Subsequent month, Archie Comics will launch The Return of Chilling Adventures in Sorcery #1. The brand new one-shot, a part of Archie’s many spooky choices for the Halloween season, includes a trio of tales from writers Eliot Rahal, Sina Grace, and Casey Gilly, artists Vincenzo Federici, Corin Howell, and Liana Kangas, colorists Matt Herms and Glenn Whitmore, and letterer Jack Morelli, all packaged beneath beautiful covers by Julius Ohta and Francesco Francavilla. In the present day, forward of the preorder cutoff date for the one-shot, The Beat is proud to current an early take a look at the tales included within the challenge, with every story that includes one other potential soul prepared to hitch Madam Devil’s military.
Right here’s how Archie describes The Return of Chilling Adventures in Sorcery #1:
Madam Devil escaped Hell a fugitive and hated lady by Devil and his thralls. She’s now principal of Baxter Excessive and Hell has come to Earth. With every classroom appearing as a portal to the totally different circles in Hell, Madam Devil should recruit comparable tortured souls if she has any likelihood of survival… all main as much as a Madam Devil and her military vs. Devil and his on this highly-anticipated follow-up to final 12 months’s hit Chilling Adventures in Sorcery!
The brand new Chilling Adventures in Sorcery one-shot is a part of Archie Horror’s Month of Mayhem, which options quite a lot of new specials spotlighting the scarier facet of Archie and the Riverdale gang. The primary one-shot of the occasion, Chilling Adventures Presents…Weirder Mysteries #1, launched final week, with two extra specials, Chilling Adventures of Salem #1 and Worry the Funhouse #1 following on October twelfth and nineteenth, respectively, earlier than the occasion concludes with the one-shot previewed right here. Archie Horror has been one of many writer’s most persistently profitable imprints, so it’s each welcome as a reader and no shock they might highlight it in time for Halloween.
Chatting with The Beat in regards to the particular, Archie Comics Artwork Director Vincent Lovallo praised the work of all three artists:
“On this 12 months’s RETURN OF CHILLING ADVENTURES IN SORCERY anthology, we not solely proceed Madam Devil’s return to Baxter Excessive (which has been taken over by Lucifer and his band of demons), however we additionally get to discover the darker sides of characters like Veronica Lodge and Shrill Prisston. Vincenzo Federici, Corin Howell, and Liana Kangas all introduced their A recreation to those tales and characters, expertly illustrating a few of the most annoying scenes and faces I’ve ever witnessed in our horror comics. In the event you’re on the lookout for some chilling tales to maintain you up at evening this spooky season, we’ve actually bought you coated!”
Try the unique preview of the one-shot, that includes inked pages from every of the three tales, in addition to commentary on two of the tales from Eliot Rahal, Vincenzo Federici, and Liana Kangas, under. The Return of Chilling Adventures in Sorcery #1 is due out in shops and digitally on Wednesday, October twenty sixth. The ultimate order deadline for the problem is subsequent Monday, October third.
“After I wrote this brief, I used to be actually fascinated by my new child daughter. And I knew Vincenzo may make magic occur, so I simply went as laborious as I may. I actually let free whereas nonetheless permitting our tales to function a framework to showcase the opposite creators.” – Eliot Rahal
“On this challenge I had the luck to attract, for the primary time in sequential inside pages, Sabrina Spellman! As a fan of the Chilling Adventures of Sabrina Netflix present, it was an actual blast to work on this character. I really like the transformation sequence that Eliot wrote and I attempted my finest to raised present the ability of Madam Devil.” – Vincenzo Federici
“As a veteran Sizzling Subject worker, I used to be instantly enthralled to not solely redesign Shrill, however to modernize a enjoyable tackle the parents at Riverdale for a wild Tales from the Crypt-style brief with none aside from Casey Gilly. I hate to confess it, however I too typically really feel this dehydrated (all whereas staying cute), so you would say drawing these pages was A MOOD. You received’t need to miss this very spooky, extraordinarily enjoyable one shot of CHILLING ADVENTURES IN SORCERY!” – Liana Kangas
