14:35 Now I’m imagining some form of Dr. Manhattan Archie who perceives all iterations of Archie at once. “I am currently standing between Betty and Veronica, arguing over who I should take to the soc-hop. Five minutes from now, I will give my life to protect my friend from a bigot’s bullet. Zombies slowly make their way to the Lodge’s residence. Frank Castle slow dances with my teacher.”
I know these types of episodes don’t do well, but I love it when y’all cover niche books. It’s refreshing getting introduced to a new world I’m not familiar with like Saga, God Country, or Archie.
I've never read an Archie comic in my life and I didn't think I ever would... but now I'm adding this book to my Comixology cart. Thanks ComicPop crew!
The fact that this conversation was released the week they confirm Sabrina is going to Riverdale killed me Also, as someone who watched 4 seasons of Riverdale and hated almost all of it I can confidently say “f**k that show”
Honestly, the best way to watch this show is with a different perspective. If you really want to get something out of like… Quality storytelling, you’re not gonna find it. But if you sit back and just, ACCEPT THE MADNESS you might have a good time. Remember… Archie Comics - A Slice of life comedy series about a high school kid who has misadventures with along with his best friend who eats hamburgers and two girls fight who over him. Riverdale series - A group of teens trying to survive the strange events of a cursed small town while taking place in the worst high school known to man.
Hey if you didn't get a laugh from an organ farm cult leader attempting to escape the FBI in a rocket with a jumpsuit that had his name on a belt buckle you're kidding yourself.
@@Popcultureguy3000 Good luck! I don’t listen to many musicals so I was like “Huh this is silly” but my girlfriend and sister LOVE musicals and were even harsher than I was Agreed! The camp stuff is fun and in small doses it’s very enjoyable to hate watch/ watch noncritcally
@@comixproviderftw_02 But it’s not the worst high school! Remember the Southside school. Don’t forget that lest yee forget that bulldogs eat snakes✌️😔 (so much of my brain is devoted to this still i don’t understand)
Such a fun book. Still annoyed book 2 never got finished. Also, Sabrina is actually being brought onto Riverdale for the upcoming season 6, so it is all in the same universe
@@ducdantalion2317 From what I've seen and heard of the show, that isn't even close to the most insane thing they've done. This show has had MANY literal cults take over Riverdale in the same season
*DCeased Dead Planet* & *Marvel Zombies vs Army of Darkness* are perfect episodes for this month. Also, I never thought I would see a any of you with a Minecraft Pickaxe. 😮 (Ethan on the thumbnail)
I'm so glad I found this channel... Nothing better than learning about a comic you find interesting, but don't actually want to pick up yourself, yet still get to experience it via friendly conversation and retelling with hilarious people.
Archie is more complicated than dc chronology. "Is the mormon archie still cannon? Wasn't there a biker universe? Are josie and the pussycats still in space?"
Whenever Sal covers Archie, or mentions him in passing, his narration slightly changes where he knows all the problems Archie faces don't matter in the grand scheme or totality of life, and it makes the description of them so much funnier. And if there is any confusion, this is a good thing.
I would love to hear Sal tear Riverdale apart for an hour straight. I also wouldn't wish the misfortune of watching all of Riverdale to date on Sal. So I guess what I'm saying is make Ethan watch it.
Sabrina had a new issue out last week. Afterlife with Archie is still on hold. There was also: Jughead The Hunger (werewolf Jughead!) and Vampironica (Veronica as a vampire). There was also a crossover between The Hunger and Vampironica. **Oops. Posted to soon! LOL!
As someone who has never read an Archie comic, i support them taking this age-old comic and just twisting it into parodies of itself forever. They should do that with the Simpsons as well, let the people doing couch gags make full episodes or something.
Can't wait till Grant Gustin's "Flash" has to go back in time, and stop Jughead from turning the world into hamburgers or whatever the hell he's into in the show.
Mostly fighting serial killers and investigating supernatural phenomena. Currently he's a down on his luck writer with substance abuse issues. My gf watches the show and sometimes I find myself watching it with her. Not that bad really. Just really freaking weird alot of the time.
love to see some non big 2 stuff! Hope this one does well, keep up the amazing work guys 😊 would love to see some hill house with Tiffany for halloween!
I know it's a longshot but I always thought the premise for _Life After Archie_ was so interesting, It'd be interesting to see what the couch thought of it.
