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I’ve got a new story out today in Archie Jumbo Comics Digest #342! This is another Fu Chang story, which is jam-packed with action and fight scenes galore! Artist Rex Lindsey did an amazing job bringing my words to life! The book is out now at your local bookstore, newsstand, comic book store, or you can get the digital version on ComiXology. The official summary of the issue is as follows:
TWO BRAND NEW STORIES! First, in “Shop until you Drop,” MAD DR. DOOM is up to his old tricks! This time his plan is to attack what everyone values most—their phones! The BOY BUDDIES are on the case—unless Little Archie and the gang distract them too much!
Then, in “Movie Mishap,” famous director Steven Squealberg is directing a movie and using Lodge Mansion as the backdrop. The movie is based on the true story of an international gang of criminals. Archie, Jughead, Betty and Veronica are all excited to be extras in the movie, but when a few other background actors are a little too good playing their roles, they’re going to need a real detective on the case: enter, FU CHANG!
Script: Dan Parent, Francis Bonnet
Art: Dan Parent, Rex Lindsey, Bob Smith
Colors: Glenn Whitmore
Letters: Jack Morelli
Cover: Dan Parent
On Sale Date: 7/26
192-page, full color digest
$9.99
This weekend, July 8 & 9, I’ll be at Eternal Con, the Long Island Comic Con! The event is being held at the David S. Mack Exhibition Complex at Hofstra University in Hempstead, New York. I’ll have signed Suburban Fairy Tales and Archie books on sale! If you live in the area, or want to make a trip, come see me at the Suburban Fairy Tales table in Artists Alley!
You can get tickets at the door, or you can order early from the Eternal Con website.
Out now is a new story I wrote in Archie Jumbo Comics Digest #340! This was my first time writing an Archie story featuring the Superteens (and the Power Pets)! Here’s the official synopsis:
In “Power Pet Peeves,” the Superteens get word that a handful of supervillains are loose in Riverdale. As the team goes to stop these villains, the Power Pets tag along unnoticed. But when our teen superheroes come face-to-face with a villainous bank robber, the Power Pets leap into action!
Script: Francis Bonnet, Dan Parent
Art: Steven Butler, Dan Parent, Lily Butler, Bob Smith
Colors: Glenn Whitmore
Letters: Jack Morelli
Cover: Dan Parent
On Sale Date: 5/17
192-page, full color digest
$9.99 U.S.
The book is available at your local comics shop, bookstore, directly from Archie Comics, or you can get the digital version on ComiXology!
I’ve got two new stories out this week in Archie Jumbo Comics Digest #337 and Betty and Veronica Jumbo Comics Digest #311. Both these stories feature International Detective Fu Chang! For those of you who haven’t heard of Fu Chang, he debuted in Pep Comics #1 in 1940, which was BEFORE the first appearance of Archie! Archie eventually appeared in Pep Comics #22 in 1941, and became a wild success shortly thereafter. You can read more about the character of Fu Chang here.
Both Archie and Betty and Veronica digests are on sale now! You can get them at your local comics book shop, bookstore, or ComiXology!
Here’s the official write-up for each story:
Archie Digest #337: In “Detective for a Day,” Archie and Jughead happen to walk right into the middle of a fight scene between Fu Chang and a gang of criminals. As Fu Chang takes them down, Archie and Jughead’s eyes widen with excitement and decide right then that they, too, want to be awesome crime-fighting detectives like him! Will they be able to learn from the master, or will they get under his skin before he can give them a taste of the detective life?
Script: Dan Parent, Tom DeFalco, Francis Bonnet
Art: Dan Parent, Bill Galvan, Rex Lindsey, Bob Smith, Glenn Whitmore
Cover: Bill Galvan, Ben Galvan, Rosario “Tito” Peña
On Sale Date: 2/1
192-page, full color comic
$9.99 U.S.
Betty and Veronica Digest #311: In “Ransomware Beware,” Lodge Industries was hit with a ransomware attack. If Mr. Lodge doesn’t pay $100 million, all of the company’s computers could be wiped. This looks like a job for Detective Fu Chang! Fu Chang believes the hackers have been posing as high school students. With his guidance and mentoring, Archie volunteers to go undercover and pretend to be a master hacker with the hopes of being recruited by them so he can expose their operation! But can Archie pull of this hi-tech heist?
Script: Dan Parent, Tom DeFalco, Francis Bonnet
Art: Dan Parent, Bill Galvan, Rex Lindsey, Bob Smith, Glenn Whitmore, Jack Morelli
Cover: Francis Bonnet, Pat and Tim Kennedy, Rosario “Tito” Peña
On Sale Date: 2/8
192-page, full color comic
$9.99 U.S.
Get into the holiday spirit with a new story I wrote in Archie Jumbo Comics #335! You can pick up the book at your local comic book store, bookstore, or get the digital version off ComiXology. Here’s the official synopsis:
BRAND NEW STORY! In “Adventures in Christmas Babysitting,” Archie, Jughead, Betty, and Veronica have taken Jellybean, Leroy, and Souphead to the mall at Christmastime. While Betty and Veronica take Jellybean to shop at a “boring” clothing store, Archie and Jughead volunteer to take the kids to see Santa. But as soon as Souphead and Leroy are out of Betty and Veronica’s view, they unexpectedly dart off! Can Archie and Jughead find the kids and keep them from getting into hijinks?
Script: Francis Bonnet
Art: Holly G, Glenn Whitmore, Jack Morelli
Cover: Francis Bonnet, Jeff Shultz, Rosario “Tito” Peña
On Sale Date: 11/16
192-page, full color comic
$8.99 U.S.
