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A review by tatidengo
Afterlife with Archie, Vol. 2: Betty R.I.P. by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, Francesco Francavilla
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.