Whenever I think of Sabrina I think of a throw away line from the venture Bros where col gentleman makes Dean watch every episode of Sabrina to document when Salems a actual cat and when he's a puppet
I remember reading Volume 1 of Afterlife with Archie and issue 10 had just come out and I was so excited to buy volume 2 when it was all collected….Been waiting a while for that lol. And as someone who watched three seasons of Riverdale, they might as well go into the zombie route for the show, they’ve already had serial killers and cults and Sabrina is coming in to the newest season, so it’s about time
Interesting bit about Dan Slott since he came up,, he did some writing for Archie in the 90s. A story (or two?) for the Sonic the Hedgehog comic, as well as the NiGHTS into dreams miniseries. Don't know how it lines up with his early time at Marvel in the story you shared, but it's a fun link in this Archie episode. This was a fun one, thanks for doing it.
Even though on Twitter you said this one bit the dust. I’ve never read Archie comics but were semi familiar with the characters. I loved the vid and all the comic pop stuff!
A little detail about that play, it's not just Archie coming out. It's Archie coming out and having a romantic relationship with Nathan Leopold. Like the play was literally named "Archie Loves Nathan". By the way, will you be planning Back Issues on Roberto's Marvel books? Like I'm curious to know how his works are like prior to his Archie runs.
Gotta work that algorithm with some likes and comments, cause I always enjoy when you guys leave the big 2 for some different stories even though UA-cam doesn’t
My ComicPop shirt from spring came today and my partner asked what ComicPop was and we’ve been marathoning them all night with her laughing her ass off.
I could listen to these three read the phone book, which is how much I expected to like an archie book but now I'm kinda interested in actually reading it
FINALLY!!! Thank you 😊 so much... I would've love to hear Tiffany thoughts on this but owell... This series always confused me ...did it even have an ending?
25:30 Oh my sweet Ben of the Orange Couch, you wound me so! I will have you know my saintly deceased grandmother is named Ethel and she was the bees knees baby! Granted… she was born in 1923 in rural Arkansas… and lived till 2008 so… eh, never mind? #JusticeForGrannieEthel
I definitely enjoyed this one as much as the Archie and Punish episode. Something about this episode made me want to watch the Spirits of Venom episode again.
Don’t know a thing about Archie but I’ve been wanting to read this for years and it sucks that it never actually finishes. Definitely more inclined to read after watching
Ah, Afterlife with Archie. The best summary of Riverdale, relative to published Archie stuff is "What if a series long version of Afterlife, WITHOUT zombies". I've seen people say that it's The Mark Waid/Fiona Staples run but...no.
41:37 I really respect Ethan for this position cause for a long time I felt the same way, but after watching the news throughout 2020, I don't really believe that anymore lol.
I mean hey, I'm not gonna say you have to, but an episode going over Archie vs. Predator sounds like a lot of dumb fun for either next Halloween or whenever you want to do it
Me when everyone complains about Riverdale changing up the Archie formula I point to this, the early 00s cartoon "Archie's weird mystery" and the melodramatic reboot by Mark Waid.
Every time I hear that Sabrina lives in Greendale, I immediately think of her going to the Community college
God bless the Greendale Human Beings!!
🎶”Go Greendale, GO Greendale, GO!”🎶
I would pay to see that
The fact that Sal can recollect the cast of Archie with such ease is very impressive.
14:35
Now I’m imagining some form of Dr. Manhattan Archie who perceives all iterations of Archie at once.
“I am currently standing between Betty and Veronica, arguing over who I should take to the soc-hop. Five minutes from now, I will give my life to protect my friend from a bigot’s bullet. Zombies slowly make their way to the Lodge’s residence. Frank Castle slow dances with my teacher.”
Archie vs Dr. Manhattan is the crossover we need!
"Jughead is both a zombie and a werewolf, and also neither. Sometimes he wears a beanie, sometimes a crown."
Archie Manhattan: I don’t think there is a God and if there is it’s not a burger, Jughead. 😂
Damn it! Now I have to read this
"An' then it all goes downhill when Cole Sprouse start'd playin' Jughead . . ."
I’m glad Sal knows the rich and intricate details of the Archie universe.
Ben: There’s no mysticism, like Sabrina doesn’t crossover with Riverdale?
Well… About that.
I know these types of episodes don’t do well, but I love it when y’all cover niche books.
It’s refreshing getting introduced to a new world I’m not familiar with like Saga, God Country, or Archie.
