Back in late July, Archie Comics and Moonscoop LLC announced a new animated project called "It's Archie." I heard two big complaints amongst fans: 1.) The artwork and 2.) The fact that the Gang are 'tweens instead of teens.
Comic Book Resources released a great interview earlier today with Archie Comics' co-CEO Jon Goldwater to discuss this project. Among other things, they released new artwork of the Gang and I gotta say I like it! The kids are still kids, but the artwork is less drastic and that's a good thing (in my opinion, as always). It almost reminds me (Reggie and Archie in particular) of the golden age art portrayals of the Gang. Check this out:
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Goldwater also discussed how they came up with the story and art designs for the characters and why they are younger:
Lastly, Goldwater talked about other media projects that he would love to see featuring some of Archie Comics' properties, including animated projects featuring Katy Keene and Cosmo the Merry Martian. He also thought that Jinx would make for a great television show. And then he mentioned dream projects featuring the New Crusaders, the Fox, and the other Red Circle super-hero characters.
You can read the full article here.
Comic Book Resources released a great interview earlier today with Archie Comics' co-CEO Jon Goldwater to discuss this project. Among other things, they released new artwork of the Gang and I gotta say I like it! The kids are still kids, but the artwork is less drastic and that's a good thing (in my opinion, as always). It almost reminds me (Reggie and Archie in particular) of the golden age art portrayals of the Gang. Check this out:
Goldwater also discussed how they came up with the story and art designs for the characters and why they are younger:
We (Goldwater and Moonscoop) had discussions on their creative goals for Archie and how they saw the show rolling out domestically and internationally. We also discussed the look of it and where Archie was going to be placed in terms of his high school years. I really loved their vision of doing a little bit of a younger version of Archie. This is not the typical teenager Archie. It's a middle school version. It's not "Little Archie," but you're not driving around in cars either. I love that take. It just creates so many opportunities for us.The article says that Archie Comics is "working on something internally with Sabrina" in order to tie their publishing company in with the upcoming Sabrina cartoon on the Hub. It wouldn't surprise me if this consists of ongoing reprints of old stories featuring Sabrina, but I would love it if we received new stories featuring Sabrina -- outside of AFTERLIFE WITH ARCHIE, of course!
Lastly, Goldwater talked about other media projects that he would love to see featuring some of Archie Comics' properties, including animated projects featuring Katy Keene and Cosmo the Merry Martian. He also thought that Jinx would make for a great television show. And then he mentioned dream projects featuring the New Crusaders, the Fox, and the other Red Circle super-hero characters.
You can read the full article here.