.0
Ugh. Bloody horrific. (In a good way.) And kind of really sad too. I loved it how they tied the Sabrina comics to this and how the witches are involved in ALOT. I also enjoyed that H.P Lovecraft was a villian. The story flowed nice, breaking it up once again from a different characters perspective and a little of their background in this timeline. I'll admit I don't get the whole BFF thing with betty and veronica. The obviously hate each other but whatever. As much as I loved it though it gets 4 stars only because there is so long between issues and this finished on an "interlude" with no real closure to the whole "R.I.P betty storyline. But overall a fantastic graphic novel bind up and the artwork was stunning.
tatidengo's review
4.0
Read as single volumes.
I find that Zombie infection stories are the most fun at the beginning, and then they tend to devolve in ways that aren't quite satisfying. Nobody will do things you'd consider doing in real life, because they're too busy taking the most dramatic (read: violent) course of action. Also the story will drag on into a boring and repetitive cycle of hiding - oh no, zombies! - hiding, - omg zombies! - hiding again.
Afterlife with Archie is doing something more interesting than that, by pushing the story further into fantasy. After all, the contagion did start with witchcraft, why not add vampires and Lovecraftian horror into the mix?
Each chapter is more of a standalone than in the previous volume. Chapter 6 is about what's been going on with Sabrina since we last saw her, Chapter 10 is about Josie and the Pussycats... although we don't know how they'll affect the story yet, 9 is about the guilt that's been stewing in Reggie's head so far...
On another note, Betty and Veronica's competition over Archie is the most toxic I've seen it in a while. It doesn't get like this in the Riverdale TV series, or in the Archie comics reboot (which was something I loved about both of those); but in Afterlife, the nuclear jealousy just fits in with the horror genre.
No idea what any of this is building up to, but hopefully it'll be interesting.
I find that Zombie infection stories are the most fun at the beginning, and then they tend to devolve in ways that aren't quite satisfying. Nobody will do things you'd consider doing in real life, because they're too busy taking the most dramatic (read: violent) course of action. Also the story will drag on into a boring and repetitive cycle of hiding - oh no, zombies! - hiding, - omg zombies! - hiding again.
Afterlife with Archie is doing something more interesting than that, by pushing the story further into fantasy. After all, the contagion did start with witchcraft, why not add vampires and Lovecraftian horror into the mix?
Each chapter is more of a standalone than in the previous volume. Chapter 6 is about what's been going on with Sabrina since we last saw her, Chapter 10 is about Josie and the Pussycats... although we don't know how they'll affect the story yet, 9 is about the guilt that's been stewing in Reggie's head so far...
On another note, Betty and Veronica's competition over Archie is the most toxic I've seen it in a while. It doesn't get like this in the Riverdale TV series, or in the Archie comics reboot (which was something I loved about both of those); but in Afterlife, the nuclear jealousy just fits in with the horror genre.
No idea what any of this is building up to, but hopefully it'll be interesting.
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