I've never read an Archie comic in my life and I didn't think I ever would... but now I'm adding this book to my Comixology cart. Thanks ComicPop crew!
The fact that this conversation was released the week they confirm Sabrina is going to Riverdale killed me
Also, as someone who watched 4 seasons of Riverdale and hated almost all of it I can confidently say “f**k that show”
Honestly, the best way to watch this show is with a different perspective. If you really want to get something out of like… Quality storytelling, you’re not gonna find it. But if you sit back and just, ACCEPT THE MADNESS you might have a good time. Remember…
Archie Comics - A Slice of life comedy series about a high school kid who has misadventures with along with his best friend who eats hamburgers and two girls fight who over him.
Riverdale series - A group of teens trying to survive the strange events of a cursed small town while taking place in the worst high school known to man.
@@Popcultureguy3000 Further confirming the show runner was a playwright.
Hey if you didn't get a laugh from an organ farm cult leader attempting to escape the FBI in a rocket with a jumpsuit that had his name on a belt buckle you're kidding yourself.
@@Popcultureguy3000 Good luck! I don’t listen to many musicals so I was like “Huh this is silly” but my girlfriend and sister LOVE musicals and were even harsher than I was
Agreed! The camp stuff is fun and in small doses it’s very enjoyable to hate watch/ watch noncritcally
@@comixproviderftw_02 But it’s not the worst high school! Remember the Southside school. Don’t forget that lest yee forget that bulldogs eat snakes✌️😔 (so much of my brain is devoted to this still i don’t understand)
Such a fun book. Still annoyed book 2 never got finished. Also, Sabrina is actually being brought onto Riverdale for the upcoming season 6, so it is all in the same universe
I can’t tell if that’s good or bad. Guess I’ll have to watch that season to decide.
That sounds stupid. I mean at least they could say that Riverdale is literally "cursed", and that Jughead's hat has a conscious of its own.
@@ducdantalion2317 From what I've seen and heard of the show, that isn't even close to the most insane thing they've done. This show has had MANY literal cults take over Riverdale in the same season
*DCeased Dead Planet* & *Marvel Zombies vs Army of Darkness* are perfect episodes for this month.
Also, I never thought I would see a any of you with a Minecraft Pickaxe. 😮
(Ethan on the thumbnail)
I used to play Minecraft quite a bit. Been a while though...
Army of Darknes vsWHO? NICE
Id love to see them do Marvel Zombies vs Army of Darkness! Its imo the best Marvel Zombies book
Finally the Sal and the guys get to experience the epic highs and lows of fighting off the undead
I'm so glad I found this channel...
Nothing better than learning about a comic you find interesting, but don't actually want to pick up yourself, yet still get to experience it via friendly conversation and retelling with hilarious people.
Archie is more complicated than dc chronology.
"Is the mormon archie still cannon? Wasn't there a biker universe? Are josie and the pussycats still in space?"
Whenever Sal covers Archie, or mentions him in passing, his narration slightly changes where he knows all the problems Archie faces don't matter in the grand scheme or totality of life, and it makes the description of them so much funnier.
And if there is any confusion, this is a good thing.
AFTERLIFE WITH ARCHIE IS SUCH A GOOD PICK FOR THE SEASON!
They'll probably ruin it just like everything else
what did they mean by this LMAO
Aw man, the bit with Archie's dog had me in tears. MYLIFEFORYOURS.
The Archie horror and modern comics are pretty fantastic! Sabrina is a favorite of mine, mainly because Roberto is talented as all hell.
He somehow can't transfer that talent to his shows.
I would love to hear Sal tear Riverdale apart for an hour straight. I also wouldn't wish the misfortune of watching all of Riverdale to date on Sal.
So I guess what I'm saying is make Ethan watch it.
Sal’s not that cruel.
I'm excited that you guys finally covered an Archie story and it's even more exciting that it is Afterlife with Archie!
It's real pity we won't get more of these. Sal has seemingly read far more of these than I would think
Another Banger from the crew!! I wonder what the Halloween Special is going to be this year? Fingers crossed for Mark Waid's Empire lol
Sabrina had a new issue out last week. Afterlife with Archie is still on hold. There was also: Jughead The Hunger (werewolf Jughead!) and Vampironica (Veronica as a vampire). There was also a crossover between The Hunger and Vampironica.
**Oops. Posted to soon! LOL!
As someone who has never read an Archie comic, i support them taking this age-old comic and just twisting it into parodies of itself forever. They should do that with the Simpsons as well, let the people doing couch gags make full episodes or something.
Can't wait till Grant Gustin's "Flash" has to go back in time, and stop Jughead from turning the world into hamburgers or whatever the hell he's into in the show.
Mostly fighting serial killers and investigating supernatural phenomena. Currently he's a down on his luck writer with substance abuse issues. My gf watches the show and sometimes I find myself watching it with her. Not that bad really. Just really freaking weird alot of the time.
Excellent choice for the season. If you take suggestions for next year, Scooby Apocalypse would be great for Back Issues.
love to see some non big 2 stuff! Hope this one does well, keep up the amazing work guys 😊 would love to see some hill house with Tiffany for halloween!
Fantastic choice! Wish they were able to squeeze Tiff onto the couch for this one
Sal's honest reluctant disinterest great. This ep probably won't do well, but I love Archie from the waid series and vs predator.
The fact that the author of this has put the series on hold to write "Riverdale" is a crime.
Sad to see this didn't have a bigger reaction since I loved it. Great work as always, gang. Hopefully we can get another one of these in a year or two
YESSS!!!! I've loved this comic ever since it came out and was sad to see it discontinued. So glad its on back issues!!!!!
I know it's a longshot but I always thought the premise for _Life After Archie_ was so interesting, It'd be interesting to see what the couch thought of it.
Whenever I think of Sabrina I think of a throw away line from the venture Bros where col gentleman makes Dean watch every episode of Sabrina to document when Salems a actual cat and when he's a puppet
*after Act 1 and 2*
So is this that Resident Evil everyone keeps talking about?
The zap system will prevail l, dammit
"Of course he doesn't like her, her name's Ethel"
I'm sure Forsythe Pendleton "Jughead" Jones III wouldn't have an issue with her old lady name
Wait that's his name
@@lifemattersnot Yeap. After his father Forsythe Pendleton Jones II. His sister is Forsythia.
Jesus, whoever came up with that name must hate themselves for even suggesting it.
I have each single issue to this comic and it's amazing! They need to bring it back
Finally, a comic all about Archie experiencing the triumphs and defeats, the epic highs and lows of the afterlife.
How could you
I remember reading Volume 1 of Afterlife with Archie and issue 10 had just come out and I was so excited to buy volume 2 when it was all collected….Been waiting a while for that lol. And as someone who watched three seasons of Riverdale, they might as well go into the zombie route for the show, they’ve already had serial killers and cults and Sabrina is coming in to the newest season, so it’s about time
Interesting bit about Dan Slott since he came up,, he did some writing for Archie in the 90s. A story (or two?) for the Sonic the Hedgehog comic, as well as the NiGHTS into dreams miniseries.
Don't know how it lines up with his early time at Marvel in the story you shared, but it's a fun link in this Archie episode.
This was a fun one, thanks for doing it.
Such an amazing series! Really hope it can eventually continue, the way Chilling Adventures of Sabrina finally is.
Sal: “I didn’t buy them. I had a friend who had a lot of Archie comics.” Come on Sal, you can be honest with us here.
Yay!!! I couldn’t wait until you guys did this book!
47:39-48:01
Sal somehow perfectly described the COD Zombies Aether storyline. Granted, it was super simplified but wow was so scarily on point.
Even though on Twitter you said this one bit the dust. I’ve never read Archie comics but were semi familiar with the characters. I loved the vid and all the comic pop stuff!
A little detail about that play, it's not just Archie coming out. It's Archie coming out and having a romantic relationship with Nathan Leopold. Like the play was literally named "Archie Loves Nathan".
By the way, will you be planning Back Issues on Roberto's Marvel books? Like I'm curious to know how his works are like prior to his Archie runs.
I genuinely enjoyed Socasa’s Fantastic Four run. Better than the Grant Morrison book at least.
Gotta work that algorithm with some likes and comments, cause I always enjoy when you guys leave the big 2 for some different stories even though UA-cam doesn’t
I actually really dig the Sabrina show. Sure it can be cheesy like any teen show but the horror aspect of it is actually really good.
“He’s not jug head hilarious” is a thing I’m saying all the time now
I always thought Archie was a few tiers above family circus or something so it's hilarious to discover they have zombie events and shit like that
I know absolutely nothing about Archie, and after this episode, I still know nothing, but I think I like what I know.
Chilling Adventures of Sabrina finally restarted this year (as of 2021); who knows? Maybe Afterlife with Archie can rise from the dead again
Yesssss I forgot about this book! So excited to watch this later
Lmao It's the Archie-Verse on back issues
What a gr8 change of pace … looking forward to this
Mark Waid's take on Archie is great, makes Riverdale look like a high school play.
That Sabrina comment aged well 😭😭😭
Archie episodes are always a blast
I know you may not cover the other volume but I’d love to see you guys cover it!
My ComicPop shirt from spring came today and my partner asked what ComicPop was and we’ve been marathoning them all night with her laughing her ass off.
I love Archie!! As a widdle kid in India they were some of the first comics I ever read. It's crazy how far reaching these comics are.
YAY! I know Halloween is right around the corner but this is the spookiest Christmas present ever!
My brother got these when they came out. Never knew it was unfinished lol
Afterlife archie is a very interesting story espicially if you're a fan of horror stories.
I think Sabrina is coming to riverdale, so yeah, maybe they would do this, great video.
Gotta love a Back Issues to help ease my workday!
I could listen to these three read the phone book, which is how much I expected to like an archie book but now I'm kinda interested in actually reading it
FINALLY!!! Thank you 😊 so much... I would've love to hear Tiffany thoughts on this but owell... This series always confused me ...did it even have an ending?
25:30 Oh my sweet Ben of the Orange Couch, you wound me so! I will have you know my saintly deceased grandmother is named Ethel and she was the bees knees baby! Granted… she was born in 1923 in rural Arkansas… and lived till 2008 so… eh, never mind? #JusticeForGrannieEthel
Always a joy Halloween back issues are!
I definitely enjoyed this one as much as the Archie and Punish episode. Something about this episode made me want to watch the Spirits of Venom episode again.
Don’t know a thing about Archie but I’ve been wanting to read this for years and it sucks that it never actually finishes. Definitely more inclined to read after watching
Live! Live algorithm!, give this channel the viewership their hard work deserves!
Was genuinely not prepared for the Clarissa Explains It All reference.
I have no idea about this universe & characters but it was a fun ep regardless.
Ah, Afterlife with Archie. The best summary of Riverdale, relative to published Archie stuff is "What if a series long version of Afterlife, WITHOUT zombies". I've seen people say that it's The Mark Waid/Fiona Staples run but...no.
Is it weird I’m expecting a zombie Tiffany or Sal to show up by the end of this
41:37 I really respect Ethan for this position cause for a long time I felt the same way, but after watching the news throughout 2020, I don't really believe that anymore lol.
“Reggie is a piece of shit!” Well at least the writing for him is on brand.
In before this becomes the highest viewed episode of Back Issues
Wow...this is a comic I never knew existed and never knew I wanted
This was the comic that started the Archie brand to just do whatever, which led to the Riverdale show going on crazy.
Who doesn't have ALOT of Archie digest comics? In the bathroom.
Hey guys! Was curious if Tiffany will be hosting another horror book this year?
Yes
@@comicpop Awesome!!!
I mean hey, I'm not gonna say you have to, but an episode going over Archie vs. Predator sounds like a lot of dumb fun for either next Halloween or whenever you want to do it
How is it that Ben knows so much about Archie??
This was a blast!
What a fun and spooky story. I'll check it out!
Funny enough my neighborhood is actually called Riverdale, but it's a lot less melodramatic and there's no chocolate shoppe
Great content as always!
Me when everyone complains about Riverdale changing up the Archie formula I point to this, the early 00s cartoon "Archie's weird mystery" and the melodramatic reboot by Mark Waid.
I demand a savage screen episode of archie's weird mysteries...
this was great
thnx guys
Wow this was surprisingly great
Took long enough! You know I need my Back Issues fix
Sal do you think you'll ever cover Ta-Nehisi Coates run on Black Panther ?
LET'S GO! I was so sad when the sabrina show was cancelled so hopefully this will satisfy my itch for the supernatural "Archie comics" stories!
One day yall are gonna do the reboot flintstones and I'll be here for it.
30 minutes in, and I just noticed that I am wearing the same long sleeve shirt as Sal, lol.
Good video 😬👍
... UH OH HOT DOG!!...
... sorry... couldnt resist...imma go home now...
I like this book if only because it got me interested in Archie books afterwards.